Ebarrassing

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/watson-says-hes-not-embarrassed-he-was-provoked/story-e6frey50-1225812745275

More League Idiots

Even after a turbulent season of rugby league the incidents still don't stop with players covering the back pages in the last 2 weeks. As I have said previously, this is a game that is losing credability by the second and can't afford its players to keep stuffing up and putting themselves before the game. Here is the latest series of incidents;
1. Paul "Grub "Gallen caught urinating in public and fined. I know that we have all done this but this is the ex captain of the Cronulla sharks and a NSW and Australian rep. Either find a better hiding place to piss or do it inside you moron. Probably 1 dozen players have been done for this in the last year so you have to know people are watching and waiting to dob you in.
2. Jake Friend arrested AGAIN. He had a fight with a cabbie which we have all done and then got stuck into the cops. Did I mention he was heavily BOOZED!! This dipshit has had that many chances in a short career he surely has to be cut by the Roosters if they are fair dincum.
3. Jonathon Thurston leaving the game? For a guy who was nothing and playing reserve grade at the Bulldogs, the Cowboys signed him and helped change his life and make him a superstar. Now he is saying the money will rule his decision and he may play rugby. Fuck off I say, let him go. Can't wait to see some big Islander or Sth African ruck your back off. Another spoilt brat who we don't want to lose but the NRL and Cowboys can't be held to ransom.
4. Danny Wicks dealing drugs. This guy was just becoming a cult hero for the Knights and the NRL and he goes and gets caught dealing large amounts of drugs. Sure he might not be on the biggest contract, yet, but if he continued to improve like he did last year he may have got up to a $200,00 contract sooner than later. Instead he will probably go to jail and get but fucked by larger humans than himself.

Rugby league desperately needs this new independant commission to be up and running ASAP. I think they need to be very severe on indiscressions in order to get the game back where it should be. eg Paul Gallen you got snapped pissing in public, 6 week ban for bringing the game into disrepute. If players are copping match bans rather than paltry fines they may behave better. If they still offend then they are given the year off or kicked out.

Off Topic- The Funniest Joke in the Comp

Absolutely nothing to do with sport but here is a GREAT joke I thought you'd all enjoy brilliantly told by Super Dave Osbourne from the grossly underrated sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. Be careful- some language here.

Have the Titans lost their minds?

For a club that is said to have a no dickheads policy the Gold Coast Titans have signed one of the biggest dickheads in rugby league or even Australia. Greg Bird is a grub, a liar and a poor human being overall. Anyone who glasses a woman is a deadshit and deserves to be locked up. Instead Bird and his lawyers get him off the charge by making his bimbo missus change her story. For the Titans to jump at the chance to sign Bird astonishes me. They may have their sights set on winning the competitiion, which Bird will undoubtably help the with, but at what cost to your club and fans. If I was a Titans fan I would be furious at this signing. It is only a matter of time until his very minute mind explodes again and lets himself and the Titans down.

LOOSE!

Ron Artest, the often-controversial Lakers forward, told a magazine interviewer he used to drink alcohol at halftime of NBA games.
“ I used to drink Hennessy ... at halftime," Artest says in the interview, which hits newsstands this week. "I [kept it] in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store and get it. ” -- Ron Artest to The Sporting News
"I used to drink Hennessy ... at halftime," Artest said in an interview with the Sporting News. "I kept it in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store and get it."
Hennessy is a French cognac.
Artest said he drank when he played for the Chicago Bulls, where he played for his first three seasons (1999-2002). He has since played for Indiana, Sacramento, Houston and the Lakers.

I have many a duscussion with Deevs over this LOOSE sub human and this just takes the cake!!!!

Great Article by Paul Kent in last Sat's Tele:

TEST captains should be like the sheriff in a good cowboy movie. Say nothing, shoot straight. And that's our problem with Michael Clarke.

Clarke is not Australia's most overrated cricketer, as he was voted this week. Not by a long shot. Clarke was the standout batsman on the Ashes tour. Without him it would have been worse. He will slaughter the West Indies and Pakistan this summer and go on to far greater glories.
Overrated is not the problem.

His problem is a little more delicate. Michael Clarke is a tosser. Or, to give him an out clause, he appears to be a tosser.

He might actually be an OK bloke, but how are we to ever know when all we see is the facade? On the evidence available it is hard to like Clarke. He has gone away from what we thought we knew - and liked - about him.

Almost from the moment he came into the Australian team he was Boy Most Likely. The Next Captain. We were all happy to run with it.

The boy from the western suburbs of Sydney who ticked all the boxes we want ticked in our Test captains. And that lasted about, oh, five minutes. Before long Clarke was too cool for school. He got the cool tattoos. Hooked up with Lara. Bought the flash car.

He started talking about himself in the third person, so we knew all too well that Michael Clarke was going to do what was best for Michael Clarke, just as we were getting over Michael Clarke. What makes it worse is that Clarke has already lost most of the support of the cricketing media, so he now struggles to get the fair go he got early.

It's mostly because the media is far too aware his butter-won't-melt-in-my-mouth persona when the television cameras are on him, Mr Happy Go Lucky, quickly turns into Godzilla whenever the slobs from the press drift in for a quote, away from the revealing truth of the television lens. They don't believe he should have it both ways.

He is hard to like because somebody tried to turn Pup and Lara into Posh and Becks. Good grief.
It is not Tall Poppy Syndrome, as the confused are trying to portray.

Clarke has lost his way, and nobody around him seems strong enough to tell him to pull his head in. Somebody needs to tell Clarke he is moving further away from everything that once endeared himself to the public. We like our Test captains with a certain kind of mettle.
We like Steve Waugh leaning on his bat and staring down Curtly Ambrose with just enough choice words to make Curtly turn and threaten.
And Waugh hold his nerve.

We like Ricky Ponting spitting blood and then turning and taking mark, resuming strike. Allan Border was Captain Cranky, but there was no other batsman we preferred to send in if the match was on the line. For them all, it was about the cricket.

The public is no longer sure with Clarke. Fans are frustrated by his continual A-list appearances and the love story constantly jammed on us. The campaigning for the top job. Clarke is not overrated, but there is no question he is Australia's most over-exposed cricketer.
Gee, it makes it hard to cheer him on.

He turned up at the Melbourne Cup and announced he was being sponsored by Prada. What fashion piece do we know Steve Waugh for? A baggy green cap and a scrap of red towel kept in his pocket. Everything else is bought straight off the rack.

Waugh was no-frills, staunch.

Who can ever remember Waugh openly campaigning for the Australian captaincy while Mark Taylor was still captain? And on Taylor, who remembers anything about his captaincy other than he might be, quite probably, our greatest ever.

No doubt Waugh coveted Taylor's job, the same as Ponting did when Waugh was captain. The same as Taylor did when Border was captain, and all the way back. Not one of them publicly campaigned like Clarke, who denies it.

We like our sports heroes to be greater versions of ourselves. Like Shane Warne, who gives the impression he would happily sit down to talk to chicks over a beer an hour after taking five-for. Clarke's public image is moving further and further away from that kind of man.

It is unbelievable how simple it is to fix Clarke's reputation, yet Clarke and everybody around him seem incapable of recognising it.

So cop the tip: Shut up.

When you have to speak, talk cricket. Keep playing tough. When you have to be seen, be playing cricket. Tone down the love story. Buy yourself a ute. Put a cattle dog on the back of it. Cut out the labels in all your clothes. Throw away the GQ magazine.

Most of all, be yourself and not what somebody else is trying to make you.

Tiger!!!!!

I am not saying that he actually has done anything wrong, but if Tiger Woods is proven to have cheated on his wife (see smoking hot bird on the left) he is mentally unstable. Unless she has a member between her legs there is no reason whatsoever to be cheating on this model wife. She could be an absolute dragon lady but all you need is a quick shag a few times a week and you would forget about that quick smart.

