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Watch the Bombers fly down...
 Well,
it's Aussie Rules Grand Final time again and this year it
looks as if it could be a fairly evenly matched battle for
the flag.
Essendon, the so-called wonder team, up against the newbies
from the north, Brisbane.
Now, if you are not a barracker of either side it's fairly
easy this year to pick who to go for during the match. Me,
I'm shouting for the Lions of Brisbane.
There are several reasons.
Firstly, they've never won the premiership before and it
would be nice to see them take it. Essendon has won so many
times it just isn't funny.
Secondly, Brisbane contains the heritage of the old Fitzroy
club and for all those poor fans who put up with so much as
that club slowly faded and was killed off by the AFL - I hope
a flag comes your way.
Thirdly, I don't know many Brisbane fans and so the footy
conversations for the next year will not be "we've won this
many flags".
Fourthly, and this is the decider, Essendon fans. Yup, the
arrogance and we-deserve-to-win attitude of the bandwagon
jumpers of Essendon make me puke. Carlton fans are bad enough,
but the red-and-black followers make even Blues fans look
human.
Yup, they whinge, bleat and carry on as if their's is the
only footy club around and all their players are the best
that have ever pulled socks on.
The thing that makes me laugh is their arrogance transfers
into daily life.
If you meet a smelly, toothless (hang on, it's not me we're
talking about here) no-hoper, and they just happen to be an
Essendon fan, they will try to lord it over you - just because
they happen to follow the poxy footy club.
There'll be spittle and dandruff flying everywhere as they
animatedly go into detail about James Bloody Hird or some
equally painful star football player. Get a life, says I.
And wash your bloody hair.
Now the Essendon mob will be crying into their shandies about
Michael Long being injured and missing out on the chance to
win another premiership medal, but I can't get upset. I was
a grudging fan of his - I wish he played for my team - up
until he ironed out that poor Melbourne player in last year's
Grand Final.
I can't remember the player's name and - he got flattened
so badly I doubt he remembers it yet.
Anyway, the Lions to win and hopefully in such a one-sided
game that the Essendon fans are streaming out of the ground
by half time. How about this. Brisbane 30.6.186 Essendon 0.0.0.
It's too much to hope for, but I've already got the pins stuck
into my voodoo dolls.
"We are the boys from Brisbane Town ... "
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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