2003 GF, the slippery slide to infamy
Lynch gathers, goals, Pie hearts sink
Rhyce, now a scapegoat to a legion
Finds space on a Preston dart board
Number 22, the weight of a history
Affects every kick under pressure
The Rhyce Shaw shank now brings
A malignant stigma to each effort
2008, the unforgiven finds solace
In a city known for different sins
Number 2, the shackles are loose
Reservoir blues out of the system
2012, a silver chalice and a medal
Playing for the red and the white
Nine years of purgatory now over
Time done, redemption complete.
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Very happy for you Rhys
One of the feelgood moments of the season. Very happy for him.
Lord Bogan – yes he was redeemed. But I still think he murders the ball more often than not.
Love the wordplay here Lord B. He is still known to shank the odd kick (and is ordinary on the left) but I think Shaw’s value is run and carry, breaking the lines. He has had 3 or 4 v.good years up north, and this dangling medal caps it off.
Yes, a couple of times in that tense last quarter me and my brother yelled: “Don’t kick it to Rhyce!” So happy for him though as I think there is a bit of Rhyce in all of us. A worthy icon for the Almanac community.