The Wrap - Bring Me A Stretcher for Frank Arok

1. Parramatta. They are getting worse - as predicted. Bluffed in Round One, but simply have too many lazy footballers. They are well refined with their whinging, but their defence needs as much work. Ricky Stuart is surely kidding if that pattern of attack is the best they can do all week. He seems to have put up the white flag already. He is gearing their attack to harm minimisation and restricting any flair. 0-50 in a NRL match is a disgrace. They will be lucky to win six games this year and are favourites for the spoon.

The equivalent is you continually making crooked photocopies all week, losing your work keys, parking across the bosses car spot, farting in the office when an interview is about to commence, leaving your important file on the bus and walking around the office all day with your fly undone. You would be at 0-50 too.

2. Sandow. For all his brilliance, he is an absolute liability in defence. Sadly, too small and misses more than a fat lady waddling with the shopping to a bus stop. Hayne is also getting worse. He parades across the tryline deliberately late and like a small time school prefect afterwards...everyone else is to blame. Maybe it is all that cash in his pockets which is slowing him down. How long before Hayne is suspended?

Reynolds for Souths needs to be our Origin halfback. The love affair with Mitchell Pearce needs to end. Reynolds was superb. Merritt (Max and the Meteors) should be on one wing too. He is all class - and great under the high ball and in defence.

3. Conversely, Souths have skill. They have slowly assembled a champion team. Imported brilliantly from the UK (How good are the Burgess boys?) and have big mobile blokes and strict discipline in their club.

4. Inu should be rubbed out for eight weeks. How he was not sent off for that tackle on Inglis (arguably the biggest and best player in the NRL) is beyond me. He had two efforts between the legs. Grub act.

5. Michael Clarke rushed to hospital after a stomach upset. No suprise, he would have the shits and be sick to the core after that performance in India. I have a sneaking suspicion, Cricket Australia will sit on the whole management/ team farce and make zero changes. Pathetic.

6. Went out to the Oman v Australia Soccer International. What an absolute disgrace. How they will attract a crowd to this game in Australia is beyond me. We all want soccer to succeed, but how...Omani players fall over - the stretcher comes out - player taken off - then LAZARUS ARISE! They run back onto the field. I have three rule changes to make the game better. Listen up Mr Blatter:

a. Stretcher required? Player does not return to the field.
b. Kick the ball out on the full - opponent's ball from wher eit was kicked.
c. Referee - five metre radius - or a penalty in front is awarded.

Some fair dinkum Frank Arok genius there. By the way, Frank Arok always looked like he had sickle cell anemia when he was coach...he presented some awards at half time and looked like they had opened a coffin to bring him in.

7. Saw GWS v Swans at ANZ the other night and have attached a photo that no one will ever believe (below). GWS in front in the second quarter. The predictions of them eventually becoming a powerhouse in a few years may actually be on the money. Disappointed in the Swans obsession with trying to elbow, shoulder and disrupt younger GWS players. They needed to focus on their own game as they were pretty ordinary really.

 

8. How Vettel can look at Webber is beyond me. He may have to buy one for the back patio instead! BOOM!

 

9. Wanderers have a week off. Not good for them. Will struggle to win the A league. Still like the Victory.

 

10. Tahs limp to a win and we get the reverse...the other great excuse maker - Foley - rolling out his usual but for the Force this time. He is a joke. Line up behind the Rebels' coach...he has to go surely. That franchise is the worst in Australia just in front of the Sydney Thunder.