18th club, whose next?

[MugaB]

That was ONE time and I only did because it turned out to be you with a wig pretending to be her you creep.

Well in, looks like trolling is what maxipad does best, anyone put a bet for Penrith to make a 5th GF in a row?

 

[Wb1234]

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Well in, looks like trolling is what maxipad does best, anyone put a bet for Penrith to make a 5th GF in a row?

if Penrith keep losing a decent player ever year that’s the motivation right there

 

[MugaB]

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if Penrith keep losing a decent player ever year that’s the motivation right there

Motivation is to keep winning, stay ontop and keep that standard, legacy is what is keeping the core group motivated, every season they are breaking records

 

[Wb1234]

Motivation is to keep winning, stay ontop and keep that standard, legacy is what is keeping the core group motivated, every season they are breaking records

Rival players have said they can’t believe how Penrith stay motivated

 

[Centy Coast]

Always has been, I try to stay optimistic when it comes to expansion but its not easy lol

Just saw this today:

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is poised to take his first steps into rugby league after finalising a multimillion-dollar partnership with the St George Illawarra Dragons.

 

[MugaB]

But surely the NRL could take the time to make things a bit more even, look at the run both of the Knights and the Sharks have again in 2024, when people would say the Sharks buckle against Top 8 opposition they were right.
Its not an excuse, how much money does the NRL generate and they can’t even get the best out of their draw, not very professional.

Sorry never got to reply to this...
1. NRL don't care about money for club games,
They care about SoO, finals and rep games,
2. Making things even doesn't make a comp better, it just hides mediocrity, get better at your roster management and pull up your pants and get better at your jobby-job-job
3. This comp isn't going to play the "AFL pass the flag around" the people running it won't have that,
Again the clubs are the ones who need to make every game an event, the ones that aren't are the ones that aren't making the money they should,
Look at the warriors games this season, they made an effort to promote every game like it was a rock show, lots of teams do the good work, its in their self interest as they re coup those sales, the NRL don't get paid for the 12 home games, each individual club does, so realistically they dont care

 

[Bukowski]

Just saw this today:

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is poised to take his first steps into rugby league after finalising a multimillion-dollar partnership with the St George Illawarra Dragons.

It shows that league is popular right across the country. The time is right for Perth.

 

[Maximus]

Well in, looks like trolling is what maxipad does best

Given your level of trolling is "Penrith don't wrestle" it's certainly not something you're good at.

 

[Colk]

I don’t think wrestling is a big thing. I think the biggest oversight is refs governing the offside rule.

 

[The Great Dane]

well you are a Panthers fan, of course you are going to think the game is going better than ever.

I'm not fan of the 6 again rule, never was. I also think the quality of refereeing is as bad as its ever been. Salary Cap increases aren't a good thing if its coming at the expense of funding other needed areas of the game.

This.

Pretty much all the tactical nous has been stripped from the game and replaced by mindless sludge that's easily abused both by players, coaches, and officials on a regular basis. It's almost literally the old stereotype of 5 hit ups and a kick, not quite, but it's headed that way. The officiating is such garbage that it's becoming increasingly hard to assert that it's just incompetence, and the NRL's obfuscation and attempts to ignore the issues doesn't help with that sentiment.

There isn't a single commentator or pundit left in the coverage that I'd piss on if they were on fire, listening to any of them will literally cost you braincells, and the quality of the production is a joke for what is supposed to be a modern professional sport. Gameday experience is around 30 years behind the experiences I've had attending sport in other countries (American major leagues, EPL and European football, boxing, even big teams in the J-league, etc) and most NRL clubs can't seem to be bothered to even attempt to improve it at all (with a few notable exceptions).

The NRL has totally abandoned RL in probably up to 85% of country to fend for it's self, and almost all of it's grassroot, juniors, and lower tier systems are completely broken, yet they keep diverting funding, resources, and expertise away from it to the professional tier and NRL clubs, like if they ignore it it'll just go away and there won't be any serious consequences.

The cap and equalisation methods are completely f**ked, and have been for decades, but again nothing is done because the situation suits a relative handful of powerful people.

