State of Origin 2018

[Pommy]

Love your work @ThingFish

I notice Aaron Gray in the side too.
Much better player than reserve grade, would do a job for a few NRL sides

You missed his sharks games this season? He is in reserve grade at the moment for good reason.

 

[ThingFish]

For those with Foxtel. After the game on Fox Sports News, live with Bill and Boz will have press conferences and will have Seibs and Tony Carroll. Bill Woods was saying they wanted to get a coaches perspective of what goes through their minds while they have club players going through SOO.

 

[Travitoh]

You missed his sharks games this season? He is in reserve grade at the moment for good reason.

I saw it, he was terrible. But he is a better player than that and we have seen it. He'll be a bargain for the next club that recruits him.

 

[ThingFish]

Love your work @ThingFish

I notice Aaron Gray in the side too.
Much better player than reserve grade, would do a job for a few NRL sides

Yeah. It’s been a fall from grace for Aaron Gray. I find it hard to feel for him though, he pushed for bigger money and it kind of backfired in his face. @Pommy is right, if he was in the headspace of a first grader he should be ripping NSWCup apart and he should of ripped this game apart, but he’s been pretty average.

However if our forward strategy going forward is not buying a big name but developing from within, then along with Fui there is a LOT of potential in young Britt for the developing.

 

[CAFPOW]

I think NSW will win.

 

[ThingFish]

This really is starting to feel like 2014 now
Lets hope it ends the same.

 

[callmack1]

A massive we'll done and congratulations to NSW tonight, very well deserved.

This is actually huge for them!

What a game though!! That's probably one of the best Origins I've ever seen, footy at it's absoulute best!!!

 

[Pommy]

Great day of sport so far England beat the kiwis, blue dig in to win Origin, England are 2-0 up against Panama.

I think I may end the day relatively hate free.

 

[ThingFish]

Great day of sport so far England beat the kiwis, blue dig in to win Origin, England are 2-0 up against Panama.

I think I may end the day relatively hate free.

Topped off with no injuries to our boys over the whole rep round

 

[themacemaceman]

Topped off with no injuries to our boys over the whole rep round

In my mind this is the most important result of the weekend!

 

[Pommy]

Topped off with no injuries to our boys over the whole rep round

That plus England are 5-0 up at half time now.

 

[Travitoh]

That plus England are 5-0 up at half time now.

f**k off. I left the casino 10 minutes ago and it was 3. How bad are Panama???

 

[Travitoh]

Yeah. It’s been a fall from grace for Aaron Gray. I find it hard to feel for him though, he pushed for bigger money and it kind of backfired in his face. @Pommy is right, if he was in the headspace of a first grader he should be ripping NSWCup apart and he should of ripped this game apart, but he’s been pretty average.

However if our forward strategy going forward is not buying a big name but developing from within, then along with Fui there is a LOT of potential in young Britt for the developing.

Aaron Gray has dug himself into a hole and i feel that this season is a write off but i believe we will see him again at NRL level.
I hope he gets it together again as i always want to see a Souths jr do well.

 

[Pommy]

f**k off. I left the casino 10 minutes ago and it was 3. How bad are Panama???

6 now ha. They’ve been shocking plus the ref hasn’t stood for their shit.

 

[Cheap Charlie]

6 now ha. They’ve been shocking plus the ref hasn’t stood for their shit.

Bunch of Poms in the krauthaus (I kid you not) here in Bangkok cheering 6 goals against Panama like they’d just won the cup.

Seriously.

But it’s more excitement than usual, I guess. Usually a case of ‘if I wanted to see a bunch of guys struggling to score for 90 minutes, I’d just go to the pub with my mates’.

 

[Travitoh]

I thought Cook was really good last night. I would argue it was one of his best games considering Qld went in with a plan to contain him. He kept his composure and chose the right times to go and just contributed well to the team in what was a tighter game than the first.

Crichton seems to be struggling in the Origin arena. Maybe coming off the bench doesn't suit him but his impact in the two games has been minimal and may struggle to keep his spot.

GI and Gagai were both dangerous for Qld and had moments where it looked like they would score. Asked plenty of questions that NSW struggled to answer in defence.

 

[Pommy]

Bunch of Poms in the krauthaus (I kid you not) here in Bangkok cheering 6 goals against Panama like they’d just won the cup.

Seriously.

But it’s more excitement than usual, I guess. Usually a case of ‘if I wanted to see a bunch of guys struggling to score for 90 minutes, I’d just go to the pub with my mates’.

If your mates can’t score in a bar in Thailand within 90 mins you really need new mates.

 

[Pommy]

We have really lucked in the way this draw has panned out. We drew an awful sharks side prior to origin 1 and then didn't need to make players back up due to playing Para.
We now have a full week for the 4 origin players to rest and the England players will be back in Aus for at least 5 nights before our next game.

It could have been much worse than that.

 

[southsport]

Bunch of Poms in the krauthaus (I kid you not) here in Bangkok cheering 6 goals against Panama like they’d just won the cup.

Seriously.

But it’s more excitement than usual, I guess. Usually a case of ‘if I wanted to see a bunch of guys struggling to score for 90 minutes, I’d just go to the pub with my mates’.

I can't understand why anyone watches that game.

 

[Pommy]

I can't understand why anyone watches that game.

What the most popular sport on the planet by a long way?