Dexter
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Mate, you have no perspective whatsoever.
Mate, you have no perspective whatsoever.
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Lockysillegitimatechild
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It wasnt me you said it to, you never called them an idiot. You implied they knew nothing even though they didnt say a single thing about why they predicted it.
Wait a second, smith, a queenslander, played his reserve grade games in queensland? Thats suprising lol... he has played his entire TOP GRADE career in melbourne. Beetson played in the 70’s, forgive me but i dont remember the current team that plays 12 home games there a year playing at lang park, do you?
Yes he has achieved great things for queensland but like it or not brisbane broncos play 12 home games there a year, qld 1. It is the home of queensland rugby league but you wouldnt see england put up a statue of a manchester city legend at the front of old trafford just because of their achievements for england. This melbourne love simply because they have queenslanders playing for them is ridiculous, they are a victorian team that paints itself as a queenland team simply because it hasnt deceloped players in victoria in 20 years. Make no mistake, if the talent in victoria was good enough and we didnt benefit them theyd drop us and their state teams like a hot pie.
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Lockysillegitimatechild
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Kicked... in... the... head....
Yep, i lack perspective... if your son got kicked in the head laying on the ground im sure youd be all for the player not getting suspended.
Steve-o
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That is one of the most overly dramatic articles I have ever read. Tyson Otto, good journalism champ
Alec
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It's a bad article, and I don't really have a problem with the misdirection, but it's not going to help the club/player and journalism rift at all.
broncos4life
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Hasn’t been the eighties for a while...
john1420
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No, he isn't, but I (and others) have been saying that for a long time
Still, Brisbane don't seem able to beat Storm, so I probably should shut right about now :)
mitch222
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Anyone else feel like Cronk will retire. Its going to take a lot to come back from that shoulder injury
john1420
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OK so rant time........
With Storm making the GF this year, we have been bombarded with the comment "Brisbane were the last team to go back to back, which was 92-93"
Fox showed all the recent grand finals in the week leading up to the big one, and for 97 only showed the ARL GF
It's like the 97 Super League season never happened, the exception being when talking about Wayne's GF wins, it is counted then
Does this bother anybody else?
With Storm making the GF this year, we have been bombarded with the comment "Brisbane were the last team to go back to back, which was 92-93"
Fox showed all the recent grand finals in the week leading up to the big one, and for 97 only showed the ARL GF
It's like the 97 Super League season never happened, the exception being when talking about Wayne's GF wins, it is counted then
Does this bother anybody else?
broncos4life
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Nah, he would tell him to get the **** up and the guys that played the game in the 80’s would be disgusted in him.
john1420
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I just tweeted "Storm systematically cheat salary cap for years and you get upset by Roosters lying about an injury for 7 days. Perspective?" to his account :)
Dexter
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You accused me of taking potshots at people and when i asked you to back that up you stayed silent now you come up with that.
Fucking hypocrite.
Dexter
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I didnt bring up the 80s lockys bastard did
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Morkel
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Yep. Even though we won in '98. Because the Broncos. Because Johns.
Dexter
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If it was as soft as that incident I wouldn't be wound up about it as long as penalty and bin were given.
Big Pete
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A quality performance from the Roosters.
I was trying to envision a version of events where they'd prevail and that's exactly how it played out. That opening twenty minutes was always going to be vital and the Roosters did well to identify and execute. Years ago I remember the media, specifically Joey made the point of beating Melbourne was through second phase and ball movement. It sounded right at the time, but Cronulla showed that if you can bully their back three into error and constantly win the territory battle it will go a long way to winning you the game. Warea-Hargreaves especially seemed to make it his mission to go after Addo-Carr, which is why they went face-to-face at the death.
Gould kept trying to make the point that Cronk was a glorified trainer on the field, but it was completely dishonest. His two kicks were vital plays in the context of the game as they delivered results for the Roosters and gave them the opportunity to score points. Would O'Sullivan have been able to execute those plays at that stage of the game? Unlikely and Matterson wasn't particularly known for his bombs.
