If the crers get the Port treatment from the umpires at the mcg today ...........
It just won't happen. Our ability to lose a free kick count to Carlton regardless of venue, logic or circumstance is unsurpassed.
Win by 90 at AO? 11-12
Lose by 2 at Etihad? 11-25
Lose by 4 at MCG? 10-24
Win by 103 at AO? 15-18
Win by 33 at Etihad? 14-20
Lose by 1 at AAMI? 13-17
And that doesn't include all the weird shit, like an umpire marking Hartlett's kick, Kade Simpson claiming a touch that strips us of F50 possession, Henderson being paid a mark on a clear half-volley, HTB on a hair-trigger for us/SANFL-interpretation for them, and my all-time favourite: undersized potato Cameron Cloke receiving a free because he tried to shoulder-to-shoulder bump one of the ruck GOATs, Brendon Lade, at a boundary throw-in and bounced off like a pinball.
"Free kick, Cameron Cloke! Push out! Nah you pushed him out Brendon!". Oh go and get f*cked. And at Football Park as well!
Expect the Crows to get a nice, smooth, "you hardly noticed them", fair go today.