Greg Turd

Can't believe this absolute grub got off this charge. Not sure who's worse though, him or his diabolical yank girlfriend. They both deserve each other

What happened....

to Andre Agassi???

I used to be a bit of a fan during his career. But like millions of others worldwide, was left mystified at the revelations of his book launch last week.

First there was his deep hatred for the game of tennis. Weird considering it has earnt him fame and fortune.

Then there was his throwing of the 1996 Australian Open semi final so as to not have to face Boris Becker in the Final. WTF??!

But most disturbingly was the blaming of a French Open Final loss on the fear that his massive mullet wig would fall off! Possibly the greatest mullet in sporting history was not real!! Unbelievable.

What next. He's a raving homosexual married to Steffi Graf who was an East German sprinter at the 1980 Olympic Games???

World's gone MAD

Twins

Is this the black version of Danny DeVito and Big Arny? Believe it or not this is the current coach and manager of the West Indies cricket side. Probably sums up the upcoming summer of woeful cricket we'll be subjected to from this once proud cricketing entity.

What a joke

Greatest Speed-humping ever

The beastly Adrian Peterson here delivers one of the all time great speed hump treatments.
It's funny because he runs on his chest and face too. And the defender is called "Gay"

Four nations league

For those who didnt watch it on Sunday morning you missed an absolute beauty of a rugby league test match. Australia Vs NZ which turned out to be a 20 all draw was one of the best games I have watched all season. The Kiwis bashed Australia all game and just when you thought they were gone they put on 2 tries to look like the winner with 8 to go. Luckily the brilliance of Greg Inglis got Australia back level with a few minutes to go and saved a few red faces. I thought the likes of Inglis, 70 cents a litre and Smith were very good whilst Thurston(apart from a lucky 1 on 1 strip for a try), Gallen and waterhouse should fly home now as they werent real flash, especially Gallen who missed some tackles and did nothing in attack. I think this series is going to be a lot closer than everyone thought. Not saying France will do anything but if England can find another gear like they did in their 2nd half against the frogs, we could have a 3 way fight for the title.

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Geeze its bad with no meaninful sport to watch at the moment!!!

Fevola Antics

Does anyone know what this MASSIVE Grub really got up to at The Brownlows the other week yet? Obviously it isn't just him getting drunk and falling over. Has he done a Brett Stewart or Anthony Watmough like action?? The mind boggles as to what this SUPER PEST really got up to....

Have Parra already won??

Reading today's telegraph you would be forgiven for thinking it was Monday morning 5th October. Every page is just about dedicated to The Eels, yet correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure the game is still some 4 days away. Has anyone heard who they are playing? Is it The Storm??

It seems these idiotic supporters have learnt absolutely NOTHING since 2001 (The Greatest Overall Grand Final Choke in Modern League History). And where have all these supposed 'fans' been hiding all these years?? Easily the most painful fans in the comp. I don't include Souths fans because they are simply not human

Golden Boy Policy

Yet again the NRL's "Golden Boy Policy" reared its ugly head yesterday with Jarryd Hayne getting off his kneeing charge. I can't believe he can play in the GF after what he did. I believe it proably wasn't intentional but he was very careless, even reckless and clearly kneeded Bronson Goodwin (couldnt happen to a nicer bloke) in the head at speed. Hayne should be at least sitting out this week and possibly round 1 next year. I know it isnt as bad as leading with the feet but it can be just as dangerous, maybe even more so if you collect the player flush.
This is where my Golden Boy Theory comes in. Any time one of the Leagues "Golden Boys" get in trouble, the NRL finds a way to get them out of it. They also get preferential treatment and honours they don't deserve a lot of the time. Thurston should have gone for his kick on the Wolfman, GOT OFF. Thurston shouldn't have polled 2nd in the Dally M. Justin Hodges threatens to kill NSW players on live TV in front of kids, NO WARNING. Brett Stewart did get 6 weeks but even the NRL couldnt sweep that under the carpet. 6 weeks was probably too lenient considering he was the focus of a multi million dollar marketing campaign.
Any high profile poster boy will get treated better than your everyday pleb. I bet if Joel Reddy or Todd Lowrie landed them knees they would not be playing on Sunday.
I am not a Parra or Melbourne fan but want consistency. Cameron Smith was rubbed out last year because everyone wanted to see a Manly GF win rather than Melbourne. How must he feel right now?

One of the greats

The NFL is underway and I couldn't be more excited. I was on youtube watching highlights of Adrian Peterson who is currently the best player in the NFL as he is an unstoppable freak. While I was searching through i saw a link to some highlights of my favourite player growing up- the one and only Barry Sanders who would own every record in the book if he didn't retire in his prime, sick of playing for the retarded Lions. The moves on this guy are undescribable. Enjoy.

More League Shame

When I heard about the latest disgraceful behaviour involving league players it didnt surprise me 1 bit. The all in brawl between Blacktown City and Lower Mountains on the weekend was just another nail in the coffin for rugby league this year. It was also another case of "coconuts" losing their very small minds.
After conceding the game with a late try the Blacktown thugs knew they couldn't win so they started bashing anyone with a blue jersey on. If you have seen the footage these under 17 Blacktown kids are clearly a lot bigger than their opponents and took full advantage of the size advantage by punching, kicking and kneeing all and sundry. For the guy who got 20 years I say "its not enough"!!!!!! This grub of society should be locked up for his dog act behaviour or fuck off back up your tree overseas. This shit has been going on since I was playing for Lower Blue back over 10 years ago. Win lose or draw these monkeys just want to fight, bite and show that they are bigger and stronger than the poor little white boys. No doubt the grub who got 20 will end up playing rugby or go by another name and play league in another comp.
The NRL has to answer to this aswell after the state of Origin fiasco where everyone was throwing punches and stiff arms. What a great example to set, and this was by the best players we have in the game.
I have talked about this before over a few beers and the solution is;
1. Weight restrictions. You are weighed before the season and play in a weight category to suit you size. Mandatory weigh ins every week before play aswell.
2. Coconut only comp. All islanders play in their own comp where they can bash the shit out of each other week in week out.

Worlds biggest kicks

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For no particular reason I thought I would show you the worlds biggest ever kick at goal. Malcolm Blight back in the day kicked this monster to win the game.

Puff The St George Dragon

They never fail to amuse us

WWF All time favourites.

I was listening to triple M this morning when out of the blue "Hulk Hogan" came on an guest hosted for 45 minutes. This brought back great childhood memories and a great new discussion topic. "Who was your favourite wrestler". Not the new age WCF rubbish, I am talking about the old school WWF (before the World Wildlife Foundation copyrighted the name and ruined wrestling) which was on when I was a youngster.

I personally was always a big Hulk fan, wanted to be a "Hulkamaniac" and was partial to "The Hart Foundation" (Brett Hart and Jim the anvil Neidhart) as a tag team.

I know it is borderline sport/entertainment but I am interested in your thoughts.

'Aussie' Kim

Congrats must go out to 'Aussie' Kim this week who ridiculously won the US Open after only a month back from retirement and motherhood duties. She actually resembles a human being these days too and looks reasonably happy and settled (wouldn't you after breaking up with that turd Lleyton Hewitt).

It doesnt say a lot for the current state of women's tennis though does it. In fact it's a joke really. Almost as big a joke as the monkey's meltdown in the semi at the linesman. I can't blame the little Asian one for running scared to the ref. I personally, would have shat my pants whilst running out of the stadium Forrest Gump style if that BBA (Big Black Animal) was threatening me from 5 yards. Reminded me of Sigourney Weaver in Gorilla's in the Mist a bit

The Worlds Grubbiest and Dirtiest Sporting Countries

In the previous posts, PAWD ( I assume writing under the guise of Mrs PAWD) started the discussion about the Worlds Filthiest, Grubbiest, Dirtiest and Cheatingest (not a word, but still) sporting countries.

Here is my rundown of the Top 5 dirtiest sporting countries on Earth.

