Grand Final omens

With my various media roles, I have been to well over 60 games this year in various capacities.

An oddity emerged early in the season and has been one of the most unusual omens around, yet has proven surprisingly accurate.

At each and every game, the first player I have bumped into, their side has won the match in all but THREE of the games I have covered.

The times it did not come true, was Central v Sturt at Elizabeth (a carload of Sturt players were alongside me at the same time as we both entered the car park, Sturt lost convincingly); West v South at Richmond (Nick Liddle was also parking alongside me - South lost that night by one point); and last week's Preliminary Final (Nick Amato was next to me in the car park).

Even at games where there has been a raging outsider, in all but three of these matches, the team whose player I encounter first has won.

Will be very interesting to see how tomorrow transpires. As one league coach quipped when I mentioned it to him, he was just going to get his players to follow my car one day in that case.

That is interesting CK. Can you do a favour. Would it be possible to post on here the first player you bump into tomorrow. That would be interesting.

Probably be a West player.
He won't just bump into him, he'll probably shirt front him - out cold!

will CK wear his Norwood scarf on tomorrows TV broadcast ?

if Gerard Healy (Swans scarf) can surely CK should

Here's something I posted on another forum before the season started:

30 YEARS ON
1980 A new coach appointed with the initials N.B. Neil Balme
2010 A new coach appointed with the initials N.B. Nathan Bassett

1980 A surprise contestant in the Grand Final, narrowly losing to hot favourite Port Adelaide
2010 A surprise contestant in the Grand Final, narrowly losing to hot favourite Central District

1981 Finished third after a disappointing Preliminary Final performance, kicking only 4 goals
2011 Finished third after a disappointing Preliminary Final performance, kicking only 3 goals

1982 Phil Gallagher replaced as captain
2012 Incumbent captain James Gallagher retires

1982 Recruited a key forward and former captain from another SANFL club, Neville Roberts
2012 Recruited a key forward and former captain from another SANFL club, Ben Warren

1982 PREMIERS
2012 ???

It happened

So who was the first player spotted yesterday, CK?

Unfortunately, when I arrived at the ground at 10am, I didn't have internet access on my phone, but feel that Norwood's victory was sealed when Kieran McGuinness arrived at the same time as me

I did pass this to Redandblack and a number of other supporters who have been asking the question for much of the season, when the omen was first apparent. West fans immediately looked despondent, while Norwood fans appeared to have a fresh spring in their step immediately

C.K wrote:I didn't have internet access on my phone

Yes, the whole Media Centre had trouble with internet coverage yesterday, was a real pain in the butt !!!

AAMI Stadium is a mobile phone blackspot. I've always had trouble with mobile broadband coverage at AAMI regardless of whether 7000 is at the ground or 47000, yet I had no trouble at the MCG the other week with 69000.

I guess with AAMI Stadium only having 12 months left of mass usage the telcos will see no point in fixing this.