I love coming to Hobart. Not only is it an awesome place to play footy in, it’s a stunning place to visit. For some reason, it also provides great fodder for this column. Every time we come here, I seem to get overloaded with great gossip and photos.
First up, one of my favourites: Lachlan Hansen.
Let me acknowledge that Lachie is an absolute gun and will be a massive addition to the team this week against the Crows, but his off-field antics leave a lot to be desired.
So he was at Scott Thompson’s house and went to the bathroom. The boys found him standing on Scooter’s robot vacuum cleaner. When they asked him what he was doing, he just replied, "I think it’s broken."
Unfortunately, Lachie thought the vacuum cleaner was scales and tried to weigh himself on it.
It was an awkward moment. About as awkward as the morning our high performance manager Steve Saunders created traffic chaos in the Docklands precinct.
Steve went to his local café to grab a takeaway latte on the way to the club during peak hour and left his keys on the counter. Because he hadn’t switched his engine off when he went inside and has a keyless car, he was able to drive off without the keys.
It wasn’t long before he realised something was wrong and in bumper to bumper gridlock he, for some reason, switched off the engine…maybe to save fuel? Anyway, now stranded without the keys, he quickly realised where he’d left them and had to put the hazard lights on and abandon the vehicle much to the disgust of the road users stuck behind him.
Steve hightailed it on foot, running several kilometres to the café and back.
Speaking of someone not being switched on, our website guru Robin ‘Dog’ Burton has been speaking without thinking again. On the plane on the way over, he was picking out design flaws in the cabin. He was sitting in a row without a window and started complaining. He asked “Would you ever get on a plane without any windows? I wouldn’t because I wouldn’t know where I was going.”
Well Rob you would know where you were going regardless of windows, because you would have booked the ticket and destination prior to getting on board.
Rob is not a good flyer. He particularly hates turbulence and says it feels like “your head goes through your face.” He tried to clarify that statement by saying “you know, when your head feels like it’s falling beneath your face.” Neither made sense.
Seeing Boomer at the airport didn’t make sense to Mason Wood today. He thought Boomer had just come to say goodbye to the guys and wish them luck for the game. In actual fact, he is travelling with us and will sit in the box with Brad or on the bench. It will suck not having him out there with us, but will give some others a chance to step up in his absence.
Boomer will be missed and his absence will stand out more than Sam Wright’s new yellow shoes did at the airport.
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Shaun Atley also looks a bit different lately. Check out this latest pic I found of him. I think he’s done something to his hair.
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There’ll be no big heads around the club if we don’t finish off the season well. We have the Crows tomorrow at Blundstone Arena and then the Dees next Saturday night.
All going well, we’ll get to play an elimination final.
I simply can’t wait to put it all on the line for this great club.
