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+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field...
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+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Yeah I'm not a fan of it either. It would be like pulling off Kalyn Pongas head gear and throwing it into crowd. Unnecessary. Just throw it towards backplay and allow the game to go on. Maybe he was going for the sideline with the throw... has anyone here never 'over thrown' a ball or similar???... oh that's right most on here never played sport.., ;)
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL.
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And this whole disrespect thing for opposition players started by crooks mates a year ago can go and get fvcked...
its not like they're mates and he fvcked his mrs...
should respect go so far as to always be on side, as to disengage when held is called, as to tie his laces for him???...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;)
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+x+x+xAnnnddd you gotta have room to move... if you offer a kid a million a season for three years you gotta up the anti to resign them if they go great... premiership or not.,, them that has implications for the rest of squad... top dollar for a kid in reggies is simply a terrible idea... paying overs is a different story... If you don't think we have a vacancy at 9, you are watching another side.... 9/7 at the place where smart coaches spend the big money.... after that 1 ... then 10 and 8. I really don't understand your fascination with props. They are pawns dude. They have a role in a team but they are far from being top dollar value. Look at Bellamy's successful Storm formula. It involves sacrificing forwards the moment they seek bigger dollars. Just replace them with the next pawn. Your 80's mindset doesnt work in 2019 Why do you think Bellamy was keen to sign Finnucane? Jessie Bromwich is no nuffy. If a team doesn't at least breakeven in the middle they lose 9 times out of 10. Even Joey Johns could not win regularly behind a beaten pack. Like American football a lot of games are won up the middle.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like seriously... despite your continued justifications, how many games have you seen this kid you're offering $800K to???.. if the answers 1 or 2 then you've not got a leg to stand on re your statement about top dollar...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like I said is a suggestion. If it works out we climb about 5-8 places on the ladder IMO, the only better option is signing Cook. This is why Bellamy is successful IMO, they scout top quality young players better than most clubs and train them better than most clubs. That is what we used to do. The 2nd best option is to steal those quality lower graders before they play NRL. Keep in mind I have seen these guys play, you haven't. I am giving an opinion based on observation that is all.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like I said is a suggestion. If it works out we climb about 5-8 places on the ladder IMO, the only better option is signing Cook. This is why Bellamy is successful IMO, they scout top quality young players better than most clubs and train them better than most clubs. That is what we used to do. The 2nd best option is to steal those quality lower graders before they play NRL. Keep in mind I have seen these guys play, you haven't. I am giving an opinion based on observation that is all. Rubbish... answer the question Claire!!! How many times you seen this kid play, cos up u til Nancy mentioned him you'd spent all year waxing lyrical about Brittany, without a single mention of Mr Top Dollar... And u don't know what I've seen, cos you haven't bothered to ask... You keep talking about Bellamy who actually has people out there watching theses kids, not 1 or two games on tv.., its a suggestion on and its a rubbish suggestion at the money your suggesting...