1. Argentina.
When we think of cheating soccer teams, we think of Italy. When we think of dirty rugby teams, the French and the Boks spring to mind. I put it to you that the Argies have them covered in both areas. This is the country whose greatest ever player not only is a massive coke fiend but his most famous play the "Hand of God" was the most blantant foul in soccer, possibly sports, history. And now he's the coach.
The word for the rugby team is "subhuman". Where they find those neaderthals they pass off as front rowers, I have no idea, but I suppose it's a better option than the GPS fags we keep trotting out. Unless you have regard for eyeballs, which the Argies clearly don't.
2. South Africa.
Their rugby coach claims that gouging is just part of the game, the whole forward pack is routinely the largest in the world (ie biggest roid munchers) and their most successful cricket captain since apartheid was a match fixer. So they have a lot going for them.
3.France
The rugby team is second only to Argentina for eyeball rearrangement and they are probably the foremost practitioners of the testicle squeeze and head rucking. Unfortunately, their soccer team is regarded generally as a classy bunch.
4. Italy.
Although diving is a part of soccer world wide, in Italy is has been perfected. Seem to be fairly effective sledgers too as evidenced by Zidane's meltdown. I know the Aussie cricket team can sledge, but I'm not sure they call opponents Mums whores and say they fuck thier sister. Not since Mcgrath retired anyway.
5 (tie) Pakistan and India
These two countries are basically the reason that neutral umpires are in Tests. Javed Miandad NEVER got out LBW in a home test and I'm sure Gavaskar would've had less than 5. Pakistans most successful captain since Imran not only was the main runner for bookies but was nicknamed the Rat. The Indians now run world cricket and protect the biggest grub in world sport- Harbajan- even though he habitually racially slurs opponents. if the shoe was on the other foot, they'd be out for blood. I think I hate the Indian cricket team more than any team on Earth.
Honourable mention-
England.
Invented the concept of the "hooligan", won the Ashes due to stalling in the first test and pitch doctoring in the last test. Also stretched the rules in 05 with a crucial run out by a dodgy sub fielder. And don't think we've forgotten about Bodyline either you soap dodging fuckers.

What the F#ck is going on?!?!

I always knew South Africans were cheats at sport and life in general, especially on the rugby field with their dirty eye gouging, biting tactics etc, but this just about takes the cake.

Reports are coming through that this thing was gender tested by SA Officials 8 months ago, and they still decided to race 'her' in the World Champs last month.

Just another chapter in the multi volumed Shame Files of South African history I'm afraid.

Shame shame shame

Most Underrated Ever.

One of the joys of foxtel are some of the old stuff you see and the occasional doco such as ESPNs Legends of Cricket. The episode on AB was on the other day and fuck me if he's not the most underrated cricketer and captain in Australian, or overall, cricket history.
Consider the following-

* Set the record for most runs ever

* Played in over 150 CONSECUTIVE tests. That's over 16 years without missing a single test, anywhere in the world.

* Easily the toughest, hardest bastard in modern cricketing times

This man taught the likes of Warne, Waugh etc how to be tough, how to win and what it means to wear the baggy green. He didn't motivate and worry about touchy feely shit- he batted tough, he tore strips off anyone who played soft and he ONLY cared about winning. Everyone now considers Taylor and Waugh to be better captain because they were more "imaginative and exciting". Bullshit. AB took over in 84 when we were in the shitheap, and style points were the furthest thing from his mind. If he was a cranky prick, and he probably was, it was because he was sick to death of losing and it was completely necessary to lead by example as a hard bastard. Again, it's easy to be imaginative when you are captaining a juggernaut attack with the likes of Waugh and Mcgrath. Not so much when it's Bruce Reid and Tony Dodemaide.

As a batsman, AB was possibly even more underrated than as a captain. He averaged over 50 when for a good part of his career he was the only genuine test calibre batsman in the team. This was when fast bowling attacks around the world were undoubtedly stronger than now- the Windies onslaught, Hadlee, Botham, Imran etc all at their peaks. And time after time, AB would be there when all around him crumbled.

Allan Border is arguably the best captain ever, as he set up the greatest cricketing dynasty of all time. He was also a champion with the bat- yet when the discussion of "greatest since Bradman" is raised, he is never mentioned. Why?

He is the ultimate in substance over style, and the current team could use more blokes like him.

Grub shouldn't win!

Jonathon Thurston, aka "The Grub" should not win the Dally M tonight in what would be a blight on the game. As I have stated previously, he is the GOLDEN BOY of the NRL and gets points a lot of the time unwarranted. I will admit he was very good up until the end of origin. Post origin he has been quite ordinary and should not have polled pretty much any or many points. He should have also been suspended for that dog act kick on Williams in origin game 3 which would have cost him Dally M points aswell. But because the sun shines out of his ass he got off the charge lightly and didnt lose any points. I would very much like anyone else to win tonight, Hayne, Marshall, Gidley, Soward but no doubt they will all be pipped, and we will all scratch our heads when Thurston polls points that he doesnt deserve and wins the medal.

Saints Gone????

Being an avid Saints fan I am shocked at the way the once mighty Dragons have fallen in a heap lately for no apparent reason. 3 weeks ago people (not me) were saying they were unbeatable and were a shoe in for the minor and major premiership. After 3 straight loses, each worse than the last, the Saints look like simply making up the numbers in the finals. Surely this Friday against Parra something positive has to come out in Saints play or their season is all but over. Form is a wonderful thing and Saints simply have lost it at the wrong time!

Let's put this in Perspective

While I agree that the selectors did a very poor job and Ponting is a fairly crappy captain, I submit the following evidence that
a) it can be hard to pick a team when you don't have much to choose from
and
b) it is a shitload harder to captain a team when your players aren't very good.

Lets compare the 2001 Ashes team- arguably the strongest team sent from these shores- to the 2009 Ashes team

2001- Slater, Hayden, Ponting (much better than 2009 by the way), S Waugh, M Waugh, Martyn, Gilchrist, Warne, Lee (roughly 20000 times better than the 2009 version), Gillespie, McGrath.

Some of the players left out of this team included players the calibre of Langer, Law, Bevan, Lehmann, Kasprowicz, Bichel and MacGill. All of whom would've walked into the Ashes teams in 2009.

Now, would that have been a difficult team to pick or captain? I'm pretty confident that my 3 year old daughter couldve captained that team to Ashes glory. The only player from 2009 that may- only may- have cracked the 2009 team was Clarke at the expense of Martyn (I'd stick with Martyn who was in his prime at the time and was awesome in that series). No one else would've even been mentioned at the selection table.

So when everyone bemoans Ponting and yes, even the selectors lets just think about how spoiled we have been for the last 20 years. Sure, they should've played a spinner in the last test but it's not like they left out Warne or MacGill. Sure they could've dropped Johnson or Hussey, but they didn't exactly have options like Kasper or Boof to go to.

I think it's fair to say that it's also slightly easier to toss the ball to the likes of McGrath, Gillespie and Warne as well as setting consistently attacking fields than the average crop we have today.

