WHEN FUI BECOMES A LEGEND

The aim of this blog,is to support my third love-sport(my first love being wife and family,my second being the fact that I'm alive)I would watch two flies racing,babies boxing over a dummy,little old ladies fighting over a bingo game--I'll even watch Aussie Rules. Although writing poetry for 40 plus years,its normally love,life,war,save the whales,be nice to kids,don't chop down the trees and be nice to your mother stuff--of late I've been writing a lot of sport poetry especially re Parramatta Eels Wisbech Town,Australia and Eng(white)nd teams in the World Cup,
This first poem is one I wrote for the great Parramatta Forward Fui Fui Moi Moi (for my English readers its pronounced Foo ee Foo ee Moy Moy)Fui is a tough player that came to us from South Sydney a couple of years ago--a player that has spent a lot of his time suspended.But this season he seems to have knuckled down (in the nicest possible way) and is one of the form players so far.Like most places once a player becomes a "legend within their club,the club honours said player by naming parts of the club or ground after them.Names mentioned in this poem are obviously other Parramatta legends.

WHEN FUI,BECOMES A LEGEND.

WHEN FUI,BECOMES A LEGEND
WHAT WILL WE CALL HIS PLACE?
THIS PARRAMATTA POWER HOUSE
THAT SETS THE FRONT ROW PACE.
A MAN OF STEEL,AND GRITTED TEETH,
THOUGH,SOMETIMES MISUNDERSTOOD.
FREQUENTLY SUSPENDED
BUT WHEN HE'S NOT,HE'S BLOODY GOOD.

WE'VE GOT THE MICHAEL CRONIN STAND,
KEN THORNETT,HAS GOT ONE TOO.
STERLO AND KENNY HAVE THEIR HILLS
AND,PRICEYS LOUNGE,TO NAME A FEW.
SO,WHATS LEFT FOR OUR HERO?
WHAT STANDS TO BARE HIS NAME?
WHEN FUI LEADS US TO THE TOP
ONCE MORE TO RULE OUR GAME.

WHAT ABOUT,THE FUI FUI FOYER
AS WE ENTER FROM THE STREET?
WHERE WE COULD MEET OUR FRIENDS "HEAD HI"
YEP,THAT WOULD BE REAL NEAT.
OR,THE FUI FUI FOOD BAR,
SELLING PIES AND CHIPS AND MORE,
ALL COULD DROP IN TO THE PLACE
WHERE THE MEAT IS SERVED UP RAW.

ALL THE OLD GIRLS LOVE YOUNG FUI,
FROM THEIR SEATS I'VE HEARD THEM GIGGLE
AS THEY WATCH THIS FINE YOUNG SPECIMEN
I'VE WATCHED THEM SQUIRM AND WRIGGLE.
SO I'M SURE OUR OLDER LADIES
WOULD SHOUT AND SCREAM WITH JOY
IF HE WERE MADE OFFICIAL,PARRAMATTA
FUI FUI,--TOY BOY.

OR,WHAT ABOUT THAT PRAT THAT STANDS
ON THE FIELD,PRE-MATCH EACH GAME
WE,COULD GIVE THAT THING HE HOLDS IN HAND
OUR SPECIAL PLAYERS NAME.
I COULD SEE HIM THERE,MICK MARTIN
AND EACH TIME,WE'D HEAR HIM GROAN,
AND SHOUT THINGS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
DOWN THE MOI MOI MOICROPHONE.

A TRIBUTE,TO THE GREAT FUI FUI MOI MOI PARRAMATTA SEASON 2006