The Wrap: Missing The Cut With Every Goose In Town

1. Australian Team v Kiwis. Fancy Jamie Lyon being the centre ahead of Jamal Idris/ Timanha Tahu/ Chris Lawrence/ Michael Jennings. Joke. Folau was dudded too with talk of leaving Broncos. He would have gone to the Storm if they had Waldron there still diddling the books. Storm dominate both teams and combined basically have a Test team. Funny that. (Slater, Inglis, Cronk, Smith...and Blair, Manu..throw in Hoffman and White for City v Country).

2. What about the City v Country teams. Every Goose in town is there: Carney, Bird, Lafranchi, Luke O'Donnell, Bryce Gibbs. We cannot win Origin in 2010 with this line up. They personify ill discipline and simply lack brains. Enough said.

It looks like they have either Kimmorley or Hodkinson in line as NSW Origin halfback....ho hum....Josh Dugan or Lachlan Coote look to be Gidley or Hayne's understudies. Raw. Can't beat QLD with that.

Parramatta surprisingly well represented: Tahu, Burt, Mannah, Kris Keating...and Hayne. No sign of Hindmarsh who is far too slow in attack for Origin level. Thought Mortimer may have figured ahead of Hodkinson (ex Parra).

3. How bad are the Warriors? Fair dinkum, they could not hit water if they fell out of a boat. Losing v Canberra rivals Parramatta's loss to Cronulla earlier in the year as the worst of the season. Has Manly ever been a softer outfit - getting a lead and repeatedly getting run down?

4. Rugby is becoming embarrassing. There it is on Fox Sports every Saturday in prime time and all we see are penalties and little else. It is slow - and the NRL is a click or two away. Interesting that Channel 9 recently signed a free to air deal for "highlights" only. Just as well. The rest is crap. By the way, the boredom is best represented by the lack of knowledge people hold (in general) for each Super 14 franchise and its name. Straw poll in the street: Lions, Cheetahs, Hurricanes, Stormers...does anyone give a rodent's rectum?

The other stupidity is their finals structure. A top eight would be far more intense. Top four...stay on the field at halftime...mum's oranges...unprofessional.

5. Toyota Cup. What about this farce? Let's all play touch football. The new generation of footballers don't tackle around legs, they don't do the fundamentals that hard heads cut their teeth on in the game. They play like millionaires and hope they get paid like it too. Don't do any defence though.

6. The resurgence of Tottenham Hotspur under Harry Redknapp has been phenomenal. They lie with a huge chance of being in the top four for European Football next year. Best since El Tel! Chelsea v Liverpool should be a cracker tonight. Chelsea win - should win the lot!

7. Sam Stosur is on fire. Funny how she has dropped about twenty kilos over the last year and has achieved success. Female Australian Tennis stars are right next to the rocking horse dung on the shelf.

8. AFL. Swans about to be tested after a few softer opponents. Getting up to 20 points in the first five weeks almost guarantees a semi final spot however. Get to 30 or 40 and you are in. Freo doing better than ever before too. Richmond should shut down - again.

9. Floyd Mayweather beats Mosely. What about his record? 41-0. Impressive - and copped an early hammering too. Tough stuff.

10. Bit concerned about the Red Sox start to the year. Can't recall a worse start.

11. What about the great Tiger missing the cut. Some blokes - mostly Aussies - do this every week. No big deal. I reckon he might come back. Sooner the divorce is finalised the better. He went better when he was out of control.