2018 Origin I - QLD 12-22 NSW @ MCG

[AlwaysGreen]

Qld facing more adversity than someone in one of those ‘down on their luck’ A Current Affair stories. They should get Angry Anderson in to give them a pep talk.

Being born a Queenslander is adversity enough.

 

[TheFrog]

Qld facing more adversity than someone in one of those ‘down on their luck’ A Current Affair stories.

Next week's League Life will be devoted to Queensland's fight with adversity.

 

[big hit!]

Cept for the chello

minichiello is pronounced mee-nee-kell-oh, not the way you bogan skips do it.

and while i'm at it, i've had enough of ray warren murdering Adam Doueihi's name - it's Doo-eh-heee, f**k yas!

and i want to hear more Tal-mah-lolololololololo!!! the NZ commentator at the World Cup was good.

so is there a game on tonight, merkins?

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

minichiello is pronounced mee-nee-kell-oh, not the way you bogan skips do it.

and while i'm at it, i've had enough of ray warren murdering Adam Doueihi's name - it's Doo-eh-heee, f**k yas!

and i want to hear more Tal-mah-lolololololololo!!! the NZ commentator at the World Cup was good.

so is there a game on tonight, merkins?

Bite me ya flog merkin

 

[2 weeks]

Apparently itll be:
1. Ponga
2. Chambers
3. Morgan
4. Inglis
5. V-Holmes
6. Munster
7. Milford

And It's pathetic. Cant see it competing let alone winning....

If Qld start Milford at halfback then it means my prayers to The Flying Spaghetti Monster have been answered.

 

[mxlegend99]

So how the f**k can NSW be such raging favorites. QLD might be missing zome greats. But the players missing are irrelevant. The teams picked are.

NSW have 11 rookies.

QLD spine:
Morgan has played Origin before. In various positions winning the series. Won a grand final.
Munster has also played and won both an Origin series and a grand final.
Hunt has played Origin and been in a losing grand final side...
McCullough has played and lost a grand final


NSW spine:
Tedesco has played Origin (in a losing side) and never even played finals footy.
Maloney is our only experienced player having played in a few losing series and in 3 grand finals
Cleary has zero grand final or Origin experience
Cook the same.

Queensland think who's missing makes it impossible to win. But whos available are still far more established than the NSW side.

That's before considering the rookie blues wingers and centres up sgainst established Origin players in the Queensland team.

Those areas are where the points are scored snd Queensland have a landslide victory as far as experience and combinations go. NSW picked on form... but club form has proven irrelevant in Otigin many times before. We could have picked 11 future greats... or up to 11 players looked back on as the biggest failed experiment in Origin history.

I know the money dictates the odds. But god damn. Prople need to look beyond who's missing and look at who's playing.

This Queensland team is still pretty handy.

 

[King hit]

Ah Origin day and all the numbnuts who have no idea about Rugby League are out. Someone thinks the QLD are team are called the Broncos ffs.

 

[Meapro Ham]

How does DCE not got picked by now? Have must have really pissed them off last time he played for QLD.

 

[Meapro Ham]

Double post....

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

Ah Origin day and all the numbnuts who have no idea about Rugby League are out. Someone thinks the QLD are team are called the Broncos ffs.

Haha. Gotta love it. Can’t wait to be at the pub tonight listening to flogs who haven’t watched a game for a year banging on after two schooners

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

Can’t wait to read this thread at 1030/11 tonight. It’ll be full of:

- drunk abuse
- wrist slitters
- mongoloids blaming the ref
- shit disturbers

I love it

 

[Meapro Ham]

Can’t wait to read this thread at 1030/11 tonight. It’ll be full of:

- drunk abuse
- wrist slitters
- mongoloids blaming the ref
- shit disturbers

I love it

I don't think you'll need to wait to 10.30 for that

 

[mxlegend99]

Can’t wait to read this thread at 1030/11 tonight. It’ll be full of:

- drunk abuse
- wrist slitters
- mongoloids blaming the ref
- shit disturbers

I love it

If NSW lose it falls onto the captain.

Boyd Fraudner and his 20% win rate.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So how the f**k can NSW be such raging favorites. QLD might be missing zome greats. But the players missing are irrelevant.
.

Because Gagai has got a paper cut on his finger.

And Ben Hunt's brother's girlfriends dog has a cold.

It's actually surprising that the poor dears can play at all tonight

 

[TheFrog]

How does DCE not got picked by now?

You did watch him play the other day?

 

[lockyno1]

How does DCE not got picked by now? Have must have really pissed them off last time he played for QLD.

DCE's style of play doesn't suit QLD. Plus he's in awful form, look at his game last week.

 

[Valheru]

If NSW lose it falls onto the captain.

Boyd Fraudner and his 20% win rate.

7 posts above this you ran through a variety of reasons why QLD have a real shot at winning including the fact we have 11 debutants and the relative experience of the spine etc. and you even managed to not mention Boyd Cordner in a post.

Then you come up with the above

Tell me, will it fall on him if they win?

 

[King hit]

If NSW lose it falls onto the captain.

Boyd Fraudner and his 20% win rate.

That was Webckes win rate in Origin. Fraudster

 

[isaiah]

Can’t wait to read this thread at 1030/11 tonight. It’ll be full of:

- drunk abuse
- wrist slitters
- mongoloids blaming the ref
- shit disturbers

I love it

I will be here. Favourite time the last 13 series is laughing on here at big egos deflated

 

[isaiah]

So how the f**k can NSW be such raging favorites. QLD might be missing zome greats. But the players missing are irrelevant. The teams picked are.

NSW have 11 rookies.

QLD spine:
Morgan has played Origin before. In various positions winning the series. Won a grand final.
Munster has also played and won both an Origin series and a grand final.
Hunt has played Origin and been in a losing grand final side...
McCullough has played and lost a grand final


NSW spine:
Tedesco has played Origin (in a losing side) and never even played finals footy.
Maloney is our only experienced player having played in a few losing series and in 3 grand finals
Cleary has zero grand final or Origin experience
Cook the same.

Queensland think who's missing makes it impossible to win. But whos available are still far more established than the NSW side.

That's before considering the rookie blues wingers and centres up sgainst established Origin players in the Queensland team.

Those areas are where the points are scored snd Queensland have a landslide victory as far as experience and combinations go. NSW picked on form... but club form has proven irrelevant in Otigin many times before. We could have picked 11 future greats... or up to 11 players looked back on as the biggest failed experiment in Origin history.

I know the money dictates the odds. But god damn. Prople need to look beyond who's missing and look at who's playing.

This Queensland team is still pretty handy.

You should be a professional journalist, this in a newspaper would wake up a few people