Siren call of seductive Friday footy

By Ben Pobjie
Updated August 29 2014 - 9:08am, first published 3:00am

To the true connoisseur of sporting intrigue and athletic drama, the week before the finals may provide more excitement than the finals themselves. After all, when the serious September stuff begins, everything is so certain: you know the consequences, what the winners will progress to and whether the losers will be off to Bali on Monday. But the last home-and-away round provides a complex and seductive web of possibilities and contingencies that add exquisite savour to the final act of a long and tiring play which, come next week, won't even matter.

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