Wrap - Peter Siddle Holiday Edition

1. Ashes. The seaming deck is our nemesis. We get negative and then fold. Adam Voges has been an immense disappointment after a stunning Shield year. Clarke has been soft too. Where's the mongrel and fight he was renown for? He has become a passenger. No good telling the press you are either Michael. They know. We know. Maybe instead tell the scoreboard assistant you might trouble him/ her. Not often an Aussie skipper does not fall to pieces in an Ashes series...we have had Kim Hughes, Graham Yallop, Ponting with his run out and now Clarke.

Clarke also needs to back Nevill. Haddin is past it. He is not good at accepting the selectors' decision. His own decision is suddenly a lot closer. Clarke is dividing the camp - not Nevill.

If Shaun Marsh comes into the team, watch the slips catching. He does not use his feet properly. Broad and Anderson will get him in a heart beat. Is Siddle getting paid?

2. Adam Goodes. Way back on 7 June 2015, two month back, I wrote this:

This Adam Goodes thing is dividing the game, not uniting in its indigenous focus. There needs to be some cool heads, but this wholesale booing of Goodes is a terrible look. I note that at the SCG he is applauded more loudly than ever with every touch. The AFL have a significant problem with their fans.
They still do. In a sport where drugs can be consumed without penalty, they need to fix that up too. I notice that Mr K Hunt will be in court this week. maybe the tightening up will be quicker now.

Richmond have turned the corner (and in good time). Their defeat of Hawthorn was sensational.

3. The 'Shoot Me Shield' in NSW Club Rugby has continued to roll on this weekend. Surprised to see Beale playing in the park to get some touch back. Any reason why there was no SA-NZ-Argie games this weekend? I wonder how the Penrith Emus and Parramatta Two Blues clubs feel about rugby union. I would get rid of both and turn it into a four team comp. Are we having another edition of the WA v Canberra Rugby Comp this season? It was such a cracking success, surely we are...

4. SANZAR. Is it possible they are suffering from 'headupone's arseitis'? To appeal Hooper's penalty? Daft. I didn't know Sepp had moved codes.

5. NRL. Like Toovey's style. He is a hard head and should be snapped up by another club...Titans? Knights? He is an out and out winner. I have my doubts about Barrett. Raw and an example of the Peter Principle (promoted to a level of incompetence).

Is a Crusher tackle more dangerous than a shoulder charge? Is a crusher tackle more dangerous than a punch? Surely wrestling moves need to be banned. The NRL will have some serious litigation against it one day.

6. I read that Ryan Morgan is set to be re-signed for two years. Might be the money left over from Sandow's car ashtray. Parramatta are on the up. Great news Foran will skipper the group.

7. Has anyone seen this Ronda Rousey fight? She is awesome. 34 seconds and 12 undefeated titles.

8. Is the Jarryd Hayne NFL saga over yet? Getting close surely.