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like seriously... despite your continued justifications, how many games have you seen this kid you're offering $800K to???.. if the answers 1 or 2 then you've not got a leg to stand on re your statement about top dollar... By top dollar I mean out bid the others. If we sign him and I am right he would be the best player in our side. If I am wrong we done our money, but is is some part of the SC for say 3 years.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like I said is a suggestion. If it works out we climb about 5-8 places on the ladder IMO, the only better option is signing Cook. This is why Bellamy is successful IMO, they scout top quality young players better than most clubs and train them better than most clubs. That is what we used to do. The 2nd best option is to steal those quality lower graders before they play NRL. Keep in mind I have seen these guys play, you haven't. I am giving an opinion based on observation that is all. Rubbish... answer the question Claire!!! How many times you seen this kid play, cos up u til Nancy mentioned him you'd spent all year waxing lyrical about Brittany, without a single mention of Mr Top Dollar... And u don't know what I've seen, cos you haven't bothered to ask... You keep talking about Bellamy who actually has people out there watching theses kids, not 1 or two games on tv.., its a suggestion on and its a rubbish suggestion at the money your suggesting... Saw him play 2 games ... was very impressive.... in every aspect. Brittian is a better kicker. This guy kicks a bit, runs a bit, his passing is the best I have seen from a young kid. Long passes short passes, vision etc. Ii was also what the commentators said about him, they all rated him.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xWell done to the Great Dane, Ponga, Ben Hunt, Papalii and DCE. Absolutely marvelous. Hunt was magnificent playing 80mins at hooker. Marki.... Cam Murray, Jake T & Cook were best for NSW QLD got so much more impact off their bench than NSW Why did Fittler leave Klemmer on the bench???? Tedesco was also dangerous and kept NSW in it. But NSW had more bad players than QLD who hardly had any - Napa and Mbye probably the poorest or least influential. That wave of defence that hit NSW inside their 30m around the time of the Oates try in the 2nd halve was brutal. Papalii, Maguire, Kaufusi, Fifita, Gillett, Hunt were all coming off the defence line with fury and pinned NSW. That's where the game was won. It sapped NSW. Then you had football smarts kick in with DCE and Munster purposely kicking the ball to an injured Cotric knowing he couldnt return the ball with any venom. Footy is usually won by the smart players, and QLD has way more than NSW. Seems that Freddy was most disappointed with the backs ...Walker and Mitchell in particular not creating enough. Latrells stupid kick infield the first time he got the ball in space was an indicator of where his head was at... Certainly was wasteful. He didn't have a good game...but then again neither did Freddy. I think Freddy got lucky last year and incorrectly attributed the NSW good performance to his new found yoga techniques rather than the real reason which was a team full of young enthusiastic and in-form players who just did the job. This year, that stuff did nothing to prepare the players. Players like Mitchell (who's head was elsewhere) and Walker and Addo-Carr spent more time focused on whether they sing or don't sign the anthem than actually preparing themselves. NSW also had some incumbent players that probably shouldn't have been there (Cleary, Chrichton). But I come back to player smarts. QLD boasting a spine of Ponga, Munster, DCE, Hunt and also having Morgan in the team meant they had spine positions covered with experienced players and players that have done well in Origin area. With an 8-0 half time scoreline, they could have panicked, but they didn't. They steamrolled their way back in the game. It was impressive coz they had Munster and Ponga heavily influential to their play in the first half, while DCE, Ponga and Hunt took over in the second. Changing / variable tactics my friends. It will trump any brute force in any game. Taking the 2 against 12 men to level the scores showed plenty of composure and patience, while most including the commentators were questions the decision... your comment re latrells head similar to mine, perhaps we both think we know why... Hunt threw some woeful passes from dummy half and really should have cost QLD the game. So I don't think that was a great selection, but his team still won. Hunt made 50 odd tackles, kicked a 40-20 and did some other good stuff... this comment surprises me... I forgot about the 40/20 ....most hookers make lots of tackles.... He threw 3-4 long passes to no one, NSW didn't really capitalise, that is the kind of play that sometimes ends up in the opposition scoring a long distance try. I just think he is playing out of position .. or is out of practice on that position. while it didn't show on the scoreboard Cook is way better, Cam Smith was way better, I think a SOO dummy half should be a specialist in that position... That's the thing... he ain't a hooker and still stood up in D... And the mistakes didn't result in anything.. Cook is a blue and Smith retired so I don't get how that's relevant... Methinks your love triangle with Brittany and this other bloke is clouding your vision.., if we are looking to fix the problem, try to get the best player. So this bloke in reggies is the best player??., what about cook or smith??? ... they're both better than hunt..., cmon dude... you must be trolling... Smith is too old. Cook is a better option, but we will not get him. The way to get class players is, to sign them before they are well known. Chances are other clubs have a limit for a player like this. So he is the best player IMO that we have any chance of getting. Even then the Storm have marked him as Smith's replacement, they will want to keep him. Just take it as my suggestion.... This guy is the best dummy half I have seen at that age, including Smith and Cook, but Cook is way better now than he was 3 years ago. Of course is is only reserve grade and Lichaa was good in reserve grade, I was also impressed when I saw Thurston playing flegg. If a guy looks top class in the lower grades sometimes that translates to NRL. Yeah, but nobody signed cook or Thurston on 'top dollar' as you've suggested we do with who I am starting to think is your love child.., ;) Like seriously... despite your continued justifications, how many games have you seen this kid you're offering $800K to???.. if the answers 1 or 2 then you've not got a leg to stand on re your statement about top dollar... By top dollar I mean out bid the others. If we sign him and I am right he would be the best player in our side. If I am wrong we done our money, but is is some part of the SC for say 3 years. I'm leaving this be... if you can't tell us how many games you've seen this kid play before hailing him as the next big thing it's not worth the debate... And even if I haven't seen him (you'll never know), I can tell you I wouldn't need to to know top team dollar on a kid that's untested in firsts, beating up on in reggies players in the best team in the comp ain't worth 800K...
