Redneck Redfaces

[POPEYE]

Best team usually wins the GF though where-as they dont usually finish first in the home & away comp due to rep duties, injuries etc.

Only the best team on the day old mate . . . absolutely nothing to do with the best team of the year

 

[POPEYE]

Leading off the sanctimonious crap this morning is Paul Kent. Can't only be justification for his job but a
preconceived need to keep all those poor dumb NSW supporters who can't think for themselves from
losing faith. Bet he wears his collar backwards behind closed doors. Don't worry you Blues' supporters
. . . may the bounce of the ball be with you for that's all anyone needs in Origin.

Ricky asks Jarryd for permission to change wings . . . that'll do me. As if a fullback will worry what
wing he plays on and who the f**k is in charge anyway, Jarryd will just have to keep his dummy in
the left cheek.

Crawley never fails to make me regurgitate some of my Coco Pops. He has big Mal concerned he
made a mistake dropping Taylor because of that mom performance against a Penrith NSW Cup team.
We are supposed to be flabagasted Mal can't understand that Dave can easily find 2 more gears and a
bucket load more stamina for Origin.

 

[POPEYE]

The Australian says Mal bans press because he's under pressure. He's not under pressure at all, just
protecting his players from people who apply pressure . . . pity NSW didn't do the same. These
vultures aren't looking for good news because only bad news has the mileage for harping on.

Bowen blames himself for loss. No need to worry Matty, travelling across the ditch to a slow pitch
without all your strike players against a team that is never affected by Origin is self explanatory.

Herald says Burgess return sets Souths up for late charge . . . dearie me. Every game is one closer to
his next sabbatical. If Souths even consider counting on Burgess for anything it would be a retrogade
step. Maguire is not that dumb otherwise he'd be working for a newspaper instead of coaching.

Last of all Glenn Jackson tells us of five things we learnt from the Souths game. Well, he might have
run out of fingers on the hand that wasn't full of meat but the rest of us already knew what he didn't know.

 

[Notell]

Anyone that bothers with my ramblings

I sure do, and thanks POPEYE for your work. Love it.

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

I sure do, and thanks POPEYE for your work. Love it.

Ditto, i check this thread everyday, it is a good read, some of it i do not agree with, but most of it is spot on

it is also pretty funny when The Circle Forming Club Members poke their noses in, And Pops hands their arses to them on a silver platter

 

[Notell]

Ditto, i check this thread everyday, it is a good read, some of it i do not agree with, but most of it is spot on

it is also pretty funny when The Circle Forming Club Members poke their noses in, And Pops hands their arses to them on a silver platter

LOL like Ken Russel's Salome. Okie-dokie let's wait for Popeye's next post. Hope he's eating spinach.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Ditto, i check this thread everyday, it is a good read, some of it i do not agree with, but most of it is spot on

it is also pretty funny when The Circle Forming Club Members poke their noses in, And Pops hands their arses to them on a silver platter

Awwww. You've got your own circle jerk.

Good for you.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Awwww. You've got your own circle jerk.

Good for you.

Don't feel too left out

I'm sure alwaysgreen will be along any minute now with his trusty pack of Saos for you

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

And you're ok. You must get around with a couple of packs of SAOs just for you.

Sook.

 

[POPEYE]

So I'm not alone after all. Kinda like when you go bushwalking and you hope you're the only human to
have set foot in the joint until you see shoe prints fossilised in stone. That's not so bad until you look
closer and make out 'Made in China'.

 

[POPEYE]

Love Margie's insightful version of Cameron Smith's innermost thoughts on the diffculties Q face.
Couple of weeks ago when the Jabba and Ray Show, loosely resembling a game call for those without
eyesight problems, referred to Cam as an extraordinarily exceptional player. Locky scratches out 'he's
just smart'. Anyway, Margie of the Australian thinks it's revealing when Smith says '. . . we're closer to
a series loss'. If any of you read the rest of Cam's musings in the column keep those few words in mind.

Herald has Stuart as a father figure and why not. Even established exceptional players need an authority
figure with a sympathetic ear. Let's hope NSW heirarchy doesn't force a Vincent van Gogh on Ricky if the
picture doesn't turn out well. 'Long live Sticky no matter what' is the placard supporters should be carrying.

 

[POPEYE]

Josh Massoud must be fresh off the boat if he thinks we'll confuse what he writes with reality. He
quotes from Cam's musings like he's found a journalistic pot of gold, instead he is just another carp at
feeding time. My missus loves Cam's dimples but they're a dead set give up when he tries to hold a
straight face. Maybe Josh doesn't think infidels have television.

Massoud goes on to let us know Will Hopoate hasn't taken any notice of what's happening in League
this year and will be door knocking while Origin's played. Can't say I'm surprised when the census
revealed 75% of Aussies still believe in god but wtf it's got to do with anything is anyone's guess Josh.

 

[POPEYE]

Geez I'll be glad if/when I wake up Thursday morning, mainly because it'll be a new first day of what's
left, secondly after what should be an enthralling Origin contest we can get back to something
resembling fairness.

More than likely the Storm will finish up my best team of the year but if they falter and maybe the
Dogs, Sharks or Broncos win the rest of their games it will still be a great year for fair minded League
supporters. There is however a nagging sadness I feel for all those who blindly accept the unacceptable.
Anyone who thinks the majority rules in League or that heirarchy knows best is kidding themselves.
As supporters we're just trying to enjoy a sport being run by people with different agendas.
Take the Cowboys for instance who came within a whisker of doing what was always going to be,
but shouldn't have been, the impossible. Almost realistic to imagine a forfeit than waste time travelling
across the ditch.

