I’m feeling a little bit shaken tonight - I’ve just come from Ben Warren and Jack Ziebell’s room and witnessed something I really wish I hadn’t.
We were watching the movie ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ and about half-way through, Ben and I looked over at Ziebs and noticed he was lying on his bed in his underpants. He started the movie fully clothed but must have become a little hot after a steamy scene and decided to de-robe. The worst thing was that his jocks were skin coloured so Ben and I actually thought he was stark-naked!
Jack didn’t seem to mind all the attention though and began posing at us with his hand resting behind his head like a lowly-paid lingerie model.
It wasn’t a great sight and his whiteness was blinding.
But that wasn’t the only awkward moment - Ben had a phone call from his girlfriend and was faced with that uncomfortable situation of whether or not to say ‘I love you’ back to her. Jack and I could clearly hear her say ‘I love you’ down the line, but Ben hesitated, went a little red and only managed a ‘you too’ in return. Gutless…if Elise is reading this; I love you.
Earlier in the night I was with some of the others as they played FIFA 2010 on Lindsay Thomas’ X-Box. Michael Firrito is in all sorts and is now facing a ban from playing after being absolutely pantsed one goal to seven.
I didn’t have a go of FIFA but along with several other boys, am hooked on an iPhone game called Monkey Flight. Ryan Bastinac is the only one who has made it passed level three but he only did it once so I reckon it was a fluke.
At dinner we were talking about the assistant coaches and how they played ‘back in the day’. Eventually we started looking up their respective stats and when it came to Darren Crocker, the heckling started. Crock, among other things, is our tackling coach yet only averaged one tackle per match during his career. It’s safe to say he didn’t want to dwell on the subject!
One thing he did want to talk about however, was his homework. As part of the AFL coaches course he is currently enrolled in, he had some accounting based questions that needed answering. I was more than happy to give him a chop out as he is always helping me out on the field and at training.
I’ve actually got a big university assignment of my own to complete so I’m going to do a bit of that tomorrow before the game against the Hawks.
There’s been a bit of change around the traps with some of the younger guys lately. Ben Cunnington went and got a tattoo on the inside of his bicep, while Ben Warren is considering colouring his hair along with Marcus White. Apparently Marcus put tips in his hair which angered Sam Wright because they had made some deal that meant they had to stay natural for the rest of the year. Marcus should probably resist messing with his feathers unless he wants to go down the David Hale path. While we’re on hair, a very observant supporter was complimenting Brad Scott on his hair cut at training today…I don’t know if he noticed that Brad waxes is arm hair though. Meanwhile Lachie Hansen has been talking about growing a beard - for no reason whatsoever.
Now there might be some other interesting news on the way…and I can’t name names at this stage…but, there might be some father-sons on the cards down the track at Arden Street. Word is, there are a few buns in the oven around the club.
Normally in this blog I’m hanging crap on other players, however I said one of the dumbest things this week. I was talking to Paul Turk about our training regime and we were arguing about the duration of a session. He said that it went for 90 minutes and I disagreed saying “No, it didn’t. It was heaps longer…it went for at least an hour and 20 minutes.”
Thanks for reading Follow Swallow - fingers crossed for a win against Hawthorn…Go Roos!
