No Steel in Sidebottom

[TheGreatGrundy]

Igarth80 could use a little bit of tuition in the use of rhyme and rhythm if epic poetry is to be the form in which he posts his thoughts. I liked the repetition of some of his lines, such as 'the kids are crap', which left the reader in little doubt as to this major theme of his poem. A simple visual test for length should have alerted Igarth to the need to trim some of his verses - I like to use a syllable count. Finally, please explain the 'bloody pubs' reference - are you perhaps referring to the inebriated state in which you composed this poem or are you insinuating that pubs may be responsible for Simon Buckley's lack of AFL game time?

 

[Swooop]

All Buckley's fault.
I have seen only decline since last season.
We lost a game
Worse we lost two pre season games
Swan's kicking for goal has gone to the toilet.
Sidebottom has gone from a gun to a plodder
All those kids are crap
We would have won under Mick
We cannot ever go coast to coast from our kickins
Seedsman was overawed by the game pace
Paine hardly took a mark
Dawes was ineffectual
Cloke still can't kick
Thomas has been stuffed up by Buckley
Yagmoor played like Leon in grand finals
Did I mention Toovey yet?
Leon would have been our saviour
Buckley always had it in for him
Wellingham would have played under Mick
We would have won under Mick
Pendlebury played selfish footy just for the supercoach points
Clarke should have stayed in Ireland
Did I mention the kids are crap
Jolly got beaten by Broc in a few contests and missed a shot at goal
Fasolo did nothing for most of the game
Ah yes Pendlebury shanked a kick defensively
Reid got rag dolled, lucky to be all Australian
Jarrod Blair is too short and does not show enough poise under pressure
Harry O was destroyed by Rioli and still soils his pants under a high ball
Toovey could not hit the side of a barn door
Nor could Sinclair, he is destined for a vfl career
Rounds is not up to it
Oh yeah the kids are crap and the game is too quick for them
Shaw could not set up the back line structures
Where is Simon Buckley when you need him
Those bloody pubs
We should have played the game at Vic Park, even if it was an away game
Krakouer should not have played vfl, Buckley is to blame
Macaffer likewise, he will get better for every minute he sits off the park
BJ and Dids are not injured they just hate Bucks
So does Tarrant and Beams
Maxwell wouldn't make any other team best 22
NJ Brown can't even walk on a bush track without injuring himself
Harry O should spend less time at the UN and more getting a kick
Did I say the kids are crap, just not up to it
Rodney Eade doesn't care about structures
Bucks says we didn't stick to our structures
Bring back Leon
Bring back Mick
Sack Eddie it is all his fault

From TradeDraft:

What a Waste of a Post.

Not even worth answering that Crap you wrote

 

[Magpie Ink]

Hey Dave, I think your sarcasm meter is broken.....

 

[jonbe54]

Igarth80 could use a little bit of tuition in the use of rhyme and rhythm if epic poetry is to be the form in which he posts his thoughts. I liked the repetition of some of his lines, such as 'the kids are crap', which left the reader in little doubt as to this major theme of his poem. A simple visual test for length should have alerted Igarth to the need to trim some of his verses - I like to use a syllable count. Finally, please explain the 'bloody pubs' reference - are you perhaps referring to the inebriated state in which you composed this poem or are you insinuating that pubs may be responsible for Simon Buckley's lack of AFL game time?

I think he's referring to a couple of revenue black hole pubs we bought and just recently offlloaded MMD

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

I think he's referring to a couple of revenue black hole pubs we bought and just recently offlloaded MMD

Was he? A bit too subtle for a literal minded person like myself.

 

[Swooop]

Boys and girls

Please try and debate the point, disagree as vehemently as you like, but please don't go down the path of personal insults. ( I've just deleted 8-10 posts )

Blessed is clearly a Pies supporter, though many times he sees things differently to others.

As others have said, we don't want this board to be one big positive circle jerk, so value diversity of opinion, debate and argue to your heart's content, but please respect others' rights to their opinions.

I do think, in general, negative assertions should be backed up with your reasons, but Blessed generally does this and hopefully he'd continue to do this, if he has other things that concern him.

But I'd remind Blessed that it's a long season, a marathon not a sprint, we've had more than our fair share of setbacks already, and we should all be patient.
Last night was a setback, and they'll be others.

Side by Side folks.

PS To the poster who told Blessed to go cut himself; no thanks.

 

[Swooop]

I've just re-read this thread and can't see that anyone really agrees with the OP ( though happily some, eg 76WS and Jelly Bean, defended his right to say it) but the debate has wandered too far into the personal side of things and IMHO, the OP assertion is so very far off the mark, that I'm closing this before it gets even further off track.