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darkhorse · Sep 1, 2011

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The eels have had a lot of close losses this season. They just haven't had that extra 5% or so to see it home.
They have improved their squad next season, and they should be able to get the results.

I think sandow will struggle at first, as he will be required to play a completely different role. Ben Roberts is the one I'd be wanting to get rid of. He is garbage, and can see him playing most of the season in reggaes where he belongs.
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Sandow will be that extra 5% I reckon...I wouldn't be suprised if they done a roosters and go from last to the GF...well...top 8 anyway..:hey

darkhorse · Sep 1, 2011

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We will see I guess. But I'm thinking Sandow, Hayne, Tonga x 2, Burt etc will go alright.
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+ Reni Matua will be better again with a full off season under his belt..:good

rusty nails · Sep 1, 2011

The biff August 31, 2011
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It will be interesting to see what the NRL review committee has to say tonight about last Friday's all-in brawl between rugby league teams Manly and Melbourne.

I'm sure there will be stern punishments handed out to many of the combatants, dreary press releases from the league and clubs involved, condemning the actions of the participants and general head-shaking from many sports commentators.

What seems indisputable to me, though, is the fight was the most talked-about incident from a weekend of great football and it made for bloody entertaining television viewing (no pun intended).

Advertisement: Story continues below I know I wasn't the only one who knelt beside his TV waiting for the replays, wincing to myself and chuckling as the big men traded punches.

It was great to watch and, what's more, I reckon even NRL chief executive David Gallop's inner circle might agree.

Take a look at the above photo of the people sharing a box with Gallop at the game and you'll see the woman on the far left of the picture appears to be applauding the brawl, while the two men seated beside Gallop look caught between outrage and excitement.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

That said, I haven't talked to one rugby league fan in the past week - and I know plenty of them - who didn't enjoy the scuffle immensely and get misty-eyed for the days of old when big blokes would regularly bash the unmentionable out of each other.

Even the commentary team from Channel Nine seemed torn between fist-pumps of enthusiasm and tut-tutting about the fight, offering giggles and calls of "watch this" and "oooh, Adam Blair, the big uppercut there".

If you listen very closely, you can even hear a woman cackling with joy as the two main offenders, Adam Blair and Glenn Stewart, go at it again near the sideline.

And I don't blame them: watching men fight has always fascinated us - well lots of us. I guess it's wrapped up in the denial of death - we're all terrified of it, but drawn to anything that can get you killed - particularly if it's not us who can get killed.

And yeah, fighting does kill people (very, very rarely) but more often than not, it just raises bruises, pulses and ratings. I fail to see how it brings the game into disrepute.

In fact, I'd wager if fans knew they were going to see a quality stink at their club's game each week, the NRL would double its crowds.

Who wouldn't pay money to see Michael Ennis finally decked or Paul Gallen eye gouge an opponent into monocular vision?

Think I'm joking?

Every time there's video footage of a fight in a schoolboy or country league game it gets promoted on the nightly news - the coverage masquerading as outrage, when every news director knows their viewers love watching a good barney just as much as they do.

That's why they run it.

The players even enjoy it, if we're to believe one of the chief knucklers, Manly's Darcy Lussick, who has now called the occasion "the best day of my life".

No doubt he'll be reprimanded and forced to issue an apology to fans, most of whom, I'd bet, love hearing tough blokes say it like it is, not mouthing homogenised spin.

Sure, there are fans who find the fighting distasteful, as about half these letters to The Sydney Morning Herald suggest. I just don't hear those opinions echoed amongst the dozens of dyed-in-the-wool league fans I know and talk to.

It seems to me that the official disapproval of fighting in football is done to placate a very small number of people, who mainly seem to be the parents of kids who'll be turned off sending their boys to play junior rugby league.

Let 'em play soccer, I say.
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-sty...rs/the-biff-20110831-1jl4e.html#ixzz1Wk3dOCyi

good summary of the glen stewart thing

darkhorse · Sep 1, 2011

..yep tips are in for the last round...I got the Dragonz..Knights..Warriors..Tige's...Titans..Bulldogs..Broncs' and the Storm...
...and with a big round 26 I'll be lookin' to finish the years on 136 winners..yeah boi!:yep

:mj

Dr Gonzo · Sep 1, 2011

ipswich express said: ↑

We will see I guess. But I'm thinking Sandow, Hayne, Tonga x 2, Burt etc will go alright.
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isnt Burt retiring this year?

OZ Puncher · Sep 2, 2011

darkhorse said: ↑

..yep tips are in for the last round...I got the Dragonz..Knights..Warriors..Tige's...Titans..Bulldogs..Broncs' and the Storm...
...and with a big round 26 I'll be lookin' to finish the years on 136 winners..yeah boi!:yep

:mj
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I had the Rabbitoh's and the Eels to upset Titans for the Spoon...

Ohhhhh Teke..... I believe we had a little wager??? Eels to be in the bottom 3 (you got that right.) and Titans to be in the 8... :hey

darkhorse · Sep 2, 2011

OZ Puncher said: ↑

I had the Rabbitoh's and the Eels to upset Titans for the Spoon...

Ohhhhh Teke..... I believe we had a little wager??? Eels to be in the bottom 3 (you got that right.) and Titans to be in the 8... :hey

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I'm only leanin' towards the Titan's because of the Presto factor and the home advantage...next year Parramatta will be in my top 8...:thumbsup

....I never had the Titans in my top 8 this year purely because of thier ageing roster...they've made a few good buys but i'm still not quite sold on them..might reserve judgement until the new year i reckon..:good

IrnBruMan · Sep 2, 2011

LOL @ Souff$

Oh well, at least you guys have got HISTORY and TRADITION

See the sign in the crowd? "LOL @ Souff$"

CLASSIC!!!

Rooster4Life · Sep 2, 2011

LOL @ Souffs

And LOL @ Bellamy for saying that trash could win the comp. :rofl

IrnBruMan · Sep 2, 2011

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:hi: See ya next year ya pack of wankers :hi:

Rooster4Life · Sep 2, 2011

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yet when you beat them it was an amzing victory right?

Dont get too far ahead of yourself you beat Parra and Canberra. you still wont make the 8, the only good thing about seeing Souffs win is that it lets me see you start to get a little hope just to be shut down in the end.
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How Right I Was :rofl:rofl

JustinD · Sep 2, 2011

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Rooster4Life · Sep 2, 2011

IrnBruMan said: ↑

LOL @ Souff$

Oh well, at least you guys have got HISTORY and TRADITION

See the sign in the crowd? "LOL @ Souff$"

CLASSIC!!!
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This Pic just about sums up there modern history

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Look on the bright side tho, Souffs fans, Your officially the first team to start your off season

OZ Puncher · Sep 2, 2011

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:rofl

donkeyking · Sep 2, 2011

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epic lol@50uff$

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