Redneck Redfaces

[bellyache]

My father-in-law doesn't read the papers, doesn't use the internet, picked Manly and Easts to make the NRL GF (back in March 2013), doesn't get wound up by the footy like those who 'support' teams (as he doesn't have one), and is the kind of bloke who doesn't say much, but when he does, you generally take note.

Even after all that, the only bad word he has about RL...

...that Mitchell Pearce is shithot.

I know, he made Reynolds look like a 2 yo in rnd 26..

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I know, he made Reynolds look like a 2 yo in rnd 26..

Aren't there rules of deletion for changing the quotes?

 

[Porkie]

Post the gif of Myth losing the SOO single handedly again in 2013. That should shut him up. Sorry to derail the thread pops, but I think the idiot was actually believing his own rubbish.

 

[POPEYE]

You fellows go right ahead, the only thing I'll rebel against is unabated personal attack on a 'forumer' just for the sake of it. More people helping keep this thread afloat the merrier

 

[bellyache]

Post the gif of Myth losing the SOO single handedly again in 2013. That should shut him up. Sorry to derail the thread pops, but I think the idiot was actually believing his own rubbish.

Get that up ya wanker...

 

[bellyache]

You fellows go right ahead, the only thing I'll rebel against is unabated personal attack on a 'forumer' just for the sake of it. More people helping keep this thread afloat the merrier

Joel Romello and Ben Roberts not bad pick ups for Storm, Romello in particularly..

 

[POPEYE]

Got to give it to Bellamy, how easy would it be to poach instead of rescuing Roberts and Romello. . . . or is he just giving himself an excuse if his wand doesn't work. Keeping Cam Smith may make it look as though Craig has no choice but to sign cheapies but I'd like to believe if Melbourne do lose the best player on the planet Bellamy would still keep trying to prove a point.

F**ked if I know what he sees in Roberts but I'm not game enough to call another Champion until I see what he's got in mind.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Get that up ya wanker...

They look like a proctologists convention gone mad.

Also : Bellamy must see something in Roberts we don't. Will be an interesting 2014 if he gets him working on the field for the Storm. Kudos for trying to resurrect a player.

 

[POPEYE]

Be interesting to see how many players could be resurrected if like doctors they could be available as locums, emergency freelance players that could fill in for absentees on a pay as you play basis. Menzies would never play for anyone in the NRL other than Manly but if likeminded hardy fitness fanatics were kept in the game I'm sure few people would mind.

The NRL would have to set in place rules and regs that could not be tampered with . . . the biggest bugbear . . . but if a player like Ben Roberts 'surfed' the competition filling in for the unexpected it could work.

A 'locum' player would have to be rugged, versatile and have the necessary freedom to commit to say one or two month contracts and would have to be paid handsomely enough to make it all worthwhile. The dreaded salary cap could be 'owed' and reimbursed the following year. Anything that is experimented with that could circumvent a club's season ruined by absent players is fine by me

There are players that are ejected prematurely for all sorts of reasons, whether as punishment or in need of rehabilitation in some manner, that would relish a chance to play as a stop-gap. Maybe even a stepping stone to full time employment that was not previously there.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Since SL, clubs have been dead keen to move 'older' players on.

It's just a cap / money thing, which I think is sad.

All that experience lost.

Ray Price was 33 when he retired; Mick Cronin 35.

Anthony Minichiello is 33 now, at the top of his game still, why can't the Roosters keep him free of the cap if he makes it through 2014 and gets 300 games under his belt for the one club? [He should be free now, but that's another story]. Yet people are keen to move him on ASAP. Why? Money. And younger talent.

Bowen is another who should still be playing in the NRL. Too many 30-34 year olds punted for youth IMO.

 

[POPEYE]

I'm mainly concerned about clubs having their year ruined through injuries, but there is nowhere to go except SL for players who can't quite keep up with the rigors of the modern game for a whole season. I wouldn't like the idea of Melbourne signing Justin Hodges for instance unless he finally realised he could never put a whole season together.

There are many players that don't come apart at the seams but are in need of being used selectively. The next step is for these players to become mercenaries, keeping on the ready is easier than trying to ride out a full season . . . couldn't be any worse than being a sailor and the dough would be a lot better

 

[H.H]

Roberts has some ability when he's just allowed to run.

When he thinks is when the problems start.

 

[POPEYE]

In that case he might do well at Melbourne after all, Bellamy will do the thinking for him. He'll have to do as he's told, train like he's never trained before and follow instructions to the letter . . . should be a stroll in the park.

Who has he been coached by before . . . Folkes in decline, Moore in uproar, Anderson in turmoil and Stuart in masquerade

 

[Nice Beaver]

In that case he might do well at Melbourne after all, Bellamy will do the thinking for him. He'll have to do as he's told, train like he's never trained before and follow instructions to the letter . . . should be a stroll in the park.

