The Ballad of Dogs and Magpies
by Andrew Gigacz
The Magpies won
The Bulldogs lost
It was to be expected
But ’twas a game
Of Dogs too tame
And needs to be dissected
Before the match
The pundits said
“The Dogs have nought to lose”
So you would think
With that in mind
A “risk it” plan they’d choose
But no, not once
Did they appear
To ever roll the dice
It’s not unfair
To say they were
As timid as ten mice
The Magpies ran
And ran again
And never thought of stopping
The Dogs stood back
And said “this is
A hiding we are copping”
The Magpies pushed
And rubbed the Dogs’
Scared faces in the dirt
And Bulldog fans
Revised their plans
Of “no more finals hurt”
The Pies’ fans can
Now dare to dream
Of bringing home the Cup
While Doggies fans
Can just look back
And say “our team’s f*cked up”
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Well, here we are. The Bulldogs have won a flag. What do I do now?
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A man stood on the burning deck
His name was Rodney Eade
“The flag was our in 2010”
All the pundits had agreed
But something fouled the Doggies sails
and then kick them is the knacker.
A small key forward with too much cheek
The man we know as Aker.
With Cooney out and Johnno sore
the sea began the bubble
Where were the boys from the Western Burbs
as their session was in trouble
The night began with gales forecast
but the Pies had pulled up ancher
The Good ship Dog was all ablaze
the Pies come out out and sank her
cheers
TR
Gigs – hate to say it but you could leave the last “up” off.
Gigs,
I was near the interchange bench. Too often, players came “half off” and then returned…there was great uncertainty. mMalthouse, Buckley or whoever had Rocket severely rattled and he lost. The players were awful. Gilbee has been terrible. Gis needs to get rid of the strut and find some credibility. We are shot I fear. are you going this week?
I think the worst loss to your structure has been Morris.
Easily your most versatile defender, even more so than Lake.
I keep thinking about the cracks in the psyche they revealed against the Saints early in the year.
Something was amiss before the injuries.
Crio, I will be going. And I expect a vastly improved effort.
JB, I have no doubt that most of the Dogs’ troubles are above the shoulders. As good as Morris is, I think Cooney’s loss has been more keenly felt. But what annoys me is the apparent attitude of the players to the loss of those two – almost one of “roll over and die”.
Compare that to St Kilda, Collingwood and Geelong and the way their players have responded to such adversity this year. Not sure whose fault that is but it must be addressed, or there will be no flag for decades to come.
Gigs, the Dogs are a wonderful team! I believe they will bounce back this week and find some of that sterling form from earlier in the season.
I don’t think it’s fair to compare WB’s woes to those of the other top-4 teams – yours far outweigh any of ours. Geelong has had a few injuries, but nowhere near the severity of amount that the dogs have been plagued with. And don’t underestimate the effect of a pandemic flu. Besides, we luckily had back-up players who could slot nicely into the team – not every club has this luxury.
The Dogs aren’t just battling one team, they’re battling the universe. But they’re too good a club to just sit back and watch the season pass them by. This is do or die. And the Doggies will do.
C’mon Gigs, chin up.
Don’t worry, Bill. My chin has well and truly risen since that day. Bring on 2011 and Zephi!!