Wrap - Stickability Joke

1. The Masters. This is more hyped than your garden variety New Year's Eve Celebration. More entertaining however. Day back in the (Neil, Rex, Karmichael) hunt. A great event, but it often looks so fake, so rehearsed, so controlled, so programmed. No shots of the local area or from a helicopter, etc. It is a cactus in the desert. The golf...great as usual. Can Day do it? It will take some still weather. The wind has been St Andrews like in its impact on scoring! Lucky Els has won a couple or he would never come back after his six putt!

2. NRL. Two areas that could be tightened...The quick tap after a penalty. This needs to happen more quickly with penalties...it eliminates boring captains whinging. The quick 20 metre restart is a great addition to the game.

The other is that ref's should be announcing decisions like in the NFL on the ground PA. Get the same PA system at grounds! The bunker are needing to be more accountable.

3. Salary cap dramas at Parramatta. Can this be believed? We need the NRL to run and model the running of that club. Too many dumb blokes with axes to grind. Losing points after cheating and winning wooden spoons - can it get any dumber? Not an ounce of explanation by the club. Shockingly managed as fans hopes get set to be extinguished. Hopefully points do not get taken. The diehard fans will burn the leagues club down.

4. A good win by the Swans. They lack some composure without McVeigh at the back. GWS have fast feet and will win a lot more. Their youth and speed is awesome. Swans' aggression was excellent.

5. "If we were getting beaten by 40 it would hurt more". Great quote by Anthony Griffin, Penrith coach.

6. Jake Granville is an awesome player for the Cowboys. Tremendous defence, possibly the best hands in the game. Great hair. Good pace from dummy half and scrambles exceptionally. Unbelievable motor. Conversely, Josh Mansour, the winger from Penrith is a prize tool on the field. Niggle and nonsense. He channels Tom Mooney and Michael Hancock combined.

Cowboys are the best finishing team in the comp! Their last 10 minutes each week with Scott, Tamou, Granville, Morgan and Thurston - intense and incredible. Not to be missed.

7. Really enjoyed the crowd's bagging of Ricky Stuart at Parra Stadium. Ricky's lack of stickability at Parramatta was laughable. He still struggles to crack a smile. Parramatta were crisp. I noticed the Penalty Santa Claus - Pritchard - was back in some variation on the NSW-Jim Bean-Toyota Cup. Defence was tight again - and the best in the comp. Nice to see running tries. I must say Jason Croker scores a lot of points but outside of Ryan Morgan he has the worst defence of a centre in the NRL. Great step from Foran.

8. The Reds. They tried to lose it after a big start. The box kick? Can someone explain its relevance in the modern game? An absolute joke when utilised in the last two minutes. It is a straight surrender of possession 9/10 times.

9. Andy Carroll (West Ham) had a memorable hatrick v Arsenal. A 'big body' who dominated. The dream of the greatest upset of all time - Leicester winning the EPL - is still alive. The foxes need to win tonight!

10. Adelaide United have won the A League premiership when they made a terrible, terrible start. An excellent recovery. Wanderers come second. They are good at that. Melbourne Victory look dangerous for mine. The top two get a major leap into the GF. One win from here and they are in! An Asian Champions ticket as well for both next year when the squad will look totally different. Surely Liam Reddy is finished. He keeps being re-signed and keeps doing silly things that see him sacked. Finally Sydney FC cracked a win!