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What I was saying is Bellamy's reserve grade side is a great place too look for talent.
They recruit top talent and prepare the players well.
Anyway you might be right thst I am overstating things I hate being on the bottom of the table, so I am looking for a quick fix.
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+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field... Hey dman I thought you'd catch on with the sandpapergate mention...just havin a friendly dig with one of your previous strongly held views ;) Thought you'd have a laugh. Certainly don't think play should stop. Just reckon the act of throwing into the crowd is unsportsmanlike....I did play some sport. Not very high standard but I know what sportsmanlike actions (or not) are. Just my opinion...not neccessarily correct. Perhaps it was a very responsible act by Hunt to pick up a NSW boot and accidently deftly throw it with a misjudged chuck into the grandstand upper tier :)
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+x+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field... Hey dman I thought you'd catch on with the sandpapergate mention...just havin a friendly dig with one of your previous strongly held views ;) Thought you'd have a laugh. Certainly don't think play should stop. Just reckon the act of throwing into the crowd is unsportsmanlike....I did play some sport. Not very high standard but I know what sportsmanlike actions (or not) are. Just my opinion...not neccessarily correct. Perhaps it was a very responsible act by Hunt to pick up a NSW boot and accidently deftly throw it with a misjudged chuck into the grandstand upper tier :) In the back of my head I probably knew... I've just seen an unbelievable amount of drivel here this week that has blocked some receptors somewhere...
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+x+x+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field... Hey dman I thought you'd catch on with the sandpapergate mention...just havin a friendly dig with one of your previous strongly held views ;) Thought you'd have a laugh. Certainly don't think play should stop. Just reckon the act of throwing into the crowd is unsportsmanlike....I did play some sport. Not very high standard but I know what sportsmanlike actions (or not) are. Just my opinion...not neccessarily correct. Perhaps it was a very responsible act by Hunt to pick up a NSW boot and accidently deftly throw it with a misjudged chuck into the grandstand upper tier :) In the back of my head I probably knew... I've just seen an unbelievable amount of drivel here this week that has blocked some receptors somewhere... The beauty of our debate page...drivel. I'm sooo glad I didn't start up a convo about Lewis' manager's outburst!
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Great comeback by the Aussies after being 4 for 30 odd... such a pleasure to watch smith out there doing his thing again...
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+x+x+x+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field... Hey dman I thought you'd catch on with the sandpapergate mention...just havin a friendly dig with one of your previous strongly held views ;) Thought you'd have a laugh. Certainly don't think play should stop. Just reckon the act of throwing into the crowd is unsportsmanlike....I did play some sport. Not very high standard but I know what sportsmanlike actions (or not) are. Just my opinion...not neccessarily correct. Perhaps it was a very responsible act by Hunt to pick up a NSW boot and accidently deftly throw it with a misjudged chuck into the grandstand upper tier :) In the back of my head I probably knew... I've just seen an unbelievable amount of drivel here this week that has blocked some receptors somewhere... The beauty of our debate page...drivel. I'm sooo glad I didn't start up a convo about Lewis' manager's outburst! You just did, and let me say this........ ;)
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Coulter-Nile phew
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+xGreat comeback by the Aussies after being 4 for 30 odd... such a pleasure to watch smith out there doing his thing again... Champion cricketer. Incredible fightback from these guys and Carey.