Ashes summary

I wanted to get on here 1st and given my summary on another diabolical ashes campaign by our Australia cricket side. After losing the 5th test this morning and losing our grip on the Ashes urn once again, questions have to be asked.
1. Why was a part timer like Marcus North bowled for so long in the 1st test in Cardiff? England were 9 down and Ponting bowled North for over an hour at the end with the last 2 England batsmen seeing him off and drawing the test they should have lost easily. Surely any of the spearheads should have been bowling and dishing up chin music with fielders all around the bat. More poor captaincy I am afraid.
2. Why take Hauritz and not play him on a very spin friendly wicket? Even 1 week before the test started there was rumours that this track was to be a bit juicy and conducive to spin, so why not use your apparent best spinner? Another poor selection from our POOR selectors.
3. Why can't Australia bat against good swing bowling? We have had 4 years to learn how to play swing bowling and still have no fucking idea against it! Some of the poor decision making and shot selection sometimes makes the bowling look better than it really is but most of the time we were totally clueless.
Several things need to happen or Australia will continue to fall down the test ranking at a rapid rate.
1.We need to sack the selection panel. For years they have relied on the brilliance of players such as Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist and co to get us out of trouble, with them gone their selection mistakes are magnified. Not using Stuart Clark earlier in the series was a huge mistake when our bowlers for most of the part couldn't put any sustained pressure on the poms. Clark might not have taken many wickets but I guarantee he wouldn't have went for 4 1/2 runs per over either.
2. Ponting needs to give up the captaincy to Clarke immediately. Ponting is a very very average captain who makes poor decisions that have let teams off the hook quite a bit in his tenure. Great batsmen, great fielder, not captaincy material.
3. Hussey to be put back to no6 to save his career. Although he scored a ton in the penultimate innings, Hussey was looking like a park cricketer sometimes. Move him back to no6 and get his form and confidence back. If not he will continue to struggle and eventually be dropped.
4. Cut Brett Lee permanently. He was a good bowler in his time but hasn't been uninjured for years. The constant distraction and fuss over Lee from test 4 and 5 couldn't be good for the team and showed with their non results.
5. Make pitches to suit our strengths. Every country rolls out a wicket that will benefit their bowling lineup. India have dry turners, England have green seamers yet Australia has turned out flat boring pitches for years. Make out pitches fast and bouncy and give our pace attack a chance. The days of preparing turning wickets are over until we get a quality spinner so make them like rock and bring on the chin music.

Overall it was a terribly disappointing series which Australia should have romped in against an England side that lost their best batsmen (Pieterson) early in the series and were outplayed for lots of the series.

How good is Rugby League

As the title says, How good is rugby league at the moment? Apart from the continual off field problems the rugby league being played is great to watch. It is especially exciting considering we are getting to the pointy end of the season and there are still many teams that could take out the title. My predictions for the resat of the year are as follows.
Top 8
Dragons
Dogs
Titans
Storm
Eels
Manly
Tigers
Knights

Dally M
Soward

Top Tries
Tuiaki

Points
Hazem el Grub

Grand Final
Dogs Vs Manly-Winner Dogs

"42 Seconds of Jibber"

This germ continues to remind me of Nina. All things have been going rosey for St George this season until the diabolical loss on the weekend, and this grub gets the media and most of the general public offside with what can be only described as the world's worst interview. It wasn't as if he was being hounded by the press either, the club put forward 2 players each week to answer a few questions, so he knew all along what he was there for. Or did he? He may well just be as stupid as his answers make him out to be in the infamous interview. Many journalists travelled over an hour to Wollongong to get a few interviews done for tv and radio and have said they won't return thanks to Boyd's woeful dribbling effort yesterday.

This c#nt got off pretty lightly from the media during last year's cubicle incident and should be thankful to them for his relatively easy run from them instead focussing on the more talented Hunt and Thaiday. No one really cared about the pimply teenager also involved with the other high profile stars. Instead he dolls out this tripe and has now got everyone offside with St George, and those that were anyway, even more so now. For those that missed it, here's a transcript of the pitiful, germlike performance by Boyd. You must see it on tv though, because the words simply don't do it justice:

Q: Up against the Broncos, excited about facing your old mates?
A: Yeah, can't wait.
Q: That excited?
A: Yep.
Q: Did you watch them play last week?
A: No I didn't.
Q: What's the strategy going into the game?
A: We'll decide that on Wednesday I suppose.
Q: Happy to score another try, it was a good one?
A: Yeah, it was good, eh.
Q: Second one of the season, it's taken a while, you must be keen to be coming into form at the right time of the season.
A: No it was good.
Q: What are your thoughts on the way your team is going at the moment Darius?
A: Um, yeah, it was pretty good, eh.
Q: Are you fair dinkum?
A: Yeah.

WTF

After watching another very poor and unfulfilling golf major this week with that unknown Asian bloke beating Tiger, I was thinking of the most unexpected winners in sport. Here is a few that I can think of off hand.
1. Steven Bradbury in the 500m speed skating at the Winter Olympics. Scraped into the semis where he was ecstatic to be and watched basically the whole field fall down and scrape himself into the final. Bradbury lurked out the back, again just elated to be in a final and again watched the whole field fall on the last turn an rolled over the line as the last man standing to take the Gold.
2. Australia Vs Sth Africa 2003 World Cup Semi. Sth Africa were cruising to an easy win with Lance Klusener belting everything and needing 10 off the last over. 2 crushing fours off the 1st 2 balls made it a forgone conclusion, 2 off 4 balls. next ball Allan Donald should have been run out which surely meant Australia were gone. Next ball Klusener basically hit and run and Allan Donald forgot how to run and was run out at the strikers end handing Australia a very unlikely win.
3. Greg Normans famous collapse at the US Open back in the 90's. Norman was killing it leading by 6 in the last round when he lost his mind and starting playing like a hacker at the local Golf Course. Ended up losing b y about 4 strokes to Faldo.
4. The Paul Carridge fiasco. With Parra leading the unlosable semi final against the Bulldogs (see earlier post about Carridge for more details) they blew a 18-2 lead with 20 to go to lose in extra time and end Paul Carridges career. This was in an era where points weren't scored quickly.

That is a start let me know your favourite memories of great sporting upsets and improbable wins.

Number 1 Pick for sure

This is the number 1 pick in the NFL draft this year Matthew Stafford. He will be QB for the Lions this year. The NFL thinks he has 'questionable' character.....I thinke he is doing just fine....we would have no troubles with him over here....yanks are soft....

Seriously!!!!!

Seriously how dumb are league players?
He is close to the best player in the world.
Indigenous heritage opens huge prospects for him in marketing ect.

So what does he do?

Goes home and slaps him missus around just to highlight and perpetuate the community’s views on Aboriginal domestic violence. Well done idiot.

OFF TOPIC- World's biggest grub

I know this is a sports blog but I couldn't go without commenting that it is so good to see this jerk get what is coming to him. He is a talentless prick who has made a career out of expoloiting and belittling people stupider than he is. He is not funny, charismatic or likable. He has no discernable redeeming features or qualities. Yet morons in our society listen to and watch him allowing him to become rich and famous.

Now he has overstepped the line (I understand the arguments that the mother is equally to blame but clearly she isn't all there and he is ultimately responsible for what he puts on air) and his career is a shambles as everyone now realises what he really is. I couldn't be happier- this germ will now lose everything and it couldn't happen to a more fitting fuckwit.

GAY-FL 'Victory' Songs

F*#k I hate these songs being played immediately after a GAY-FL team wins a simple game of footy every week, and worse still, when the camera has to go down into the sheds to subject us to these ponces hug and cuddle whilst belting out these gay anthems after EVERY single victory of the year. Fair enough maybe for a Melbourne or a Richmond who are putrid and only win a game or two a year to get away with it, or better still if you win a Grand Final when ANYTHING goes, but to do it EVERY single week and on national tv is embarrassing and absurd in my opinion.

As if watching this putrid game isn't woeful enough, but then being subjected to the atrociousness of grown men clinging to each other singing faggoty team songs straight after full time..... Give me the league mungo chants and the excessive bin belting any day!

Ponies not Broncos

For those who watched the rugby league game on Saturday night between Canberra and Brisbane you would have been expecting a tight tussle between 2 desperate sides. What ensued was a diabolical even comical game between a white hot Raiders side and a Broncos side far from interested in playing semi final football. You would have thought with their season on the line and a host of talent back in the line up that the Broncos would have been very hard to beat, they wouldn't have beaten their under 20's side with the effort they put up. Players like Justin Hodges, who are meant to lead their young line up, were seen basically giving up when things got tough. Lockyer is a shadow of his former best and must surely be heading for a imminent retirement. Hunt couldn't care less as he is off in a couple of months and the forwards they bought and brought up are inept and well off the pace. If things keep going the way they currently are the axe will have to be wielded and a few high profile stars given some time in park footy. From what I saw on Saturday night the once mighty Broncos are no more that Ponies and wont be playing semi final footy for the 1st time in 18 years.