Even so, I couldn't believe the defensive play from Vunivalu on the first try. You wouldn't want to give Maranta that amount of space, let alone Daniel Tupou. It really goes to show how much that Cordner, Teddy and Mitchell combination had the Storm defensive line spooked.
The other baffling moment was the Storm's refusal to target Cooper Cronk. Slater admitted in the post-match interview with 9 they were surprised to see him out there, but surely you'd just set up camp down that fringe and make their players come up with second and even third efforts? They just kept persisting with those right hand-side plays through out and by the time they got to Cronk, they were already 18 points down. It's why I don't buy into this narrative of there being bad blood, Cameron Smith deliberately kept avoiding Cronk, their little BDSM play on the ground was simply a reminder of simpler times when they'd practice their wrestling.
How much of a dill does Rusty Crowe look like now? Sure, Souths had a surprisingly good season, but Luke Keary has been one of the best five eighths in the competition ever since he left and has now become a common denominator in two premiership wins. He got the scoring started for Souths way back when and he was virtually everywhere on Sunday night.
Finally, it was sad to see Slater go out on that note. Many will say he was lucky to even be playing, but after all the talk to be on the end of such a convincing defeat was so deflating. I'm sure Billy will go home, look at the 2018 Wally Lewis Medal, the 2017 premiership, the 2017 Origin series and the 2017 World Cup - all accolades he should never have been in earshot of after 2016, and cry himself to sleep. He may have broken the Broncos time and time again, but he was a fantastic ambassador for the code and he rose above an incredible class of fullback to be the best I've ever seen. Fox Sports could do worse than put together an entire collection of his highlights.
I was trying to envision a version of events where they'd prevail and that's exactly how it played out. That opening twenty minutes was always going to be vital and the Roosters did well to identify and execute. Years ago I remember the media, specifically Joey made the point of beating Melbourne was through second phase and ball movement. It sounded right at the time, but Cronulla showed that if you can bully their back three into error and constantly win the territory battle it will go a long way to winning you the game. Warea-Hargreaves especially seemed to make it his mission to go after Addo-Carr, which is why they went face-to-face at the death.
Gould kept trying to make the point that Cronk was a glorified trainer on the field, but it was completely dishonest. His two kicks were vital plays in the context of the game as they delivered results for the Roosters and gave them the opportunity to score points. Would O'Sullivan have been able to execute those plays at that stage of the game? Unlikely and Matterson wasn't particularly known for his bombs.
Even so, I couldn't believe the defensive play from Vunivalu on the first try. You wouldn't want to give Maranta that amount of space, let alone Daniel Tupou. It really goes to show how much that Cordner, Teddy and Mitchell combination had the Storm defensive line spooked.
The other baffling moment was the Storm's refusal to target Cooper Cronk. Slater admitted in the post-match interview with 9 they were surprised to see him out there, but surely you'd just set up camp down that fringe and make their players come up with second and even third efforts? They just kept persisting with those right hand-side plays through out and by the time they got to Cronk, they were already 18 points down. It's why I don't buy into this narrative of there being bad blood, Cameron Smith deliberately kept avoiding Cronk, their little BDSM play on the ground was simply a reminder of simpler times when they'd practice their wrestling.
How much of a dill does Rusty Crowe look like now? Sure, Souths had a surprisingly good season, but Luke Keary has been one of the best five eighths in the competition ever since he left and has now become a common denominator in two premiership wins. He got the scoring started for Souths way back when and he was virtually everywhere on Sunday night.
Finally, it was sad to see Slater go out on that note. Many will say he was lucky to even be playing, but after all the talk to be on the end of such a convincing defeat was so deflating. I'm sure Billy will go home, look at the 2018 Wally Lewis Medal, the 2017 premiership, the 2017 Origin series and the 2017 World Cup - all accolades he should never have been in earshot of after 2016, and cry himself to sleep. He may have broken the Broncos time and time again, but he was a fantastic ambassador for the code and he rose above an incredible class of fullback to be the best I've ever seen. Fox Sports could do worse than put together an entire collection of his highlights.
Morkel
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BP!!!!!
john1420
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welcome back BP, that is all :)
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