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Ba$tards Poms booing.
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Hell of a catch... dont worry about the poms, they'll get there's when they get beaten in the semis by whomever they are playing...
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+xHell of a catch... dont worry about the poms, they'll get there's when they get beaten in the semis by whomever they are playing... Reckon 288's enough?
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+x+xHell of a catch... dont worry about the poms, they'll get there's when they get beaten in the semis by whomever they are playing... Reckon 288's enough? With our attack and the pitch little bite for the quicks... I'm saying yes... gotta get The Boss early though... The 20 odd wides they bowled came iin very handy...
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+x+x+xHell of a catch... dont worry about the poms, they'll get there's when they get beaten in the semis by whomever they are playing... Reckon 288's enough? With our attack and the pitch little bite for the quicks... I'm saying yes... gotta get The Boss early though... The 20 odd wides they bowled came iin very handy... You've done it again Nostradamus.
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Only saw the cricket highlights, but it looked like a good game.
Great battling fight back by the Aussies.
Pleased to see West Indies seem to be back as a force.
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+xOnly saw the cricket highlights, but it looked like a good game. Great battling fight back by the Aussies. Pleased to see West Indies seem to be back as a force. Nothing more exciting that good fast bowling. There are a few batsmen who may disagree with that. Never seen so many challenges upheld. Couter Nyle's score was about twice his best ever first class or one day score...great stuff
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+x+xOnly saw the cricket highlights, but it looked like a good game. Great battling fight back by the Aussies. Pleased to see West Indies seem to be back as a force. Nothing more exciting that good fast bowling. There are a few batsmen who may disagree with that. Never seen so many challenges upheld. Couter Nyle's score was about twice his best ever first class or one day score...great stuff I'm excited watching others face fast bowling.... As for facing it myself .... not keen, is an understatement...
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+x+x+x+xFekking media "largely unnoticed"... the 9 commentators called it as it happened... warning for throwing into the crowd, not for the act of pulling it off... he was simply ensuring player safety by not leaving a tripping hazard in the field of play.., def not a fine, that's for tripping and eye gouging.., Throwing to sideline ok but into the crowd is disrespectful to opposition team mate to my way of thinking. Not to mention putting felliow player into a dangerous situation of sustaining a serious injury. Not in the spirit of the game and a grub act you'd usually associate with Maguire. Akin to sandpaper ball tampering. I hope he loses a boot on Monday :) Gamesmanship at worst, no direspect, not cheating, and not even close to ball tampering... it happens a few times throughout the season... I'd be more concerned about a crowd injury than player... Do u really want the game to stop if a player loses a boot? Cos it was off whether thrown or not, deliberate or not ... and even if it was thrown to sideline or behind the play it's the same potential... as I said he was ensuring there were no trip hazards on in the field... Hey dman I thought you'd catch on with the sandpapergate mention...just havin a friendly dig with one of your previous strongly held views ;) Thought you'd have a laugh. Certainly don't think play should stop. Just reckon the act of throwing into the crowd is unsportsmanlike....I did play some sport. Not very high standard but I know what sportsmanlike actions (or not) are. Just my opinion...not neccessarily correct. Perhaps it was a very responsible act by Hunt to pick up a NSW boot and accidently deftly throw it with a misjudged chuck into the grandstand upper tier :) A reasonable an appropriate response to a dangerous situation. Cook could have trodden on it and broken his ankle.
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+x+xOnly saw the cricket highlights, but it looked like a good game. Great battling fight back by the Aussies. Pleased to see West Indies seem to be back as a force. Nothing more exciting that good fast bowling. There are a few batsmen who may disagree with that. Never seen so many challenges upheld. Couter Nyle's score was about twice his best ever first class or one day score...great stuff The umpiring in the second innings was a bad as I've ever seen, including u12's.,, Highlights how the DRS is being used as a crutch for umpires, with the 'umpires call' saving umpires not players... CN was the highest score for an Aussie, a second highest score by a #8 in a WC apparently... With the 2 top scores coming at the same ground... The Boss became the 3rd Windie to reach 1000 WC runs...
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