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Are there any issues that really serve as distractions to a playing group for games such as grand finals?

http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/geelo ... 22329.html

David Johnson (not selected in GF side) arrested overnight

Another article earlier in the week rambled on about Bartels old man looking for a reconciliation.

In this time Port have just been running around beating their chest. Is one a better preparation than the other or is the physical preparation the only important thing at this stage of the year?

smac wrote:Are there any issues that really serve as distractions to a playing group for games such as grand finals?

http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/geelo ... 22329.html

David Johnson (not selected in GF side) arrested overnight

Another article earlier in the week rambled on about Bartels old man looking for a reconciliation.

In this time Port have just been running around beating their chest. Is one a better preparation than the other or is the physical preparation the only important thing at this stage of the year?

your never going to get any fitter a week away from the gf i would think its all mental preperation thats needs to be taken care of so these sorts of distractions down at the cattery my give port an edge !!

Of course they won't get fitter, but a good prep will involve being "less unfit" than the opposition.

agreed mate port not going to the brownlow will hold them in much better shape than geelong for all the distraction of jimmy winning and the party time in melbourne we have seen this week with a vic side in the gf for the first time in a while .the weight of victoria is also some added pressure for the cats as well

looks like that pressure ment SFA

Who knows, if it wasn't for distractions and Choko's mind games we might have won by 160 pts instead!