Seems a very apt title this week after a fantastic victory over Wiggin where the team royally entertained us with some fantastic attack some dogged defence and a knowing smile to Wiggin when they lost the plot and started with the coconut shy antics. Fight? With Leeds next week...tell you what here's another try. How do you like that eh? Back on the bus boys the Pies are about done.
But no, the reason for the title is to look at something I've wanted to examine more closely all year. The match day entertainment. I was going to do a piece after every home game looking for peoples' rating of the entertainment but after pestering the marketing department at Odsal for pictures to jog peoples memory every week I think it was getting a bit trying (for them rather than me!).
Thinking about it, booking the entertainment must be THE worst job at the Grattan Stadium. You will never please everyone and we'll only end up criticising regardless of the quality of the product. Take me for example. I simply hate the St Patrick day thing we do every year. There are two veerrrry simple reasons for this
- I am not Irish
- I don't live in Ireland
ergo...what relevance does this have to me? I know the old ladies love the little girls in their quirky outfits and dubious syrups doing a passable impression of someone who is, after suffering the ultimate park related embarrassment, furiously trying to kick an obstinate dog turd from the soles of their shoes, but seriously everyone, you put a Morris Dancing team in there and we'd all laugh. Wouldn't we? Be honest you really would!
Is this really less ridiculous then Morris Dancing???
With this in mind then why no St George's day this weekend? Think of the possibilities, Morris Dancing, Dragon slaying re-enactments, parade of classic English Cars and bikes, veterans parade, two for one on Tetley's the list could go on. What did we have instead? Elvis.
Elvis? Now I'll be the first to admit that I uttered more than a couple of profanities when I saw the 'Las Vegas' theme advertised. I fact I went so far as to question the motives of the club, cutting corners again, just putting things on for the sake, no thought etc etc. We have at least one Elvis impersonator every year! I was fuming!
Then, as the misguided, jumpsuit, clad madman in the middle got into his stride I realised to my open mouthed amazement that half of the crowd were sat silently mouthing the words to the songs. The other half were split into two camps.
1) The 'This is old hat, we want something new' brigade and
2) The steadfast 'We didn't need this frivolity in the Northern days and we were happy then drinking our tea from a rolled up newspaper whilst the temperature plummeted to -90 and all we had against the cold was a shirt and a flat cap and we didn't complain - you jessies don't know your born!' battalion.
Leaving aside the 50's Northern boys it then became obvious why we go back to the tried and tested. At the beginning of the season we had Dance X
One for the 'Younger Generation'
Now, in Dance X we had something current, high profile and still fresh in most peoples minds as we are, as a nation, suckers for reality TV. We're we happy? To quote General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett ..... 'Oh Good Lord no!'.
Even the community on this site were merciless in their pillorying and mirth ridden jibes aimed squarely at the poor folk on the pitch in front of us. Look at the picture above, this nicely turned out, not unattractive contemporary performer drew howls of derision and unbridled laughter.
Now contrast with the picture below and tell me why on God's green earth this rag tag, scruffy bunch produced knowing nods of appreciation and applause from the crowd?
You are all mad!!!!!!!
Die di die die diddly die!!!
So, and here is the point of my blog this week, if you have read this weeks blog and it's struck a chord (sic) I'd like to invite you to put your thoughts in the Entertainment thread in 'General' on the forum.
What would be truly interesting to find out is what people actually thing about the matchday package, the acts we bring in, what you don't want to see, what you'd truly love to see (and keep it clean remember we have remembered we are a family club) and if you could take charge of the package for one day, what would you do?
Over to you!