Whilst child-baiting like this is a thin of beauty to be encouraged, it does rather mean that I, as an adult with a life of my own (snigger), miss things – this docco is an excellent case in point. I was really looking forward to watching it but have failed.

My own personal involvement with the fightback and close proximity to both the YES (brother) and NO (Father in law “I’m Bobby McCarthey’s cousin you know”) camps have made me a seasoned sounding board for each side of the argument and I’ll certainly be blocking this time out in my diary next week and beyond – family be damned.

Shauns commentary is correct. Bunnies blood runs red and green during the good times and the bad. I haven’t been for a few weeks (looking forward to Leichhardt R24) but the passion is just as strong and a whole new generation of bunnies are picking it up. Beer-scooter aside, my final memories of my last victorious Souths game are staggering through Telstra stadium supporting (and being supported by) my wife’s uncle Ricky who lives up north somewhere singing the obvious song over and over at the top of our voices – this was about an hour after the game and every group of fans we passed (especially the kids) joined in – it was thunderous!

Well said about the 3mil Phil. This is a managhement that managed to squander 20mil they got in damages in 2001 on a team that didn’t get any better than 5 wins a season – thank god for passionate supporters like Russ and PHA + the decision to ditch Shaun (who had done well) for JT. These are not easy calls but had to be made for the future generation of players and supporters.

So… 2007 is looking gone. Big deal, they’ve had the best season since returning to the comp and are showing signs of being able to do it consistently (bloody injury!).

Pip Pip

I was interested to hear that they kept asking money from Crowe. Rightly, Crowe decided that if you want my money then I want some say in how the club is run.

I have heard that a certain influential Nine and SMH League critic had two internationals lined up to play for Souths in 2002. Their asking price was around 300K but the attitude was the players should want to play for Souths for a lot less. Stupid.

Despite their protests they didn’t give a rats about the team or their fans.

Their constant harping that the club was sold cheap at 3mil was a joke, the club was a worthless heap of merde, history or no history, and they would have preferred to see all that history go down the drain in order to squeeze a few pieces of sliver out of Holmes a Court and Crowe. Tells me that it was all about the money in the end for them not tradition or the team.

Good riddance I say and bring on the new….with history intact and a winning attitude.