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Post by MeLoCo on Oct 27, 2017 10:16:11 GMT 12
It could just be me getting older but fuck I couldn't care less about this RLWC at the moment, seems like such a joke I mean I will watch us play (although admittedly half of the reason will probably be gambling) but I'm not really worried about the opener tonight and TBH I'm more interested in what the "smaller" nations can do but even then I don't have many fucks to give. Maybe something will happen to spice things up a bit but ATM I just don't care which is sad Wow, Erin Molan will be the new host of the Footy Show next year. Fatty's been given the chop after 24 years. Impressive run, but kind of a shame he couldn't get that 25 year milestone. Big Marn won't be there either. I take it they'll keep Beau around since he ticks a lot of boxes - young, good-looking, popular, does comedy, street-talk, and serious footy analyzes. Can't say I'm too surprised though. Caught bits and pieces of Small Talk but other than that I didn't even watch one episode this season. Show jumped the shark a long time ago for mine. I watched maybe 5 mins the whole season when I saw a replay of one episode on Sky one day, it is so far below buried now that with the removal of Fatty and Big Marn they are on a sinking ship. I wouldn't expect it to last past a couple seasons more tops unless shit drastically changes for the better. I also used to actually enjoy watching it also (recording it on the old VCR and watch it the next day etc. when I was out getting shitfaced and really didn't wanna miss it), but it's become so bad. I dunno if Molan has improved her hosting, but she was always awkward as fuck when I used to watch.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Oct 27, 2017 16:14:29 GMT 12
Apparently lots of people stopped watching because of her? Sexist maybe, I dunno?
And yeah I dont care much for the World Cup either. I just wanna see the Pacific teams play each other
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Post by It's Dean on Oct 27, 2017 21:17:04 GMT 12
That "We are the Kangaroos, welcome to our Country" performance was SO CRINGE.
I didn't even realize till now but how is this opening game of the World Cup not at Suncorp?! Would have been a packed house and a big time atmosphere. Instead it's in front of a half empty Melbourne crowd and already feels flat.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Oct 27, 2017 22:50:29 GMT 12
Agree that the pre match was cringe and seems like it's a token thing to do. Smith was trying not to laugh.
Man the Aussies look so average. Bloody Taumalolo
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Post by It's Dean on Oct 27, 2017 22:56:01 GMT 12
Good effort from England but of course the Aussies score at the end to make it look like a convincing scoreline.
That was their one rusty game out of the way. They'll probably dominate now.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Oct 29, 2017 17:44:29 GMT 12
Bad scheduling to have 2 games on at once...
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Post by It's Dean on Oct 30, 2017 20:03:18 GMT 12
Worst kept secret officially announced. Cronk to the Roosters.
Bit of a kick in the guts if you're Pearce. Be interesting to see what he does now.
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Post by justbringit on Oct 30, 2017 21:07:55 GMT 12
Haha unbelievable.
I don't see Cronk fitting in there, feel like this will piss a lot of Roosters off.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 7, 2017 18:37:15 GMT 12
Damn, I'm slowly gaining confidence in the Kiwis lol
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 8, 2017 22:10:20 GMT 12
I'll reserve my thoughts till after this weekend, should be a good game and I'm actually looking forward to it.
You go World Cup.
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Post by justbringit on Nov 9, 2017 21:37:51 GMT 12
Went to Tonga v Samoa last week, atmosphere was epic. Also really looking forward to Kiwis v Tonga
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 11, 2017 17:34:57 GMT 12
International league is alive again
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Post by justbringit on Nov 11, 2017 17:37:26 GMT 12
Loving this, what a great game. Regret not going down to Hamilton again.
I'd love to have BMM back, he's been real good so far this world cup.
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 11, 2017 19:12:02 GMT 12
Was a good game, Tonga obviously deserved it and now I'm looking forward to them against England.
Imagine if we tipped up Aussie somehow and they beat England haha.
Gotta beat Fiji first.,
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Post by It's Dean on Nov 11, 2017 20:36:43 GMT 12
Missed the game 'cos I was at the All Whites, but will try to catch highlights or the replay.
Granted there's going to be a shit ton of criticism directed at the Kiwis for not winning a game that they were expected to but it honestly sounds like Tonga just aimed up and deserved to win - perhaps moreso than the Kiwis playing poorly and beating themselves? But again this is just based on social media feedback, haven't seen the game.
