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Went down to Optus, where Eagles kick the ball
I saw you clearly, but the writings on the wall

Am I ever gonna see your face again
Am I ever gonna see your face again

Nicnat Boots and Bunga, like a waxworks on the move
Players flying past me, but soon they won’t be you

Am I ever gonna see your face again
Am I ever gonna see your face again

Without you with us, just how are we to go
Wait at the ground, maybe you might show

Am I ever gonna see your face again
Am I ever gonna see your face again

I've got to stop these tears, that's falling from my eye
Go walk out in the rain, so no one sees me cry

Am I ever gonna see your face again
Am I ever gonna see your face again

Can't stop the memory, that goes climbing through my brain
I get no answer, so the question still remains

Am I ever gonna see your face again
Am I ever gonna see your face again



On Saturday night we say goodbye to three legends of the club when Shannon Hurn and Luke Shuey run out for the final time. Nic Naitanui, sadly, has already done that but we will get to celebrate his career as well as he joins Boots and Bunga in retirement

Plenty has already been said and written about the contribution these three have made collectively, and individually, to the club so I won’t repeat that here. Suffice to say they’ll be greatly missed but the memories of them will never fade

It will mark the end of an era as the club embarks fully on a rebuild that began a year or two ago

In many ways the game itself is inconsequential to what shapes to be a celebration of three great careers

Adelaide are out of the finals race courtesy of the Blind Society whilst our season was finished months ago. The one remaining bit of interest of our season, access to the No.1 draft pick, was effectively decided last week with a shock win over the Bulldogs (Go North BTW)

So the question becomes whether or not we can send our champions out in style. It’s the sort of game we haven’t always succeeded in but in the corresponding game last year we did give JK a rousing send off despite not quite getting the W

Quietly sitting in the background to this game is the future of Adam Simpson. The club, and Simpson, have remained adamant that no decision has yet been made despite media speculation to the contrary as they hover expectantly around the guillotine

A decisive result one way or the other could swing the pendulum for those charged with the responsibility of determining if we start the off season looking for a new coach for a new era. But that’s for next week, in the meantime…

We’ll have no answer, so the question still remains,
Will Adelaide ever win the game

NO WAY, GET FVCKED, heck OFF!!!

Not a danger game. Eagles by (9+13+25) points. That’s several goals