Bay of Plenty and the Money Man

Whats been the Bay of Pleny's contribution to the strength of the Chiefs this season? Hand on your heart how many players can you name from our neighbouring province that have made a meaningful contribution to our team? Let's be honest is nothing. Counties Mankua have had a bigger impact with one player who may well be 'flash' but whose defence and ability under the high ball is always going to come into question, and surely should prevent Masaga from gaining an All Black call up if the selectors have any sense. How many players from Bay of Plenty actually make up the Chiefs squad?

14 years of indifference have not been eliminated by one decent season, and its not hard to argue that our comrades in arms from a neighbouring minor province have contributed anything meaningful to the team this season.

The actual answer to the question is five: my, my how the Chiefs would have struggled this season without the input from Colin Bourke, Mike Delaney, James McCougan and Joe Savage.
Latimer is probably the exception to this list, just.

Money Man is a self help New Zealand show with 'Money Man' Brendon Johnson who supposedly help couples in financial stress. It's a farce and as surely as there is no Santa Claus or father Christmas when the supposedly ex British Marine coming to save couples from financial stress its a completely fabricated situation. It makes god-damn awful TV, but how many of your know that he doesn't actually do any of the financial planning himself?

That's right its done by an actual financial planner who write a column in the Woman's Day magazine. When you realise that the dire implications of the show are quite laughable - the supposedly financial planning by an ex British Marine is simply a set of scripted lines that he's fed. Who knows if he really is a British Marine whose obsessed with feeding people on the show porridge? Does he really stay at someone's house for four days on a camp bed? Why does he persist with the ludicrous 'Freddie Mecury' and frankly who really cares... but back to the 'mighty' Steamers.

Bay of Plenty might be having their moment shining in the sun based on the Chiefs success but as surely as Brendan Johnson has no idea about the advice he gives its a false success. The true test of their contribution to the Chiefs will come this season when the mighty Mooloos travel to quite possibly the worst stadium in New Zealand - a converted Speedway that was formerly known as Blue Chip Stadium. Then on Saturday 22nd August there will be no more false pretence. Waikato should utterly smite the hapless Bay of Plenty Steamers, baring a miracle or another season of All Black duties. We of course will make the dreadful trip across the Kaimai's to that awful place safe in the knowledge that as long as we avoid being sat on by Hori BOP that it will be five points safely in the bag.
- FMDWS (Fanktons Most Dangerous Waikato Supporter).