He's a winner and has a shitload more coaching ability than Daley. May instill something resembling killer instinct into this gutless rabble.
I feel a mixture of anger and envy watching Qld celebrate in the dressing rooms. I still remember so clearly when they were proclaiming that Origin as an entire concept was in jeopardy if they lost another series and how the entire world was against them- yet look at them now. They were bleeding and there to be belted like a cane toad off a golf-club- but yet again they're all sitting there with those shit-eating grins, drinking their mid-strength piss like "What were you all worried about?"
F**k off!
Meanwhile, Laurie Daley has the look of somebody who's just woken up from a dream where he was the Blues Origin coach- and like he can't work out how on Earth selecting Mitchell Pearce didn't work out for the 17th time in a row? I see Qld and I see the NSW players who've come into the squad over the past couple of years and I see the Blues dominating at every level bar NRL level and I think
"That could be US".
That could be NSW, sitting in the dressing room at full-time with their brilliant smiles and yet another Origin shield, drinking ice cold Tooheys New just as God intended- yet a lack of balls and a lack of "back me or sack me" accountability keeps robbing the state of Origin wins.
Hearing Joey just then was music to the ears. I'd f**king love for he and Gus to begin plotting a joint effort to take on next years' series. Qld have just won 3 in a row- NSW's longest ever streak- and will be gunning for 4 next season.
This shit has to stop. I hope one day I can look back on tonight and say it was the final battle we lost to win the war- in between asking who's that f**ker named Jason Smith?
