A Big Toothy Grin from Ear to Ear...

The Missus is a Blues supporter. Ever since the team for the second game was announced she's been a little morose, but today that feeling was replaced by puzzlement and rage. All of this was brought about by Timana Tahu's shock exit from the Blues training camp. All of this madness can be traced back to Andrew 'Joey' Johns.

Apparently Joey launched into some weird racial tirade that caused Tahu to give the Blues the proverbial middle finger and flee. The Missus is not impressed. "I just can't believe it," she moaned. "The Blues are their own worst enemy."

Which is true enough. The Blues have made some baffling moves for the second game - a deciding game no less. First of all they named a twenty-one (21) man squad - a first - and then whittled that down to the conventional seventeen (17). They're captain, the confused man-child, Kurt Gidley, is starting off the bench. The Blues have also decided to drop one of their most effective players from Game One, Jamal Idris. Instead they have recruited Trent Barret and Paul Gallen, obviously a couple of blunt instruments intended to inflict some sort of under-handed damage to the Maroons.

Bizarre choices for a desperate team that seems to be imploding. And so, The Missus is stunned by the absolute recklessness of the dim-wits pulling the strings of the Blues. But as a Maroons lad through and through, all I can do is sport a big toothy grin from ear to ear...