ok this is gonna be one of those posts i've kinda been dreading! see late last year i decided i was changing my allegiance (even as i type that i'm cringing) from the bulldogs to manly - to cut a long story short, manly were my first team, at 17 i changed to the bullies and then some 22 years later decided the off field antics of the bullies were too much for me to deal with...so i went back (back to my first team, back to my dad's team and back to a team i have never had a problem supporting...call them my 2nd team if you will)...
as you can imagine i suffered some ribbing over this decision - mainly from ben! and i get that - my nephew obviously didn't believe that i'd changed as he bought me a bulldogs fridge magnet for xmas and when confronted with 'throwing out' my bulldogs regalia, i couldn't...so even when i made the decision, a big part of it just didn't feel right (not to mention i consider myself to be loyal and this was very much a 'disloyal' sort of move!)
so imagine my horror when i see the 2009 fixture and note that in the very first round manly are up against the bulldogs - is this the universe's way of making me squirm??? mission accomplished...
then imagine my horror when brett stewart has some awful (and yet unproved) allegations laid against him and my reasons (my sole reason) for leaving the dogs was their off-field antics...i got to wondering if i am a jinx..
soooo tonight was the night - i decided i would go with my gut and you know what, right from the kickoff my gut said blue and white! i just can't support manly over the dogs - it's not me - it didn't feel right...so i guess i'm coming back - if you'll have me that is?
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