I could keep going on but increasingly I can't be bothered with this sport. Put simply RL is reverting to form, the sport that's a regional oddity for bogans from the crappiest parts of the country, whom have the makings of a great product in their possession but are so hostile to outsiders and afraid of losing control and their social status within their circles that they're strangling it's potential, often intentionally so.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Dane and PR are very contemptuous towards the game. To my shame, there was a stage where I was becoming just like them. My apologies to everyone for boring everyone to that extent over thr years.

It's just a game. Enjoy it. Stop worrying about it not being AwFuL or NFL. The best thing about NRL is it's not wrapped up in corporate bullshit like AwFuL and NFL.

 

[mongoose]

This.

Pretty much all the tactical nous has been stripped from the game and replaced by mindless sludge that's easily abused both by players, coaches, and officials on a regular basis. It's almost literally the old stereotype of 5 hit ups and a kick, not quite, but it's headed that way. The officiating is such garbage that it's becoming increasingly hard to assert that it's just incompetence, and the NRL's obfuscation and attempts to ignore the issues doesn't help with that sentiment.

There isn't a single commentator or pundit left in the coverage that I'd piss on if they were on fire, listening to any of them will literally cost you braincells, and the quality of the production is a joke for what is supposed to be a modern professional sport. Gameday experience is around 30 years behind the experiences I've had attending sport in other countries (American major leagues, EPL and European football, boxing, even big teams in the J-league, etc) and most NRL clubs can't seem to be bothered to even attempt to improve it at all (with a few notable exceptions).

The NRL has totally abandoned RL in probably up to 85% of country to fend for it's self, and almost all of it's grassroot, juniors, and lower tier systems are completely broken, yet they keep diverting funding, resources, and expertise away from it to the professional tier and NRL clubs, like if they ignore it it'll just go away and there won't be any serious consequences.

The cap and equalisation methods are completely f**ked, and have been for decades, but again nothing is done because the situation suits a relative handful of powerful people.

I could keep going on but increasingly I can't be bothered with this sport. Put simply RL is reverting to form, the sport that's a regional oddity for bogans from the crappiest parts of the country, whom have the makings of a great product in their possession but are so hostile to outsiders and afraid of losing control and their social status within their circles that they're strangling it's potential, often intentionally so.

some valid points.

The presentation of the game and media around it could be so much better. There is so much you could do with the NRL in terms of statistical analysis, player analysis, pre and post game shows. Instead we get these hopeless matt nable promos on fox full of tired cliches and nostalgia pandering. I can't bring myself to watch 9. Matt Thompson is park quality commentator, just atrocious. That Psaltis guy sounds like his twin brother. Freddy and Joey have become stale as month old bread.

I haven't enjoyed the game much the last few seasons, possibly because the Raiders have been in a slow decline and play such an uninspiring style of footy under Sticky. The Panthers aren't much better to watch though, they just strangle teams to death, there isn't a lot of skill in their attacking play imo (sorry Mugab) - Cleary was epic in that grand final though, can't deny that.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Broncos were great to watch this year with Walsh firing on all cylinders. Every time he got the ball things became more interesting.

 

[Wb1234]

Broncos were great to watch this year with Walsh firing on all cylinders. Every time he got the ball things became more interesting.

Must’ve had different refs to the ones mongoose and Dane were seeing for the game they watched each week

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Must’ve had different refs to the ones mongoose and Dane were seeing for the game they watched each week

Dane and mongoose are a couple of whinge bags. I would be surprised if they believed half of the shit they say.

 

[mongoose]

Must’ve had different refs to the ones mongoose and Dane were seeing for the game they watched each week

lol you must be the only clown on this forum who thinks the refs are doing a great job, do you actually work for the NRL or something?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

lol you must be the only clown on this forum who thinks the refs are doing a great job, do you actually work for the NRL or something?

Referees are going to make mistakes. They're only human.

Penrith have won three in a row because they're the best team in the competition by a mile.

 

[Wb1234]

Dane and mongoose are a couple of whinge bags. I would be surprised if they believed half of the shit they say.

Both jaded fans

mongoose literally said it above

everything seems so much better in afl land so they want to make rugby league an afl carbon copy

 

[Wb1234]

lol you must be the only clown on this forum who thinks the refs are doing a great job, do you actually work for the NRL or something?

Penrith have dominated for four years because of bad refereeing lmao

 

[Pippen94]

With a little more wheeling & dealing seems like everything is coming together;
Perth with twiggy
PNG with fed money
Tigers in south brisbane