The Football (all sorts) Thread

[Sharky]

My only complaint about NSW winning is that Gallen and Bird got an Origin victory even though neither deserve anything other than jail time. At least ASADA will have something to strip from Gallen when he is busted sometime in the near future for all the trafficking and extra non club sanctioned work with Dank.

DO you have evidence of that?

[Deonasis]

Congrats NSWers! It was a brutal series and for the last few years the cup definately could have gone either way. As a Qlder I enjoyed the post game interviews revealing the lifted burden and euphoria of some truely great players who deserve a win.

Re: Renyolds & Thurston
The video replay did not go back far enough but a moment before Thurston got him on the ground I thought I saw Renyolds give a sort of jab or elbow to Myles or Thurston (but my Qld eyes may've deceived me). For Renyolds it got the desired reaction. When every tackle included some extra panel beating both teams managed to mostly not react.

Hayne will have to be player of the series - he had a relatively quite night but he did pop the ball from Thaiday's grasp which turned out to be crucial.

Inglis has had a great series too. I remember him being much quieter in some past years which i think can be attributed to injuries, this year he has required several defenders and several attempts to bring him down which is remarkable when you look at the calibre of opposition. Cam Smith had a great game last night.

[Deonasis]

The Socceroos were soo close to winning last night! At 2-2 we missed a vacant net and a minute later the Netherlands scored the match winner. After matches like that i am sad that the 2-3 scoreline is all most people will see (and Cahill's goal of course!)

[Deonasis]

The Netherlands soccer match reminded me of the Hockey World Cup held last week too (ashamed i didn't post about this earlier). A recap is that the Aussie mens team (Kookaburras) beat Netherlands in the World Cup final 6-1 in Netherland

It was a terrific game and hopefully if you watch the game you could notice that the Kookaburras are playing a style of hockey that no other team is, or can compete with. Hats off to the coaching staff and players because this is groundbreaking stuff! Surely by next World Cup other teams will play with this style. To put it in perspective, the Australian team had a goal difference of 30-4 in this tournament of the worlds 8 best hockey teams! Amazing stuff thst could impact more games than just hockey.

[Skullcruncher]

DO you have evidence of that?

Well its pretty obvious something happened - an above average first grader suddenly turns into an 80 minute player churning out massive numbers. Anyone remember Rodney Howe??

[i_amtrunks]

Well its pretty obvious something happened - an above average first grader suddenly turns into an 80 minute player churning out massive numbers. Anyone remember Rodney Howe??

It also coincides with the time that he went mostly injury free for the longest period of his career, and now afterwards his body is in worse shape than ever.

There's no doubt he went to Dank's place privately after the club told him not to, he has never denied it either.

What tipped me over the edge to believing he was guilty was when he tried to blackmail the Cronulla club by paying him out, buying him a car etc to take an early guilty plea (which was a load of crap from ASADA, and I am glad only Earl fell for the trap).

If ASADA have done their job even half correctly there will be massive club fines, and only players fines and suspensions to those like Gallen who went for private sessions.

[MayzaPrime]

What I don't get is... Sure there may be evidence of doping but no-one actually tested positive.

Yeah Earl is in a bit of trouble.

[i_amtrunks]

I'm surprised that more former players have not come forward to sue the clubs, whether it be the Sharks, Panther, Knights or whoever, especially now with their being some evidence to suggest that in the long term, the substances that were given can be very harmful.

I know if I was told to take something by a trusted club medico that turned out to be illegal and potentially dangerous down the line, I'd be more than upset.