It's All About YOU Isn't It

Typical of today's Generation Me, Phillip Hughes logged onto this Twitter bullshit to announce to the world that he had been dropped from the 3rd Test some 24 hours before the start of play at Edgbaston during the week. One of the first things you realise about cricket, particularly at the top end of the game, is that you DO NOT announce your side prior to the opposition in case of giving them an upper hand in tactically picking a side to beat your already announced side.

But Hughes, who continues to remind me of Michael Bingle/Clarke couldn't help himself expressing his 'pain' at missing out on the 3rd Test on Twitter. Fair enough, I'd be pretty dirty at losing my spot to Mr Plasticine Man himself Shane Watson with a misely batting average of about 20 too, but hold your thoughts to yourself til at least 5 minutes after the toss of the coin you fucking idiot!

Cya Hunt

News today that Broncos, QLD and Australian fullback Carmichael Hunt is going to play AFL for the newly formed Gold Coast club as of next year. WTF!!!!!!! Talk about throwing a curveball. I think he will probably turn into quite a good AFL player in years to come as he possesses a good kicking game and is a hard little prick. He also "alledgedly" loves to take drugs and assault women, so should possibly try and get a stint with West Coast in the future as that is their culture. Good luck with the switch Hunt, you wont be missed.

Sport or No Sport?

There has been a lot of conjecture in some sections of the media about the efforts of Tom Watson is the British Open, and whether it has been a good or bad thing for the sport of golf. Obviously, it would have been one of the biggest and more inspirational stories in sports had he completed the job, but many critics of golf say that it's not really a sport and golfers aren't real athletes. Having a 59 year old with an artificial hip go within an 8 foot putt of winning a major helps the critics argumant in a big way.

In my opinion, golf isn't really a sport, it's a pastime. But I also believe that golf gets too much of the flak in this whole concept of "What is a sport?". Many "sports" are really pastimes, games or physical activities. I think there are some criteria that determine which sports make the cut such as-

1. A ball. Running, swimming, cycling, rowing etc are all physical activities. They require little tactics, and very little co-ordination or skill outside of the ability to train 18 hours a day, have no personality and no social life. Fuck that. The only exception is boxing because that's really the purest sport of all- two blokes beating living piss out of each other. That shit rules.

2. A scoreboard. Diving, gymnastics, figure skating, ballroom dancing. All physical activities, all winners determined by dodgy judges and all for homos anyway. Not a sport among them. Again, boxing gets a pass because if you haven't knocked them out by the end, bad luck.

3. Sweat, and lots of it. Not just on hots days either. If you don't need to have a shower straight after the game, it's a game, not a sport. Lawn bowls, golf, ten pin, none of these are really sports because you can play them and booze up afterwards without even getting changed ,let alone showered. Actually, all of these can be played WHILE drinking, which is awesome, but not very sporty.

4. No wheels, horses etc. In order for it to be a sport, you need to be supplying the energy for movement. You need to be standing up and running around. Due to the fact that they don't involve balls, they don't count anyway. Motor racing would be heaps of fun, but they're basically glorified taxi drivers. Jockeys only qualifications are being starved midgets.

5. A criteria that others often cite is whether it is a TV sport. That's bullshit. Just because its on ESPN or Fox Sports DOESN'T make it a sport. Bad argument, after all, poker is on these channels all of the time, and as much as I condone, nay, LOVE gambling, its not even close to being a sport.

So thats the list- agree or disagree?

Settle down Alpha

One thing that constantly annoys me about the sports media is the constant need to pump up todays superstars at the expense of the greats of the past. You always see it- so-and-so is so great- he's even better than Player-X-from-ten-years-ago! It's stupid and unnecessary- comparing players from different eras is futile anyway and shows a lack of memory and respect for the players upon which today's game- and larger salaries- are built.

I bring this up because I was jogging past the local newsagent (insert disbelieving/fat joke here) and saw the cover of this months Alpha magazine. I was going to upload the cover here, but their website only has the Victorian version which makes no mention of anything NRL related. The NSW version has the simian features of Johnathan Thurston with the caption- World's Best Rugby League player and then Better than Andrew Johns.

Well. I'm not sure if the second part of that caption was followed with an exclamation mark or a question mark- but it matters little. To even consider the notion that Thurston compares to Johns is a ridiculously stupid and insulting exercise- insulting to Johns and insulting to the readers' intelligence. The worst part of it is that anyone over twenty years old can still clearly remember Johns in his prime- there is not one thing that Thurston does better than Johns. Better ball runner, better kicker and passer, bigger, stronger, tougher, more consistent, better big game player and above all- 1000% better defender.

I would go as far as saying that the first part of the caption is strongly debatable- three of his Origin teammates,Folau, Inglis and especally Smith, could make that claim.

So, whoever is in charge at Alpha, think before you speak next time.

Get with the times

After watching the tripe dished up to the Aussies last night in the Ashes, it is about time they get with the times and use available technology. Throughout this test match Australia has been reamed by the umpires and cheating English with terrible decisions going against them. Pretty much every sport that matters can use tv replays or video refs to help in the decision making process, why not cricket? It is not as if it is a fast paced sport! Close decisions on runouts and stumpings are already referred to the 3rd umpire, we need to use this for close catches aswell. LBW's should remain at the discretion of the umpires as they normally even themselves out over the course of a game, but any close to the ground catch should be referred so cheats like Andrew Strauss get shown up(Strauss claimed a catch off Hughes in the 2nd innings that bounced). With so much money involved in cricket these days you hate to see a match decided with a few poor decisions. Hopefully the Aussies pull off a remarkable win tonight and stick it up those Pommy wankers. I still think England will get the cash unfortunately on a 5th day pitch and the tail end imminent.

Eddie Munster??

I fucking hate this germ! If I had the talent to play just one NRL game it would be against this grub where I would give him some of his own medicine for the entire 80 minutes. I'd niggle him, bait him, chicken wing him, and then rip out his eyelids (of which only one lid works which iritates me every time he's on The Footy Show - look closely next time). I'd make sure the game was a draw just to go to Golden Point where I would continue my tirade against him clapping and cheering in his face like he does every time his team wins regardless of who his opposition is. Then, and only then, will I have a beer with him afterwards chatting about the days he used to enjoy having his eyelids intact. C*nt

GET BACK TO THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP

YOU FUCKING WINDOW LICKER!!!!!

The only explanation for this mans performance last night is that he MUST be retarded. It's not that hard to fall on top of a football, but he managed to make it look like advanced calculus. When you put this on top of the fact that Inglis repeatedly made him a turnstile, and it adds up to one conclusion- this overrated spastic can surely never be picked for NSW ever again.


Another thing that absolutely infuriated me last night was the video ref awarding the try to Slater. Do they even watch these replays? Clearly the ball bounced, it never even looked like being forced and it wasn't really open to interpretation. How can they continue to fuck these decisions up when they are so blatantly obvious? That shit drives me CRAZY.

Fuck England........and Souths too.

CHEATING ENGLISH BASTARDS!!!!!!

Sure, it shouldn't have come down to it, but randomly sending out support staff at semi-regular intervals during the last hour of a Test match with one wicket to go is one of the most appalling bits of "gamesmanship" I have seen. "Gamesmanship?" Fuck that. It was cheating. Even the Pom commentators thought it was dirty pool.

