Sunday, October 23, 2011

Wrap - Shizenhaus

1. Australia v Wales. Third place playoffs seem a bit ridiculous, but a tidy win. Has Quayde Cooper actually helped make the tournament into something worth watching? Too few tries overall and some more space is urgently required between the defensive lines.

New Zealand. Should have won about four of the bloody things. Hippy hippy shakes with the goal kicking early (three from three missed). Winning it without Dan Carter is some sort of achievement. The end of the longest Rugby World Cup in history. Like the timing of their Public Holiday tomorrow. Could be better drinkers than the Aussies in time.

2. Black Caviar. How good? Racing four others is a surrender. Soon it will race no one. Surely there is something out there that can knock it over soon. Two or three years in horse racing is a VERY long time.

3. Had to laugh, In Saturday's Daily Telegraph, Greg Chappell - the well known failed, prickly cricketing coach - was telling the world about how to transform Australian cricket!!! Maybe he should have done this when he had a job. He won't be missed and is almost unemployable in world cricket. He has never really endeared himself to the Australian people - as a player, coach or administrator. When it is all said and done, everyone struggles to get the underarm incident out of their minds. He has not smiled for ten years.

4. League. Jason Ryles will be at Melbourne next year. This was confirmed last week to us on site. He had his buck's day in our marquee at Caulfield Cup Day. Marrying Allan McMahon's daughter. No truth to the rumour that this was arranged by a lot of people (esp. ex coaches) because Allan was known for his booming punt kick - something he will no doubt need to deliver to Ryles up his oversized clacker.

Can anyone quite believe they are queuing up for Todd Carney? It has to be in the far too hard basket.

5. A League. The standard - and the crowds - is an improvement. It may actually be helping our national side too.

6. Cricket. A tired old crop and suddenly Cummins joins them. He will be burnt badly as normal as well. What about Nathan Bracken? Suing Cricket Australia because he wore hair bands and lost all cred.

7. Meatloaf has called the AFL big wigs - "butt sniffers" and blamed everyone but himself for his miserable display. Add that to the supreme display by the unfortunately named Albert Pujols for the St Louis Cardinals yesterday (they lead 2-1 over the Texas Rangers) and suddenly shite was hitting a lot of fans.

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