Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Malc on December 16, 2007, 03:44:27 PM
Title: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 16, 2007, 03:44:27 PM
OK, I'm just setting the scene for my match reports regarding Capalaba Mighty Bulldogs (U15s) next year.
As you know I've been appointed coach of the U15 Doggies, and the preamble goes like this:
Me, an unfancied coach, is given unfancied team to run prior to the 2008 season. I was told at the time I was appointed that I would have hardly any kids turn up for trials owing to the "best" kids having gone to another club after last season when we finished sixth. Oddly, they have followed the coach who secured that sixth place (the lowest the boys have ever finished) to the other club (?)
At the trials LOADS of kids turned up, and we chose twelve, leaving a couple of spots available for latecomers of the required standard. During the trials which I ran and oversaw, one senior club coach cast aspersions on what he saw as my rather unorthodox methods (I basically schewed the dribbling around cones deal, preferring the lads to play one whole match, with drinks breaks, to see how they fared in a real game situation). I told him to take his clipboard and f**k off, that I was sick of his snotty attitude and that I had never liked him anyway. He chose not to take any more part in the proceedings.
After the letters of acceptance had been sent out, four players replied and said that they would prefer not to take their place in the side, as a better offer had come up. This happens, especially in U15s, when the clubs who trial early get the tyre-kickers, just trialling for kicks.
So now I'm phoning around known and able players who appear to be stateless, asking what they're up to next season. Alex Ferguson started out the same way, I hear.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 16, 2007, 03:46:36 PM
By the way, don't feel obliged to answer these posts, treat them like a little diary I'm posting on the Beau Peep site for your amusement.
I'll be taking photos during the season, and maybe even posting videos on You Tube.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 16, 2007, 03:52:20 PM
Thanks for the up date. When I started as coach I did a similar thing telling all the old players that thy would not figure in next years matches if they did not shape up. Only two made the grade. In seven years we had climbed 4 leagues and won the cup. Go Bullies Go
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 16, 2007, 04:02:40 PM
Thanks for the up date. When I started as coach I did a similar thing telling all the old players that thy would not figure in next years matches if they did not shape up. Only two made the grade. In seven years we had climbed 4 leagues and won the cup. Go Bullies Go
Did Mince get in your team, Pete?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 16, 2007, 04:55:30 PM
Thanks for the up date. When I started as coach I did a similar thing telling all the old players that thy would not figure in next years matches if they did not shape up. Only two made the grade. In seven years we had climbed 4 leagues and won the cup. Go Bullies Go
Did Mince get in your team, Pete?
he didn't get out of bed . if he had he would not have known the rules
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 16, 2007, 05:19:23 PM
So that's a "no" then?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 16, 2007, 06:04:12 PM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 08:02:35 AM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
I would have thought, given Peter's record with the 3 R's, the fact that Mince CAN read and write (and do 'rithmatic) was something to be proud of. Peter's hasn't been a very good role model, has he? Who helped Mince with his homework? ::)
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 17, 2007, 08:08:07 AM
In Pete's football team, Mince was Left Back.
Left back in the changing room correcting the punctuation on the team-sheets.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 10:00:44 AM
Left back in the changing room correcting the punctuation on the team-sheets.
Right back at home
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 10:15:13 AM
Once he got his first computer a Sinclair he became house bound. only turning out of his bedroom when food was served then disappearing again. People came to talk to him but it was all done in his bedroom. he was there for so long i thought he might turn into a Mekon. then he went to uni.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 10:21:47 AM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
I would have thought, given Peter's record with the 3 R's, the fact that Mince CAN read and write (and do 'rithmatic) was something to be proud of. Peter's hasn't been a very good role model, has he? Who helped Mince with his homework? ::)
Who was it who pointed him in the right direction. Who showed him how to open a book. Who feed him jurying his growing years ;D Who washed his clothes and still does. Who pushed him along. Who kissed it better.
I found one of the "R"under "A". Know wonder we cant spell. I have found a second one under "W" No wonder I can not write with people saying look up the three "R" What a con.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 10:54:12 AM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
Now that's a good question I will cogitated ??? ??? ??? on it and get back to you soon as and when.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 10:54:57 AM
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Mince on December 17, 2007, 11:24:28 AM
I'm multi-talented.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 11:28:08 AM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 01:02:15 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
One of his talents is annoying people: he's extremely good at that. ;D
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 01:07:03 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
One of his talents is annoying people: he's extremely good at that. ;D
Another is sleeping
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 17, 2007, 03:12:20 PM
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Who kissed it better.
I say, steady on. :o
Or you'll be the subject of some "jurying" yourself.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 03:18:20 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
What World Cup side are you talking about?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Colin on December 17, 2007, 03:38:27 PM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
I would have thought, given Peter's record with the 3 R's, the fact that Mince CAN read and write (and do 'rithmatic) was something to be proud of. Peter's hasn't been a very good role model, has he? Who helped Mince with his homework? ::)
What's that all about?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 17, 2007, 04:29:22 PM
Who was it who pointed him in the right direction. Who showed him how to open a book. Who feed him jurying his growing years ;D Who washed his clothes and still does. Who pushed him along. Who kissed it better.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Colin on December 17, 2007, 04:34:43 PM
I'm welling up. :'(
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 04:39:33 PM
I think we'd all like to know more about what a crushing disappointment Mince has been as a son. Do share.
