I have been seeking out the views of some of the more prominent footy fans that i have met about town about which team i should get on. I crossed paths with author, former Race Around the Worlder and now RRR breakfast presenter Tony Wilson (the ABC will have to start paying me to do this blog if they want me to not plug rival stations) recently and he seemed to think that is should get onto the Hawks.
Well, maybe…
I’m a Hawthorn supporter so always face an uphill battle trying to convince newcomers to embrace the yellow and brown — a colour combination that yet again in 07 is not taking Paris by storm. After a few deplorable years dominated by solarium use, hair gel and shopping, the Hawks are now a very admirable team. Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge, Shane Crawford, Brad Sewell, Tim Boyle, Ben McGlynn, we boast genuine footballers rather than just twenty-first century super athletes. And in BUUUUDDDDDDDY, we have a twenty-first century super athlete who is also a genuine footballer.
Of course I wouldn’t necessarily urge you to barrack for them. Like the video recorder, we peaked in the mid-eighties and true fans have the1989 Grand Final on both VHS and Beta.
Actually Tony is right about the brown. Yellow and brown were the colour of Charlestown Primary School and then the brown followed me to glorious Jesmond High School in Newcastle. I’ve never really recovered from the trauma of that, i’m not sure i can embrace the Hawks without serious counselling for bad uniform flashbacks from childhood.
Tony did have one great suggestion though:
One option, Marcus, is to avoid picking a team and just have yourself a Dreamteam. It’s a very selfish, me generation thing to do. But I’ve done it, and shit I’m having a good time. Go the Maribyrnong Mustangs!
You can read about Tony’s dream team adventures on his web site.
While the selfishness of it definately appeals to me, i think i am a little short of qualified to be selecting anything. I’m struggling to come to terms with 16 teams i have to see during the week without trying to manage another one. Of course, if you’re also a DT coach team is ahead of Tony’s in the dream team stakes i’d be very pleased to facilitate you boasting about it (he gets all the airtime over there – happy to do my bit to even it up).
Oviously, it may be a bit too late to avoid picking a team now. A caller on the ABC last week made me promise to actually pick a team because he has recently moved to Melbourne and vowed to pick whoever i pick (as long as it isn’t Collingwood – fair enough). I promised him, so wimping out is not an option any more.