Definitely a win for International Footy. If only the Aussies could drop a game.
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Post by It's Dean on Nov 13, 2017 8:15:23 GMT 12
Seems a bit silly how Samoa can advance to the Quarters despite not winning a game, while Ireland are eliminated after winning 2 out of their 3 games
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 14, 2017 20:01:11 GMT 12
How ridiculous that the Knights could be fined for being too far under the salary cap!
Amateur hour over at NRL HQ again
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Post by JR on Nov 14, 2017 20:44:56 GMT 12
It seems like a pretty unnecessary rule. Teams hellbent on continuously paying players below their worth aren't going to have much success in retaining/attracting them.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 15, 2017 20:50:33 GMT 12
Its not like they haven't tried to get players but when other teams can match the Knights offers by throwing in unlimited TPAs theres not much more they can do
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Post by JR on Nov 16, 2017 10:50:59 GMT 12
Then teams just end up overpaying players which is what got us into this mess in the first place.
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Post by shazzman on Nov 18, 2017 18:09:48 GMT 12
That Tonga-Lebanon game was awesome. People raved about the Tonga-Kiwis game but this game beats it.
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 18, 2017 19:55:22 GMT 12
Agree Tonga/Lebanon was great stuff, shame they couldn't quite get up. This performance by the Kiwis is crazy, why do we have seemingly very little idea on attack. Man we deserve to lose hah
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 18, 2017 20:01:25 GMT 12
Ugh seriously, wtf is this
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 18, 2017 20:25:18 GMT 12
Lol. Lo fucking l. Wow
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 18, 2017 20:52:06 GMT 12
I was at a wedding so missed it, but haha.
People will use this to say how international league is growing, but it's really even more of a joke. Fiji and Tonga shouldn't get within 30 of Australia.
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 18, 2017 21:18:26 GMT 12
Watch Adam Blair's post game speech. Wow dude, that was actually the worst performance on the night.
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Post by It's Dean on Nov 19, 2017 17:57:27 GMT 12
Was at the game . Perhaps the worst live league game I've been to, and I've been to some shit Warriors performances, and the Kiwis game when they got smashed by 50 and Matai got binned. This game was just boring. Utterly boring for 80 minutes. Kiwis kept dropping the ball and had zero attacking prowess. Martin was non-existent, and Johnson just didn't have a clue. It was kinda sad watching it and thinking if JT or Lockyer were out there, Fiji would be getting ripped to shreds, no doubt. Best part was at full-time when the Fijian supporters around us were going mental, singing, screaming, crying - made you feel happy for them. Didn't see Blair's post-game interview but heard he basically blew off the loss like he didn't give a shit was still proud of the boys efforts. And this guy is coming to the Warriors next year on a multi-million dollar deal? Boy he'll fit right in. Fark's sake. Kidwell has to be sacked. He talks about creating this culture or whatever but it appears to have been all downhill since he came in. Wouldn't surprise me if the Tongan departures had a fair bit to do with Kidwell and wasn't solely a 'we want to rep our heritage' claim. And now especially after coming out firing today with his whinge in the media about how we never supported the Kiwis from the start and we don't have the right to criticize. Fuck right off. On another note, headed into the city afterwards and saw a few of the players around 2-3am in the clubs having a few beerzies. Didn't have the guts to tell them they didn't deserve a night out after that performance. Stay in your hotel and think about how you've let us down!
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Post by MeLoCo on Nov 19, 2017 18:45:16 GMT 12
I find it even more laughable that there is even speculation of Kidwell being removed. What is there to speculate, he is done.
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Post by It's Dean on Nov 20, 2017 10:19:04 GMT 12
Well yeah, his contract is up in January, so highly unlikely they renew it after this.
On a different note Nathan Cleary just turned 20 years old. Already feels like he's been around for a while and you'd think he's got at least another 10 years in him, perhaps more. Crazy to think what he could accomplish.
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Post by PrimeTimePlaya on Nov 20, 2017 12:43:14 GMT 12
What about how they're blaming the fans and their lack of passion for the team (comparing them to Tongan fans) and that they wanted us to lose.
Nah mate, pretty sure we actually wanted to win the World Cup....
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