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I'm starting to subscribe to a conspiracy theory here...
I'm all set to add Ryley Dunn to my list of favourite Freo players - a list which includes Polly and McPharlin, Pav and Hase....
Look closely and see what it is that young Ryley Dunn-good shares with these exciting young footballers.
OK - if you're not sure I'll tell you... he is now a Shark....
What's going on?? I grew up comfortable in the knowledge that red + white = good, blue + white = bad. It was my childhood mantra - it was everything that was good and right in the world. Bulldogs good, Old Easts bad.
Now of course I have expanded my horizons and tolerate the mob across the highway as a necessary, if unpleasant, part of Freo's footballing heritage. In order for red to become purple, one needs to add blue, so for the most part, the Gummies are bearable. I teach my children a new mantra: Purple good, Ochre bad. Dockers rule, Eagles suck.
But this conspiracy thing is getting a bit scary. Why are all my favoured Freo boys from across the highway (or been placed there by some weirdo WAFL thing called a draft)? What's with all this East Freo influence in my life?? Conspiracy I tell ya.
My pain can only be exacerbated by the defection of my son to being a Gummy supporter. At the tender age of 4, I took him to a derby at Freo Oval, resplendant in his red and white shirt and we practiced "Carn Souths" all the way in the car. Old Easts were copping a beating that day and I never considered that he would be remotely interested in "crossing over" - what 4 year old wants to support a bunch of losers? (I shall duly elect to not mention the fact that this was in 2001... ).
By the half-time he was calling out "Go Sharks", and by 5pm he had been completely converted (despite the 10 goal shellacking) and remains a dedicated Sharks fan to this day (and beyond no doubt).
No question - it's a conspiracy....
I'm all set to add Ryley Dunn to my list of favourite Freo players - a list which includes Polly and McPharlin, Pav and Hase....
Look closely and see what it is that young Ryley Dunn-good shares with these exciting young footballers.
OK - if you're not sure I'll tell you... he is now a Shark....
What's going on?? I grew up comfortable in the knowledge that red + white = good, blue + white = bad. It was my childhood mantra - it was everything that was good and right in the world. Bulldogs good, Old Easts bad.
Now of course I have expanded my horizons and tolerate the mob across the highway as a necessary, if unpleasant, part of Freo's footballing heritage. In order for red to become purple, one needs to add blue, so for the most part, the Gummies are bearable. I teach my children a new mantra: Purple good, Ochre bad. Dockers rule, Eagles suck.
But this conspiracy thing is getting a bit scary. Why are all my favoured Freo boys from across the highway (or been placed there by some weirdo WAFL thing called a draft)? What's with all this East Freo influence in my life?? Conspiracy I tell ya.
My pain can only be exacerbated by the defection of my son to being a Gummy supporter. At the tender age of 4, I took him to a derby at Freo Oval, resplendant in his red and white shirt and we practiced "Carn Souths" all the way in the car. Old Easts were copping a beating that day and I never considered that he would be remotely interested in "crossing over" - what 4 year old wants to support a bunch of losers? (I shall duly elect to not mention the fact that this was in 2001...
).By the half-time he was calling out "Go Sharks", and by 5pm he had been completely converted (despite the 10 goal shellacking) and remains a dedicated Sharks fan to this day (and beyond no doubt).
No question - it's a conspiracy....
Makes perfect sense to put the "Stars" at the sharks where the culture of success will rub off. 
