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Sorry if this has already been done. Piss funny !!!
ERIC Grothe approached his skipper yesterday afternoon with an idea. A plan. Told Nathan Cayless that if Parramatta won the toss, they should run left to right.
And so, naturally, Cayless asked his man what he knew. What inside information did Grothe have on St George Illawarra, on Wayne Bennett or perhaps on Wendell Sailor that warranted such a tip.
"None,'' Grothe smiled. "I just wanna play the first half in the shade''.
And so minutes later that coin tumbled end over end and, yep, Parramatta won the toss. Cayless grinning as he said the Eels would run right to left. Fellow winger Luke Burt left to deliver the news.
"Yeah, we were in the sheds and Burty came up to me and said 'sucked in','' Grothe recalled afterwards. "I asked what he was talking about and he said 'mate, you've got the sun'.
"So I asked him if we could switch. If I could play on the left side in the first half and the right in the second. He said 'no'.''
Let's call it Parramatta's play of the day.
This bizarre little conversation that ensured, with 61 minutes gone and the Eels up by four, it was Grothe who came charging in off his wing looking for an intercept. Grothe who took what everyone else thought was the wrong option. Grothe who gambled and won.
Yet for those three seconds everyone held their breath.
And why not? Why not be concerned when earlier in the first half when Guru came, the Dragons got around him and only some desperate Eels scramble saved the day. Or with 10 minutes to go, when the enigmatic winger would again try the same play. And to quote coach Anderson, "they smoked him'' as Saints winger Brett Morris scored.
But this is Eric Grothe, remember. The winger who carts the ball up like he were Fuifui Moimoi. The man who, early in the first half, tried to flick a ball back into play while going into touch behind his tryline. So, please, never excuse this No.5 of not trying.
And so Jamie Soward passed. Grothe came in. Everyone held their breath . . .
"But with these plays, you really can't think too much,'' Grothe said of the intercept that saw him race 80 metres to score untouched.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...-shady-character/story-e6frexq0-1225772454668
:lol::lol:
ERIC Grothe approached his skipper yesterday afternoon with an idea. A plan. Told Nathan Cayless that if Parramatta won the toss, they should run left to right.
And so, naturally, Cayless asked his man what he knew. What inside information did Grothe have on St George Illawarra, on Wayne Bennett or perhaps on Wendell Sailor that warranted such a tip.
"None,'' Grothe smiled. "I just wanna play the first half in the shade''.
And so minutes later that coin tumbled end over end and, yep, Parramatta won the toss. Cayless grinning as he said the Eels would run right to left. Fellow winger Luke Burt left to deliver the news.
"Yeah, we were in the sheds and Burty came up to me and said 'sucked in','' Grothe recalled afterwards. "I asked what he was talking about and he said 'mate, you've got the sun'.
"So I asked him if we could switch. If I could play on the left side in the first half and the right in the second. He said 'no'.''
Let's call it Parramatta's play of the day.
This bizarre little conversation that ensured, with 61 minutes gone and the Eels up by four, it was Grothe who came charging in off his wing looking for an intercept. Grothe who took what everyone else thought was the wrong option. Grothe who gambled and won.
Yet for those three seconds everyone held their breath.
And why not? Why not be concerned when earlier in the first half when Guru came, the Dragons got around him and only some desperate Eels scramble saved the day. Or with 10 minutes to go, when the enigmatic winger would again try the same play. And to quote coach Anderson, "they smoked him'' as Saints winger Brett Morris scored.
But this is Eric Grothe, remember. The winger who carts the ball up like he were Fuifui Moimoi. The man who, early in the first half, tried to flick a ball back into play while going into touch behind his tryline. So, please, never excuse this No.5 of not trying.
And so Jamie Soward passed. Grothe came in. Everyone held their breath . . .
"But with these plays, you really can't think too much,'' Grothe said of the intercept that saw him race 80 metres to score untouched.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...-shady-character/story-e6frexq0-1225772454668
:lol::lol:
