Redneck Redfaces 2

[Rhino_NQ]

copley having a career best game helps against an out of sorts roberts. Not always going to happen. Everyone looked interested which you could understand if they didn't after the year they have had. Maybe poaching keary instead of propping watson up to take hastings place in the squad fulltime could have spared them an extra 100k or so to upgrade and retain some of the rest of the squad

 

[POPEYE]

Switched on the Dogs/Dragons just as the camera followed Reynolds walking back from a try like he swallowed Schwarzenegger, wonder he doesn't cramp up . . . f**k dis, back to BH&G says I

Returned to the game 5 from the end to see Benji & Gareth find another interesting way not to snatch a victory. Fmd, looks as though I missed Mary's mob playing like gangbusters

 

[Jason Maher]

We played well in the second half. First half dogs scored off a forward pass and Reynolds stopped a try with a trip (a send off offence if the refs weren't shit and noticed it - and remembered that the send off rule exists). Unfortunately at the end just too much unfamiliarity with actually playing some football and desperation meant our moves broke down more often than not. I just hope Mary and the players are smart enough to take note of that second half and try to build on it. A forlorn hope probably.

 

[POPEYE]

If you had 15 RL attuned mates with a belly full of piss playing Kelly Pool, the #1 game of all recreational games, discussion would melodiously centre on which of 2 teams should win the mighty Shield . . . their can be no other two-eyed dissension

Reality is there are 3 teams worthy of lifting The Shield if the roster available to them remains intact. The ladder as it stands now is about as poor an indicator of which is the best team of '16 as will be the eventual pissant cup winner

The game last night showed that a Sharks/Storm/Cowboys round robin would easily outdo a 'finals' series and given its one-sidedness surpass the Origin series as a spectacle of worthiness . . . will never happen of course, far too many feeble minds to appease

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Cronk has it on a string atm. Kicking games were the biggest difference last night, results show itself

 

[POPEYE]

Robbie would be a good fit at Souths/Dragons/Knights . . . who else has nothing to lose . . . Brisbane maybe. Wouldn't risk having him at the Titans/Eels/Panthers or any team that needs to concentrate wholly on their coach

None of the top 4 teams should/would contemplate taking Farah, least of all the Sharks, Flanagan doesn't need a f**king Pied Piper in a team of impressionable minds. Next year Cronulla will suffer badly from 2nd Yr Syn if Maloney and Flanno don't quarantine them, the team doesn't need anyone else to concentrate on

I gave up on Henry and focussed on Mary, soc that I am, although still not convinced extenuating circumstances haven't been haunting McGregor. If Mary sees keeping Benji as advantageous let alone signing Farah, when the alternative is to search for cheap promising unknowns, the Dragons deserve to have nothing to lose

 

[POPEYE]

Seems Freddy's in trouble for saying Johnson needs to get dirty, take a tackle or two for the team. If I say the same thing because I want the Warriors to win a cup and Fittler says it because he's dirty on them what does it matter . . . a soc and a legend can't both be wrong

 

[POPEYE]

How good was that, the footy gods have given us a great big 'F**k You NRL', a loss to either team would've been another travesty in a long line of travesties this year. How f**king close did the bunker come to driving a nail into the RL coffin. Reverse gear replays could've easily poked supporters who would've been content with normal speed in the eye

Science is f**king RL . . . 2 refs searching for stoppages, too many 20 minute players, try scorers needing their arm amputated, the insidious 'golden point, the cap doing the opposite of what it was designed to do and a bought judiciary

A typical seat-of-the-pants MNF gave RL dying of cancer a shot of Morphene

 

[myrrh ken]

That was your sharks titans gf right there. Good call on the spectacle value

 

[Rhino_NQ]

i was waiting for fifita to do something stupid with or without the ball to throw it away for the sharks at the end, was doing his best

 

[POPEYE]

NRL needs a badly burnt Broncos to stay alive to give the finals a shake, wouldn't be any good to have them Frizelled, best not to take any chances even if a Dragons' victory should've been laughable. I'm beginning to fear for Benny's well being as it appears so is Todd

Wrong turns everywhere, Arthur was on his way in when he should have never left where Barrett was on his way out from before he turned the last corner. Trent has found himself garaged and Brad not even a f**king tarp against the rain, funny how the smooth forehead against the furrowed brow ended up so prophetic . . . how good could this game have been

No matter how unpleasant I'm going to sit through 80 minutes of dogshit, my missus reckons the jinx is still valid . . . if the Knights get up she'll trip out

Although Sticky likes the mud he's sitting higher than Benny so he's entitled to a 'F**k Youse All' even if he has a better drive . . . little man big vehicle. Still, who cares how big the bus driver is, the Sharks could be a tourist destination without a guide . . . the luck of the Leprechaun

AAMI Park could be a crime scene so no comment from me

The Hurrell Saga could have another 'twist', the bloke who reminds me of a cuddly big eyed pig dog pup is just seeking attention, he should give and take plenty of that against the Warriors . . . let's hope he doesn't overdo it yet again and fall off the wall. If Peats makes the Titans better it will be a battle of brain against brawn

I'm glad Robbie's not playing, Leichhardt Oval may provide the usual arse against class victory and that smug smile all over the big screen would be unbearable, With all things being unequal it could be a good contest. The Cowboys/Sharks need to practice for something the Storm didn't in '08. The Big 3 are now Smith/Thurston/Maloney

Panthers/Roosters on MNF, you'd have to be Trump supporter to put any hard-earned on this one, you might need a seat belt to sit through it but I can't wait

 

[POPEYE]

