Wrap - Mad Monday Warehouse Clothes - Initialled

1. JT - Jonathan Thurston. A legend who will leave a big hole. Michael Morgan will need to step up post injury. Like this AJ Brimson who can run and play. Really love an initial based player...often encouraged by their parents.... AB Devilliers...PJ Marsh... JP Duminy...DK Lillee... others? KD Lang. OJ Simpson. WG Grace. Is it a sign of greatness or notoriety to only be known by initials? OJ, MJ, LBJ...

 

2. The Eels. Pathetic. 14 wooden spoons. No fight. No appeal to the fans. The place needs yet another clean out of the bad attitudes. Mitchell Moses is unfortunately quite horrible. His kicking game is not NRL standard. How they can all be so bad and spineless is beyond me. Brad Arthur needs to go before he dies of embarrassment. They were more interested in Mad Monday and have little respect for the remaining fans. By now Parra players would have an absolute warehouse full of clothes and dress ups. One plus is they can save on hire fees after all their success in recent years.

Lattrell Mitchell is awesome. He will be huge in years ahead. He will dominate Origin. His power close to the line is awesome.

Parra could do worse than sign young Blake Lawrie from Saints. A forward of the future who McGregor ignores.

3. Losers. Is there a more losing player than Tim Mannah? He has lost so often it is worth asking if he knows how to lead a team to victory. Lovely bloke and all that, but he lacks inspiration. Too many poor trainers and ill disciplined fools at Parramatta

 

I must say, the player manager for Michael Jennings is a genius...a five year deal. He has two years left on his contract!!! And Corey Norman on $950,000 a year... amazing negotiation skill.

 

4. AFL. A nuisance having a week off, but it recharges the crowd. Really looking forward to the Hawthorn Hawks v Richmond Tigers clash. West Coast, Swans and Geelong look the goods. This game is going gangbusters. The crowd brings a crowd. It is amazing how the buy in to the game encompasses so many more women. Crowds would be close to 50-50 male-female. NRL has a huge issue in that space and it is getting worse.

 

4. US Open Tennis. John Millburn into the fourth round playing Federer. Kgyrios. Can you believe how delighted the composed Federer must be seeing that match up in his draw? Federer has made the fourth round 17 times at the US Open. Kgyrios and all his nonsense is so boring. Conversely a stirring effort by Alex De Minaur who lost in five sets in the early hours of the morning to Marin Cilic (seventh seed). Great effort and all things we admire in our sports stars.

 

5. Test Cricket - England v India. Fourth Test. England up by 250 runs and Moeen Ali back taking five wickets. I must say ‘the Bum’... Bumrah is a very handy Indian bowler and tough on a seaming deck. This Sam Curran (brother to Tom who played in the recent Ashes) is handy with the bat...and offers them left arm bowling. The match is poised for a Kohli ton to level the series up at 2-2. It has been an enthralling series. The weather plays such a role in this part of the world with cricket. James Anderson has been nullified here in the dust at Southhampton. Big crowds. The bowlers have dominated the series however.

 

6. EPL. Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City still powering on. What about Wolves? A battling team of character - one win and two draws and mid table. ManU may have a new coach after tomorrow. Jose could be passe. How they lose anything is beyond me. Ryan Giggs needs to coach them for mine. Someone from the Fergie era.

7. Horse Racing. Keep an eye on two horses this spring. One is Ellicazoom. Its pace over 1200m - 1500m is awesome. Mind blowing. The other is Youngstar (and Outback Barbie). Boom prospects! Impressed by Unforgotten and Redzel's strength in the last 100m is not to be trifled with in the upcoming Everest. Get on Theanswermyfriend too over anything near 1500m as well. It leads from the front and wins! There is a Melbourne horse...Bryan...that wins all the time too. Blackbook the lot!