2. Parramatta. The joke is never ending. Semi...Foran...Corey Norman in the clink? Stay tuned...Brad Arthur will leave next. Total disgrace. And making matters worse is the Bulldogs rise up the table in their place. They will do well to avoid yet another wooden spoon now. I did hear that John Boulous struggled to arrange coaching clinics for ten year old cricketers in a previous role. No wonder they signed him up at Parramatta.
A midweek rant in case you missed it:
Third Party Guilt. A Parramatta Special Extra
Not since the announcement of Gary Freeman, Stu Galbraith, Chris
Thorman or indeed Lee Mossop has an international player taken the headlines at
Parramatta and across the NRL like Semi Radrangirangoo.
Like most players under legal threat, the NRL has their share of
Parramatta crims - Danny Wicks, Jacob Loko and Manu Mahu - and crimes: Junior
Paulo, Chris Sandow, Michael Jennings and now Corey Norman. Just to name a few.
I recall a signing attached to match fixing too.
It's a busy life at Parramatta as a player manager...one minute
writing press releases of innocence and the next writing letters of demand to a
number of white collar blokes very familiar with courts and legalese for fatter
contracts. No problems. No limits.
The signing of Ryan Morgan at Melbourne has seen him go from
defensive nuffie to one of the form centres in the comp. Parramatta can do that
to you. They inspire hope and then cut a hole in your throat with their
mismanagement and incompetence. They actually appear to actively attract and
retain, dare I say even recruit morons. They are the manufacturing plant of
such types.
Even their captain Foran treats the club like a circus. Are
there any normal blokes out there? Please, calling all non d&$@heads....maybe those the Swans
reject?
Yet there they are with the boredom of the board room elections
once again...no leaders, except the incompetence of who? Now Ian Schubert. The
one who perpetually stuffed up the salary cap.
Indeed, Semi offered hope and is of course innocent until proven
guilty...of course...and NRL blokes are dumb enough to get into these
situations repeatedly and are sometimes innocent. Then who do you look to? A
coach....the great Brad Arthur.
What does he do? Goes weak on serious stuff and lets Semi play
(his call of course...of course). He too, by being so weak becomes yet another
d$&@head.
And then I see Eric Groth Snr saying how immoral and bankrupt
the club has become. He once tried to destroy his blue falcon with a Molotov
cocktail!
Anyhow, buy more idiots and fill the joint with crims and see
the place go to zip. There is something quite telling about the symbolism of
knocking down Pirtek (didn't that company sell them out too?) Stadium.
If it was never re-built, would anyone care?
3. Waratahs. Fell over at a critical hurdle this week. Can they get back? A tough hill.
4. Nearly fell over to learn that Brad Hogg is not playing for the Scorchers next year. Money talks and I guess at his age (our age) it is the only option. The Renegades are overdue! Gotta love Justin Langer trying the guilt trip on him. Justin was always good at accumulating coin and is doing a good job now with diverse coaching gigs here, at national level and internationally.
5. Garry Jack. Is it just me or has he always had a strong streak of the goose in him? Think Ian Roberts, the failed "Gary Jack Score" derivative sports store...now this outrageous behaviour around his son Keiran. Wake up to yourself Gary and wife. Your son is more important than your egos.
6. The Clevland Cavaliers NBA Championship team. Not since the World Series Cricket days have we seen a better bunch of cavaliers. Richie Robinson and Robbie Langer would be proud.
7. Chase Stanley from the Bulldogs is now rivalling the grea tbrett papworth as the most injured footballer ever.
8. The State of Origin Game 3 may just be one of the biggest whackings in recent times....or since last year's Game 3 in fact! QLD to win in a canter.
