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Oh absolutely, the accusations of ‘bandwagon’ flew thick and fast. I actually watched that GF with a good mate and his old man, both lifelong Dogs fans, and with about two minutes left on the clock the old man just quietly sat back in his seat and started crying. By an amazing coincidence I got something in my eye at the exact same moment.
There's been a few join since I last checked this thread. Welcome aboard to you all.
Hi WOOFers, I've been lurking for a few weeks and figured I should join up. I'd was never keen on team sports growing up in Sydney (rugby is awful and I preferred WRC and fencing, of all things), but my Melbourne friends told me you had to have a team if you lived in Melbourne.
So, I did what any academic would do (I used to be a historian), which is research. While was planning my move to Melbourne throughought 2015 I watched a lot of games and started to develop a rubric for choosing a team.
At first I thought I should pick the Giants, because they were also new and from Sydney - but friends told me then I'd never get to see my team play.
Then I thought I'd pick the Tigers, because I had a great-great-uncle play for the Tigers (My great-aunt calls him 'uncle Jack', but that could only be Jack 'Roughnut' Irving), plus my fencing club was in Punt Rd, plus my grandfather moved from Richmond to Balmain (whose NRL team is the Tigers)... you catch my drift, lots of signs pointing to the Tiges.
But how often does someone straight up get to pick their team? Besides, a colleague told me that Richmond was a "special hell you had to be born into", and another colleague told me the Dogs' blue was definitely "my colour". And I liked the way they played (even though the only match I'd watched was that 2015 Elim final), especially Bont and Stringer. So I eschewed family connections and picked the Dogs at the end of 2015. I moved to Melbourne in January 2016, and couldn't be happier with my adopted footy team!
Anyway, hope you've got room for bandwagon jumpers.
Good to have you onboard Boots, welcome to WOOF
Welcome Boots. Great story-told like ...., well a historian!
With all the speculation and intrigue that’s gone on in the last week or so you can see how nutty footy fans are in Melbourne (even when team are not playing).
Hose is spot on. You have to stick with the Dogs now through thick and thin. As 2015 & 2016 proved the ride is well worth it.