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Issue No. 142 | 28 June 2002 |
Safety First
Interview: Safe as Houses Safety: Ten Steps to Safety History: Staying Alive Unions: Choose Life International: Seoul Destroyers Corporate: Crash Landing Activists: The Refusenik Review: Dumb Nation Poetry: Helping Out The Rich
Redundancy Bonus for Members Only Lib MP Named in Cole Commission Sentencing Guidelines for Safety Breaches Safety Lock-Out Enters Second Week Unions Seek Talks With New Airport Owners Strip Bosses Face Dressing Down Beattie Called Into Bargaining Impasse Nurses Deliver Largest Ever Petition US Braces for its Own Waterfront War
The Soapbox Bosswatch The Locker Room Postcard Week in Review
Voodoo Unionism Good News from the Pilbara Go Mark, Go Double-Standards
Labor Council of NSW |
The Locker Room Three Colours Blue
************* Was it ever going to be anything else but the auld firms in action in the end? This column hoped that Renaldo's knee, which is somewhere near his nose, would come back to bite him in the ass in the Semi Final - if only for the free kebabs that would ensue as Australia's Turkish population went into delirium. It would prove that Attaturk WAS the man of the last century. The upsets were glorious. I blame Silvio Berlesconi for Italy's plight. The Azzuri were symptomatic of the decadent complacency that holds the west in thrall. The corrupt arrogance of the over-confident stares world football in the face as Australia now forgets about soccer for another four years. "Thank you New South Wales, You were more like a Queensland crowd tonight," said a gracious Queensland captain Gordon Tallis after his side won the State of Onanism for 2002 on a technicality. The post match festivities descended into a farce as some overpaid media poonce joined the sponsor on stage after a bit of typical Queensland humility and humour. Andrew Johns looked like he thought it was all about as funny as a dead baby's doll. Arrogance also brought the Blues undone when the work-experience winger tried to plant the ball one handed in the corner. This effort resulted in a try by that thug Webcke up the other end. While the Rugby refs have been copping a caning Bill Harrigan came in for praise from hairdressers everywhere. Sure he lets the game flow - by not penalising players for grabbing blokes about the head in the tackle. Speaking of tackle, Wayne Carey has been linked with the Swans as part of their youth development policy. The old Royboy himself Paul Roos has taken over the driver's seat after Rodney Eade went out to the gap and Plugger rang his superannuation advisor.The Swans could always bring along some of the talent running around each week for the Redbacks in the local Sydney AFL. Players like Luke Jarjoura, Marty Brewster and Lewis Roberts-Thompson are the champions of the future. This is homegrown talent that really could shape Sydney as a club, not just a team. But that would mean Sydneysiders embracing the unknown, and it wouldn't help cheer up poor Wayne Carey now would it? Phil Doyle - losing in straight sets in the opening round at Wimbledon
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