It's unbelievable that it is allowed to happen and that the umpires and match ref did nothing about it. In modern cricket, to cling to outdated notions of captians being "responsible for fair play" as stated in the rulebook, is ridiculously naive. This is no longer a Gentleman's game- it is a big business for all concerned. Saving that Test match could end up winning the Ashes and making scads of cash for all the Poms, especially Strauss. Fat fucking chance, but if they do win, let's not forget that every member of the 2005 team got MBEs afterwards. For the umpires to shrug their shoulders and say "What can we do?" when suppport staff start wandering onto the field is piss weak and not good enough- they should've been chased off the field like Javed Miandad swinging his bat at D.K Lillee.

And fuck Souths too for deciding to pick this week to start trying against Penrith's reserve grade team. I still refuse to tip these shit eaters for the rest of the year. Fuck Souths, Jason Taylor, especially Russell Crowe and all of their drooling, toothless retard fans.

Long Time Coming

It has been a very very very long time coming but Mark Webber finally got his 1st F1 win overnight in the German Grand Prix. After 130 starts and many non finishes he finally cracked it, against the odds. After starting on Pole position ,also for the 1st time, Webber was given a drive through penalty on the very 1st corner of the race for making contact with another driver. This would normally mean the end for Webber in years gone past and probably a 8-10th place finish. This year is different with Red Bull finally having a fast car and Webber finally getting some luck to go with his above average driving ability. After his drive through penalty, and some poor pit work from the Braun race team, Webber blitzed the field with superior pace and cruised to an easy victory. In a very Aussie way of celebrating he let go with many an "F" Bomb in pure jubilation and also managed to pour his entire magnum of champagne on himself. Good on you Mark being our 1st F1 race winner since 1981 and hopefully better things to come now the monkey is off your back.

Ashes - Day 1 Highlights

Unfortunately due to the poms lack of positivity in not picking Steve Harmison for the 1st test, and with the fact that Ponting continued to lose his 6th toss in a row on English soil last night, we were subjected to easily the most boring first over in resent Ashes history by Mitchell Johnson last night. It lacked pace, venom and any sort of care from Johnson who initially seemed to be pre-occupied with the fact that his Mum was all over the news sledging his new fiance for stealing her 'little' boy away from her.

Easily the biggest 'highlight/s' of the first day of the much anticipated series belonged to that/those of the lady singing the Welsh national anthem prior to the days' play. What a magnificent set of 'lungs'. Sing me anything in Welsh anyday Kathryn Jenkins and I'll come a runnin' anyday! Finally a decent looking Welshy to sing some good Welsh songs in place of Tom Fucking Jones! Get her to sing 'God Save the Queen' at the other 4 Test Matches PLEEEASE!

Gotta love the 80's

With the Ashes starting tonight (GO AUSTRALIA) I stumbled across something brilliant. Have a look at the link below it is a slide show of 1980's cricket cards. Great bowl cuts, great mo's and most of them aren't exactly photogenic. I especially love the pic of Kim Hughes who looks completely wasted. Gotta love the
80's!!!

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/cricket/photos/old-cricket-cards

Mad Moments In Sport 3 - Paul Carige

Flicking through the channels on tv last night, I came across what can only be described as The Greatest Meltdown of AllTime in Rugby League. That of the 1998 Preliminary Final between the ever choking Parramatta Eels and the Bulldogs. With 9 minutes to go, the game seemed over with the Eels cruising to their first Grand Final in 12 years with a seemingly unassaible 18-2 lead. Three tries later and the Bulldogs have drawn level thanks to some superb kicking from the original SuperBoot Darryl Halligan, but the madness hasn't even begun yet. With only seconds remaining on the clock, Corey Hughes puts in an attempt at a field goal which trickles towards the dead ball line. Parra's putrid fullback, the 'Great' Paul Carige does a Kurt Gidley and puts his brain on the shelf for the remainder of the game planting the ball on the deadball line for some unknown reason. This STILL wasn't his maddest moment. That was to come after the fulltime siren with scores still deadlocked, he receives the ball near his own try line after possibly the worst field goal attempt of the 90's by Robert Relf, and decides to chip and chase himself from I repeat, HIS OWN TRYLINE AFTER FULLTIME! The ball of course doesnt land anywhere near back in the hands of our gutsy/extremely stupid fullback hero, but in the hands of Canterbury's best field goal kicker Craig Polla Mounter, whom near halfway lets rip with one of the greatest attempts at field goal surely seen in the game's history. Hollywood Harrigan has to go to the video ref (didnt even know one existed back in the 90s) to see if the ball went over the crossbar or not, luckily for Carige it didn't. It still didn't cease from making him infamously reknowned as having 'almost' the greatest meltdown in sporting history, but still worthy of a gong for Schlossy's Soiled Shoe's Mad Moments in Sport Hall of Fame.

Believe it or not, Carige STILL wasn't quite done with his truly remarkable efforts. With the Bulldogs running away with all the momentum in the world and subsequently the game late in extra time, Carige puts the icing on the cake for his outstanding performance with not one but two more moments of madness in general play. First he takes a cross field bomb that he really doesnt need to take and gets taken over the sideline by a flea winger, and then he achieves true greatness in melting down completely taking a long kick close to the sideline that is definately going out on the full, only to take a couple of steps backwards and into touch, handing the Bulldogs a truly miraculous free pass to the 1998 Grand Final.

A truly GREAT Mad Moment/s in Sporting History.

p.s. Does anyone know if Carige is still alive? If so, where is he hiding??

ABOUT TIME

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The news todat that Big Bad Barry was leaving the Swans as of immediately was waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy overdue. Although he had been responsible for some of the biggest brain snaps and thus some of the most entertaining parts of AFL lately, Barry needs to leave the game for good and sort his shit out. As I have commented before, it seems Barry thinks he is either in the boxing or wrestling ring whenever he plays at the moment. He is playing some good footy but then will punch someone and get rubbed out for a while. He isnt helping an already struggling Sydney side who have had enough of Barry and his antics. I say good ridance and hopefully you work you shit out before you kill someone with one of them left hooks.

The Greatest Atrocity of All

CALDOW LIVES!!!!!!


Myles banned by NRL over hotel incident AAP - July 6, 2009, 7:49 pm

The NRL plunged to an embarrassing low on Monday with the Sydney Roosters fined $50,000 and Queensland Origin star Nate Myles suspended for six games for defecating on the floor of a Central Coast hotel while in a drunken stupor.
The Queensland forward was found shortly after 8am on Sunday morning, disorientated and naked in a hotel corridor after he had attempted to gain entry into the room of a family who was leaving their accommodation.
A short time after his entry was refused he was found to have defecated elsewhere in the hotel corridor and was later discovered in a fire escape.
Furious NRL chief executive David Gallop has blasted the behaviour of Myles, suspending him until round 24 and banning him from playing in Queensland's Origin III side next Wednesday.
"There can be no ambiguity about the behaviour and there can be no excuse," Gallop said.
"The facts around the incident are clear and players have to accept personal responsibility.
"I respect the fact that Nate tried to make amends to the guests involved and that he rang me to apologise but saying sorry simply isn't enough.
"There are many inspirational people in our game from the grass roots to the NRL and they do not deserve to be associated with this sort of behaviour.
"We make no apology for treating each issue on its merits and on the basis of the facts we have at our disposal at the time."
It is yet another body blow in a season to forget for the NRL and is the third alcohol-related incident involving a Roosters player in as many weeks.
Two weeks ago coach Brad Fittler fined himself $10,000 for his own drunken episode at Townsville when he was half-naked and attempted to enter a woman's room.
Last week hooker Jake Friend and rookie Sandor Earl were charged with assault after a nightclub scuffle - Friend accused of assaulting a female.
Gallop said if Myles had been on official team duty, instead of at the Central Coast volunteering at a junior rugby league clinic, then the $50,000 fine for the Roosters would have been much more severe.
"Clubs, too, need to accept that they need to take control of the behaviour within their organisation and as much as the Roosters have acted in this matter the issue of three alcohol-related incidents in three weeks, not to mention other offences in the year, is unacceptable," he said.
"If this had been an official team function the fine would certainly have been higher."
Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce apologised for the behaviour of the club's star forward, who only recently signed a contract extension at the club.
"This is an embarrassing position for everyone associated with the Roosters but we have to face up to these issues and we need our senior players to be a part of that process," said Noyce.
"We work very hard to reward the faith people place in us and for the most part we achieve that goal.
"Moments like this will only make us work even harder."


