Just how much should a club's history and culture be taken into account when assessing Saturday's 2007 AFL grand final between Geelong and Port Adelaide?
Well if you are a Cats' fan the answer would probably be none at all while if you are a Port fan, the answer would be the complete opposite.
Has there ever been an AFL premiership decider between two clubs with such opposing records in grand finals as these clubs this Saturday?
Put simply Port are born winners while the Cats - well born losers might be a bit harsh but certainly when it comes to snaring the ultimate prize - have a tortured history.
The Cats should win on Saturday - after all they have clearly been the best team of the year by virtue of finishing three games clear on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home and away season and they have won 18 of their past 19 matches (although their only loss in that period was to Port in Geelong in round 21).
And they will have the bulk of the crowd behind them on Saturday in their attempt to end a 44-year premiership drought and become the first Victorian club to win the flag since Essendon in 2000.
But still that doubt persists in the back of many people's minds - can the Cats overcome the huge burden of expectation and history that will be on the shoulders of every single player and coach Mark Thompson on Saturday?
As the only team in the competition based outside a capital city, the Cats live with that constant scrutiny and pressure that comes with being based in a small, footy-mad town such as Geelong every day and in the past it has certainly got the better of them.
After all since that last premiership success in 1963, the Cats have endured 20 unsuccessful September campaigns and five losing grand finals - including four in the space of seven seasons in 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1995.
In contrast Port Adelaide's record in grand finals is staggering.
Not only did Port taste success in its sole AFL grand final to date - in 2004 against arguably the greatest team in the history of the competition in Brisbane, which was seeking to equal Collingwood's record of four successive premierships - but it won a record number of SANFL premierships before joining the national competition in 1997.
In fact Port's record in SANFL grand finals from 1951-96, before joining the AFL the following year, was 21 premierships from 28 grand finals - a winning record of 75 per cent.
Already we have seen the contrasting attitudes of the two clubs - when it comes to their past history - come to the fore this week.
Port coach Mark Williams, who led the Power to that 2004 flag and whose father Fos was responsible for more of the club's SANFL flags than any other man, could not resist starting the mind games after his side's 87-point preliminary final win over the Kangaroos on Saturday.
Williams said the Cats were under far more pressure than his side this week, particularly after almost blowing their premiership dream in Friday night's preliminary final against Collingwood - when they scraped home by five points.
"Look, with a minute to go (against Collingwood) there were some people just about ready to knock down