Noel Kelly

[NPK]

Saw him on the Roast today. From what I understand, he is from Ipswich, and was part of the Queensland dream team thing last week. But on the Roast he was talking about the Blues and from the way he was talking, it sounded like he was a blue. ie/ referring to the Blues as 'we' and to the Maroons as 'they'. What's the deal? [icon_shru

 

[Jeba]

Yeh I noticed the same thing. Not sure what is going on here Ned!!!

 

[Coxy]

He played in Sydney for a long time, and so would have represented NSW because it was residency based back then, not Origin.

He was also hooker in the Australian team of the century I think.

I enjoyed his presence from the bit of the show I saw, he was witty and seemed to talk a lot of sense (which, to be honest, lots of the old timers don't, act like dinosaurs etc). I'd have him on the panel ahead of Matthew "Watch me laugh at my own crap jokes" Johns every week.

 

[Professor47]

Dissapointed there was no Gus today....

 

[Coxy]

Yeah, although while I generally like hearing Gus's viewpoint on many things League, he tends to get on his anti-video ref soapbox too much on the Roast.

Johns is a waste of space.

Unfortunately, if it's not Johns it's Ikin or Langmack usually, and they're terrible.

 

[Flutterby]

Vossy baits Gus about the video referee far too much, knowing he'll go off his tits about it.

 

[Broncos08]

Correct Coxy about Noel Kelly, he played for Qld on 8 occasions.

Then he moved to NSW to play for Wests, then he played for NSW on 6 occasions.

He then represented Australian 25 times.

 

[Coxy]

Yep. It's understandable he'd say "we", I imagine he played his last games for NSW.

 

[Professor47]

Yeah, although while I generally like hearing Gus's viewpoint on many things League, he tends to get on his anti-video ref soapbox too much on the Roast.

Johns is a waste of space.

Unfortunately, if it's not Johns it's Ikin or Langmack usually, and they're terrible.

Agreed, I almost want to turn it off when Langmack is there. The thing about dinosaurs and hapless journalists (eg. Paul Kent) is that they say ridiculous comments, so ludicrous, sometimes I wonder if they are actually being serious. I remember one week, Schicofske (spelling) had a blinder, and either Langmack, Kent or Terry Kennedy (this guy has no idea) adamantly were calling for him to be in the QLD side, this was of course when even Bowen and Inglis were in the frame for QLD fullback....

Anyway, Gus is great on the show, but I agree, this new garbage about VIDEO refs, he goes on about it too much, its getting boring, and Flutterby is right, I reckon Voss baits Gus on more than just that.

Lately The Roast is getting crappier, running out of things to talk about, hence garbage segments starting to show up... half of the show is still good though, when everyones voicing their opinions about the game and such.

Still the best NRL TV show around I think... (I havent seen NRL on FOX in ages)

 

[Je$ter]

Paul Langmack should go back to owning Hungry Jack's franchises. He is a massive wanker and has absolutley no idea about footy. And to make it worse he tells jokes that are about as funny as cancer, and then is the only person who laughs at them! As long as they keep that fuckwit off the roast its not too bad.

 

[Broncos08]

The Roast is getting too repetitive.

Gus is only running his own agenda about the video ref, I personally like the video ref ( but should only be restricted to in-goal or foul plays IMO.

Matt Johns brings nothing to any debates, whenever there is a serious issue being debated he brings up some BS story that's not even funny, everyone has a cackle then goes off topic leave the jokes to Hey Hey it's Newcastle Knights footy show.

That other boofhead Mark Geyer who struggles to put 2 sentences together, pulls off some rediculous facial gestures whenever the camera is on him.

Get some people on there that really wants to talk about footy and the problems with our game.

Maybe Wally Lewis, Sterlo, Warren Ryan and an NRL board representative would be a good start.

plus a 10 minute segment where fans can call in and ask the panelists questions and have their say would be a great idea aswell.

 

[Kimlo]

It's not the same without GUS, I don't really like him that much, but hes veryyy smart man, I certainly listen to what he says.

 

[Flutterby]

When he actually talks about footy, Geyer actually makes a lot of sense sometimes.

 

[Webcke]

Matt Johns is the funniest bloke on TV.

 

[Professor47]

The Roast is getting too repetitive.

Gus is only running his own agenda about the video ref, I personally like the video ref ( but should only be restricted to in-goal or foul plays IMO.

Matt Johns brings nothing to any debates, whenever there is a serious issue being debated he brings up some BS story that's not even funny, everyone has a cackle then goes off topic leave the jokes to Hey Hey it's Newcastle Knights footy show.

That other boofhead Mark Geyer who struggles to put 2 sentences together, pulls off some rediculous facial gestures whenever the camera is on him.

Get some people on there that really wants to talk about footy and the problems with our game.

Maybe Wally Lewis, Sterlo, Warren Ryan and an NRL board representative would be a good start.

plus a 10 minute segment where fans can call in and ask the panelists questions and have their say would be a great idea aswell.

I find Wally pretty bland on the TV footage I've seen of him, is he a regular on anything up in QLD?

 

[bianc]

Don't forget Gus and the corner posts repetitive issue.
NRL on Fox is pretty downhill now.Same guests mostly and concentrate on mainly one team.Freeman is my fav and can't handle Bronco hater Smith at all.Alexandra isn't bad also.
I like Gyer.He is a real footy player from the old era with the view towards what the people want and says what he thinks even though he may not have high speaking skills.

Channel 2 has a good show on Sunday mornings before the footy show if you want to listen to other sports as well.MAINLY AFL sadly which is a turn off but their discussions are pretty good.

 

[Broncos08]

The Roast is getting too repetitive.

Gus is only running his own agenda about the video ref, I personally like the video ref ( but should only be restricted to in-goal or foul plays IMO.

Matt Johns brings nothing to any debates, whenever there is a serious issue being debated he brings up some BS story that's not even funny, everyone has a cackle then goes off topic leave the jokes to Hey Hey it's Newcastle Knights footy show.

That other boofhead Mark Geyer who struggles to put 2 sentences together, pulls off some rediculous facial gestures whenever the camera is on him.

Get some people on there that really wants to talk about footy and the problems with our game.

Maybe Wally Lewis, Sterlo, Warren Ryan and an NRL board representative would be a good start.

plus a 10 minute segment where fans can call in and ask the panelists questions and have their say would be a great idea aswell.

I find Wally pretty bland on the TV footage I've seen of him, is he a regular on anything up in QLD?

He is the channel 9 sports newscaster.

He has more credibility than that grub Geyer

 

[Flutterby]

Channel 2 has a good show on Sunday mornings before the footy show if you want to listen to other sports as well.MAINLY AFL sadly which is a turn off but their discussions are pretty good.

Yeah "Offsiders". I think it's pretty good. I actually don't even mind when they start talking AFL, Soccer or Union, because it usually is still good.