Who has he been coached by before . . . Folkes in decline, Moore in uproar, Anderson in turmoil and Stuart in masquerade

I would have thought that having to stick to Bellamy's rigid game plan would require MORE thinking of Roberts, not less.

He can't just ad lib it and "not think". He will have to carefully think about every action deliberately. Spells trouble for him I think.

 

[bellyache]

Interesting viewing; http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news-display/Storm-sign-Romelo-and-Roberts/89517

 

[POPEYE]

I would have thought that having to stick to Bellamy's rigid game plan would require MORE thinking of Roberts, not less.

He can't just ad lib it and "not think". He will have to carefully think about every action deliberately. Spells trouble for him I think.

Anyone who wants to can believe all the shit about skulduggery, isolation, preferential treatment or just screwing Lady Luck . . . Melbourne do their thinking on the training paddock supervised by Bellamy, on the playing field they are robotic.

Roberts or any other player doesn't have to second guess anything, all he has to do is be disciplined to the extraordinary extent demanded by the coach.

 

[POPEYE]

Brad Arthur has also stated the obvious, no f**king rocket science necessary in Rugby League, just relaying what happens at training to the playing field. By saying he's not going to reinvent the wheel he really means he wants Parramatta to use the same wheels used at Manly/Melbourne, where he learnt to drive.

Like the top coaches he just wants the Eels to play the way he thinks, if his ideas are not satisfactory then his coaching won't be satisfactory . . . providing his players do as instructed. Arthur doesn't just want to win games, he wants to turn players into household names for the right reasons, that's not rocket science either.

The way Manly and Melbourne play is no secret, blind Freddy can see they wear other teams down with consistency and will power, player mindset is everything, only a basic IQ is necessary. Genius players have been made that way by the coaching they received along the way

 

[Cloudsurfer]

Brad Arthur has also stated the obvious, no f**king rocket science necessary in Rugby League, just relaying what happens at training to the playing field. By saying he's not going to reinvent the wheel he really means he wants Parramatta to use the same wheels used at Manly/Melbourne, where he learnt to drive.

Like the top coaches he just wants the Eels to play the way he thinks, if his ideas are not satisfactory then his coaching won't be satisfactory . . . providing his players do as instructed. Arthur doesn't just want to win games, he wants to turn players into household names for the right reasons, that's not rocket science either.

The way Manly and Melbourne play is no secret, blind Freddy can see they wear other teams down with consistency and will power, player mindset is everything, only a basic IQ is necessary. Genius players have been made that way by the coaching they received along the way

You would think wouldn't you? A basic IQ to get what the plan is for sure but a bit more to make it work week after week methinks. That's one of Bellamy's best kept secrets ;-)
It would be interesting to get the collective IQ of all the squads and compare, no? Character would be of equal or more importance though...

 

[POPEYE]

Every now and again I lapse and click on to the smellygraph, saved however because they wanted me to register, equivalent to putting my dick in a vice, disappointed they now seem to have removed the chicane against accidental exuberance.

Only ever on the lookout for a story to demoralise Rugby League the arsewipe has hit on some Greek tragedy appearing at Souths and how Packer is needed to save the joint by helping Rusty recover from Holmes a Court . . . blah, blah, blah. Then there's 'another' Knight in Gagai having a drink in the middle of the off season . . . heaven f**king forbid, maybe we should be up in arms about paying to read stories written by pisspots.

Anyway, a Melbourne supporter might use his imagination and turn the shit into fertilizer. Imagine if Maguire really did become despondent and jumped ship as a replacement for Bellamy and Gagai did hurt his chances which favoured Chambers . . . maybe the arsewipe can be encouraged to up a gear in the garbage truck.

Btw, it's great to see Mal's willing to share the glory by letting poor old Benny have some input running the Emerging Maroons . . . old fella's got nothing better to do

 

[POPEYE]

Said it many times that unless a player physically hurts someone I don't give a shit what he does off the field and too many of them are ostracised for occurrences that are dismissive of 'normal' people. Not against punishment mind you as long as it suits the 'crime', Packer deserves what he got but if he had killed the bloke would he only have got a couple more years because there was a 'slight' difference . . . 10 more likely.

No big deal Mason misjudging his blood alcohol content, he's probably one of many thousands the same morning, double jeopardy though because he or his car is easily recognisable and he knows he won't be discounted as one of the masses.

The problem I have with the f**king imbecile is that he had total disregard of putting a bucket of petrol beside a roaring fire. He has a coach that went out on a limb to resurrect his career, imo a barely passable exercise, who is desperately trying to restore normality in a club wracked by unfortunate circumstances.

Mason should be tarred and feathered not for what he's done but for what he didn't do