I always remember Ifill saying he was impressed by how professional we looked as a club, I think we lost a little glamor when Terry went.
You can't market NZ as similar to Oz. Most people come here for the outdoor part of it and the very different landscapes contained in such a small area. NZ apart from swimming, outdoes Oz in outdoor pursuits because you can wander about outside without being eaten, stung or bitten to death. It's a pretty safe place to visit unless of course you are working for DOC or using a chainsaw in your job. My sister and her husband used to teach chainsaw safety and where completely horrified at the complete lack of skill, and training most people had in Australia when they lived there. It's the same here - sorry a little off topic.
Are you predicting Subliminly FT that Saturday is going to be like a Chainsaw Massacre?
hopefully less horror and more historical - 300 maybe? Our goal being the pass of Thermopylae...
Ahh the battle of Thermopylae, Isn't that where a game of football broke out in between hostilaties with Jeff Vader playing Inside Left for the Leonidas' and Leggy played Full back for Xerxes'
Yeah both JV and Leggy were getting on a bit and soon ended their careers in the lucrative American Colonial League a thousand or so years after that game
They both did well to last so many turns of the sundial in such heat without getting subbed.
Xerxes was trying to introduce a more flowing style of play after taking over from the philosopher Rickius the Cynic, well known for his hoof ball tactics. That's according to the ancient Roman footy parchment "IV IV II".
Xerxes's Persian Firebirds dominated but eventually lost 1-nil to the Spartan, erm Spartans, who where down to 300 men, due to injuries and a few hundred thousand red cards. Friggin Greek teams with their high paid marquee players, Achilles, Heracles, etc. Remember the chant about Heracles? "Your Dads a golden shower! Your Dads a golden shower"!
Mind you that A league was tough, that's the "Amphictyonic League" obviously.
The Persian Firebirds always struggled, but then the weather in Persia is terrible and the local Colosseum rubbish it's no wonder they couldn't get anyone decent. No decent nightlife or chariot racing.
Now Pergamum - that's a city with a night life...