1. Panthers. They really played a great brand of footy, but the Berries let them. Some interesting tactics that define the future of the game always seem to emerge in semi finals: Running on the last tackle for Penrith multiple times to tire the big forwards who love a stop start (actually…no penalties for Panthers and super quick play the balls were a feature). Give up a penalty in a final = the hook!
Offloads are the key to your future as a forward in the NRL. For example, Canterbury (Eastwood, Kasiano, Klemmer, Williams) and Penrith (Cartwright, Merren, Latimore). No offload ability = no future. Great to see Mansour do well…Captain Risky lookalike.
2. The Bulldogs looked nervous. An angry coach like Hasler at half time does nothing for you in finals. Composure is crucial. It is funny how often the cranky coach tactic does not work.
2. The Bulldogs looked nervous. An angry coach like Hasler at half time does nothing for you in finals. Composure is crucial. It is funny how often the cranky coach tactic does not work.
One thing about Grand Finals and semis…things will always go wrong and it will seem as though things are really against you…then it will turn. Stay composed and calm…Look at Moylan. Three handling errors in about ten minutes…then a return to excellence, starring in the drive home.
3. Surely the short kick off has a good future. The athleticism of the current player would make it very likely your team will get the ball back. That or the hard low grubber kick off that goes out the sideline. Time to change it up in this area of the game. If you can hold your defence till half time, fatigue time will see massive opportunities later. This is new thinking in the modern game.
4. Jarrod Maxwell is the best ref we have. Gerard Sutton needs to be left on Fort Denistone next weekend. This will upset Melbourne who get a lot of 50-50 calls with him.
5. Hayne – David Mead has now left the Titans club…Brad Arthur’s theory is correct. No player is bigger than the club. Hard to defend on your own. The salary sombrero can only fit Jarryd and not many more.
6. If you were a progressive Chief Executive wouldn’t you ban Mad Monday? Where did that crap come from? If only their effort here was matched by their effort on the field in the season…! There is a fair bit of planning there…too much! Some of those Parra players are a disgrace...still. A hard team to like or support.
3. Surely the short kick off has a good future. The athleticism of the current player would make it very likely your team will get the ball back. That or the hard low grubber kick off that goes out the sideline. Time to change it up in this area of the game. If you can hold your defence till half time, fatigue time will see massive opportunities later. This is new thinking in the modern game.
4. Jarrod Maxwell is the best ref we have. Gerard Sutton needs to be left on Fort Denistone next weekend. This will upset Melbourne who get a lot of 50-50 calls with him.
5. Hayne – David Mead has now left the Titans club…Brad Arthur’s theory is correct. No player is bigger than the club. Hard to defend on your own. The salary sombrero can only fit Jarryd and not many more.
6. If you were a progressive Chief Executive wouldn’t you ban Mad Monday? Where did that crap come from? If only their effort here was matched by their effort on the field in the season…! There is a fair bit of planning there…too much! Some of those Parra players are a disgrace...still. A hard team to like or support.
7. Maxwell. Diamonds and rocks. Plenty of diamonds last week. Our nation is leading the world in the shift of world cricket. ODI and T20 dominate and not many players care about Test Cricket.
8. The GWS juggernaut has arrived. They were so quick v Swans. Quick on the break and so fit! The hard afternoon deck really helped them too. They will struggle a bit more at night I suspect. However, what depth and on a big field they carved up the Swans. The Swans on a smaller SCG might recover. Tippett is playing for his future – or if he misses the game, he may be done. He has struggled badly. Buddy needs to spring back to life. He was too quiet. Adelaide will not be easy. They can play.
The bye weekend killed the West Coast and did not help Sydney.
9. I still like the Hawks I must say. That last kick miss was terrible. Arrogant and smug - and stil lterrible. Geelong were good. GWS will struggle to repeat their effort.
10. Wallabies. A sound win, but they will take each one. Not sure how many people bothered to watch it. Interested to hear that at the Randwick rugby club, they approach South Sydney NRL to take all those players cut and keep them playing (with possible retrieval by the NRL team if need be). This helps the NRL club and the rugby club. Maybe Penrith rugby might have hope with this model.
11. Tennis. Serena seems like she may have hit the wall in her quest for more Grand Slam titles. Age is catching her…Kerber is dominating. Djokovic had an absolute rails run (three walkovers) to the final v Stan the Man. However, unless Stan loses it mentally, he will struggle on that surface.
12. Loved the Viking clap! I think there is a medication for it. Great coordination and solidarity. Didn’t help though…
13. Not sure what Robbie Farah will do this week? Maybe he will parachute into the Grand Final or sing at half time? He is now on $1.2 million a year from what we read. No tears there. Have another beer on the scoreboard? Joke. Would not be real keen seeing my "star" recruit up there with no net.
9. I still like the Hawks I must say. That last kick miss was terrible. Arrogant and smug - and stil lterrible. Geelong were good. GWS will struggle to repeat their effort.
10. Wallabies. A sound win, but they will take each one. Not sure how many people bothered to watch it. Interested to hear that at the Randwick rugby club, they approach South Sydney NRL to take all those players cut and keep them playing (with possible retrieval by the NRL team if need be). This helps the NRL club and the rugby club. Maybe Penrith rugby might have hope with this model.
11. Tennis. Serena seems like she may have hit the wall in her quest for more Grand Slam titles. Age is catching her…Kerber is dominating. Djokovic had an absolute rails run (three walkovers) to the final v Stan the Man. However, unless Stan loses it mentally, he will struggle on that surface.
12. Loved the Viking clap! I think there is a medication for it. Great coordination and solidarity. Didn’t help though…
13. Not sure what Robbie Farah will do this week? Maybe he will parachute into the Grand Final or sing at half time? He is now on $1.2 million a year from what we read. No tears there. Have another beer on the scoreboard? Joke. Would not be real keen seeing my "star" recruit up there with no net.
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