Great to see Hayne sign for a 'satellite' club, the GC is just a dot on the map of Australia, a place that helps to designate RL as 'National'. Perth when it gets up and running will have to do no more than emulate the GC and Melbourne, there's probably more RL followers in Perth to keep a stadium look occupied

What matters is that more people from anywhere can support the Titans without having to leave their lounge rooms, kids love marquee players and will begin their supportive careers following them rather than specific clubs. Thank f**k the thousands of youngsters in Central NSW aren't required to live within a bus ride of an NRL team

The more Marquee players that look outside Sydney the better, there are far better places to promote than the shithole that took me 60 years to evacuate. I'm looking forward to Jarryd's guest appearances

 

[POPEYE]

Common sense is the commodity most freely available but surprisingly the most overlooked. Benny and men in his position make a living from harnessing it, you'd marvel at how many people can't grasp that the Titans' halves are far more important than Hayne. Benny doesn't care about the Titans, he's reminding noddies that it isn't his fault the Broncos' halves are faltering but he can claim the credit for the Titans' halves education

Hayne will never be a legendary Fullback, his positional attitude in defence is testimony to his laziness in things he doesn't like doing. Making a fool of opposition defence when he catches it off guard or tired is a different matter, which is why common sense has always dictated he should play Centre, the position that is least guarded against

Jarryd is the best possible acquisition for the Titans if Henry doesn't expect too much from him, remove the last line of defence responsibility and keep him handy on the end of plays where he is the best at what he does. Just keep it f**king simple for a bloke that doesn't like to think

Let's hope we see Hayne without a care in the world bamboozle the opposition while the little Titans can orchestrate the genuine 80 minute players and Forwards . . . let's not get caught waiting on the same old runway

Must add that there has been a recent vote for common sense, Maloney is right to play . . . ironic that Hurrell was the one needed to reinforce it

 

[POPEYE]

If the Dragons re-sign Benji they've got f**king rocks in their heads and the Broncos still going nowhere

 

[POPEYE]

Mascord in yesterdays' SMH just about sums up the state of RL atm, in less words Sydneycentricity is by far the biggest threat to the game. Brad Arthur knows Norman is far more valuable to a team than Hayne but few understand that Arthur and Norman would be far more valuable in somewhere other than Sydney just as Hayne is

There are plenty of top echelon players in Sydney teams and if they all came from there it would be hard to argue against keeping the joint as the epicentre of the game but that is not the case. If the Rabbitohs and Roosters were one team as they should be it would be a powerhouse every year

If people living in Parramatta and Penrith supported a team drawn from the combined area they would be perennial winners as would a team drawn from the entire south coast or one from the SW. Four teams from Sydney are enough just as one more in Qld would be enough

The best players will go anywhere they have to, lesser players anywhere they can, supporters can still enjoy their local teams and follow a stronger less is better NRL . . . its time that Sydney RL grew up

 

[POPEYE]

No-one that mattered wanted the Eels to win and it showed, there's only one thing to say . . . you f**king ripper

 

[POPEYE]

One swallow doth not a summer make but when the master calls it quits I'd like nothing better than to have the apprentice return. The cacophony from jealousy mongers if Arthur took over from Bellamy would warm the cockles of my worn out ticker

All the normal signs are there, wherever Brad goes you'll find talent in the making, you'll find stepping up from players that would have been forgiven for stepping down, more importantly you'll find champions that once made won't want to leave

There will be many like Norman, French, Gutherson, Ma'u & Co that will grow an extra leg under Arthur's tutelage but you have to look no further than the effort the much maligned Robson put in last night. The little bloke intent on being a great father is as big a hero as any. I've never seen a player give any more of what he had to give

 

[POPEYE]

What a f**king travesty, Souths didn't deserve the ignominity of a draw let alone being beaten in the pathetic golden point. I found myself cheering for the Rabbitohs in the last 10 minutes, that's some idea of how much they deserved to win

 

[POPEYE]

Because Melbourne were supposed to win in a cakewalk naturally the NRL delegated two of the least competent referees, no-one will ever know how good the game could have been. Clearly overawed by Souths' overdue awakening the officials carried on like Texan highway patrolmen, you'd think they were f**king paid by the penalty

The contest ended up as the epitome of why Fools' Gold Point shouldn't exist. If the NRL want to encourage betterment of the game they should start by letting effort reap its just rewards. Souths didn't need to go home empty handed any more than Melbourne needed to win. Has anyone done the maths, what would the table look like if sanity prevailed and the media didn't have to have their extra pound of flesh

What was the other game of note . . . yes, the one in which the Sharks received the comeuppance smugness deserves and Sticky may have finally passed his driver's test. The biggest threat to his Ferrari is flat tyres, I sincerely hope injuries don't ruin the new Green Machine

 

[Jason Maher]

Mascord in yesterdays' SMH just about sums up the state of RL atm, in less words Sydneycentricity is by far the biggest threat to the game. Brad Arthur knows Norman is far more valuable to a team than Hayne but few understand that Arthur and Norman would be far more valuable in somewhere other than Sydney just as Hayne is

There are plenty of top echelon players in Sydney teams and if they all came from there it would be hard to argue against keeping the joint as the epicentre of the game but that is not the case. If the Rabbitohs and Roosters were one team as they should be it would be a powerhouse every year

If people living in Parramatta and Penrith supported a team drawn from the combined area they would be perennial winners as would a team drawn from the entire south coast or one from the SW. Four teams from Sydney are enough just as one more in Qld would be enough

The best players will go anywhere they have to, lesser players anywhere they can, supporters can still enjoy their local teams and follow a stronger less is better NRL . . . its time that Sydney RL grew up

1994 called. It wants its shit arguments back.