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mariner4life
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no, they aren't wrong, the whole shitshow should go.
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there is often a debate wabout what actually is Australia's national sport. Is it AFL? Beloved in 3 states and growing in 2 others. Is it cricket, the one true national love that owns the summer? Is it swimming, where australia pours millions looking for medals.
None of these are right, the national sport of Australia is the spill. At it's highest level, this is the all too often seen toppling of an elected Prime Minister by a cabinet spooked by polls, or just because some other narcissist wants the job more.
Rugby is trying for its time in the spotlight, as some other group of probable ex-administrators and Shute Shield devotees posing as the solution to all rugby's woes pushes to get rid of the entire Board and start again.
Face value? they have a point. But shit, read their letter, they seem like Hamish McLennan's mates trying to absolve him of the guilt and get everyone else fired as well.
Should be a fun AGM
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZR review:
thats where we should have gone for the fans whilst encouraging the players to be there best
a beautiful sentiment that runs straight in to the reality of
Spend 4 months supporting the Chiefs. Then go support Bay of Plenty. While at the same time watching the All Blacks. And maybe a club as well. Same sport begging for you to support 4 different teams.
Throw in supporters who say shit like "I refuse to watch Shield Snorters if they don't have their best players playing for them" and administrators are fucked.
You are so close to the best outcome. Play all the levels at the same time, be fucking realistic about what they are. DON'T, what ever you do, just turn them all in to glorified preseasons for the other level. Don't make the season convoluted by switching from comp to comp to comp.
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well well, Andrew Wilkie really doesn't want a new AFL stadium in Tasmania does he?
Last night, he stood up in Parliament, and went "whack!" at the AFL via the Melbourne Demons, all around cocain.
We all know the shitstorm surrounding the Demons, the rumours around Goodwin, then Joel Smith for trafficking coke, and the league seemed to just hope that all slid away.
Well, that's not likely to happen now, after Wilkie made some pretty hard core allegations
- private, unreported pre-game testing of players for drugs, with any failures being omitted for the weekend with "injuries" (very very bad weekend for a player to be a late out)
- AFL house ignoring aired concerns around the drug use of the Demons coach
- AFL house getting ride of the Melbourne president when he wanted to expand drug testing to all levels of his club (wilkie made it sound like to AFL level as well)
I don't really know what to make of the whole deal, but it's real bit of bad PR that the AFL executive will have to front up and explain, and that could get juicy.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
looks like they didn't go through with it
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oh the Blues are for sure KFC. Every time, every fucking time you think it's gonna be amazing. And then it disappoints you, and you sorta feel sick after.
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@Tim said in NZR review:
So Sky will stop paying for NPC games after next year, and the result on here is ... crickets ...
As was predicted many times, by insisting on having no losers you make everyone a loser.
but i have been assured that people love the NPC and the crowds don't matter only the TV
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby 2024:
probably still better than us
normally below average. several startling failures, only 1 success. Year after year after year of just being "okay, i guess compared to aussie teams"
you guys are like maccas, it's more a surprise when it's good than bad
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The Hurricanes are the very definition of "mid"
Just so very average. No startling failures, only 1 success. Year after year after year of just being "okay, i guess"
The vanilla ice cream of Super Rugby teams.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life thats what i mean, and what i dont think fozzie knew how to do, select players that compliment each other and come up with a game plan to compliment them all
so if we think savea is the best option at 7...then we pick 6/8 to cover the stuff he might not be doing...even if that isn't "the best" 6/8 when individually evaluated, sum of the parts etc
hard disagree. he picked Savea because his attacking game was our point of difference. He then picked Cane and Frizzell on the flanks because he needed to pick guys to clean rucks and hit hard on defence, two things Ardie doesn't do (though he was noticably tighter at the World Cup). where they they best options for that is personal opinion.
If you move Ardie to 7 you still pick guys for the same job, but they play 6 and 8, not 6 and 7.
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@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
@mariner4life said in All Blacks 2024 - looking forward:
Ardie would have to change the way he plays to revert to 7. does that minimise what has made him so good
would he though? he didn't change and become a typical 8 when he moved there
well, he just sort of floats around and does what he wants. so if you are picking two guys who have to do the rest, does it matter what jersey numbers?
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Ardie would have to change the way he plays to revert to 7. does that minimise what has made him so good
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i would gain even more respect for Demetriou if this is true (i will always have a soft spot for him after he won the National GF with the Pride).
This is exactly what a strong coach should do. He'll need the support of the back office though
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oh, i get it now
this is an elaborate troll. caners has been copy/pasting from old Warriors forums
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fucking Hurricanes fans. Non stop negaitivity for years and years and year
this coach sucks. that coach sucks. this player sucks. that player sucks. too wellington-centric. not wellington-centric enough
they have one good month where they've beaten the Force, the Rebels, the Crusaders (ie 3 of the 5 shittest teams in the comp), took OT to win a shakey one against the Reds, and beat the Blues who had a fucking halfback on the wing, and suddenly it's nothing but relentless positivity and everyone else needs to come along for the ride.
it's fucking shameless is what it is
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why is this a surprise, rest and rotation always happens against the bottom feeders
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Penrith lose cleary for a couple of weeks to a hamstring
Eels lose Moses for longer with a broken foot
And the poor Titans have lost Tino for the year
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$18 for the Reds is ridiculous really. Losing to the Force really hurt them, because if they could have landed home finals they would be a tough nut to crack.
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