The Wrap - The Great White Goldfish

1. The pictures of Greg Norman nude. All in a week when this two time major winner was crushed in terms of relevance with the sad passing of Peter Thomson (5 time major winner). Who thought that was a good idea other than Greg himself? A deluded narcissist who needs to temper his ego and get a grip on reality. An ageing fool.

 

2. The Robbie Farah re-signing back at the Tiger may have snuck under the radar for some...For most however they see him as a past legend who is on borrowed time. He is so much slower compared to Damien Cook.

 

3. Rugby. Australia v Ireland thrashed it out nicely, but we were just not good enough in the end. Nothing like a northern hemisphere ref to ruin a decent game.

 

4. Aussie cricketers. Terrible. The standard of bowling is park standard. The Big Bash League is a long way away. How bad is D’Arcy Short’s form? 47 not out tonight is a shock. The team chosen the other night was awful. Carey...Stoinis and Agar....batting 4-5-6. Not good enough when all your hopes rest on S. Marsh!

 

Can someone please identify what Tim Paine offers? He is a hell of a guy, but his batting is abominable. His gloves are solid, but skipper...really?

 

5. Origin II. Edge defence found out a little tonight by a willing QLD team. Klemmer strong.

 

Latrell Mitchell is going to be a huge human. Damien Cook is fast and a fixture there for a long time to come. Maloney...pressure player and a fantastic competitor. A five NRL club man...North Sydney Bears (juniors), Parramatta (Wenty) plus NRL with Storm, Warriors, Roosters, Sharks and now the Panthers. Goalkicking the difference!

 

Jimmy The Jet. Banished never to play again. I’ll disciplined goose.

The Fox was strong, but also terrible in defence too. He needs to sharpen up his defensive reads.

 

6. Brad Fittler. Great time to be launching your coaching career with no Smith, Thurston or Cronk in the opposition, but good luck to him. He backed in new guys, the unproven and took a successful punt.

 

7. Tonga v Samoa. There were ballboys in those anthems who could have run on!

8. Socceroos. Suddenly some big contracts may fall the way of some of the Aussies - especially if they can beat Peru! Peru are eliminated, so hopefully they turn it up and let us dominate!