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Visit HotRod's hot potato archive >THEY’RE OUT OF CONTROL MICK!!
Or to put it another way...
OFF WITH MY HEAD
What’s going on Collingwood?
Mr. Malthouse, I demand an explanation if not an apology.
Like most Spudsters my vintage I’ve been through the deep fryer too many times to lose my head quicker than you can say Marie Antoinette on the back of two thumping wins.
Lets face it my little footballing French Fries, in modern football if you aren’t getting pumped you are doing the pumping. Close games are rarer than smiles on Demon supporters these days. Although to be fair, whoever designed their alternative jumper must have a sense of humour!
With the Pies currently travelling at the speed of sound on the field, the 2008 season is beginning to look like my wheelie bin.
I keep forgetting to put it out on garbage night and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep the lid on as each week passes.
As a result that strange feeling is starting to return.
You know the one.
It’s the feeling you get when you are so happy after one hundred minutes of incredibly hot action that you say something stupid, like “Will you marry me?”
And the Pies have me on bended knee at the moment dear Spudsters!
They are absolutely flying.
I’ve always been a nervous flyer though.
And right now I’m more nervous than a Demon backman on a public holiday!
But what a wonderful feeling to have. It wasn’t all that long ago that, on behalf of all long suffering Spudsters, I’d beseeched the lads to stand and deliver.
Well, they’re delivering more often than the Royal Women’s Hospital!
It’s just MAGNIFICENT!!!
Sadly, not everybody can share this joy.
I received this email during the week from troubled Collingwood supporter Chris:
Dear Hotrod,
I’ve really hit a rough patch lately. I used to be a young up and comer with an exciting new cashed up organisation. I was one of their star employees and earmarked for greatness. But my career began to stall and I was quickly overlooked for promotions.
The once high flying company has since hit on hard times and gone through some management changes and I’m stuck in Despatch with little or no future. I hate going to work now. What should I do?
Yours sincerely
Chris.
Well Chris, I’m sorry to say it, but we all can’t be as lucky as Paul Medhurst!
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