Wardads Big Day Out [ at the footy]

 Say what you will about Suncorp , its still the best ground to watch footy at bar none ! And I've been to a few starting with Carlaw Park when I was just a Warlad ! Easy to get to and in and out of ,short wait for food booze and toilets and close to the action ! 

Like last year I lashed out on a Platinum ticket [ actualy it was a fathers day gift ] front row  not far from halfway. 

Yea I did find myself surrounded by the Phillistine hordes of wallies and boks fans ,still I did fear no evil mine All Black jumper being able to ward off all the evil eyes cast my way  ! Actually the saffas and wallies fans were pretty good sports some good banter although I did seem to cop a bit more than the other fans did , dunno why tho ?

Was trying to put up some video from my ipad but technical problems arose [ no clever kids to show dad how all that new fangled techy stuff works ! ] ah well hard to jump up and down drink beer and blog all at the same time ! 

The wallies fans werent sure if I was just taking the piss when I said I was barracking for their boys  ! The Bok fans werent all that confident of a win till after the second try [ which was when some wallies fans started to drift away ! } but the aussie bloke next to me nearly blew a gasket when the Wallies turned down a shot at goal which would have brought them within 4 points , couldnt get my head around that either .

But not taking easy points when the gap was small was indicitive of the Wallies lack of rugger nous .At their best I remember watching Eales and his boys and they would be chivvying each other along ,talking and relaying info and generally keeping everyone in the loop .

Not this team ,quiet ,playing like they were all in their own little world ,At the set pieces I got the impression that they may as well have head phones on grooving to their own beat all caught up in their own head space wishing they were somewhere else maybe ? My impression anyway ,these boys [ half the problem right there " Boys " ]  were sorely lacking leadership ,direction and unity of purpose each of them an island unto himself .

It became quite sad to see the pain on the faces of  Wallies fans , glad I'm an ABS fan but seeing as how I was barracking for their boys I got an inkling of how infuriating and frustrating it must be to support the Wallies .And the Bok fans at least until the 60th minute didnt care much for HM and his selections either !

10 mins to go and not a wallies fan within cooie , sorta cant blame em but still to the bitter end me eh ? 

Happy Bok Fans ! Some bugger behind me roars "ABS next " his mates shout him down in Afrkaans and roll their eyes , their mate smiles with a sheepish grin and heads for the exit .

I sit there for a minute as the ground empties and see those poor young wallies players absolutely shattered , well some of them I notice JOC being his usual chummy self with the opposition and it makes me feel  a bit uneasy ,that this guy and a few others is becoming to comfortable with losing ,not a good look .

Not a game I will watch on TV later , I never do for some reason ,maybe for good or for ill I prefer to keep my impressions of the game as they are ,to see endless replays and close ups makes it seem like some other game I guess ,not mine at all .

On the train home a very subdued aussie crowd , I hear the excited chatter of bok fans here and there mostly in Afrikaans , they dont want to say anything to upset the wallies fans maybe ?  and probably a good thing .Old bloke next to me sighs and says he's no where near drunk enough to handle this bullshit , I'm inclined to agree .

 thanks Wardad for that insight!

Wardad: well done mate, invaluable!

Hi guys ! my overall impression of the game was that the Wallies lack what the Army calls " Unit Cohesion " its what all elite units have and what wins battles even when outnumbered and out gunned [ for instance on average most units will fold up in attack after around 10% casualties have been incurred ,and around double that in defence whilst elite units Paras ,SS , Maori Battalion etc will incur at leasr twice as many casualties before breaking ] .

Obviously morale plays a huge part but also skill and supply helps eh ? Supplying the ball at the right time in the right place to the right guy ! or as Stonewall Jackson put it " get there firstest with the mostest !"

Wardaddy thanks enjoyed that

Good stuff Wardad.

