Oh that's a beauty!

My concern is that the roosters play a faster brand of footy and this makes Napa more effective. In our slow dummy half play, Napa might be found out. This is where Klem was of most benefit. His post contact meters (most reversing in the tackles) made our metered gained  stats look better than they really were. 

Will be interesting to see who can take over this once Phlegm goes. 

Yeah the key is that Napa is not off contract and we are paying (possibly) overs to shift someone.

Most fans would say No Thanks.
Different if he was off contract. 

What we need is another Geoff Robinson. There is a possibility that Pay can mould Napa into that style of player, but alas, he's no Robbo that's for sure.

In this case we are probably getting a good deal as the Roosters are looking to offload him.

The price is probably right, attitude and aggression probably right, some questions on ability, resilience and decision making.  

As a good friend said ..... he is just a dumb C.

Cricketer? Captain? Competitor? 

Cro-magnon.

well....if there is a positive in this Dylan Napa acquisition....

Its the fact that he will be the only QLD rep player we have had in quite a number of years....

Im trying to think of who we last had that may have played SOO for QLD.....Im thinking Ben Hannant maybe?

Barba would have played in 2013 had he not gone off the rails....MBYE was in emerging squad but never played.

Otherwise we have to cast our minds back to when Darren and Jason Smith played!!

Yes he is, but remember this is the club that won a comp off the back of a Willie Mason MoM GF performance. So if you want to talk about dumb......

But, for what it's worth, it's all on field. He's been in no sex controversy's, drug controversy's, police reports, drunken stoushes etc etc. Dumb and boring. And I'll take the boring part.

Look I'll say he's not what you walk in the shop for, he's more like what you find in the shop a bit cheaper, both in price value, and then say "this just might do the job."

It's like when you go to Bunnings, they never got what you want, but you always find something anyway.

More on the "Les Mis" texts! And yes, I mean Texts plural.

Got another one today, reproduced as below:

MS: Hi Anthony. Just letting you know that I'm getting sick, so I'll be taking it easy when singing and blocking tonight. Thanks, Matt Shephard.

ME: Think you got the wrong number. Are you in a Les Mis production? Got a wrong number message the other night too.

MS: Must be wrong. I'll let them know, thanks!

Now - Google Les Miserables and Matt Shephard - Les Mis National Tour 1997,  Matt Shephard is "Enjolras". Stage credits everywhere... Adjunct Professor of Voice at Steinhardt University.

Again, number starts with 61 BUT it's not the same one Lucy used.....

Curiouser and curiouser.

Zef, did you ever think that your phone number used to belong to a member of the cast before it was assigned to you and you are receiving calls that were sent years ago ( you know how good telstra is)....... Future Echoes (Red Dwarf)..

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1062684776895791104/pu/vid/640x640/GU0Iidl9rekSPSpl.mp4?tag=5

Hope that works, stay to the end for a.... familiar face.

I can think of Price, Tonga and Myles at least prior to Hannamt

C'mon mate, check the spelling...

https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Matthew-Shepard/

https://view2.fdu.edu/academics/becton-college/arts/theater/matthew-shepard-smith/

I just got a fax from Jon Wayne the cowboy & a call from Shaun Connery, the star of the Jim Bond movies himself!

BN you lucky duck....
I only get his cousin Sean call me....
Like I'd wanna talk to him!

Well you're right I did mis-spell it. It's Shepherd instead of Shepard, I gues Google returns any Sheperd when combined with Les Mis - and I just checked, and it does.

But I got to ask, what's your angle here Nora, do you not believe me? Think I'd make up a story about Les Mis texts or something?

Everything I've posted on this subject (excepting the spelling Sheperd) is how it is.

I don't doubt you're being honest. I do seriously doubt they are genuine texts & feel obligated to mock them (not you) accordingly.
No way Bigtony could hatch a scheme like that, however, I have my own suspicions as to what is going on & I'll leave it at that.

I was going to watch the Legends of League, giving up lunch with Vlad Pitt & Riley Minogue to do so, but they've put the live stream behind a pay-wall or facebook-wall or something, so I'll give it a miss.

Canterbury 13 leading Parra 0...

18-0

They disallowed the try off the Holdsworth kick....back to 13-0.
But the General Luke Patton just scored in the corner. Shifty Sherwin missed the conversion, so it's 17-0.

21-0. Full time.
Hat-trick to Luke Patton. Willie Mason missed the conversion.
Penalty to Parra after full time, but great defence from Mason, held them up, no try to Parra.

I think I only got about the last 6 mins or so of the 2nd half. Must be 18 min halves.

Ogre still looking scary....sign him up!

Here's a link that has it live (no pay-wall & no copyright as far as I can tell) :

https://www.rugbycleek.com/video/5bef77bb88e4a7d30901af85

Canterbury vs Brisbane at 3:30PM

Nah, well do tell. Because if they aren't genuine texts I can not think of one possible explanation otherwise. As I've said to you a few times now - if it's a "scam", where's the hook, what's the scam, wtf?

So do tell me your "suspicions" of what's going on.

Those MH370 nerds I mentioned a while back I follow on Twitter, the ones who sit on computers all day following ship tracking programs n(the ships they're tracking are the searchers).

Well they're all jumping up and down "Found it!" "Found it" "Found it".

But, not so quick - though good news none the less.

They've also been following the search for that missing Chilean Sub of 6 months? more? back. The one that vanished with 42 souls.

Seems that's what's been found. Hope it's not a false alarm for the families, they went off like this once before about MH370 and it was a fizzer. I guess tonight's news will tell.

Update" Was it a Chilean or Argentinian sub?......

Anyway, one nerd has just posted something in Spanish (I think) that when I hit translate is from the Official Acc of Armada Argentina which says the Minister of Defense confirms a positive identification has been made by deep dive ROV.

The live stream stopped after the first 2 hours. No live stream of Canterbury vs Brisbane then, couldn't find another link either, but anyone that still wanted to see Canterbury vs Parra can rewind/fast forward the 2 hours that is on the link there.

Just a suspicion. If I am right, then it's not a scam, only for a laugh, just people from far & wide & their out of the ordinary way of sending messages, which goes back decades (seen mingling with my neighbours & other depraved stuff instead of normal communication). It's a long story & I wouldn't worry about it. It could still be coincidence or anything else as well.

Full time - Canterbury 28 Brisbane 20.

Semi final 1: Barbarians vs Parra
Semi final 2: Canterbury vs Newcastle

They've got a new live link up now :

https://www.rugbycleek.com/article/5befa0c288e4a7d30901af8d

Unfortunately, doesn't look like this link can be rewinded to see C'bury vs Broncos.

Currently Barbarians (with Carney) vs Parra, but if it stays live this time, C'bury vs Newcastle shortly...