PETER HANLON
July 14, 2010
The Age

WHEN the Western Bulldogs were at their most irresistible on Sunday night, sweeping the ball from one end of Etihad Stadium to the other as if the newly laid strip of turf was a goal-to-goal conveyor belt, David Parkin made a telling observation in the ABC radio box. ''This is breathtaking football,'' Parkin said. ''But it won't win you a grand final.''

Alongside him, Chris Grant turned and nodded. That no revelations wrapped in red, white and blue would spring from smacking Carlton was evident even to less-credentialled watchers than the national broadcaster's special comments men.


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