@warhammer,

great read wardaddy, :o)

"Old bloke next to me sighs and says he's no where near drunk enough to handle this bullshit , I'm inclined to agree ."
LMAO, i remember thinking the exact same thing when the rebles flogged the hurricanes. it was the rebels first year and melbourne wa finally going to see super rugby action and my hurricanes was playing them in melbourne, yaaaaaaaaaaay,
nekminit
rebels 42 - hurricanes 23, :o(

we got our revenge the following year with a 9 try to three smashing in wellington, but i still rememebr the beatdown more then i do the revenge match.

yet another of long unwanted records besides cockhead hammets name.

gasp........ an objective redsman - is that even possible?

@hakwa san,

not really, same thing happened when the All Blacks bitch slapped the wallabies, but redsneck went baby waah waah and blamed the ref.
difference this time is it was the saffas that beat the wallabies, and he has a proven history of wanting to make love to any saffas faces, so watch out brus, :oP

@redsneck,

u also forgot that sandhwich eating mackenzie, what was it that french dude said, all he did in stade francais was nothing except eat sandwhiches??? LMAO, :oP

i mean what a pretentious douche bag, sits on the sidelines when the best veiw for any coach is in the coaches box.

hes exactly like the gen y players, his ego is effecting the way he operates, best he stop trying to impress dorris the sandwhich lady and get his 500 pound ass up in the coaches box where it belongs.





face palm!!!

Crikey ! ummm... thanks Redsman ? I have noticed that in 35 years I have been in Oz that the rugger mob has done little to remove the perception that it is;nt the everyman [and woman ] game it is in NZ ,just check out the game at Ballymore btetween Geeps and whatstheirfaces for confirmation of that .The ARU has had too much of a top down approach buying in guys like Folau ,Taquiri etc instead of tapping the state school system like RL and AFL ,the money needs to be redirected ASAP towards this end .Contrary to what you may think I realy dont want Rugby in Oz to be waek as it is theres no joy in beating someone on the ropes .

The wallies struck me as lacking anyone that would make you baulk at taking on in a dustup ,and just lacking the rat-arsed cunning of the Eales led Wallies who just used EVERYTHING in their at times limited armoury to squeeze out a win! 

Given that the game was still within reach at the 60 min mark it was the lack of a leadership group that did them in ,and Horwill isnt much of a leader nor is genia ,Pocock maybe ? Pocock strikes me as the sort of guy who wouldnt be pushed around by anyone so maybe when he returns he could provide some direction . 

Naru bro Super Sanger boy should learn to put up a few runs before stopping his sammidge eating to spout off about what he's ' gunner 'do to the narsty ABS !

 hey Wardad I have heard of the Maori Battalion's exploits against Rommel - out numbered and poorly equiped but brave men each and everyone of them!

 Too true Hakwa , those boys were so keen to be in th Battalion that some dropped 1 or 2 ranks to join them ! My old Grand dad didnt talk much about em but when he did we hung on every word ! Like the Saffas they allways had a footy with em too and would play anywhere any time ,same for the Aussies but like the saffas a cricket bat and ball were de riguer ! [ An old shearing mate told me about his Dad and some other "Rats " from Tobruk who were skinny dipping on a beach when a Stuka came howling down leveled off and had them cold ! nekkid too !  the Stuka slowed and the canopy slid back and a black gauntleted had came out and waved at them ! the Jerrry pilot had a sense of humour and decency ! Way we likes our rugger too ! ]

Hi Cloudy: Wardad really gave us a treat with his post. I hope that others that the same when they go to games.

IMO the Ozzy game just served as a training run for the Boks & really has pumped up them and their fickle fans (sorry posters but you know it is true), lol.

But it is still to be see if their fantastic game was a one-off. This weekend will help us assess this. Boks vs All Blacks that is the real deal - I am finally geting pumped!

Cloudy, how about giving your prediction on the winner and by how much on the other thread: "Pick the winner: All Blacks vs Boks - time to man-up". Excuse the gender biased "man-up" part, lol