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So Hayne should be gone for a few weeks, he has a history of headbutting.
Glad to see him spiralling further, shows that he is not what NSW or Australia need in their teams.
And I wonder what Ennis the grub said to get Hindy fired up? I think Ennis is another player that wont be making the NSW squad, half his own team would want to smash his head into the turf...
Sharky, I'm versing you in the NRL Supercoach this week, had a look at it just then, why didnt you pick your four subs??? :eek:
R7 is the crunchers v the moist machine..... :D Winner stays in the top 8 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
been very crook the last week and have neglected most things online for a week i barley made it out of bed to watch the sharks game.....Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Would have been close in our match Sharky if you had've been well enough to pick a full 17 man squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharky
Now for the Roosters to go wooden spooners - grand finalists - wooden spooners * in three years. Finally getting what they deserve for signing all the idiots and dirty players in the league.
They only need to sign Gallen, Ennis, Thurston, Rose, Matai and they'll pretty much have the world's grubbiest + cheapest team... :D
* if not for Parramatta being woeful, or if Canberra keep losing even now that Orford is out "injured"
gutted with the news that Titans signed Luke Douglas today for less then what he gets now..
great young player and i saw him as a cronulla lifer after the club found him...
disapointed..
next loss snowden
then there goes the best pack in the comp...
Friday night football, the worlds best five eigth vs Darren Lockyer:p
Not sure why the Titans are letting Friend go, but buying all these other big name an pricey players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharky
Where is Snowden meant to be going? Bennett doesnt want him at the Knights...
Wooo you are up against my crap sideQuote:
Originally Posted by Skullcruncher
Haha sure sure youre playing to win - and a good win it was. Oh well I should have more luck against the maggots this week :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mknell
Any Panthers Fans here? They should be happy to hear Elliot is gone, he seemed to be a very polarising character.
Can't see Brown being a good fit for the club, but the Panthers Board seems to be mostly made of idiots, so they'll hire him. Des Hasler would be a good fit, but he is pretty well set at the Beagles, sorry Eagles.
Looks like sandow is off to parra.
Hopefully the bunnies can sign someone with a decent kicking game and organisaing skills.... Oh well I can wait a few more years for a premiership.... at least the warriors are slowly creeping up the table. :D
Haha Sandow!
My workmate will be fuming at this news!
I know I already amQuote:
Originally Posted by optimus1
I used to hate crocker before he joined the rabbitohs - loved seeing him giving penalties away but now hes just one of the team trying to get the 2 points.
Just as long as he doesn't do a tandy!!!:D now I dont know how any player would want him as a teammate or fan in their team!
If Parra are giving Sandow the reported 550K a season, then they deserve to be in the position they are. Hes a somewhat decent player, but no worth more than half that coin.
Souths also can be blamed, they overspent on bringing in new players and neglected to plan ahead for retention of players.
We overpaid for Sandow big time but it is said to be $400K per year with $150K 3rd partyQuote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Can NZ win an ANZAC (very late) game for once, seeing as they have beaten AUS in all other major international matches???
Should be interesting to watch Idris going up against guys closer to his size time and time again, I think he will be a star for years to come, so tonight should be good viewing.
Also great to see NSWelshmen bashing each other up with the same playbook while QLDer's rest up.
wouldnt say that qlders had that much of a rest with the majority of the run on side playing for australia......Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
I found City vs Country more interesting then the test match. I'm curious to see who picks for NSW now.
I see Brian Smith is considering Carney for selection already. :rolleyes:
And he'll celebrate being "recovered" with a few beers, and then back to square 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
Nice to finally see a newspaper story about how the Roosters will be far over the cap next season (since I think they were over the cap for most of the last decade or more...)
I think NSW has their backline sorted, now to just order the forwards to be smashed by the QLDers.
And dont NSW wish Benji was a Welshman!
Phil Gould does - that guy flogs that at every opportunityQuote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Woo Hoo 95 points in supercoach this week:rolleyes:
Stupid bye weeks:mad:
Guess thats what happens when your squad is 90% Tigers players when they have a bye! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
I scored a somewhat reasonable 860 or so (have not checked to see final scores) I got 13 players starting, thanks to Smith, YowYeh and a few others playing when they were not expected to.
Now to get back into supercoach and get the team back to normal (get rid of Canberra and Titans players!)
Ive suffered too much trade rage now my season is in tatters :( - like the raiders! :D
Phil Gould and Panthers....
Discuss. Or not.
