Sunday, July 24, 2022

The Wrap - Clown Town

1. Ashley Klein. Ashley has certainly had a year out this year. He inexplicably leaped into the Origin frame as referee when two or three others were better (eg. Atkins). Now as video referee he loves to have influence over the game and defy commonsense to make a 'get square' call...too often. The final moments of the Tigers v Cowboys were farcical. He should be dropped for the remainder of the 2022 season. Awful call. Embarrassing to be honest.

2. Storm. You must admire Bellamy's honesty. He doesn't think the Storm can turn it around and they have four losses in a row - rare!

3. Brad Arthur. Well, well, well...his management team have sounded out the Bulldogs from media reports. It could well be time to move on. Fittler or Slater/ Cameron Smith are the two options.

4. Alex Johnston. What a try scoring machine he is... He only needs 55 more from his current number (157) to take over Ken Irvine and he is not 30 years old yet. That would be three seasons or so max. He could well be the best ever. Eight tries this season and he leaps Terry Lamb into sixth spot (164).


5. AFL. Melbourne are in need of some serious surgery. They have lost some unforgivable ones lately. The Western Bulldogs though are on the surge! Geelong showed a bit of unexpected strength, but Carlton continue to be amazing...and Collingwood! The Freo-Richmond draw was sensational!

Lots of tight games this weekend just gone, making tense and enthralling action the norm.

5. World Athletics Championships (Omaha). Top work by our women's javelin star Kelsey-Lee Barber (66.91) and the women's high jump winner: Elanor Patterson (2.02). Young Bol ran seventh in the men's 800m final, which is an absolutely elite class.

6. Commonwealth Games (Birmingham). We love these games, because we clean up! It is a nice warm up event for Paris Olympics 2024. Get ready for the media hype. I see Keiran Perkins is there... he has been in a useful paddock. One of the legends.

7. Ronaldo. He wants out from ManU but the suitors are not coming knocking! Interesting dilemma when age catches up with talent and ego.

9. Concussions. At some stage all codes - Rugby League, Rugby Union and AFL are going to face the courts and massive pay outs. Some players - Luke Keary, Kaylen Ponga to name two - could well walk away after making big money. It is a sad and disturbing future ahead for many who have experienced this.

10. Cameron Smith. Love him or LIV him, he did really well to win the British Open. Some sort of achievement after the disappointment of The Masters for him.

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