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dman2018 - 19 Jan 2019 12:47 PM
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/01/19/why-deadly-greg-inglis-is-a-genuine-icon-of-the-game/
And so it starts... The push to make GI an immortal...
Thoughts???...

Flawed is a word that fits most icons...Inglis is a great player but not a Legend...not now not ever.

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dman2018 - 19 Jan 2019 12:47 PM
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/01/19/why-deadly-greg-inglis-is-a-genuine-icon-of-the-game/
And so it starts... The push to make GI an immortal...
Thoughts???...

Pfffttt
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DanD - 19 Jan 2019 9:29 PM
dman2018 - 19 Jan 2019 12:47 PM

Pfffttt

My thoughts exactly...
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What the hell is this business with announcing retirement two years out anyway...
I'm dreading to w@nkfest that will be next 50 South's games...
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dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 3:22 AM
What the hell is this business with announcing retirement two years out anyway...
I'm dreading to w@nkfest that will be next 50 South's games...

The judge said....." I'll give you the dignity of retiring on your own but if you dont do it within 2 years, I'll erase you myself!"
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Marki - 20 Jan 2019 8:55 AM
dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 3:22 AM

The judge said....." I'll give you the dignity of retiring on your own but if you dont do it within 2 years, I'll erase you myself!"

He just wants to do a little driving and drinking after he retires. In this day and age of politically correctness one can only consider his ethnicity buys him more favours than he deserves. A case of prejudice in reverse.

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Steveswr1 - 20 Jan 2019 10:43 AM
Marki - 20 Jan 2019 8:55 AM

He just wants to do a little driving and drinking after he retires. In this day and age of politically correctness one can only consider his ethnicity buys him more favours than he deserves. A case of prejudice in reverse.

Then again maybe its his initials GI...journos feel they must be cordial.

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Barty vs sharapova... Jelena Dokic commentating says "its anyone's match at this stage"... During the warm up... 
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Steveswr1 - 20 Jan 2019 10:43 AM
Marki - 20 Jan 2019 8:55 AM

He just wants to do a little driving and drinking after he retires. In this day and age of politically correctness one can only consider his ethnicity buys him more favours than he deserves. A case of prejudice in reverse.

Thanks for putting it mildly there Steve.
I would have been a little more blunt about it but we all get the point. 
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dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 12:44 PM
Barty vs sharapova... Jelena Dokic commentating says "its anyone's match at this stage"... During the warm up... 

She's probably right.
Sharapova has put other girls to the sword so far hasn't she?
Warm up is probably the closest the game will get!
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Marki - 20 Jan 2019 1:34 PM
dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 12:44 PM

She's probably right.
Sharapova has put other girls to the sword so far hasn't she?
Warm up is probably the closest the game will get!

Is there any sport immune to the mysterious forces of the mock???...
Great win Ash Barty...
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Marki - 20 Jan 2019 1:34 PM
dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 12:44 PM

She's probably right.
Sharapova has put other girls to the sword so far hasn't she?
Warm up is probably the closest the game will get!

Didn't Sam Stosur put someone to the sword last night?

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1980 GF on Fox, I haven't seen it for... probably this millenium.

Reminded just how skillful and tough Heaps was. I really reckon he would excel in the modern game more than most of his peers from the 80's. Ripped like the modern player on the edge of the ruck - damaging runner, skillful ball player, hits in defense.

The other thing I'm reminded of - bwhahahaha! scrums. FMD, just looks like some mutant creature with 24 legs that kick each other until it falls over.
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dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 3:04 PM
Marki - 20 Jan 2019 1:34 PM

Is there any sport immune to the mysterious forces of the mock???...
Great win Ash Barty...

Lol. Darts!
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dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 3:04 PM
Marki - 20 Jan 2019 1:34 PM

Is there any sport immune to the mysterious forces of the mock???...
Great win Ash Barty...

I don't even watch Tennis, my eyes can't move fast enough...

Any sport where you can't put spin on your drop shot isn't worth playing
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Marki - 20 Jan 2019 5:49 PM
dman2018 - 20 Jan 2019 3:04 PM

Lol. Darts!

 Everyone thought that was Maria screaming..it was really Marki

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Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:03 AM
Marki - 20 Jan 2019 5:49 PM

 Everyone thought that was Maria screaming..it was really Marki

Both her and Rafa are absolutely painful to watch with any volume at all...
Good to see the serving shot clock putting a little pressure on those two time wasters especially in this Open...

