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[AnUltimateRessie]

Nice thread TiF.

and remember.... **** co-captaincy!

 

[DenieD]

12 total seasons at the helm

Average 3 seasons per Captaincy

7 Captains across 4 leadership ‘eras’ since S28

Next Skipper? DenieD, probably.


Onto the Rats now, a club whose modern era stretches back to S26 when a pre-Upper Murray Defense League Far Kern was up and about, and at a time when they had the Qooty world at their feet. Whether it was winning a ludicrous three Mobbs Medals on the trot, featuring in three Prelims out of three seasons of his reign including a premiership in S27 and a minor premiership the following season in S28. The Rats could do no wrong.

With old school Swampies like Dingster, Ant Bear, GotTheGoodes and rookie sensation Nunez, Kern had a charmed squad at his disposal and they wrung every drop out of that list potential. But they weren't done yet.

Whilst Far Kern would end up stepping down ahead of the S29 season for reasons unknown, the Rats juggernaut would plough on unhindered as a leadership transition to a co-captaincy model with club legend philreich & up and comer Restricted Free Agent in tandem took place and ultimately culminated in another premiership by a solitary point in his first season at the helm. Add another Grand Final appearance the following season and yet Mobbs Medallist in S30 as Nunez collected his second, and Qooty seemed pretty easy down at Sin City.

But list wise, they surprisingly hadn't managed to lure any big names as some of the heroes of this era would make way to other clubs or inactivity, as philreich would largely shoulder the load during this rebuilding phase as the Rats would find themselves out of contention during the early S30s and consistently missing finals.

They enjoyed a brief resurgence off field in S33 as Kennedy Parker joined the fold and assumed co-captaincy for the season with phil, however he would step back from captaincy to assume the Sweet FA admin role for his second stint leaving phil to lead solo. During this time they brought in some league legends over the next few seasons including KP obviously, spookism & a reinvigorated ShaunDuggan (okeydoke7 was also brought in) and a few up and comers like Catsnlakers and Grav to name a few, and they looked to have turned the corner. But they remained in the wilderness Qooty wise, only featuring in finals once for an Elimination Final loss.

Come S36 and philreich was finally able to step back after a stint of 7 seasons being a mainstay of the Rats leadership, as long time deputy jackster83 stepped in. This change signalled a change of fortunes for the Swampies, as they would go deep into finals in S36, and the following season would find themselves back into the decider, this time to face the Old Boys expansion side as they suffered a close 16 point loss.

Having secured the services of the ex Wonders skipper in S37, come S38 jackster83 would hand the reigns over to damicky in just the cheese's second season at the club, allowing him to assume his customary position of co-captain alongside philreich who was also partial to a bit of sharing the load, and the two co-parented their Rats through almost an entire season. The highlight arguably being the recruitment of former Dragons skipper serial_thrilla given their second last finish on the ladder, before the season was even finished co-captain philreich announced his defection to their S37 GF vanquishers at Spotswood, and damicky was left to hand over the responsibility to his former Wonders teammate DenieD for S39, despite the fact the latter was yet to actually join the club. So the Rats will enter Season 39 with an intriguing mix of players, and without philreich for the first time since S24 oh and with a new captain in their first season at the club.




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9 total seasons at the helm

Average 2.25 seasons per Captaincy

7 Captains across 4 leadership ‘eras’ since S30

Next Skipper? DenieD, probably.


Ahh the Wonders.

We pick up things at the Colosseum back in S30, where we find the short strawed Sab22 trying to pick up the pieces after no less than 4 of their top half a dozen players - Ant Bear, Broken, Elton Johns Wig & TRUMAN#1 all vacated their lockers at West Coast at the crescendo of their ultimately failed 'Last Dance' bid together.

Mercifully Sab22 would be put out of his misery come S31, as new recruit and plucky former Bomber Cadsky (Moz, Mozzie19, whichever one of his several name changes he happened to be at this point!) would step straight into captaincy in his debut season at the club. The Wonders would lose further talent as the emerging Bonz headed for Dragon Island, and a raft of new mostly returning recruits failed to spark. On field however, the made a promising finals run leading to a Prelim Final and Cadsky now had a season under his belt.

