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I have added a few stages that you have missed.
They are actually very crucial to the end result.
Got it in a nutshell,Dragon Slayer.
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I have added a few stages that you have missed.
They are actually very crucial to the end result.
Adrian is an A1 goose who should just stick to selling real estate in the Hills district and stop commentating on the game via talkback and print media. He is a know nothing attention seeker who wants to have a 3 some with SBW and Wally Lewis...with the West Indies team of the 80s to all jump in after an hour.
There's a reason they say grand finals aren't won in October. It's because no team can keep their intensity up all year.
The Dogs smashed the Roosters because the early rounds don't matter. Honestly, they don't mean a thing. As long as you make the 8 you're a chance and halfway through the season just about anybody is able to make the 8.
The real reason why the Roosters were smashed was they showed in their first 2 games, any team wanting to play up the middle could tear them apart.
On the Roosters loss, well it was bound to happen at some point, I have a sneaking suspicion Saints may also lose a couple of games this year.
The magnitude of the loss is big, although not by the magic 50 that makes it impossible for any team to win a comp after being belted by 50 during the year (history is a bitch).
The Doggies were going to get their sh*t together in a big way at some point, they were probably going to beat anyone stepped out onto the field against them that day, Storm, Titans, Saints, Roosters - it would not have mattered.
The only difference is that Saints and the Storm may not have got belted by so many, the Titans I am not so sure about.
Is there a case to be made for the Roosters run of in the heat day games dooming them to this moment no matter what they did?
Difference being they couldn't hold onto the ball for long enough for it to work. The Roosters were never stretched as a result. They did predominantly drop off the tackles around the ruck. They give away way too many easy meters. Souths made something like 15 errors and had a possession efficiency around 70%, yet still made around 1400 meters in that game, and realistically, they were woeful.If anything, Souths almost exclusively tried to play the Roosters up the middle of the ruck in the initial stages of the game.
I thought it was no team has ever won the premiership after conceding 50 during the season?
No team has won the premiership since 1908 and conceded 50 or more points in a game in the same season.
The Adrian Rovere Report on this site!!
Adrian's regular dribble on radio is a bit like listening to nails run down a blackboard. Then he repeats his dribble regularly on this site with his poisen pen articles. Here is an extract of his latest report.....
DOG OF A YEAR ALREADY
I fear for Canterbury and its army of supporters of which I am one of.
As much as I hate to say it, I honestly believe - even after just two rounds of the competition - that it's crises time for the Bulldogs.
I admire the club enormously and what they did in 2009 was truly inspirational however, regrettably season 2010 is shaping as a year to forget for the famous blue and whites.
Now before I get accused of suffering from a severe case of "premature evaluation", hear me out.
The club lost impact forward Greg Eastwood and points-scoring machine Hazem El Masri from last year's team, have long term injuries to Michael Hodgson, Mickey Paea, Dene Halatau and Corey Payne, the latter season-ending, have turned in two inept performances and will be without the suspended Gary Warburton for three weeks.
Even more worrying is the team's overall form slump, in particular that of captain Andrew Ryan, Kiwi international Ben Roberts and boom centre Jamal Idris.
All that coupled with the unrest caused by star prop Ben Hannant wanting to return home to Queensland, is a recipe for disaster that has left a sour taste in my mouth - one that no amount of Listerine is going to rid.
But wait there's more - and we are not talking a set of steak knives - although such utensils could be out for coach Kevin Moore if he is unable to remedy the team's deficiencies, most notably an inability to challenge the defence.
For the life of me I cannot remember the last time Canterbury produced a sweeping backline movement and second phase play amongst the forwards is virtually non-existent.
If the Bulldogs fail to correct both these areas of play, then I cannot see anything other than a Roosters victory by 20 to 30 points - possibly more.
Since 2002 (with the exception of 2007) all grand finals were won in October. What gibberish are you trying to get at?
I think you mean March champ...............
The Doggies were going to get their sh*t together in a big way at some point, they were probably going to beat anyone stepped out onto the field against them that day, Storm, Titans, Saints, Roosters - it would not have mattered.
The Dogs smashed the Roosters because the early rounds don't matter. Honestly, they don't mean a thing. As long as you make the 8 you're a chance and halfway through the season just about anybody is able to make the 8.
The Roosters have been going hard for 3 weeks. This week they took a week off.
This is why all the ex-players and coaches say the season is too long; because the early rounds are nothing games.
Good teams NEVER get beat by 60. Good teams do lose games, especially early season, but they NEVER get beat by 60. Roosters no chance in 2010.