2018 GF | PREMIERS - Roosters 21-6 Storm @ ANZ

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

So what’s the over under on how many weeks before the 2019 season that Smith pulls the plug?

he wont he wants to be the first player to 400 games

 

[Captain Apollo]

So if fans don't like him they're not allowed to boo. Had he had been suspended & miss the GF (like he should have been) I doubt the booing happens, but then again he is Billy & the rules don't apply. Are QLD'ers & some NRL fans really that precious?

Fact is for many people, Slater isn't liked. Yes he can be affable and friendly, but people look at thing like his preferential treatment by the Judiciary (last week as an example) and the Match Review Committee (remember the kung-fu kicks when catching bombs), and then his carry on when on the field (look at how he carried on during the review of the Keary field goal). Along with Cameron Smith, Slater comes across as win at all costs, and if that means pushing the boundaries of what many would consider sportsmanship, he does it.

Fallout of that though is you will not be well liked amongst opposition supporters and quite a few of the neutrals as well.

 

[Valheru]

Cronk was in no way "just making the numbers up" he was in the right place for every play, and coached them through every step from behind

anyone else notice he didn't really look happy though? It could just be his injury, but I think he was pretty conflicted beating his old team.
When he retires he will be remembered as a storm great, not a roosters great, and I doubt he'll be getting a Roosters tat under his Storm one

Of course he will be remembered as a storm great and i am sure he will always support them in retirement.

He delivered us a premiership though so no roosters fan is going to give a shit where his heart lies.

 

[GongPanther]

A Sydney based Aussie band. Get with the times mate.

This band will be forgotten before next years GF. Compared to the AFL pre-show,that was embarrassing.

 

[TooheysNew]

This band will be forgotten before next years GF. Compared to the AFL pre-show,that was embarrassing.

Spot the old man.

 

[TheFrog]

This band will be forgotten before next years GF. Compared to the AFL pre-show,that was embarrassing.

I thought they were pretty good (and I'm older than Gong by the way). Didn't watch the fumbleball counterpart. Never understood why we need a music act at the GF, but bigger heads than me think we do, so there you go.

 

[umina panther]

Lol you sad old merkins

 

[Captain Apollo]

I'm in my late 40s, and whilst I'd never heard them play before, I thought Gang of Youths was pretty good. Fact is if we want new supporters to come to the game, you can't just keep getting musicians all the time who were popular when I was in my teens and early 20s.

On an unrelated note, Fox Sports have confirmed that Blake Ferguson played the last 30 minutes of the Grand Final with a broken fibula. Ferguson is at the Roosters Fan Day on crutches with his left leg in a massive moon boot.

 

[GongPanther]

I thought they were pretty good (and I'm older than Gong by the way). Didn't watch the fumbleball counterpart. Never understood why we need a music act at the GF, but bigger heads than me think we do, so there you go.

My point is that the AFL spends money to attract acts that befit the occasion. The NRL spit out something that resembles something from Australia's Got Talent. The fans should demand better.

 

[TheFrog]

My point is that the AFL spends money to attract acts that befit the occasion. The NRL spit out something that resembles something from Australia's Got Talent. The fans should demand better.

But why a rock band every single year? Why not a circus act or scantily clad dancing girls or motorbikes jumping through rings of fire? Or an under 8's Grand Final? A bit of imagination wouldn't go astray.

 

[greenBV4]

My point is that the AFL spends money to attract acts that befit the occasion. The NRL spit out something that resembles something from Australia's Got Talent. The fans should demand better.

we had Macklemore last year who is a pretty big act, and people complained that it should of been a local act, now we had a local act and people complain it should of been someone bigger

 

[GongPanther]

But why a rock band. Why not a circus act or scantily clad dancing girls? Or an under 8's Grand Final? A bit of imagination wouldn't go astray.

Gum boot throwing,long range spitting contest,hang Tiger Woody from the stadium roof to watch his body sway in the wind. The possibilities are endless.

 

[umina panther]

But why a rock band every single year? Why not a circus act or scantily clad dancing girls or motorbikes jumping through rings of fire? Or an under 8's Grand Final? A bit of imagination wouldn't go astray.

You are so out of touch

 

[TheFrog]

long range spitting contest

That would be appropriate.

 

[GongPanther]

What’s with this f**king geniused music ?.

Probably to do with crowd control. Fans can't shit stir each other when they can't hear the jibes from other smart arse fans.

 

[Mr Spock!]

we had Macklemore last year who is a pretty big act, and people complained that it should of been a local act, now we had a local act and people complain it should of been someone bigger

Maybe a big local act instead of a garage band.

 

[GongPanther]

Wheres the f**kwit with the cowbell?

Probably in surgery having it removed.

 

[JJ]

But why a rock band every single year? Why not a circus act or scantily clad dancing girls or motorbikes jumping through rings of fire? Or an under 8's Grand Final? A bit of imagination wouldn't go astray.

A magic show - the NRL judiciary could be part of it

 

[beave]

Maybe a big local act instead of a garage band.

GOY are probably the biggest local Oz band at the moment.

You do realise INXS and Powderfinger and Bardot all broke up a little whille ago yeah?

 

[Captain Apollo]

So not only did Ferguson play on with a broken fibula, Zane Tetevano ruptured his bicep in the second half also - https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/01/blake-ferguson-played-grand-final-with-broken-fibula/