Ohh my is it the calm before another storm, Aker loves us again...

How to bring down Collingwood
Jason Akermanis | Herald Sun | September 01, 2010

TO THOSE cynics who think I'd love nothing more than see my old club go down in a burning heap, and out of the finals in straight sets: you are sadly mistaken.

Not only will I be barracking for the Bulldogs on Saturday night, I believe they can cause one of the great upsets by beating red-hot favourite Collingwood.

Yes, Collingwood beat the Dogs twice this season, but finals can be a different ball game. Just ask the Geelong and Carlton players who played in the 1994 second semi-final at Waverley.

Carlton was unbackable after the Cats lost good defender Michael Mansfield to the tribunal and then announced on the morning of the game that its midfield treasure trove - Mark Bairstow, Paul Couch and Garry Hocking - would miss the game.

It helped that Gary Ablett Sr kicked six goals, but a couple of relative unknowns - Liam Pickering and Aaron Lord - played blinders to help get the Cats home by 33 points. Geelong diehards still regard it as one of the club's great wins, and one of coach Malcolm Blight's greatest motivational pre-game speeches.

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