Whilst making his way to work this morning from his small yet well appointed studio flat in the bowels of Hammersmith Barry McKenzie spotted a rare sight.
No it wasn't a pygmy Shrew. Or a black Grouse. Or a red kite Or even an Osprey soaring majestically over Hammersmith bridge trying to spot a fish swimming beneath the crystal clear waters of the mighty river Thames.
It was a bloke wearing a Harlequins RL footy jumper.
Naturally Barry McKenzie was intrigued by this unusual spectacle. I was interested to hear what this bloke had to say about the current state of affairs down at the 'Moon' regarding the calibre of players and the current coaching staff. So after a friendy 'G'day' and a handshake from everybodies favourite Hammersmith working Walkabout frequenting UK based footy legend the conversation went something like this.
[iBM: 'So mate, whats going on with your club? Seems like everyone wants your coach out right?
Rare species:'Yeah we have started a Facebook group to try and get him out. And at the game tomorrow people are going to hold up signs saying 'Mac Out'
BM: 'Sounds grouse mate. You reckon it will work?'
Rare Species: 'Dunno. Probably not'
BM: 'Ah well.. things happen I guess champ. What time you going down there?'
Rare Species: 'I'm not going. I'm an Arsenal season ticket holder and they are playing West Ham tomorrow'[/i
So there you have it folks.
Rugby League supporters in London are officially revolting. So much so they have started a FACEBOOK group to get rid of their coach.
If thats how filthy the Poms can get I shudder to think whats going to happen next. Maybe someone will shout 'MAC OUT' in a sort of loud voice during the game. You know the sort of 'loud' I mean. The 'English loud'. The 'Oh my god I cant believe I'm doing this' type of loud. The sort of loud that isn't really loud at all. Or maybe someone will have 'WE WANT MAC OUT' painted on an old bed sheet which they will majestically unfurl in front of the Sky cameras and point to and wave whilst grinning inanely like a bored chimp at Windsor Zoo.
Barry McKenzie is no real fan of the French but by god you have to admire the way they protest about stuff. I guarantee if Harlequins was a Paris based team and their supporters wanted changes or a new coach they would barricade every street in and out of the area with burning tyres, hijacked trucks and home made barriers made out of old bits of metal. They would storm the stadium just before K/O and have a mass pitch sit in just as the live telecast was going out. They would storm the directors box and forcibly remove whoever it was who they wanted out.
And what do the poms do?
Start a facebook group and grumble a bit amongst themselves about how terrible the club are.
I read on here a couple of people have also 'emailed the club to express their strong feelings'
I can only imagine how those emails would have sounded.
'Dear Harlequins RL. We are so damned jolly well irritated by the way you are running things. Unless you do something about it, we will take the strongest course of action that we can to save our club. So please can you do something about it? Thanks awfully. Ps... really sorry to have to say 'Damned' in this email. But we are frightfully irked by you. Thanks for reading this.'
Nice work Poms.
That will do it.
Barry McKenzie might just have to tune in to the Sky telecast tomorrow evening and see just how lairy you poms really get when something gets up your goats
Quality Bazza.
