Well I’m not a neutral of course but last night for me was the most enjoyable game of the year.
It was just old school fun, players slipping around everywhere and the ball sliding around like a bar of soap in the shower.
That said, the skills weren’t that bad and everybody had a dip.
We embraced the conditions and had fun with it.
Was like watching school footy.
Brilliant stuff by Clarko and the boys.
I think for "oldies" like myself, it was enjoyable because we tended to abandon the modern trend of over-using the ball and got stuck into the ethos of wet weather footy by just driving the ball forward any way you can. Even the commentators picked up early that the Giants were still over working the ball and this is what gave us the edge. The old school of thought was that good players exceed in wet weather because of the skills required to perform it. I could play footy on a nice dry day, anyone can, but when the wet weather came along that's when my over-all lack of skills came to the surface.