Pre-Game

For my first entry into the world of blogs I’ll take a little time to provide an introduction and give an outline of what Blue Hawks and Tractors just might be all about and how it may develop as we explore the world of, primarily team sports from the view of the dedicated, passionate, and committed (or should be committed on any given Sunday), sports freak. On occasion, I may deviate and delve into some other subjects, but for the most part they will be few and far between and will usually connect to the world of sport in some way or another.

Well, that’s the plan so far but this is just the beginning. In fact, originally I titled this post as the kick-off, but it is more like the pre-game warm-up – the kick-around. The part of the match when you’re heading back from one last run of relief while traversing the steps to your seat, balancing at least 2 beers or as many as they’ll sell you at your given stadium, so as to miss as little game time as possible.

The commentary is going to be in form of sports talk as the way sports fans talk about sports. True fans that is, fans that can talk endlessly about teams, players, coaches, refs, playoffs, their own teams, teams they hate, and fans that have a never-ending supply of hope and optimism regardless of just how bad the product on the field might be at any given time. If you’re looking for expert opinion from a panel of ex-players that get paid bloody millions to state the freakin obvious week-in and week-out, you’re in the wrong place. But any given NFL or English Premier League pre-game show should have exactly what you seek.

There will be some rants – no doubt, I mean ranting is THE most revered pastime of any fan, whether you admit it or not, you know it’s true. So I’ll rant on occasion (alright a lot), but I’ll also find plenty of time to talk about the good stuff too and why the hell we spend so much time with all this anyway.

Like any blog it will take a few entries to get the momentum going, a few articles to develop the attitude, a bit of time to get some attention. But I’m going to have some fun and a few laughs and I hope a few others can join in too. Whether you get a laugh out of an entry or disagree with every word I say, that’s just fine. You’ll be reading this because we have something in common and if we can stir some debate, heated or otherwise, then we’re doing something right. The more comments the better. Eventually, I hope to engage a readership and draw and build on various experiences and interact as much as possible. All reasonable comments will be published, or conversely, stupid shit will be deleted.

There will a few quick posts in succession to get this thing moving and establish some regularly themed articles. For now, the pre-game is winding down, so take your preciously guarded beers back to your seat and get ready for the team to take the field.

Cheers!!