dan_smee
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So apparently it will only be myself, and Kheen using this thread, but still, I hate to take over the ol' marriage thread with sport talk!
i was going to point you to the nrl website to see if they had any streaming options, but you have to pay and then it's only replays and stuff on delay. there's probably a less legal stream somewhere, however. i can only imagine if it's broadcast there it's on a fox sports channel.sadly i can't watch any games as we don't have a rugby station here, just cricket. (and i should add the cricket station is perpetually showing a match wif new zealand @ india it seems.) so i'll just follow it online i guess.
illegalnrlgames.co.nz?i was going to point you to the nrl website to see if they had any streaming options, but you have to pay and then it's only replays and stuff on delay. there's probably a less legal stream somewhere, however. i can only imagine if it's broadcast there it's on a fox sports channel.
this thread = awesome.
fuuuuck the warriors injury list is getting ugly.
This is the best party ever. If you guys ever thought about adopting a 22 year old son, I'll put my hand up???
holy crap that's a real url
you like video games too?
although, it may be a little awkward, i'm only 21.
hmmm, If I was Samoan I could forge my birth cert. to make me younger?
Other than that, it would be a highly unusal situation where a father is younger than his son. I don't want to even imagine the kind of freaky shit that would need to happen for that to work
helland that's the only way i intend on becoming a father in the next six years, that's for damn sure.
^ I had a shocker in the tipping this round. After last weeks infamous weekend of 8 upset wins, I had 4, trying to tip a few suprises.
Cowboys guerneys are gold. Shame they still aren't playing well. Few things killed us though, the penalty against for passing after being tackled on the first tackle attacking the Titans line was garbage, and then the penalty they got to make it an 8 point lead was just wrong.
The Cowboys, once again remained competitive against a good side while playing like absolute amateurs. I can't wait for the day that it all falls into place and they play like they should be
i think i landed four tips last week, including picking souths over auckland. there is no way the warriors were ever going to win that game.
their jersey got me all excited for the heritage round - i can't wait to see what they'll wear against the warriors because that blue is going to clash with the auckland representative strip the warriors will be wearing, which is why we had to wear that red abomination in the heritage round last year.
i watched that game, you guys have the same problem as the warriors, a serious lack of creativity close to the line. speaking of the warriors, i'm not too gutted with the loss in newcastle. i'm still filthy that gidley didn't get sin binned for his clear professional foul on kemp, because i think we'd have finished all over them with him off the park. must win against easts this weekend, simply because we can't afford to lose another home game. i'd like to think we'll have vatuvei back, so that adds SOME attacking spark. fucking injuries!
Injuries killed us last year.
As a novocastrian, I have to say I was very suprised to see Newcastle win. They have been so inconsistant, and just can't close out games unless they have a 20 point lead coming into the final 15.
Fien is playing really well though, you guys need to start using him more on the line, get the ball in his hands every play. Stacey is a gun, but from my memory of him in his prime, he was always more effective putting people through holes from 40-metres than from 4.
I will be suprised if you guys actually don't finish top 4 with a full strength side.
Despite the fact that they have been all close games, I will be shocked if the Broncos don't come out on top this year. Great side, and well coached (Henjak is a breathe of fresh air to a side that, while well coached, needed an injection of new blood).
My top 4 would look something like this, all things being equal with injuries etc - I can see a table looking like
Brisbane - Top side
Melbourne - Playing badly, but still a gun team
St George - Will be hard to knock off
NZ - Potentially one of the best, a bit inconsistant to come higher than 4th
Bulldogs - Much better side than they have been in years. Great off-season buys
Titans - Solid team accross the park. Well lead by Prince and Campbell
Cowboys - Talent wise, best team around. Have the same problem as the Warriors, consistency.
Knights - Under-rated. Not good enough to break top 4, but should make top 8
Souths - Have some great players, not well coached. Heart brings a few good wins, but they lack structure
Manly - Nightmare start to the season, shows what one player can do. If he goes to gaol, they're cooked
Sharks - Need Barrett to stay fit, and have some forwards avoid suspension/injury
Raiders - Campese runs the team. Won't often beat teams above them on the table, but will clean up ones below
Roosters - Too inconsistant, and have players WAY too overrated to be considered challengers.
Eels - Club in turmoil, no direction, team is average at best
Tigers - Without Benji and Robbie Farrah they would be dead last
Panthers - Worst side on paper, and often perform that way. Will get some suprise wins, but tend to always lose the close games
^ haah, well, without opinions we may as well all be barcoded, branded and filed away.
I am a firm believer that humans need opinions in order to function correctly. I also believe that people should be able to justify, using logic, any opinion that they have. It is our duty as human beings to decode universal events, and without opinion there is just boring, plain old fact.
I think we agree about the top 4 or so contenders. If the cowboys could rub out the first 14 minutes against canberra, and the few dodgy calls the other night, id have them up there as well. Lost by one to Brisbane, lost in a good game to Melbourne, no chame in either.
Didn't Manly win the flag?
My bad...
In the AFL there is a side who has finished on the bottom of ladder and in the same season won the premiership... it happened in 1916, when Fitzroy finished fourth and last on the ladder and then won the flag... only four teams competed due to WWI.