2. Bulldogs. Nothing like a player dropping a straightforward ball and giving up a try. Montoya and a few others. Basic errors. Nice to see Foran being offered what he is worth now. Talk about a player getting overs, but his body looks beat now. Steve Georgalis knows his footy, but you get the sense that coaching gig is a poison chalice. Trent Barrett as coach? As talented as he may be, not sure that is what they need right now.
3. Warriors. Another mortifying loss. They have no pride in their jersey at present. They are doing more that just doing every one a favour they are involved in the disrupted 2020 season. They need to work on what they believe as a football team and manage themselves carefully. Their brand could take irreparable damage here. Todd Payton is up against it.
4. Broncos. Isaako also had the dropsies on Friday night to gift a try for Benji. Hands like canoe paddles. Apart from Seibold, there are a few players that need the chop - Croft, Millford, Boyd... all badly out of form and on notice. Lots of injuries, but honestly...48-0 v the Wigers. Pleeease. However, it is worth remembering that it is more important that everyone has fun and tries their best. Even if that means getting rid of the traditional Broncos BBQ! Five wins to keep your job...excuse me?
5. Eels Arrogance? A few wins and you think you are better than you are. Matterson and Ferguson resting or injured? Matterson makes a huge difference to the team. The greats of the game seem to string games together...ask Cameron Smith what he thinks. How Brad Arthur thinks eliminating offloads is a good tactic is beyond me on a slow field. They lacked spark and focus. The tactics were poor on that ground.
6. Michael Jennings seems to have more speed this year and is surging up the all time NRL try scoring list into the top 10 ever, equaling Nathan Merritt with his double! Six more to beat Matt Sing and Hazem El Masri (11 behind ET). How good was Billy Slater?:
7. Paul McGregor. Funny to hear Paul McGregor thanking the Board for their "full support" recently!
8. Ben Stokes. How good is this bloke? Admittedly it was against the Windies, but he gets wickets, big runs and takes amazing catches. Interesting how the Poms produce Botham, Flintoff and Stokes and we produce Trevor Laughlin, Simon O'Donnell, Shane Watson and Hilton Cartwright? We did have Gilchrist however! Windies up 1-0, but you get the feeling that it is not for long. Once Jofra Archer gets back on a seaming deck...curtains.
9. Black Lives Matter (BLM) in South African Cricket/ Rugby. A super hot historical and current issue. Lungi Ngidi their current crack fast bowler is taking them on and shaking up a few of the past players (Symcox, of course) in his BLM stance. Disturbing reports from some former greats of South African cricket - Makhaya Ntini (390 Test wickets) - about how lonely the team bus and team hotel was for him...latent racism and troubling stuff. A huge divide looms here. One to watch.
10. Adelaide AFL Club. When will they stop whinging about a pre-season disaster a few years ago? Surely their poor form and roster is not linked to that. Talk about not owning your own performances.
Tom Papley leading the most goals for the season? Surely that is a sad indictment on the game at present. Plugger used to kick that many in an afternoon.
11. Rugby. Catering for the limited audience involvement and trudging around in a reasonable show of skills. Brumbies too good for Tahs at the last moment, but a few bright lights in the younger brigade on show.
12. A League. Central Coast Mariners. Is it time to shut the joint down? They have really struggled to win anything. They seem incapable of turning any game their way. Professional football requires more than this. They need some significant international investors to buy in and restore the club to a powerhouse.
13. Golf. Is the great game of golf under threat with the antics of a growing number of current players? There have always been a few hot heads (Big Phil Mickelson, Long John Daly, VJ, et al), but the presence of Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed and Bryson De Chambeau seem to be taking the sport into the drink a bit more regularly...
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