The Football (all sorts) Thread

[Bartrim]

Headline running at the moment on news.com.au...

"World reacts to Hayne bombshell"

Based on what... a former Raiders cheerleader re-tweeting the news. HAHAHAHA... yeah, no. He'll be lucky to make a practice squad. Good on him for trying though (no pun intended).

PS. Bartrim - What happened to the Rams yesterday?

Yeah I think Hayne likes to play too off the cuff with his footy. I don't think he will like the structure of NFL. They say he could be a running back but I think he runs too upright. The first shot he cops from a big lineman or linebacker will rock him straight back to the NRL.

Like you said though, good on him for chasing his dream.

Don't know about yesterday... Only saw the first half I think Austin Davis has great potential but we have a horrible offence co-ordinator and apparently only one person on defence who can tackle (Lauranitis).

[i_amtrunks]

My initial thoughts were "ha!". Followed by "hahahaha!".

But thinking about it, it is brilliant for Parramatta. Hayne has no chance of getting into a NFL squad, it'd be different if he was doing this because they had approached him or similar. So in effect it is a year of good training while he tries out and practices, with none of the big hits he cops in the NRL. It could prolong his career a few years.

He comes back well rested, hungry to re-prove himself and is playing with a Parramatta team that has had another year working together. So while Parramatta (and likely NSW) are no chances without him, it bodes well for 2016.

Goodluck to him, but I do not like his chances.

[mknell]

Headline running at the moment on news.com.au...

"World reacts to Hayne bombshell"

Based on what... a former Raiders cheerleader re-tweeting the news. HAHAHAHA... yeah, no. He'll be lucky to make a practice squad. Good on him for trying though (no pun intended).

PS. Bartrim - What happened to the Rams yesterday?

Who knows it could go either way really

[5FDP]

Who knows it could go either way really

It's all one way... back to the NRL. The arrogance of the Australian media astounds me, implying that he could basically walk straight into a starting role in the NFL - and onto the Super Bowl champion Seahawks of all teams. LOL. Reports state that he is probably going to aim to play RB however there are two problems with that and they're called Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin, two of the best backs in the league. Some news reports state he may even try to play cornerback... do they even realise what they are saying LMAO!

Listening to Triple M driving home last night and they spoke on-air to 710 ESPN Seattle and they had no idea who this person (Hayne) was or why they were even talking about him.

Tell you what, if he even plays one down on ANY NFL team, I'll eat my words. If anything, it will increase exposure of the NFL here and hopefully lead to the possibility of them bringing the sport back which will be the first time since the American Bowl in '99.

[Bartrim]

Hayne could learn something about punt returns from St Louis after this morning

[5FDP]

Hayne could learn something about punt returns from St Louis after this morning

Congrats and from a fellow NFC West opponent, thank you

[Deonasis]

Hayne could learn something about punt returns from St Louis after this morning

I saw that last night, it was hilarious and cheeky.

[jazzcomp]

Just felt like Australia team had no heart today vs the Kiwis

[Deonasis]

Just felt like Australia team had no heart today vs the Kiwis

With a few of the superstars missing i think it showed how-run-of-the-mill some of the other regular Australian players are. Right now it looks like we will get a thumping from England too. I expect quite a few changes.

[i_amtrunks]

A bits and pieces squad and a few playing injured (Inglis should have taken the time off, his body was stuffed throughout the finals) equals getting smashed.

With Isaac Luke back, the Kiwis will only be better.

Onto the round ball code, the Wanderers were so very lucky Al Hilal could not finish any of their billion crosses. Parramatta is a fortress for them.

Sadly the naysayers regarding soccer will always have plenty of ammunition when you have these ACL games showing that diving, acting and the general spooking and complaining is so rampant in the highly (over) paid leagues like China, UAE, Japan etc. I was disgusted by the diving and then the whinging from Al Hilal who got the better rub of the game by far. Touching a ref should be an instant red card.