He has lovely hair.
He is the face of the shire.
He wears the prestigious no.7.
He earns a million dollars a year.
He is the best player in the world.
The only thing left is to have his own thread.
And here it is.
Finally, Nicho has arrived on the biggest stage.
Let's have some fun with this.
After a memorable Round 6 where we took Fitzball to Perth, let's turn the clock back 7 days to an equally memorable Round 5 where we enjoyed such wonderful highlights as:
# 1.
The jizz for the our no. 7 flying thick and fast.
The love.
The adoration.
The plaudits.
He had more 3 points in the MOM thread than Wally Lewis on Origin night.
The Hynes Kool-Aid was on tap and flowing freely. We lost count of how many posters in here were drunk on it.
# 2.
The memorable pile-on to label Mitch Moses a cat.
This, from Sharks supporters - toward a halfback who has stood up in the cauldron of SOO and done what no other modern day 7 has done - had me in stitches.
Especially in contrast to what we see offered up each weekend.
It was embarrassing.
# 3.
And this...
Please put your hand up whoever it was last week who called out the 'Nicho-haters'...lol.
Gold.
If you're not a card-carrying member of the 'but he won the Dally M crew' you're a hater.
As Old mate Frenzy would say, "bahahahahaha!"
He got it.
I get it.
My plea, last week, that Hynes just do it against a team that turns up, was howled down.
Just do it against a good team.
A top 4 team.
A top 8 team.
Rather than the defenceless Titans - or a Warriors side that had beaten all before them for 5 weeks and were so buggered they forgot how to tackle.
Look, with all due respect - for those on here who know farkall about footy and have a relationship with lover boy that they toss off over him when we win and turn on him when we lose, cover your ears now - because I do not want to spoil your weekly belief in all things Nicho - but...
He is not a halfback.
He never has been.
He never ever will be.
Not at this level anyways.
So.
What is he?
He is just a number 14 we poached from Bellamy, who can do a job from 1 - 5 when someone gets injured.
He kicks goals.
He defends well.
And, if his playmakers get him space, he can run the ball.
...although he does NOT run it anywhere near hard enough for this comp any more. He did once.
In summary:
I expect us to be all over the bye in the next 7 days and people to be talking Hynes up leading into our next game.
I have no problem with that.
Each to their own - you pay your money you get your shot.
But..the problem we have as a club is the guy in charge - Fitz - the guy who is actually paid to identify any deficiencies in our team is blind to Hynes.
And his two cronies.
This 3 pronged gang of Ground-hoggers continue to watch this problem play out game after game, season after season.
To our detriment.
I have given up expecting coach to intervene.
I now know it is beyond him, so am numb to games like last night.
I actually though we would threaten for the title this year because I truly believe coach would bite the bullet and fix this issue over the summer.
The fact he hasn't allows me to watch this season play out without stress.
I actually find it entertaining watching games like last night for all the wrong reasons.
Footnote:
I was watching in a pub, so cant claim to have had eyes on every play, but with 20 to go every man and his poodle knew they were coming to get us - AFB's runs were a dead giveaway that we had given up - but am I right in saying Trindall completely took over and was doing everything, and he who was formerly known as 'Pap's replacement' just handed the keys over?
