(very late) footy observations of the week
July 18th, 2008So Kiki and I have just finished our weekly game of texas hold’em to decide who gets to write up the footy observations of the week … and it looks like I won. Sorry it’s a little bit late, but to be honest we don’t really know how to play poker and that makes things a bit tricky. Mainly we just drink and make jokes about Queens. Anyway. On to the footy!
Brett Hodgson and Anthony Quinn have both left the field
Starlight Hodgson played his last ever game at Campbelltown Oval against the Storm on Monday night, and I will try not to make any Starlight Foundation jokes today, because I want you to think I’m classy. (You know, cause he always looks like he’s just managing to beat back death in the form of a terminal illness? And is all grey-coloured and stuff? You know?? Never mind).
Starlight Bretty didn’t quite manage to pull off the fairytale and win his last match at the ground, but he also wasn’t the only one who had an undignified exit from the field. Little Anthony Quinn from the Storm was involved in a fairly intense collision. Specifically, a collision between his face and what I think was Ben Teo’s shoulder … and the results were not pretty. It wasn’t so much a trip to Disneyland as a full package tour to Euro-Disney. Daaaamn. I think his nose may have been two dimensional afterwards.
But since his teammate Brett White is also struggling with a back injury, maybe the two can nurse each other back to health? I know you want to boys.
Awwwww.
Beaver and Ned Kelly
We’ve all also been busy this week dealing with the trauma of losing Mark Gasnier to French Rugby Union, but it seems like the footy abandonment isn’t stopping, because our beloved Steve Menzies announced on the Footy Show that he’ll be leaving to play Super League in England in 2009. Not Beaver!
Kiki spent a good part of her adolescence obsessed with Beaver, and considering I spend precious hours of my life photoshopping sepia pics of Beaver for this blog, I think you all know how I feel about him. He is lovely. In fact, Corporal Menzies of the Light Brigade is probably one of the true gentlemen of league.
So basically this is heartbreaking news. Who am I going to make WWI references about now? Who is Ray Warren going to call EVERGREEN and a JUGGERNAUT? It feels a bit like the end of my youth.
But even though I’ll miss him like crazy, the one bright spot is that his announcement got him onto the Footy Show with that hot bearded bitch David Williams. My pants! They can’t handle it!
I was overwhelmed with joy at the awesomeness of seeing Beaver and Ned Kelly at the one desk. I actually may have swooned. Especially now that I know for certain what I always suspected: that Ned Kelly has that massive gold-prospecting beard because he Just Can’t be Bothered. I love a hot man that doesn’t give a shit. Next to a hot man with low standards, it’s my favourite kind of man. And if the Footy Show goes through with their threat to give our hot bitch Williams a makeover and shave it off I am letting you all know now I will cut a bitch. I love that crazy beard.
Beaver also made me love him even more than before by having an awesome wife and possibly the fattest baby in the world. If you’re reading Menzieses … adopt me?
The rest of the show was apparently ‘Ladies’ Night’ and involved heinous and boring things like Bryan McFadden. Is that really what they think women want to see on television? His songs are completely and utterly awful. How about we just don’t talk about it and move right onto my favourite half-Islander odd couple.
Willie 4 Sonny Bill 4eva
This week Rugby League Weekly published the annual players’ poll, which says (pretty overwhelmingly) that they think Big Willie Mason is the most overrated player in the game. And while I love Big Willie like a sister, it’s kinda true. Not because he’s a terrible player. More because bitch can’t keep his mouth shut about how fierce he is and is basically a menace to himself and to others.
Boring news, right?
But do you know who defended him? His old Bulldogs BFF Sonny Bill Feelings.
I KNEW IT. EVEN AFTER THEIR HUGE FALLING OUT. I KNEW THOSE CRAZY KIDS STILL SECRETLY LOVED EACH OTHER!
Ok clearly I’m a bit emotional about this. What can I say? I love love! And because I can’t get manage to get anything comprehensible out without USING EXCESSIVE CAPS, I’m just going to present my feelings in video form. Thanks to Kiki for the killer songchoice. Enjoy!
kiki
sassy
lozzy
interns
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh fuck me sideways
that video is the biggest lolz ive ever and will ever see. AMAZING.
for our readers that arent barnsey obsessed like us i thought i would include the lyrics from that song. i was listening to it in the car and thought OMG ITS SBW AND WILLIE and then made sassy make this video.
