So it’s the silly season for both the AFL and the NRL. The penultimate stages of the season are upon us. Players whose teams have already fallen by the wayside may be looking for a new home. Nothing new with that.
And like most sports junkies I love this stuff. Hissyfits, claims on disloyalty, home sickness etc.
So anyway, Port Adelaide star (a term often overused but in this case very much warranted) Shaun Burgoyne has requested to leave Alberton and go to a Melbourne team. There’s probably a million reasons for this. Apparently Hawthorn have been talking to Shaun since June and Port fans are bitchin’ (and rightly so).
So I was reading a few things today and came across Ashley Browne’s yarn in today’s Toy Department and found out, much to my surprise, that Shaun’s manager was Ben Williams — the winner of the inaugural Big Brother (you know, the god awful reality TV show). He’s even briefly mentioned in Emma Quayle’s excellent 2008 book The Draft as wanting to “break into player management”.
Not so say that those who appear on Big Brother (and indeed win it) can’t go on to bigger and better things but I just sorta assumed…
It’s time to go … Shaun.
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As a Port Power fan I’ve loved watching ‘Junior Burger’ over many years but all good things must come to an end. Increasingly, it’s becoming clear to Port fans that our stars are fading rapidly – Chad Cornes and Dean Brogan are now past their prime, Brendon Lade and Peter Burgoyne have retired and a number of other players have had a fairly inconsistent season. The big question facing the club is whether our Premiership coach Chocco Williams is the right guy to rebuild the squad. My heart hopes he can do it but my brain is not so confident.