1. Super Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Superbowl glory! They were stunned and had every right to hold their buccan ears on either sides of their buccan heads in victorious hysteria! We have tracked the journey all season and what an outcome for the QB and his team. They can defend too. Fascinating that he gets a couple of mates to come with him too to feast on the glory too - Antonio Brown and Rob Gronkowski ('The Gronk'). What a legend he is. They were delighted in Tampa Bay (Just quietly, how good is Mahones however?). Superb. Tears in New England who are about to crucify Coach Belichick. This is not what they wanted. New England need a QB and should bring him home. If not, they need to get busy in the recruitment stakes. They seem very quiet at present.
2. Nick Kgyrios. Is anyone upset that we may not see him again? Does anyone care that he was turfed out on his ear? He started well and got run over. Dom Theim is a gun and likes to play long into matches. Sadly Nick's lack of fitness and a coach to get him right, cost him. Retirement might be best for Nick. Listening to tennis on radio is another good tip for a Kgyrios tennis game. Maybe he can go and join Greg Norman on his ranch and walk next to him on that beach in his blue shorts. Sad, but a wasted talent. He also has 17 fewer Grand Slams than Novak Djokovic who he bags all the time - even when he loses in the doubles too. More losses in one tournament than Djokovic has in a long stretch.
3. Rafa Nadal. Can he become the greatest Grand Slam winner ever? If he wins, he will move ahead to 21 Grand Slams of the great Roger Federer (20). Novak Djokovic (17) is right up there too, but he sadly brings a shadow to some of his work at times. He seems to pull a hammy too often when times are tough. Dominic Thiem avoided Kygrios, but was torched by Dimitrov today. The challengers are falling fast.
4. England Victory and Pending Loss v India. Jimmy Anderson still has got the goods. He is lethal if that pitch seams. What a superb performance by England. I suspect in the four test series however that they might follow our example and get run over. Root on fire. Some question marks emerging over the Kohli leadership style too. They need Jadeja back in the team and Siraj. Curious how many changes come when Kohli returns. He has his favourites and dictates to the selectors something fabulous. Not all are happy in that team I suspect.
Surely there needs to be a rule against a pitch like the current one on Day One of a Test? Winning the toss has put India in the box seat. England will struggle to get 100 runs in both innings. 1-1 beckons.
5. Junior Paulo. An impressive boxing display. Nothing like how M4 road rage training can position you well for a boxing career. He has silky hands on the field and can turn them into sledgehammers in the ring. A talent.
6. St George-Illawarra Dragons. What is going on at that place...? Corey Norman involved in off season biff and nonsense (how long before he leaves us?), Israel Folau going to be signed then discarded after sponsors rise up, they offload their only defensive bookend in Cameron McInness to the hated Cronulla, who now has done his knee, they sack Wendell's young bloke and are scratching around for Andrew McCullough who had serious injuries last year. They also have Bird in the centres who can barely stand up. The place is in turmoil. The new coach is a top fellow by all reports (Dean gave him a lift home one night and can confirm), but he inspires no early confidence that they won't get the spoon.
7. What A Great Era. How fortunate we have all been to see some of the all time greats...Kelly Slater, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Stephanie Gilmore, Shane Warne, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and the great Adam Voges in our time.
8. Manchester City. Skating away with the championship right now. Too far ahead now and 16 wins in a row. Meanwhile Liverpool and Tottenham stumble and bumble. The efforts of the Liverpool keeper are something to behold! Leicester and coach Brendan Rodgers are doing the business as well.
9. Ash Barty. Will she be the one to break our 40 year Australian Open duck? Serena looks switched on after a hiccup today. The traditional Serena determination looks sharp at present.
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