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Its stuff like this thats real embarrassing! The players should be shown this shit before a game, if that doesnt fire them up, nothing will!
I had one of my daughters ask me the other day why do I keep watching every week...? My kids are well into their late 20’s and grew up brainwashed as Bulldogs.
Before they could walk we took them to games and they are both Bulldog fans but not like their old man. They were both to young to even remember 04 even though the oldest was 10, so they don’t have the same perspective.
They think I am a looney that tortures himself year in and year out watching with disappointment as we get beat or flogged. They have been to dozens and dozens of games over the last 20 odd years and apart from a couple of Grand-final appearances that we lost they have not really experienced the joy I have.
I bore them about The Mortimers and the Hughes boys, Terry Lamb (who they met and refer to as the the little fat guy). Dr George, Robbo, Stan Cutler, Steve Gearin, Chris Anderson, Brentnall, Tunksy, Peter Kelly, Cement, Folkesy, Billy Johnstone, Mark Bugden, Langers, Ted Glossop, Wok, Gus and Folkesy again as a coach.
And I waffle on about 79, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 95, 98, when we won 5 of the 9 GF’s we were in, and then of course I talk about our last win 04, like Bruce Springsteen song “Glory days”..
Yeah, it’s embarrassing and yeah I fucking hate the shit we cop as fans about how shit our club currently is. But, I remember..
Our club is a great club, the best fucking footy team in the comp bar none. I am privledeged to have lived and been a fan of the Dogs during that amazing era and I honestly hope that anyone too young to have experienced the same will get to enjoy it via the next dynasty era of the Dogs.
So suck up the embarrassment and enjoy the ride because the good times are fucking worth it and will return.
I promise you the pain will be worth it.