'Coaching Director' ???Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Does that mean he will have more say than the one who technically should be taking over from Matthew Elliott??
Hopefully the Panthers get someone with ability. I'm still undecided on Nathan Brown's experience for a team with such a good junior base.
Panthers back to #1 of the teams I love to see gettin beat! They bump the roosters off....just :DQuote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
I hope Gus' new job doesn't stop him commentating. I love listening to him stir Rabs up. As far as what teams I like to see lose... Cowboys and Eels are definitely up there then the usual Broncos, Bulldogs and Silvertails. So I'm pretty much like every other Wests Tigers fan. Of course more recently given oue losses to them and how arrogant Sandow is, the bunnies now make the list and I have a friend who drives me nuts with fb status updates about how great thye Dragons are so now I like to them lose just to piss her off.
I'm the opposite, I think Gould has a brilliant football coaching mind, without having to resort to petty bullying like Brian Smith, but his commentary infuriates me, as he is either incredibly vapid, says stupid things like "I dont care if they've broken three rules of the game to score that try, give it to them", or contradicting himself after the fact. He is a hindsight commentator, he is always right with hindsight... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
I hope Penrith do better with him, and it should be interesting to see how his role in the Pathers changes over the next few weeks/months, but I hope it drastically reduces his on air time.
So Man U won a record 19th crown...
Now back to Footy!
Gordon gone for the season has ruined my Supercoach, I've had to replace him with the Hayne "overrated to the extreme" plane/train. Barba is too inconsistent to be a good fill in. My backs look very weak during origin with Uate and Yow Yeh out...
Speaking of Origin, very much a tale of quarters in the first half, the first 20 minutes were all QLD, the last 20 all NSW. NSW very lucky to only be down 6-0 after the 20 minutes.
Gallen needs to learn that it is not his job to tackle the opposition when he is holding onto the ball, other than that the NSW thug bros (Gallen, Bird, Ennis) have not done too bad, and the refs have fairly put the whistle away, ignoring some blatant infringements from both sides, to let the game flow.
As much as I hate to say it, NSW look better at halftime, and unless QLD come out strong in the first 15 minutes and score 2 or more tries, they could be in trouble with their weary legs. NSW also need to look to the right more, looking left is too obvious now.
what a dour boring game, qld proving they can pull a try out of anything.. but generally a poorly refereed game with alot of poor calls, NSW centres were usless, looking slow andeasy targets.. i thought pearce had a good game in defence and NSW were very poor in following through with the ball runner, many ocaisions i saw bird gallen and scott looking for support and seeing noone there.
a well deserved QLD victory with so much more class and strike then anything NSW has to offer..
on a side note i do get tired of the banter betwenn phil gould and ray warren, so much banter that they failed to cal a single play in almost 2 sets of six.
when the tv rights get renewed i hope channel nine loose the coverage....
NSW had everything going their way tonight:
- Refs letting everything go, not penalising NSW for sitting all over the play the ball, intentionally not getting clear of the play the ball, offside markers in 5 out of 6 tackles.
- Thurstons Kicking radar being very off for him
And yet they still could not win. Lockyer to Slater is always dangerous, for QLD and for Australia.
I'm going to ignore all the penalties that would have been blown in an ordinary round match just in the play the ball/marker area, as the refs had an absolute shocker and need to be dropped for game two, they should have penalised Tonga early in the first half for taking out Dugan, and the NSW "forward" pass at the beginning of the second half was laughable.
They were also gutless at the conclusion of the match, preferring to let the match review panel deal with the biffo at the end rather than place anyone on report. We all know that no player will be punished for anything short of stabbing another in origin.
I thought Soward had a great game, considering he was playing two roles, 5/8th and fullback. Certainly not a negative for NSW in upcoming series. Jennings and Gasnier worked well together, and Uate is a keeper at this level too, he plays so similarly to Sailor its not funny. I think those three were the standouts, funny since they were all deemed '50-50' players. Dugan was ordinary, but still the better choice over the overrated Hayne. Morris had a shocker in defence, and the NSW pack did okay, but would have been totally ineffective had they not been allowed to lay all over the play the ball. Gallen is not a good captain, but I also think the grub should not be allowed to play footy for his thuggery, same goes for Bird and Ennis.
As for the QLD side, Slater, Lockyer, Thurston Smith and Cronk were all their excellent best (bar Thurstons goal kicking). Matt Scott was my player of the match, every time he had the ball he was doing damage. Lillyman, Thiaday, Tonga, Boyd and Hannant all played well too, Boyd crunching Gasnier was brilliant.