Now you can say what comes around goes around but that's bullshit unless a team can afford to drop a game.
Not just the Cowboys but any team or coach suffering because of Origin doesn't have to be forgiveable.
Probably just as bad for the game are pedantic rulings. If a player loses the ball in any direction except forward
and doesn't disadvantage the opposing team by picking it up again why not play on.

Penalties that are not deserved when a common sense approach with a play on would have sufficed,
especially when you consider a try is the result, are just as bad for the game as sending teams into battle
without the use of key players when there is an alternative. I really don't give a shit who wins as long as
the players decide the game and they are given leeway when considering insignificant rulings that turn a game

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Don't feel too left out

I'm sure alwaysgreen will be along any minute now with his trusty pack of Saos for you

You're a little bit obsessed with me fourskin. I'm not sure why, I'm way older than your usual grooming age.

I enjoy POPTART's daily regurgitation of the news. Makes me look forward to my own dementia.

 

[POPEYE]

You're a little bit obsessed with me fourskin. I'm not sure why, I'm way older than your usual grooming age.

I enjoy POPTART's daily regurgitation of the news. Makes me look forward to my own dementia.

Good to see you're back from where they don't have the Internet. A month in gaol never hurt anyone, unless of course unlike you protecting your arse is a priority.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I was in gaol, with my good mate. We were wrongly accused of a bank robbery. The warden wanted me to go in a rodeo but I refused so he put us in a cell with this giant axe murderer in an attempt to imtimidate us. Instead we all ended up singing Birmingham Jail together and I ended up riding in the rodeo as a means of escape with my buddies. Sorry to disappoint you but there was no sexual congress of any nature.


All the best big man.

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

Geez I'll be glad if/when I wake up Thursday morning, mainly because it'll be a new first day of what's
left, secondly after what should be an enthralling Origin contest we can get back to something
resembling fairness.

More than likely the Storm will finish up my best team of the year but if they falter and maybe the
Dogs, Sharks or Broncos win the rest of their games it will still be a great year for fair minded League
supporters. There is however a nagging sadness I feel for all those who blindly accept the unacceptable.
Anyone who thinks the majority rules in League or that heirarchy knows best is kidding themselves.
As supporters we're just trying to enjoy a sport being run by people with different agendas.
Take the Cowboys for instance who came within a whisker of doing what was always going to be,
but shouldn't have been, the impossible. Almost realistic to imagine a forfeit than waste time travelling
across the ditch.

Now you can say what comes around goes around but that's bullshit unless a team can afford to drop a game.
Not just the Cowboys but any team or coach suffering because of Origin doesn't have to be forgiveable.
Probably just as bad for the game are pedantic rulings. If a player loses the ball in any direction except forward
and doesn't disadvantage the opposing team by picking it up again why not play on.

Penalties that are not deserved when a common sense approach with a play on would have sufficed,
especially when you consider a try is the result, are just as bad for the game as sending teams into battle
without the use of key players when there is an alternative. I really don't give a shit who wins as long as
the players decide the game and they are given leeway when considering insignificant rulings that turn a game

I absolutely agree with the Highlighted Part Pops......but that is too much like Common Sense, which our Refs and the rule makers Lack

 

[POPEYE]

I was in gaol, with my good mate. We were wrongly accused of a bank robbery. The warden wanted me to go in a rodeo but I refused so he put us in a cell with this giant axe murderer in an attempt to imtimidate us. Instead we all ended up singing Birmingham Jail together and I ended up riding in the rodeo as a means of escape with my buddies. Sorry to disappoint you but there was no sexual congress of any nature.


All the best big man.

Each time I open LU it's just like walking down to the front gate and clicking on this thread
is similar to opening the letterbox. When I see your avatar I picture an envelope with a
window on it . . . the first word that comes to mind is 'f**k'.

 

[POPEYE]

I absolutely agree with the Highlighted Part Pops......but that is too much like Common Sense, which our Refs and the rule makers Lack

When you think of what a player is going through on the field, mentally and physically, it becomes
apparent that people who have nothing else to do except adjudicate have loss touch with reality.
Many things happen, especially around the ruck, that on paper can interrupt play if the
referee is looking to get his head on screen.

Far too many of these rulings on insignificant occurrences have nothing to do with a team being
advantaged or disadvantaged but can be catastrophic in the end result. Forward passes, for instance,
can't be ruled on but a simple dropped ball that is regathered has to be a penalty or a scrum.
I know which one of those I would prefer to see ruled upon.

Imo, the flow of the game should only be interrupted when one team is disadvantaged. If referees
both on and off the field were fined for being pedantic many more games would have the best team winning

 

[POPEYE]

' . . . Ricky Stuart has become the latest figure to declare the third State of Origin one of the biggest
in rugby league history'. If I knew it was that easy I would have become a journalist instead of ruining
my health in the macho workplace. Goes on to state that Ricky says NSW won't be intimidated any longer.
Bet Lazarus, Gillespie and many like them would love to have that impregnated in their resume'.

There's also a quiz in the Australian about which former Q great had the nickname 'Turtle' . . . brings
back memories of a wonderful lady I used to know.

Not much worth talking about from the Herald except they are building T-Rex up as dynamite. Fitting
I suppose that's it the 4th of July which is celebrated in the most accomplished terrorist country on
the planet . . . question is will Williams explode or implode