For those of you waiting to hear who is in the origin team, well as you all remember that traditionally game 3 in origin is where the selectors give up on their stupid theory and pick the best team we have. Great news - they have done at least one of those things - they have given up.
New South Wales selectors have gone for the approach "If you can't convince them confuse them". Yet again they are doing what Corduroy Pillows do - they make headlines. To show how they are planning for the future they made a player in his last 10 games of NRL captain and then selected virtually an entirely new team for game three. In game two, NSW wingers positional play meant most of them were closer to the bar than their opponents. So we have decided to teach them a lesson for their consistently bad reads in defence....................... by dropping all the forwards.
Into game three come Jason King, Snowden, Gallen and Greg Bird, Watmough. Would you believe that Greg Bird has the record of having played only 4 games but been man of the match twice in those games - well great news he has been selected for game three - that will stuff his average, he should have made a controversial withdrawal - Timana style.
In Other News
Its been a very depressing few weeks in sport - its not just the Origin, its the soccer, the rugby and the cricket. It seems that everywhere we go the news is depressing especially if you have a pommy mate within easy reach of his email. The one glimmer of hope came today when Jana Rawlinson announced that there was to much pressure on her to win in Australia and to much media scrutiny, so she was going to represent England in the next Olympics - Huzzah.
May I say Jana that it wasn't me putting pressure on you to win. I always thought you were a loser and still do. And just because the Poms have won their first one dayer against us in ten years does not make them a nation of sporting achievers.
Jana did of course say that the crushing weight of media scrutiny was to much in Australia - which of course is why she chose to issue a press release to say she was leaving instead of fading into the background like we had all hoped.
That's not to say that Jana leaves the sporting stage empty handed after winning a world title presumably held in North Korea or somewhere similar and of course she narrowly beat Tamsin Lewis in for the title of most committed drama queen in the 2008 Australian Olympic team.
So its pack your bags Jana - but if you can convince lay down Sally to go with you we will waive the invoice for your time at the institute of sport.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Boycott Shampoo - Demand Real Poo!
As predicted in Origin - another humiliating loss - plus an unexpected and entertaining fight.
In origin our injuries forced us to pick a few second string losers while Queenland were bolstered by Cameron Smith. Predictably enough we were not just beaten but thrashed. But to be honest I don't know exactly what happened as it was so depressing early that after the first two tries that I turned it off. I had basically seen what I needed to see, ie Paul gallen give away three penalties that lead to two tries, and the inexplicable defence of the wingers. Exactly how many tries did the Queensland team score where the winger scored unopposed. ( I don't actually know the answer to this as I was watching the soccer as soon as it came on.)
Was it that the NSW wingers were star struck by Bowraville Boy, Greg Inglis so everyone wanted to tackle him, or was this a deliberately coached technique of compressed defence?
How is it that we can NSW can allow Queensland to have the first second and third choice of all the quality players. How exactly does this origin concept work - I thought it was where you were born in which case, Sam Thiday, Greg Inglis, Israle Falou, Willie Tonga would all be playing for NSW while Neville Costigan would be playing for Papua New Guinea.
Is it where you first developed into a graded player in which case Jonathan Thurston and the entire Queensland team would be playing for NSW. Now after hearing what Andrew John has been busted for I have finally realised why the best players go north. Its Joey and his no black .... policy.
Back in the old days of origin when Queensland struggled to field a competitive team, the ARL used to undertake a super league style system of selections where origin can and did mean you played for which ever state was weakest. This talent reallocation included any league player from overseas not having previously played for NSW eg Adrian Lam and Matt Rogers.
Now its our turn lets annex New Zealand as a developing nation (lets face it thats not to far from the truth) and lets get rid of our coach and assistant coach. Í heard Timana say that the NSW players are self motivated - I have heard that before. Its work speak for management wont answer questions. As far the assistant coach goes, well Joey Johns is so dense that light bends around him.
Still despite the weak performance this third game is our best chance in years to actually in a game. Not through brilliant coaching or returning players but because Queensland just wont care and will spend the night on the turps just like last time. That was where all their players tried to hallucinate new winning techniques by drink red bull and sudafed. While they lost I wouldn't say it was a complete failure as Johonthan Thurston had that industrial strength hangover breath that could knock a buzzard of a shit truck at 100 yards and does that come in handy when having a quite word with refs these days. They don't care what he says just as long as he goes away.
In origin our injuries forced us to pick a few second string losers while Queenland were bolstered by Cameron Smith. Predictably enough we were not just beaten but thrashed. But to be honest I don't know exactly what happened as it was so depressing early that after the first two tries that I turned it off. I had basically seen what I needed to see, ie Paul gallen give away three penalties that lead to two tries, and the inexplicable defence of the wingers. Exactly how many tries did the Queensland team score where the winger scored unopposed. ( I don't actually know the answer to this as I was watching the soccer as soon as it came on.)
Was it that the NSW wingers were star struck by Bowraville Boy, Greg Inglis so everyone wanted to tackle him, or was this a deliberately coached technique of compressed defence?
How is it that we can NSW can allow Queensland to have the first second and third choice of all the quality players. How exactly does this origin concept work - I thought it was where you were born in which case, Sam Thiday, Greg Inglis, Israle Falou, Willie Tonga would all be playing for NSW while Neville Costigan would be playing for Papua New Guinea.
Is it where you first developed into a graded player in which case Jonathan Thurston and the entire Queensland team would be playing for NSW. Now after hearing what Andrew John has been busted for I have finally realised why the best players go north. Its Joey and his no black .... policy.
Back in the old days of origin when Queensland struggled to field a competitive team, the ARL used to undertake a super league style system of selections where origin can and did mean you played for which ever state was weakest. This talent reallocation included any league player from overseas not having previously played for NSW eg Adrian Lam and Matt Rogers.
Now its our turn lets annex New Zealand as a developing nation (lets face it thats not to far from the truth) and lets get rid of our coach and assistant coach. Í heard Timana say that the NSW players are self motivated - I have heard that before. Its work speak for management wont answer questions. As far the assistant coach goes, well Joey Johns is so dense that light bends around him.
Still despite the weak performance this third game is our best chance in years to actually in a game. Not through brilliant coaching or returning players but because Queensland just wont care and will spend the night on the turps just like last time. That was where all their players tried to hallucinate new winning techniques by drink red bull and sudafed. While they lost I wouldn't say it was a complete failure as Johonthan Thurston had that industrial strength hangover breath that could knock a buzzard of a shit truck at 100 yards and does that come in handy when having a quite word with refs these days. They don't care what he says just as long as he goes away.
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