Emotions ran high and the words were strong
Heard the screen door slam and you were gone
You can’t win a fight you don’t understand
And I wake up alone reaching for your hand
Like a cold wind in December
When we don’t see eye to eye
I want you to remember
I’m still on your side
When you need me girl
Still on your side
As sure as the river runs to the sea
There’ll have to be times we both disagree
Sometimes I feel like shouting
It’s like a freight train in my heart
Make you see they’ll be no doubting
I’m still on your side
When you need me girl
Still on your side
And I look up to see you standing there
But you just look right through me
Somebody tell me I’m dreaming
Pretend you don’t care
As you turn round and walk out that door
Sometimes I feel like shouting
It’s like a freight train in my heart
Make you see they’ll be no doubting
I’m still on your side
Like a cold wind in December
When we don’t see eye to eye
I want you to remember
I’m still on your side
Na – na – na – na – na – na
I’m still on your side
brilliant.
that video is awesome kudos..maybe one should be made for the morris twins :p
which twins justin?? the boys or the boosies?
Seriously, that video took my breath away… too awesome.
You girls are way way wayyyyyyyy too talented! i bow down.
I go for storm but i couldn’t stop laughing when quinny got hit. His poor nose, he just had a nose job in the off season… i love quinny.
quinny had a nose job?? I had no idea!
what did it look like before?
BAHA omg poor quinny. i love him too. he looks like he could be related to me. so pink and anglo.
billy had a nose job a few years back too. so vain babies!
hazy this is the only talent we have.
ps we are coming to watch the chooks v the storm on august 15th…lets to together??
‘how did u guys meet?’
‘on a blog’
awesome.
I *think* he had one for breathing purposes or something or maybe that’s what he said so he didn’t seem so vain hehehe
I have a picture but I don’t know how to send it through to you guys.
haha you’ll LOVE Olympic park… okay, maybe not, but yeah we should definitely meet up. You guys should come to the after party, It is held across the road. All you do is drink and wait for about an hour and a half and then the team comes in and takes pictures, do interviews and draw a raffle. Yeah, its pretty awesome hahaha and because cooper is such a nice fella, he always sicks around and takes awkward photos with peeps. Cooper is very shy awww
I think the best part is the fact that Brodie from Big Brother about 4 years ago is the MC. Cooper and him have some weird passive aggressive thing going on and always made snide comments about each other- Awesome!
oh that’s what they all say – ‘deviated septummmm’. it’s so ashley tisdale.
I am super excited about this now. I can’t wait to ask cooper about the zoo and watch his little eyes light up. whee!
you had me at raffle. IM SO EXCITED.
There is also a cover band that does all the great classics including barnsey/chisel.
One time they got the then under 20′s player Joe Tomane who is now sometimes in out senior team to get up and sing/play guitar. God damn those talented rugby players!
So as long as you like listening to diesel/ mark Seymour/ Rick Springfield etc then you’ll love the after party.
p.s. the raffle is run by the Jim Beam girls who aren’t all that smart and can give you too many tickets because they are unable to count to 10 very well. * shifty eyes*
and PUB ROCK too?
ok I think this place may be my spiritual home.
note to the roosters – start doing this immediately pls. I want to enter a chook raffle against the aubussons.
what can i say, we’re a classy bunch down here in Melbs
Those two obviously still have feelings for each other.
Sometimes love just ain’t enough.
oh its true, they just cant let that romance go. so many memories.
hazy OH MY GOD. A COVER BAND. I AM SO EXCITED.
Either set
nah the Morris’ on the Dragons meeting all the players are pretty nice i met them all at WIN last week except Soward who was pissed though and Cooper is very nice…but i got a pic with Nightingale and Dell.
oooh a pic with Flossy and Dell! good choice. two of my faves. i would kill for a foto with the big dell!
im glad to hear Hot Bitch Cooper is nice, ive never heard a bad word about him. bless his heart.
aw poor Tiny Dancer Soward…he didnt play the best game.
make sure u keep visiting, i write something about the dragons every week usually!
*tragic*
hahahaha hazy, i always look forward to your comments! i’m lol’ing so bad at the cooper and brodie passive agression.
such a shame storm were playing an away game, if the girls had’ve been down this weekend (by girls i mean, kiki, sassy and lozzy, not melbourne storm, haha) we would have all had so much fun at the game.
will do go the Dragons
This is belated, but I am happy to offer my baby-sitting services while The Beaver is in UK. While I don’t know a lot about football, I can take him on the Millennium wheel and afterwards I can take him to Claridges for afternoon tea. Also if I need to go out, I’m sure Sam won’t mind looking after him. He told me he’d like to see the beaver so I’m guessing that’s what he means
Love Kitty xx
p.s. My rates are £5 an hour
omg kitty, the best part is that I can totally see you being squired about town by the beave.
he could wear an open neck shirt and trousers with suspenders, and you could wear a knee-length 40s tea dress and red lippie while you two take in the sights of londontown.
ps your sam jokes never get old. heart.