Kids these days, huh? They complain about how tough the employment market is, all while sitting around in their underwear eating extra-cheesy Doritos that Mum bought and only occasionally flicking from Facebook or Supercoach to have a look at Seek. 'I don't want to work in fast food', they say, 'how do I get experience if I don't have experience?'.
How they'd shudder to hear what their parents had to do to find work. It's been that long since we've seen a recession, much less a depression, that the kids have lost any perspective of hardship. Part of the problem is the example set by the AFL players that they idolise. With Brisbane's mass exodus of homesick players and Buddy eschewing Parramatta for the golden sands of Bondi, it becomes tough to explain to the kids that the real world rarely affords you such luxury of choice.
That's why the Wednesday Smother is all about North Melbourne. James Brayshaw is the recalcitrant teenager, covered in extra-cheesy Dorito powder and refusing to accept the reality that confronts him. North Melbourne's 17 strong membership group fall well below the admittedly high break even point at the Docklands, and their Arden Street base is prime real estate should they wish to offload it.
The Gold Coast Kangaroos had a ring to it, but Brayshaw vetoed that. The Hobart Kangaroos would be welcomed with open arms by a city who need something to supplement an income based largely on a gallery that may at any moment be seized by the ATO. And now, the Victorian ALP - coincidentally a few months out from an election - have found some cash to redevelop Ballarat's Eureka Stadium.
That the Ballarat Kangaroos is another option on the table is probably irrelevant, given the table will probably be used to make nachos...
In the news...
Bad news for Docker Michael Walters, with his season in doubt with an ankle injury. Coach Ross Lyon says he is only a "slim chance" to play again in 2014.
Sun Steven May has taken on city hall and won, his one-match ban for rough conduct thrown out by the tribunal. Devon Smith was not so lucky, the tribunal upholding his ban for striking.
The Kangaroos have pledged their allegiance to the pride of Nar Nar Goon, Lachie Hansen. The free agent looks set to sign a new deal with the Roos.
In a sad end to this Wednesday Smother, Demon Mitch Clark has retired from football citing depression. If you are one of the several nuffys who will say things like 'he gets paid too much to be depressed', please educate yourself.
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