Wrap - Getting That Bad Deal Eel Feel

1. Here we go again...Parramatta Eels. The same song and record...The halves are a huge issue with this club. There is ZERO leadership. Foran was the man and now he has gone to the pack. Norman is very talented, but when missing.. Robson (?). Please. He was done years ago. Is there not a young dasher from the whole of their junior nursery? Throw in the world's worst five eight - Clinton Gutherson - and you have a cross field crab with no willingness to take on the line and a kicking game from the John Donnelly coal miner's collective. Hopeless. He has too many duties too soon - including goal kicking. Good haircut though.

The ability of that squad of hopeless decision makers to make poor decisions under pressure and their ill discipline is a product of the chequered police and misbehaving past of 90% of that squad. Throw in no recognised goal kicker and you really have to question where this joint is heading. Down the tubes again in 2017? Likely.

They need leadership on the field and less fools, numb nuts and bone brains. That would clear their roster out big time. Does Arthur not see these things?

2. 'Not So Super' Rugby...easiest decision of the lot. can Melbourne and Perth and play the game where it counts - on the north shore of Sydney. You can expand it into North Sydney, a squad at Cremorne and Northbridge and another at Narremburn. Done.

I can hear a Gibson axe sharpening at the Waratahs...They are lucky they are not the franchise to be poleaxed. Terrible start and leaking so many points speaks of an entrenched bad attitude. The cold months will bring zero crowds.

3. Cricket. Pat Cummins is fast and exciting.... Our first innings bats were wasteful. Warner's brain is back at Waverley. Shaun Marshmallow is typically soft (by the way is that an arm injury I feel coming on?), Handscomb's technique has been found out and Matthew 'BrainFade' Wade continues to show why his average in tests in less than 20. He cannot show enough patience or discipline. On the other hand, Indian batsmen rarely waste an opportunity. They capitalise. Pujara has been a rock. We don't really look like getting him out. If we are behind by 100 - 150 we will lose by an innings.

Sad to see Kohli failing. Not since Miandad, Brearley, Boycott, Symcox, Harbajhan Singh has there been a more hated cricketer in Australia.

4. Manly's effort v North Queensland was something else. Their defence for a team seemingly sliding out backwards was very strong. To win in North QLD on a Saturday night as an away team is very rare. A good sign for their supporters. Penrith and Roosters will both be in the mix come September.

5. Leicester look safe now. New coach and a few lazy players' careers on the line? Voila! an insulting way to treat the winning coach and they should be hanging their heads in shame, despite the recent good form.

6. England rugby. A lame way to end the Nations tournament with a loss to Ireland, but the Irish are always spirited. Eddie Jones must not be able to remember what winning felt like. he presided over that many losses for Australia.

7. South African cricket. Dominant in all forms of the game. Number one nation by a mile at present.

8. Winx. What an amazing run...and to do it by so far on a Heavy 10 track...tremendous stuff. As Bruce McIvaney would say "special".