Is there anything good about him, Peter? Anything at all? Maybe something a Dad would be proud of, (other than the fact he knows how to use semi-colons correctly)?
I would have thought, given Peter's record with the 3 R's, the fact that Mince CAN read and write (and do 'rithmatic) was something to be proud of. Peter's hasn't been a very good role model, has he? Who helped Mince with his homework? ::)
What's that all about?
I threw in an extra possessive apostrophe for luck! ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 04:44:03 PM
Who was it who pointed him in the right direction. His mum Who showed him how to open a book. His mum Who feed him jurying his growing years ;D His mum Who washed his clothes and still does. His mum Who pushed him along. His mum Who kissed it better. His mum
Would the answer be - his mum????
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 17, 2007, 06:38:18 PM
I was talking to my wife the other day about "No Charge"! She refused to believe it existed. Probably the greatest song of all time.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 06:46:05 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
What World Cup side are you talking about?
The one and only England 1966
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 06:48:17 PM
Who was it who pointed him in the right direction. Who showed him how to open a book. Who feed him jurying his growing years ;D Who washed his clothes and still does. Who pushed him along. Who kissed it better.
Peeps, thanks for making me feel sick.....
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: peter on December 17, 2007, 06:53:47 PM
Who was it who pointed him in the right direction. His mum Who showed him how to open a book. His mum Who feed him jurying his growing years ;D His mum Who washed his clothes and still does. His mum Who pushed him along. His mum Who kissed it better. His mum
Would the answer be - his mum????
She was to busy feeding him, washing his clothes, getting him up andstopplng him Blowing up the shed when he tried to make fireworks.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Vulture on December 17, 2007, 07:15:03 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
What World Cup side are you talking about?
The one and only England 1966
I'm not sure Colin was even born when you and I watched this match in black and white. :D
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Colin on December 17, 2007, 07:48:48 PM
Explain the off side law. Name the world cup winning side without looking it up. Tell people what you were doing before ten this morning. Which talents were you referring to.
What World Cup side are you talking about?
The one and only England 1966
I'm not sure Colin was even born when you and I watched this match in black and white. :D
Thats the year I was born, '66
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on December 17, 2007, 11:35:39 PM
I was talking to my wife the other day about "No Charge"! She refused to believe it existed. Probably the greatest song of all time.
You mean it just pips "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"?
What a coincidence that you happened to be talking to your wife about "No Charge", just the other day. What brought that up I wonder?
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 18, 2007, 12:59:25 AM
"No Charge" is merely one in a litany of awful, family values down home country dirges. Try "Corn Fed", which is a lot newer.
The country music industry, more than any other section of the entertainment business, demands songs constantly. There are just SO many bands and artists who don't write their own material or who need cloned versions of someone else's hit.
They're even plundering stuff off the internet. Anyone receive that email recently which listed all the stuff we used to do as kids but which is off limits to kids today? Drinking from the tap, not wearing helmets when riding bikes, getting belted by our dads, setting fire to public buildings, etc?
Well some country artist (and ex American Idol finalist, so he's riddled with musical integrity) ripped it off totally and made it into a song. His name is Bucky Covington, and the lyrics go:
We were born to mothers who smoked and drank Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint No childproof lids No seatbelts in cars Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are Still here we are
We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved Had three TV channels you got up to change No video games and no satellite All we had were friends and they were outside Playing outside
School always started the same everyday the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray not every kid made the team when they tried We got disappointed but that was alright
We turned out alright
It was a different life When we were boys and girls Not just a different time It was a different world
No bottled water We'd drink from a garden hose And every Sunday, All the stores were closed.
Look, I wouldn't mind so much, but Covington is only 30 years old. By the time he was 10, Oliver North was destroying files and lying to congress about the Contra affair. Different world? Exactly the same bloody world, cretin.
Except for the fact that you couldn't blatantly rip your ideas off the internet 30 years ago.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 18, 2007, 09:36:37 AM
Malc, I was nearly going to forgive the guy till you got to the bit about him being thirty years old. That's just ridiculous. I suppose someone like Kenny Rogers MIGHT have got away with it. You'd still want to slap him but he might have got away with it.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on December 18, 2007, 09:39:23 AM
I was talking to my wife the other day about "No Charge"! She refused to believe it existed. Probably the greatest song of all time.
You mean it just pips "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"?
What a coincidence that you happened to be talking to your wife about "No Charge", just the other day. What brought that up I wonder?
We were talking about bribing our son to do the odd household chore and I burst into "No Charge". Like I say, she thought I was making it up.
You knew the lyrics? You'll have to do a rendition, on stage, at the Beau Peep Christmas Bash.
Title: Re: The Mighty Bulldogs
Post by: Malc on December 18, 2007, 12:00:55 PM
Next Christmas, hopefully. Too short notice for me on this occasion. I have to get through the festive season then prepare for the Mighty Bulldogs season, which will end in September after the Gold Coast Cup.