1. Openers. A great weekend for Australian batsmen across the country. A rare day really. The highest ever Shield partnership of 486 by Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris. An excellent performance. Pucovski has five first class tons and two double tons. Throw him in with Cameron Green and we may be moving. This Pucovski is a rare talent. I just hope mentally he has the required steel. It can be a lonely place in cricket when it doesn't come together for you. We've all been there - even in the park!
Then we see Bancroft and Whiteman bag tons each for WA (Shaun Marsh of course scored his mandatory selector impressor ton to get the media excited about his eighteenth comeback). Travis Head also knocked off a ton too. The evergreen Trent Copeland bagged five wickets, but NSW are up against it to try and reel in the remaining 135 runs for a victory. Mitchell Swepson is killing them too! Surprised at how ineffective Nathan Lyon is in Shield cricket for the mainstay spinner in the Australian team.
2. Wallabies. The TMO is a complete joke. Fifteen replays and satellite/ terrain/ street-view vision before a decision. It is exactly like the the NFL all of a sudden with a quarter of the crowd and interest. 18 long years of no Bledisloe and after five minutes it never looked like we were a serious contender.
For any improvements in the Rennie era, I must say the total disrespect for ball control and possession is staggering. Miracle flick passes and overhead passes must be the order of the day and don't start me on the box kick. The most useless move in world sport.
The Wallabies had a chance to claw back fans and show people what it used to mean to be part of that game. Instead, we get show pony referees and TMPO officials who are that slow... Honestly the game needs a V'landys figure to cut through the rubbish.
Otherwise, bring back halftime on the field and tea towels for touch judges in tracksuits.
The anthem singer was the highlight for Australia.
3. League and AFL. Love the signings, the player movement and the non-events. There really are not too many players out there and available. Apparently Mitchell Moses is now able to field offers from other clubs... 'hello...is anyone there...?' The Fox will stay. Smith will play on and we will resume normal transmission. Cameron Smith has done some particularly odd things... a testimonial game three years ago...being chaired off Suncorp this year... A bit of 'me, me, me' there.
Jarhome Hughes must take a big money offer. He will not see it better than now. Corey Allan on the market with James Roberts? Good luck there. Parramatta are investing heavily in Bryce Cartwright. His bad defensive reads in 2019-2020 won't be needed by many. Brad Arthur will convert him into a Shaun Lane clone. He can offload the ball too. Just get him vaccinated before the season.
Before you head anywhere, get over to NZ and sign some pace in the outside backs.
4. Melbourne Cup 2020. Verry Ellegant, Finche, Anthony Van Dyck and Russian Camelot will be working closely together there for a win for mine. Get on Titan Blinders the place the race before. Paying $7.00! Could be worth getting down to Electronic Sales and Rentals to get yourself a big TV this week... remember the phone number: 6-4-8-0-1-double 0!
5. GWS. It looks like coach Leon Cameron has well and truly lost the car park. Surely you sacrifice Leon before Jeremy. Classic club where there is a lack of senior players with cool heads and stability. Do they have a true supporter base? They started with western Sydney and now have moved east. A flag could be a long way off.
6. IPL. This is becoming interesting. Close till the end. Lots of Australians benched... Maxwell, Watson, et al. However, it still has the best of the best. Why Cricket Australia don't have a similar concept in place I would never know. Two or three Indian players per team, especially the second tier ones who are better than most Shield players regardless.
7. EPL. Liverpool back on top with a few less likely teams - Everton, Wolves, Leeds, Leicester! Far more entertaining this year with the big spenders not profiting!
8. NFL. The greatest hoopla on earth really! Chiefs, Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers all doing good business. Tom Brady is still in the top ten QBs on may stat points thus far. An old timer who still has the magic!
9. F1. Dry shoe Riccardo is wheeling it out again. More wins and less chat might help. He's had one more 'shooey' than Jeremy Schloss this season.
10. The Morphettville Doctor. Watch out for DR Jolly, the successful South Australian trainer who is killing it over there at present. Two huge wins: Biarchi and Thompson's Reward and then Bajan went well too for a close tussle. Could want for another furlong. get on it!
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