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Steve has been on fire with the one liners...
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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 11:07 AM
Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:03 AM

Both her and Rafa are absolutely painful to watch with any volume at all...
Good to see the serving shot clock putting a little pressure on those two time wasters especially in this Open...

They are really endemic of the whole tennis situation...wouldn't have existed had some umpire had the guts to tell Monica Seles..."Monica will you shut the fekk up"

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Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:33 AM
dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 11:07 AM

They are really endemic of the whole tennis situation...wouldn't have existed had some umpire had the guts to tell Monica Seles..."Monica will you shut the fekk up"

While I condone gamesmanship, this is the lowest of the forms...
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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM
Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:33 AM

While I condone gamesmanship, this is the lowest of the forms...

You don't hear it in any other sport as far as I know except perhaps weightlifting. Certainly no Jordan Spieth or Jason Day

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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM
Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:33 AM

While I condone gamesmanship, this is the lowest of the forms...

Gotta start a campaign ridiculing their animal like rutting grunts...that might embarrass them and affect their sponsorships ...and then they might stop...or at least the young ones coming through might learn to hit the ball without grunting and shreaking out loud. 7 minute breaks and you lose a game might work as well.
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DanD - 21 Jan 2019 2:10 PM
dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM

Gotta start a campaign ridiculing their animal like rutting grunts...that might embarrass them and affect their sponsorships ...and then they might stop...or at least the young ones coming through might learn to hit the ball without grunting and shreaking out loud. 7 minute breaks and you lose a game might work as well.

I would... But it'd be sexist, racist, and if I compared them to animals I'd have PETA on my back...
I've got broad shoulders but nobody needs PETA on their back... 
Perhaps we could say they are appropriating the porcines culture...
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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 2:31 PM
DanD - 21 Jan 2019 2:10 PM

I would... But it'd be sexist, racist, and if I compared them to animals I'd have PETA on my back...
I've got broad shoulders but nobody needs PETA on their back... 
Perhaps we could say they are appropriating the porcines culture...

Or worse... Get the vegans offside...
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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM
Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 11:33 AM

While I condone gamesmanship, this is the lowest of the forms...

We would have simply played in ear muffs, and made the odd exaggerated grunt for comic effect.

Comedy and satire is under rated in sport.
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hounddog - 21 Jan 2019 3:48 PM
dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM

We would have simply played in ear muffs, and made the odd exaggerated grunt for comic effect.

Comedy and satire is under rated in sport.

Or just make the rule.."grunting, groaning and shrieking is banned for any player whether male, female or Caster Semenya (if she takes up tennis next) under the rules of irritating those without earmuffs and better left in the bedroom"...we've had enough..it's tacit cheating.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/18/what-can-science-tell-us-about-grunting-in-tennis

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DanD - 21 Jan 2019 5:37 PM
hounddog - 21 Jan 2019 3:48 PM

Or just make the rule.."grunting, groaning and shrieking is banned for any player whether male, female or Caster Semenya (if she takes up tennis next) under the rules of irritating those without earmuffs and better left in the bedroom"...we've had enough..it's tacit cheating.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/18/what-can-science-tell-us-about-grunting-in-tennis

Didn't mind the read, and the limited science behind it backs my thoughts...
I don't mind the odd effort grunt, but the crap that takes place today... I can't name a legend that was a grunter... Modem legend Rafa does, but its one of the many reasons I reckon Bellamy would sign him...
I also have a problem with the towel stuff... First of all, it should never have been  ball kids duty... And secondly its a precious load of sh!t....
Wipe your hands in your shorts... Your brow on your sleeve...
#stefanedburg...
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Kick off feels ages away...
I'm pumped... Cmon Dogs!!!
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Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 2:02 PM
dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 1:39 PM

You don't hear it in any other sport as far as I know except perhaps weightlifting. Certainly no Jordan Spieth or Jason Day

Martial arts is the only thing I can think of... And that's a deliberate thing...
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dman2018 - 21 Jan 2019 6:58 PM
Steveswr1 - 21 Jan 2019 2:02 PM

Martial arts is the only thing I can think of... And that's a deliberate thing...

Like tennis...
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