Season 2010: Western Bulldogs

Them Doggies came pretty close last year but never really looked like being the Ones (or even Two's).  If you wanted to piss off Rocket, you just turned up at a press conference and asked what he was going to do to fix the small forward line.  In the space of ten seconds he would turn from being a mild mannered accountant type with an uncanny resemblance to Gutterguard, to an accountant who has just been told he was being audited by the ATO.

Enter The Hall.


What is going on?  Halfway through the season 16 teams and all the supposed experts (aka Mike Sheahan - he's an expert - just ask him) said they would (and should) never take him - he's a firecracker, he's a liability to the team, if Roosy can't control him, no one can blah blah...  A lost final later and B Hall is on the books of the Doggies and expectations are high... But let me tell you that it is extremely hard to influence a game from the sidelines.  I personally like Big Bad Bazza.  I liked the way he stuffed Christmas Turkeys this year on those ads.  I liked the way he threw the arms out in despair after smackin some defender across the chops as if to say... "what? me? i'm INNOCENT!... he's FAKING it.. ".  Yep, Bazza... As a guy with clear anger management issues, he is a handy footballer.  As a handy footballer he is not so good at handling the anger management issues.

And given so much does hinge on the Baz-fella, I can see the season spiralling out of control pretty early on.  The Doggies have the oldest team on the park (or as a peer would say... they are very experienced...) and if they don't do it this year, they can count on a pretty barren run for the next few years.

They won't do it this year.

EXPECTED FINISH: 4-6
**** OK OK!!!! I REVISE!!!! Top Three for these guys but the Crows will knock em out in the Prelim on their march to Premiership Glory...!