I have spent the last 14 hours trying to stop myself getting on here and ranting a load of negative comments about my footy team the mighty Broncos. Last night and this morning I have tried yoga, meditation, anger management on youtube, even tempted to dust off the whisky bottle... but after finally realising that my blood pressure was 220 over 110, I came to the conclusion that instead of ranting I would say a big "THANK YOU'' to the Broncos team, coaching and management.
Thank you - for overpaying for a dud bird and keeping it warm, paying for its medical bills and nursing it till it was fit enough to go play with the sharks again.
Thank you - for taking a very sneaky (but limited) little bench utility and making him our general, calling the plays, positioning the forwards, kicking the ball and making gaps for our star 5/8 to do his magic. not
Thank you - for making a pretty good winger (and favorite son) into our Captain where he could show his ability to bring the lads together as a strong cohesive unit ready to take on the world with confidence and enthusiasm. not
Thank you - for selling off some of our best young prospects, at the expence of some tired old farts, to make other teams better (and I dont mean Hunt).
Thank you - for keeping old tired forwards and paying them heaps to just go around for a couple more seasons cos they make us laugh.
Thank you - for keeping a great hooker who makes 50 tackles each game but has no energy left and no idea how to plan attacking plays and fast ball feeds.
Thank you - for a team who are so consistant that we (the supporters) never know which team version will turn up on the day.
Thank you - for making a very talented young man play 5/8, halback, kicker, planner and orginiser instead of giving him room to tear up tired forwards with his snappy ducking, weaving and sidestepping to set up or score our tries.
Thank you - for the managements total support of our coach and half way through the season letting him know he is getting dumped.
Thank you - to the team for beating the top sides with gritty, hard commited play and rolling over with legs in the air like bloddy soft shelled cockroaches and getting smashed by bottomdwellers with more guts and enthusiasm.
Thank you - for showing enough to keep me believing we could go somewhere in the finals only to reveal we are pretenders not contenders.
Thank you - for keeping your worst game till your last game and insulting all your fans by letting the shitty Dragons with stinky Hunt smash us into a totally embarrasing DEFEAT..... going out with a whimper instead of a spirited BANG.
And Finally a REAL THANK YOU to all the amazing fans and supporters who have suffered like me watching our much loved team stumble and stutter through this season and for the most part never losing faith that we will come good. Thank you to the young players that have come into the side and shown the 'senior' players how its done bringing spirit and enthusiasm to the team dynamic when given a go.
I will leave the forum now till next year (health permitting) and look forward to 2019 with hopefully a real halfback, some tough uncomprimising forwards, a new Captain, a gun fullback, fast slick centres, big wingers and a revitilised bench.
I think that will say it all from me for now and I feel much better.
Cheers for now and I hope you all have a happy healthy off season.
H