The Football (all sorts) Thread

[Sharky]

I found it funny today at work was a bit of an afl day kinda.. Someone said GWS is a Great Waste of Space and then there was the article in today's paper about the swans claiming to be the real Sydney team... Yeah that's all well and good you were the first team in Sydney but come finals time you always plastering SMFC on all your merch.....at least GWS was born in NSW....

And I know for a fact I won't be watching them at all.

Onto the NRL I really hope the tigers pick up a win... With the luck they had in round 1 they could really be in some trouble... like parra... They have the talent but what is going wrong.

I think manlys big T Williams was a little hard done buy... Sure the tackle on De Gois was a bad tackle but I do not think it deserved the 7 weeks he copped. When Farrah got 2...

[i_amtrunks]

I think manlys big T Williams was a little hard done buy... Sure the tackle on De Gois was a bad tackle but I do not think it deserved the 7 weeks he copped. When Farrah got 2...

It was a shocking tackle that I don't think was intended. It was 5 weeks for that tackle and 2 weeks for the loading he had from previous issues. Loading is an issue for another time!

Farah got two weeks for a nasty but unintentional tackle he place d no hand between the legs and made no downward motion once the player was past the horizontal, the players forward momentum drove him into the ground.

Both fair punishments for the crimes, too bad the match review panel decided to pretend that all the intentional blows to the head/fac were to be ignored last week...

Penrith and Parra should be good to see what team is hungrier, both should be doing better with the squads they have, but the Souths Broncos game will be more interesting to me, two teams that are coming through a rebuilding phase with lots of younger players and new players coming through. If both sides stay injury free, they should both be contending well come September.

[Prowl]

I think manlys big T Williams was a little hard done buy... Sure the tackle on De Gois was a bad tackle but I do not think it deserved the 7 weeks he copped. When Farrah got 2...

Absolute dyed in the wool Manly fan here & I think the suspension was too severe. It was a 4 week offense to me & Farahs was just as bad if not worse yet he only gets 2 weeks?

Once again there is inconsistency with the judiciary & that is what gets me fired up.

BTW that was a quality win on Monday & sure I was hoping for a Manly win but your boys played a beautiful first 1/2 & Gallan once again shows his leadership by example.

[i_amtrunks]

BTW that was a quality win on Monday & sure I was hoping for a Manly win but your boys played a beautiful first 1/2 & Gallan once again shows his leadership by example.

Gallen is a beast, and you have to wonder how the Sharks would have survived the last five years without him. At least this year they have some secondary players who should be able to hold the ship while Gallen leads NSW.
Manly have had a horrible amount of travel this last 6 weeks, and a few injuries to boot, they have done far better than I had thought they would (and I thought they'd stay a top8 side that might contest for the four)

Penrith dominating this game, maybe the panthers are going to have a win lose season this year? All because Lewis is playing where he wants rather than protecting the halves (who dont need protection, Walsh and Burns are tough)
Parramatta are doing their best to make the old joke of what has 26 legs and cant climb a ladder true.

[Skullcruncher]

Penrith dominating this game, maybe the panthers are going to have a win lose season this year? All because Lewis is playing where he wants rather than protecting the halves (who dont need protection, Walsh and Burns are tough)
Parramatta are doing their best to make the old joke of what has 26 legs and cant climb a ladder true.

heh feel sorry for the parra fans reminds me of back in the early 90's - I would just hope the rabbitohs kept their opponents under 40

[i_amtrunks]

So Newcastle are playing far superior football to what they did last Sunday against the Dogs, but it still is nowhere near good enough to fully compete with the Storm side.

Hoffman has played a blinder, and there are another half dozen Storm players that are just sensational tonight, but Uate is the guy I want to see run the ball every set, he has been busting through the best defensive team like an under 6's team would against the Eels!

Quinn should be gone for 6 weeks for that cheap shot on Sau he jumped up to hit him with a swinging arm around the neck, dangerous, reckless and intentional. Also not liking these late tackles around the leg that put so much pressure onto the lower spine. It appear at time like the players will snap in half when they get hit once their momentum has slowed.
Not a dig at the Storm, every team is doing it.

[i_amtrunks]

So Parra can only compete when a team switches off completely...

The Knights vs. Panthers game will be telling for NSW fans, Jennings, Gidley and Buderus have all come from the field injured, and none are players who leave the ground unless they have to, and Lewis is looking bad too.

To top it off the only half that Penrith have that is in any form is out for at least a month too.

Until about the 60 minute mark, Uate and Jennings were looking to be the only lock ins for the NSW backline at the moment. (others are certain to be picked, but not 100% on position). No Gidley could mean NSW pick 4 forwards on the bench.

[mknell]

So Parra can only compete when a team switches off completely...

The Knights vs. Panthers game will be telling for NSW fans, Jennings, Gidley and Buderus have all come from the field injured, and none are players who leave the ground unless they have to, and Lewis is looking bad too.

To top it off the only half that Penrith have that is in any form is out for at least a month too.

Until about the 60 minute mark, Uate and Jennings were looking to be the only lock ins for the NSW backline at the moment. (others are certain to be picked, but not 100% on position). No Gidley could mean NSW pick 4 forwards on the bench.

You forgot about Luke Lewis Injury too