SURELY this one can't be topped can it??????

Fuck Souths

With an hour to kill in Chinatown on Saturday evening, I decided to put a bet on the 5.30 NRL game, so I'd at least be interested in the outcome. Foolishly, I decided to invest in the putrid South Sydney outfit, as I thought the game was a toss up as the Tigers suck a whole lot of dick too, and Souths were paying 1.92 as opposed to 1.75.

Well, if I ever consider putting money on Souths again, please remind me to stab myself in the face. What a fucking appalling heartless bunch of shit-eaters they are. I fucking hate Souths. I hate the fact that they think they have a God-given right to be in the League when they have achieved nothing in forty years. They are artificially propped up by two benfactors who are not trying their best to extricate themselves from this no-win situation. These two rich owners are now resorting to running club raffles again- IT'S NOT 1983!!!! If you are running raffles to raise funds, you better be a subbies rugby club NOT A FUCKING NRL TEAM!!!!

I wish that Gallop would piss them off RIGHT NOW. TODAY. They have nothing going for them but "tradition". Well, guess what Souths fans? Most of your titles were won against the likes of Newtown, Glebe and Annandale. Your team is a hopeless joke. That try just before half time was the greatest abortion of a rugby league play ever. I hope that your disgusting club goes broke and we never have to see such a shittastic performance ever agian.

Ahh that feels better.

Do Not Disturb between 9am and 5pm!

This week commences the great sporting cycle (once every 4 years) where sleep goes completely out of the window for a month as The Ashes is played on English soil. I for one will be readying my desk at work George Costanza style to catch up on some zzz's between 9-5 Monday to Friday whilst the cricket and to a lesser extent The Tour de France takes over our screens during the nocturnal hours of the Aussie winter.

Can anyone confirm (or hopefully deny) the putrid rumours doing the rounds that Damien Martyn and Stuart MacGoo will be joining Simon Hill as 'expert' commentators in place of the ever amusing and entertaining Mo Matthews and Deano Jones on this year's SBS coverage?? Just when you would start nodding off to sleep after midnight, on would come one of these clowns to give an insightful yet amusing take on the current state of play during the luncheon, tea and drinks break intervals to keep the mind refreshed for another session of cricket watching spent on the couch in the wee hours of the morn. Unfortunately MacGoo and Martyn will have me piffing an empty stubbie at my tv before lunch on day one Wednesday night!!

The Greatest Ever

I was very glad to wake up this morning and see that Roger Federer has became the greatest Mens tennis player of all time. Debate may rage whether he is better than the likes of Sampras, Laver, McEnroe etc and I would say yes. 15 majors at the age of 27 is a magical effort and he isnt done with yet. I could easily see him winning at least 20 grand slams by retirement age. I would like to see him beat Nadal in a final with both players at their peak and this will prove the point more so. Hopefully Nadal will be fit for the US Open later this year.
How must Andy Roddick feel right now. I saw the after match presentation and Roddick just looked gutted. He played the best game of his career and still couldnt beat his nemesis in an epic 4 1/2 hour match. I would put Roddick on suicide watch and put security around Federer because Roddick could lose his mind and shoot either person after the torment of another loss to the Fed Express.
Tennis might usually be quite boring but the mens tournament at wimbledon this year was quite exciting with some great tennis being played throughout. It was also very amusing to see another POM choke in the semis.

This has been a long time coming...

Hot chicks that are better then top seeds

The Daily telegraph pointed out that people like Victoria Azarenka (above-Yeah, I have never heard of her either) are getting to play on centre court at Wimbledon while top seeds like Serena Williams who are playing at the same time have to move to court No. 2. Its about time that they took into account the way a tennis player looks when trying to decide who the public wants to watch. I personally don't mind watching a female tennis match and during that time I pay close attention to see who is smuggling the best sultana's. I am finally being rewarded...

Penrifffff Gooooone?

Penrith's Civoniceva out for seven weeks

Is this the end of Penriffffs charge this year. With Luke Lewis out on extended leave and Michael Jenning back, but for how long? I think this could spell the end of any of Penriffs chances this year. With only 10 rounds left and Penriff needing probably 6 out of 10 to make the finals, I think they will be hard pressed to do it without 2 of their best being there. Thoughts?

Spot the Difference

Two stories in the last 24 hours which really sum up the cultural differences between league and union......

Roosters players Jake Friend and Sandor Earl charged with assault

By Steve Gee 29, 2009

The 19-year-old was charged on Monday afternoon following a two-hour interview at The Rocks police station.
Friend was charged along with 19-year-old teammate Sandor Earl, with both players bailed to appear at the Downing Centre on July 20.
The charges come after Roosters coach Brad Fittler defended the pair on Sunday night following reports over the incident at The Tank nightclub earlier in the day.
The melee erupted about 3am - only hours after Friend played a key role in the Roosters 19-12 win over Cronulla.
Friend and Earl, who made his debut on Saturday night, were drinking with Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce, who also gave a statement to police.
Pearce has been cleared over the incident.
Police said the scuffle began after a verbal altercation between the players and former Manly and Wests Tigers player Nick Bradley.
Police will allege a physical altercation ensued between the two groups and as a result Bradley, 29, received soreness to his back and a graze to his chin.
Kristy Bradley, 31, suffered concussion, bruising to her face, pain to her neck and back.
Ambulance officers attended and they were treated at the scene.
Friend, Earl and Pearce arrived at The Rocks police about 2pm on Monday afternoon, escorted by Roosters CEO Steve Noyce. The players were interviewed separately.
Police later released a statement after Friend and Earl were charged.
"A 19-year-old Maroubra man was charged with assault and a 19-year-old Glebe man was charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm," the statement said.
"The pair were granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on July 20."

and then......

Wallabies players James O'Connor, Josh Valentine and Quade Cooper fined

By Darren Walton June 28, 2009

Three Wallabies, including teenage sensation James O'Connor, have been fined for engaging in a food fight at a team hotel this month.
The ARU was on Sunday tightlipped about the skylarking, only confirming it took place during the Wallabies' just-completed inbound Test series. "The ARU is extremely disappointed by their behaviour as it does not meet the required standards of a Wallaby," a spokesman said. The ARU fined all three players and declared the matter closed. Despite disciplining the trio, the ARU did not deem the offence serious enough to drop O'Connor or Valentine from the bench for Saturday night's 22-6 Test win over France at ANZ Stadium. O'Connor, 18, and Cooper, just turned 21, have a history of high jinx. On the eve of their Test debuts against Italy on last year's spring tour, the two backline rookies were seen dodging and weaving traffic as they fired passes to one another on the cobbled streets of Padova.

David Gallop must be thinking "I would give my left nut for a month to go by where the worst thing I had to deal with was a food fight......"

Picks of the week

I'm confident this week after getting all 5 right in the NRL- here are some good picks for this weekend-
Get on the Aussies to win the Ashes 3-1 paying $7. The Poms are in disarray again, and if the Aussies can win in South Africa they can win the Ashes over there. But there's alwaysone washout due to the putrid English weather and the Poms usually steal one so pick the 3-1 for value.
Back to the NRL I LOVE the Saints giving only 6.5 to the Tigers, and the Dogs only giving the same start at home to the Cowboys who are up and down, ,especially travelling, as opposed to the Dogs consistency. I'd put on a treble with those two and the resurgent Sharks giving a measly 1.5 to the disgusting Roosters. I'd actually probably take the Windsor Wolves giving 1.5 to the Roosters at the moment, they have kept the last couple relatively close but they cannot buy an actual win.

Over to the GAMBLORS......

