1. NRL Trials. Interested to see some footage over the weekend on Fox sports. It has been quite a while since any of us have seen trials televised. Such has been the miserable cricket season.
Enjoyed seeing Latrell's brother Shaquai carve it! I am troubled re the life of Kevin Walters as a coach. He is so intense, so wanting improvement. Many are seeing similar player attitudes to 2021.
The Tigers continue to disappoint. Hopefully Michael Maguire will have more than five weeks. If no success, predicting Benji Marshall will step in as an interim step and then takeover. I think the Tigers may have the Roosters this week and Melbourne Week 1 of the comp. Tough start. They have players out injured and new ones arrived but it seemed a familiar tune was playing. James Tamou is then in the press speaking like they do not know or have not confirmed the skipper for the new 2022 season. It sounds like a complete schemozzle.
2. T20. Can someone ask Aaron Finch to concentrate on scoring runs and keeping his position in the team viable. It may allow him to forget about selecting coaches for a future which it increasingly appears may not include him. Josh Inglis has been strong. Ben McDermott had a golden chance squandered. Stoinis is so talented and Wade is a terrier in that middle order. A winner.
3. Parramatta. The option to stay being taken up by Dylan Brown is huge for the Eels. This kid could be one of the greatest players since Kenny in the blue and gold #6. If they could just shuffle Moses out of the way, they would be right. Apparently they also renewed the contracts of Rodwell, Greig, Ogden and Makatoa. Clearly a comp is just around the corner.
4. Indian Cricket. Talk about an embarrassment of riches. Rohit Sharma is next Test captain following Kohli's sidestep. Not sure Rohit has the Test stability required. A genius and a talent, but composure in Test cricket? I would have thought Rahane was the man who did such a great job in Australia last summer.
5. Sheffield Shield. Hardly a batsman in sight in this next layer of Australian cricket. Nic Maddinson? Peter Handscomb? Jason Sangha? We have problems ahead in the batting stakes if there is no change here.
6. EPL. Liverpool slip to 6 points behind Man City with a game in hand and have been handed an unlikely lifeline. The relegation is hotting up: Norwich and Burnley (17 points each) have Watford (18) and Newcastle-Everton (22) and Leeds (23) nearby. A few intriguing battles ahead as games played evens up. An Everton relegation would rock the EPL world to the core!
7. Western Sydney Wanderers. They punt their coach (required) but they don't seem to be making a jot of difference anywhere. They have so many centres of excellence it is ridiculous, but little true excellence on the pitch ...for some years now. Hopefully they don't get the spoon this year.
8. Nature Strip. Poor start, but such a champion. Home Affairs superb of course in winning, but what about William Pike arriving in Sydney town? Lots of super jockeys there at present. Anamoe was strong in the last 100m which is a sign of an excellent horse. More cash and glory ahead there.
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