With the benefit of understanding his list after a season at the helm, the Wonders undertook a recruiting spree as they brought in a quality handful of players in former Hawks skipper Loonerty, a brash young rookie named Brenton Davy, the surprise returnee Frothies Mcveigh and another household name in Golumless. With more talent at his disposal, Cadsky and co would continue to cobble together a reasonably strong squad during this period. Quality additions like SM, NinjaSwan, Cubs2Lions and future skippers damicky & AnUltimateRessie in S33 further allowed the list to turnover and whilst a different offering, the Wonders had returned to somewhat near the level we had come to expect from the foundation club during the Wigs/Ding era.

In fact Cadsky was so satisfied that the job was done by this stage, that he would request delisting and accept an enlistment at the Furies in S34 mid-season. This of course cleared the way for his deputy Brenton Davy to join new recruit damicky as co-captains to see out the season. And so began the damicky and friends era.

Over 3 and a half seasons at the helm, damicky would rotate through his friends each season, as he sought to build on the platform his mentor Cadsky had left in his capable hands. First Brenton Davy, then onto Frothies Mcveigh for S35. Recruitment stalled after a couple of seasons of strong activity as only MayTheNorthBeWithU was brought in and survived. However he not only survived but thrived as he would win an EKA Medal so that's something to hang a hat on. Another thing to hang one's hat on is a very close loss in a Grand Final, as the Wonders would push the Old Boys all the way to the line in a thriller in the S35 decider.

Yet another co-captaincy change occurred in S36 as the returned and reinvigorated HARPSichord joined the cheese at the wheel, and the recruitment ramped up again with a slightly warped DenieD making his return to Qooty amongst a raft of list fodder. It was a season that saw a mini exodus though, as not one but two of damicky's former co-captains, Brenton Davy AND Frothies Mcveigh both left the club in what was quite the surprising development. In fact, the disquiet become something of a roar as the season bore on, with several tongue in cheek media pieces doing the rounds undermining the tenuous Cheese supremacy at the Colosseum.

And so come the completion of S36, the Cheese would leave for swampier pastures as he made his way to the Underground and chase his dreams of making more co-captaincy friends at Sin City, and the emerging AUR would step into the role in a full chested, Solo man style whole of job effort to lead the Wonders back out of what had become somewhat of a quagmire of the not so giggity variety.​

Oh great I'm captaining two clubs now

 

[DenieD]

And if I was a betting man, I'd probably bet on Pamcake1 being the next Wonders captain

 

[damicky]

congratulations Ken!

Was TiF drink when he wrote that?

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Was TiF drink when he wrote that?

I figure AnUltimateRessie probably has another two seasons in him, at which point Ken will probably be back at the Wonders and hungry for power again.

 

[DenieD]

I figure AnUltimateRessie probably has another two seasons in him, at which point Ken will probably be back at the Wonders and hungry for power again.

Only way I'd go back to the Wonders is if they rebranded just to 'Wonders FFC' and surely they would never do that...

Anyway, I'm at Sin City for the long haul. Won't be leaving there in a long long time.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Only way I'd go back to the Wonders is if they rebranded just to 'Wonders FFC' and surely they would never do that...

Anyway, I'm at Sin City for the long haul. Won't be leaving there in a long long time.

We very much adore representing the west coast of sweet. get ****ed ken

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

I figure @AnUltimateRessie probably has another two seasons in him

If ClarkeM had his way, I would've been out after round two

 

[ClarkeM]

If ClarkeM had his way, I would've been out after round two

Never, been my most favourite captain

 

[Tonga Bob]

Almost there bossman. C’mere…

 

[Robertio]

And if I was a betting man, I'd probably bet on Pamcake1 being the next Wonders captain

Good I'll tell Tigerturbulance

 

[damicky]

Never, been my most favourite captain

 

[Pamcake1]

And if I was a betting man, I'd probably bet on Pamcake1 being the next Wonders captain

I might make Captain of the Wonders by the time they make the prequel series of the Barbie Movie

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

I might make Captain of the Wonders by the time they make the prequel series of the Barbie Movie

they are making a prequel series of the barbie movie?

 

[Kilroy]

Almost there bossman. C’mere…

 

[Tonga Bob]

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Let him cook.

 

[Gralin]

Let him cook.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

 

[Kilroy]