Has there ever been a successful merger of two sporting clubs, in which both former clubs are more or less equally represented, and both sets of supporters cheerfully embrace the new entity? Every so-called merger is a con job, in which the stronger club swallows the weaker one. The they trot out the usual high flown but meaningless comments about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
Now that the dust has settled on the St George / Illawarra merger, it is now apparently time to drop the pretence and revert to the St George name. They might lose a few die hard Illawarra supporters, but most will go along with it. There is a lesson here for us Dogs supporters to take on board - if anyone starts floating the idea of a Wests Bulldogs or a Cantermatta, it will be time to lock and load!
