It’s been a big week for diehard Collingwood fan, Jihad Talgi.
He was among the ‘full house’ (100,024) last Saturday at the MCG that witnessed a nail-biting AFL Grand Final.
Much to his delight, Talgi’s beloved Magpies defeated the Lions in a four-point thriller! Hence, a record-equalling 16th VFL/AFL Premiership.
But Talgi’s big week will become massive if his sprint prodigy Schillaci, who he describes as the “Nick Daicos of the sport”, moves into ‘Collingwood mode’ in the $142,750 Group 1 Adelaide Cup final (530m) – Race 10, 10.08pm – at Angle Park on Friday night.
The Devon Meadows-based Talgi, who also runs a pizza shop in Carrum Downs, was initially more intent on espousing the virtues of the Pies’ victory rather than Schillaci – namesake of an eight-time G1-winning grey-coloured equine sprinter of the early ’90s trained by Lee Freedman.