Wrap - Commonsense Games

1. Surely we are nearing a time when the Commonwealth Games will see more 'pull outs' as their value diminishes. They will be gone soon for mine. They are a colonial overhang of an era when international competition was rare. Cue oversized Kangaroo (or was it a Koala) that winks. Corny.

These days, the opposition is poor. England in the pool have done their cash if this is as good as they get. The coverage on Channel 10 has been terrible. Ratings? Poor I bet. The crowds awful. Has anyone seen any footage of the key track events? Where are all the people - no tickets or no part of an embarrassingly poorly organised and corrupt administrative joke? Skippy Huegill a good story. Talk to us when the Olympics come around. They are the real medals. Are 10 Commonwealth golds a good thing - or a sign of old age?

2. Webber. Sitting on top after a strong second place yesterday. 14 points ahead with three races to come. No confidence in a happy ending.

3. Lowndes. A mighty victory for four out of the last five wins at Bathurst. Has it ever not rained up there? Great to see a few kangaroos on the track. They try their luck and test their speed each year. Skippy Huegill tribute

4. League. Notice the Sun Herald trying hard to expose the sham of Parramatta. fancy allowing Daniel Anderson to make big calls on personnel and having him sacked? Surely this makes no sense. Paul Osborne sounds weak to me. He is petrified he is next to go. Get ready for him to steal more stuff from Woolies when his mind travels elsewhere at the shopping centre. Kearney will do well to put up with this collection of fools for three years. The leaks out of that joint would only be second to Willie Mason's leaks in Kings Cross on the drink.

5. Australia v Paraguay. Crisp display and one where some attack and enterprise was there. The Germany loss at the World Cup still rankles as a negative Pim piece of idiocy when compared to this. No guts, no glory. "Pimbercile".

6. Cricket. Ponting in good form. Even North scored a ton. He is a Graeme Wood clone. When the career is on a thread, score a ton. That gives you five tests before another ton is needed. The batting spot of No. 6 has been the preserve of veterans for a long time in Australian Cricket - Lehman, Waugh, North...When is the youth policy kicking in?

Nathan Hauritz must be having nightmares. Ponting stupidly brings him on when Tendulkar is on 0. Soon he is hitting him everywhere. Hauritz is a good bowler to get into form by smashing. Last time he went to India he was not spotted for five years after it. It may be the same here.

7. Did anyone see the F1 driver who crashed on the 'sighter' lap before the race started? That is doing it tough.