Origin Summary

After yet another disappointing defeat at the hands of the QLDers last night I would like to give my report on the NSW 1-17.

1. Gidley-Not enough involvement from the back, was very dangerous when moved into hooker and looks made for that spot in game 3.
2. Williams-HOLD THE BALL, DON'T PASS, DON'T KICK. If he could do these he might have had a good game, unfortunately he made more errors than Hodges did on debut and must be dropped for the last game.
3. Lyon-Solid but very uninspiring in attack.
4. Monaghan-Very ordinary, didn't offer anything and should be moved to the wing or dropped.
5. Hayne-DY-NA-MITE game from Hayne on the wing and fullback. NSW's best by far, should play fullback for game 3.
6. Barrett-Did a few good things but didn't seem to guide the team around well enough for someone with his experience. Good cheap shot on Inglis was his best work
7. Wallace-GOOOOOOOOOONE. Another terrible game must end his rep career for now. Kicking and passing game were sub standard and I think he shouldn't have been brought back out after half time.
8. Kite-Was benched early on for lack of involvement and intensity. Was walking after 7 minutes and was the man who didn't make the effort and let Inglis score the 1st try. Would be on thin ice if NSW had more front rowers.
9. Farah-Couldn't get much going with the amount of errors NSW made. His passing game is very average for a hooker which is a concern. Doesn't tackle like a forward either eg missing that one on Folau for his 1st try. Ennis should get a go in QLD.
10. Weyman-I thought he a good game, not brilliant but very solid and doesn't make any errors. Bellamy made a big mistake by benching him too long between 14-50 minutes mark.
11. O'Donnell-One of our best forwards, tried hard but didn't have much help
12. Creagh-Hands let him down badly with a few dropped balls(Lockyer try wasn't his fault) and didn't hit the line with much gusto, back to the bench for game 3.
13.Gallen-Passenger for the whole game, no impact and shouldn't have been picked.
14. Poore-Ok impact but hands also let him down, below best.
15. Stewart-Good impact in defence and ran the ball well. Handling errors also hurt his game.
16. Watmough-2nd best forward behind O'Donnell. Hit hard in defence and hit the line hard in attack, must start last game.
17. Morris-Should have been on at half time. Couldn't make any impact with limited minutes. Has to be picked in starting 13 for game3.

Fatletes

I was watching the English Super League the other day and noticed that Mark Riddel was actually looking fatter then when he was in the NRL. He had a decent sized keg protruding from his Jersey. This made me wonder about who is possibly the best fat athlete in the history of sport.

There seem to be a few cricketers who fit into the category. People like Lehman, Hughes and Boon clearly drank too much piss and didn't do too much running on the field. There are some fat League stars that come to mind i.e. Ridell, Craige, Widders, Lazarus and Webcke. Other international "Fatletes" include John Daly, Ronaldo (not Cristiano) and Shaq.

Do you know of any other "Fatletes" ??
Who do you nominate as the most skillful and talented "Fatlete" in the history of sport ?

Jail Bird

Do you guys think he will end up behind bars ??

I personally don't think so. Id say he will end up with some community service.

Have fun guys!

This is the sign on the Black course at the Bethpage Golf Club where the current US Open golf major is being played. Doesn't that just fill you with enthusiasm as your are about to tee off on the 1st. To make things worse for the poor fools playing this tournament, it is going to rain and be quite windy the entire tournament making the already difficult course IMPOSSIBLE. I think we will see the winner shooting something around 4 OVER par to win this thing, and that's being generous. Good to see these Pro's having a hard time just like every time I walk onto a golf course and hack it up. I think if I played on this course I would probably need 10 balls per hole and would shoot about 200 for the round.

Props Pentathlon

I absolutely love this segment on NRL on FOX.

Sports bets of the week

Although George should definitely be leading this parade, I thought I'd start things off with two good things- The AllBlacks to beat France by more than 13 paying 2.25 because I don't think you will ever see a more motivated team than this weeks All Black mob.
Roll it into the Wallbies to cover the 23.5 paying 1.70 and thank me later.

Also, with the NRL in Origin stayaway mode, don't pick individual games but pick a high/low roughie- I like Manly high Penrith low paying a juicy 23 bucks- the high is a lottery but other teams are more affected by Origin than are Manly and Penrith might struggle to score against the Dogs, who aren't too Origin-depleted. Dogs/Penrith is actually the fave at 9 bucks here, but thats a bit short.

Over to George for his weekly collect......

Melbourne Heart??!

This is the name announced as the new franchise to join the A League next season 2010-11. What a joke. Surely we can come up with more appealing names than the appallingly weak ones currently in place in soccer, or football as the purists are trying to have it called.

The Perth Glory, Melbourne Victory, and the CC Mariners are just a few other examples of weak as piss names. Sums up the sport in this country still unfortunately.

Until you come up with some decent names and some decent 'football' to watch in the normal footy off season, then we will continue to call the game SOCCER and not football in this country. Sort it out FFA

Poor commentary

I would like to get your opinions on what I think was poor biased commentary by Phil Gould on Sunday in the Saints Vs Cowboys game. Twice in the 1st half Jonathon Thurston did cross field kicks from within his own 30 metre line looking for his winger. Twice the ball went into touch inside his own half handing possession back to the Dragons and putting them on the attack. Instead of giving Thurston a serve, Gould loved the tactic and thought it was a good idea because of Saints compressed defensive line. If this was any run of the mill halfback they would have been slammed for these actions and the pressure they were putting their team under. Because it is JT and Gould obviously has a man crush on him he was complimented for what was a very high risk play, TWICE in 1 half. If it was a better attacking side it could have easily been 24nil at half time. I remember Tim Smith doing it in the 2005 finals series and getting absolutely slammed by the commentators.
I think this is also the problem with Dally M voting. Players like Thurston, Slater etc get votes they don't deserve because of "Man Love" from the person awarding the points. How often do you go "Your Kidding" when the man of the match is awarded? Sure they are very good players but get preferential treatment more than they should.

Mason going to the Land of the Rising Sun

"FIRST it was boxing, then NFL, and now Willie Mason wants to quit the NRL to play rugby union in Japan. The controversial career of Mason is poised to fade away in the Land of the Rising Sun with Brad Fittler last week giving the 115kg behemoth permission to negotiate with Japanese rugby clubs"

He will be sorely missed... Such a talent !! . Why the hell are they willing to pay $700k for a soft, fat and lazy slug is beyond me ?!?! Maybe he can get a start on Takeshi's castle ??

NSW Origin Injuries

The man pictured in the pink beard surely has now played or should I say tackled his way to a Blues Jersey. That tackle on Coote is the best cover tackle I have seen since Sattler in '03. He tripped with 40m to go and should have had no hope in hell of catching a flying Coote, but some how found an extra leg and dragged him into touch. Awesome!! He also was excellent under the high ball and makes no mistakes. Mcmanus has an injury cloud over him but I think he will be dropped for the Wolfman regardless.

Injuries- Bailey is out and its looks as though Watmough is in on the bench. He was excellent on Saturday night and is leading the league in tackle busts.
Lewis is out and Stewart will most likely replace him on the bench.
Gallen will be back to the starting line up with Laffranchi possibly pushed to 18th man
If Jennings or Lyons don't play then I think Matt Cooper has done enough to earn a recall. I was a massive Monaghan fan but the last 2 games I think he has struggled. He would do the job if put there but Cooper was outstanding on the weekend and is hard to look past.
Campese - How bad is he going ?? Dropped the ball cold on the last tackle, made plenty of bad plays and a terrible kicking game. His origin selection has killed his momentum. Has it gone to his head ?? If Mullen is fit then he has to be included if not then what about Barrett ? Is he too old ? Soward a chance ??
Wing is in doubt also with a hamstring injury. What decent utilities are left ?? Can Soward fill this gap or do we need someone like Hornby, Patten or for a bolter Wade Mckinnon?