Bring on game 2, where I'll be sitting in the stands in my Maroon jersey once again!
I was more surprised about channel nine signing up 2 major sponsors of the telecast that were of a completely different/wrong demographic. The half-time 'entertainment' was a long trailer for Xmen and several commercials for it later, as well as a commentator stating that the game tonight was brought to us by Call of Duty WM3 with several ads for that as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharky
It'd be like having comic book convention sponsored by beer, harleys and industrial workboots...
If NSW don't win next game, the whole State Of Origin will become even more seemingly irrelevant.
thats hardley a fair estimate dugan had his legs chopeed from underneath him whilst in the air - no penalty, thurstan stripped the ball from uate in a two man tackle no penalty, mitchell pearces "forward pass" from the kick off.... not to mention the amount of times hannet was actually offside, so QLD had a fair rub of the green also, with a penalty count of 2 - 1 in qlds favor i think there was alot on both sides that the referee failed to pick up.Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
and really what can you do to combat a play that goes through the hands of Lokyear, Thurston and Slater... three of the games greatest...
Finally a convention for the blue collar nerd like myself:pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
On football side I have to agree with Sharky, Trunks. Where as the refs made alot of bad calls and I understand that they wanted to have a free flowing game with few penalties I still think QLD had the calls go their way. Wasn't surprised that QLD won I was surprised that it took them 75 minutes to win the game. My thoughts on the game...
Soward- Surprised me with his defence (especially his scramble) but he is a 5/8 he is supposed to generate attack-something I didn't see him do.
Dugan- Apart from one knock played well for his origin debut-good enough to keep Hayne out (I hope)
Jennings- The ONLY NSW player who looked dangerous. Played great. Would like to see Uate switched to the left hand side as I think they would be dangerous together.
Bird- Only set up that try because he didn't do anything else all game and was well rested.
Gasnier- Is too old now. He's lost that half a second which is vital in origin
Morris- I think the look on Dugans face tells the story
Scott- Surprised he wasn't penalised everytime he tackled someone. Played very dirty:(
Ennis- I had to laugh when he fumbled that ball. Also once NSW hit the lead he gave QLD the ball back on their own 40. Might as well of handed them the game. Hopefully he and Young will be replace by Farah and Hinchcliffe for the next game, but that wont happen under supercoach Stuart:rolleyes:
No need to breakdown QLD. They proved once again that not only are they a team of champions but they are also a champion team. Although at one stage Jacob Lillyman was NSW best player:p
Sorry, should have made myself clearer, NSW did get a bad rub with the refs, everything Sharky mentioned was 100% correct and QLD should have been penalised for them all, and the forward pass call was incredibly stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
I merely meant that I think in an ordinary round game the NSW side would have been penalised 3-4 times each set for laying over the play the ball area, they did it very well though, making it look clumsy rather than malicious.
I guess I was trying to say the standard of reffing was atrocious, and the whole official team for Origin I should not be brought back for origin II.
He made 1 metre all game, and for a rare change didnt give away any penalties (see above for reason!). How Sticky can justify keeping him is beyond me, but he has been reported as anti Farah for some reason... QLD have shown, a great dummy half runner who can kick well is an important member for a successful Origin team to have... Ennis can't kick, as he showed on Wednesday...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
Didn't Stuart say something about not picking players out of position? So why do NSW have 7 backrowers and 4 fullbacks in their side?
After being depressed reading the NSW side this article cheered me up a bit.
http://thesinbinpodcast.wordpress.co...lue-and-white/
Such professionalism:p
I think if he could go back in time and not say that, Tricky would. It was a really stupid thing to say, considering that injuries always play a part in origin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
Personally I think Hopate is a good choice for right now, Idris has not been at his best for weeks, is he injured? But Hopoate will not be around next year due to his Mormon sabbatical (is that the right term?) so that flies in the face of Ricky also saying he wanted a "team to build on for the next 5 years" but again, injuries have taken their toll.
It seems that being a centre is now the most dangerous position to play for season 2011... :p
If Dugan is out, does hayne go to fullback, or do you put Count in there as Hayne has done well as a winger, where he can hide in defence and out the spotlight that he often falters in?
Lewis and Gidley would have been in the NSW for game 1, so it's natural they were slotted in there for game 2, Watmough is a grub, but NSW like their grubs (not saying QLD dont have a few) and he has been playing very well for Manly.
And in more important thinking, who does Taylor replace in the QLD side? Lillyman or Norman?