Sunday, August 24, 2014

Wrap - Ad Lib Softness

1. Wallabies. Can anyone explain what our team are in tracksuits until kick off - and the All Blacks are ready to play? Any team whose haka is better than our set plays will always win! The haka was better than our lineout and our scrum was appalling. The ref was the exact opposite to most Bledisloe Cups..he actually let the game flow. How disappointing are the Wallabies? They show signs of hope...then fade...then fail...

2. AFL. Geelong and the Hawks turned it on during their clash on Saturday night. An open race at this point, but Port, Freo and the Swans will be there at the end. Some critical battles to come yet. Finally Richmond are looking the goods.

3. Souths and Manly rolled over in embarrassing fashion. Still like the Roosters. They crushed the Warriors. Don't write off the Storm either. Parramatta played well and have started to throw the ball around and utilise second phase play like they did in 2009. Teams who play ad lib football will perplex the robot coaches and telegraphed plays. Defences cannot predict that style of play.

How good have St George gone since getting rid of Steve Price? Amazing!

4. Outside of Shane Watson, Michael Clarke always seems to be injured around this time of year. There is never sympathy when cricketers get injured...how would they cope in the NRL or AFL? Softness is the immediate reaction.

5. Pan Pac Games. A decidedly better quality of contest than the Commonwealth Games. Michael Phelps is phenomenal. Been back five seconds and wins gold. His records will never be beaten - especially at the Olympics.

6. The Sharks. How does a struggling club think that a herbal crapologist could lift them out of the mire into glory? Flanagan must have been asleep at the wheel. The whole ASADA mess is boring, but now we have admitted drug cheats, it gains a sinister edge. The Sharks players have all this sympathy, but who stood up to them at the time? No one. Suffer collectively and feel the pain.

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