*Official* NRL 2011 Season thread

[Ausage]

No worries mate, I'll use Gordon's injury as justification to tip the Tigers next week and hope that gets you guys home. Gordon's from my neck of the woods actually, I think he played junior league at Bilambil, which is where I played cricket for a while.

Anthony Watts is from the same spot, I remember seeing him playing cricket when he was a little bloke. Was a midget when he was 11 or 12, but good at cricket. He was probably pulling girls hair then, but I don't think he was belting the **** out of them.

Kid's out for the season. Ruptured ACL. So harsh. He was just hitting his stride. If SS pokes his head in here it's pretty reasonable proof that there is no god IMO.

Jeez, looks like one of those rounds..

We were due one tbf. Chose to play it safe this week naturally.

 

[Burgey]

Mate lots of sides due one, bit Penrith, Canberra, a depleted Souths and Parra (the latter two still playing tbf) all in one week is a tipsters's mare.

 

[Burgey]

Anyone want to make a submission contrary to the proposition that Jordan Atkins is ********?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Must admit I thought your previous post a huge fate tempter, tbh.

 

[Craig]

Parramatta, WTF?

 

[Burgey]

Must admit I thought your previous post a huge fate tempter, tbh.

Ah well, always on the cards tbh. I did put the "still playing" rider on it.

Atkins is seriously ****ed though. He's cost them three tries tonight by rushing in. Truly filling Eric Grothe's Junior's shoes so well.

 

[Ausage]

Ah well, always on the cards tbh. I did put the "still playing" rider on it.

Atkins is seriously ****ed though. He's cost them three tries tonight by rushing in. Truly filling Eric Grothe's Junior's shoes so well.

Any team looking for a solid winger who won't look like a ****** every 10 minutes should be looking at Michael Robertson. Off contract at Manly this year, really solid player.

 

[Burgey]

Dugan, Morris, Jennings, Gasnier, Uate, Soward, Pearce, Snowden, Ennis, Jason King (lol), Beau Scott, Bird, Gallen (c). Reserves: Manna, Merrin, Dean Young, Creagh.

Well done Queensland. Six in a row a fine effort.

Creagh. The man who singled out Hodges then ran away. Dugan, a man so hard je misses games because he has a boil (I kid you not) and was a turnstile in defense as lat as last night.

Ricky on the radio now saying Hayne wasn't picked on the wing as he's not a specialist winger. It's just that he won NSW player of the series from that position. That's all.

Happy for Soward and Uate especially though. Love watching the latter play, and Soward has been in wonderful form for the Dragons for 18 months.

 

[morgieb]

Hayne not picked cos he's not a winger

He's still better than Dugan ****s. All-Stars game means sweet FA, dickheads.

Also, what's up with King in there?

 

[Burgey]

How doesn't Tolman get a gig instead of King?

 

[Craig]

How does Merrin get picked? No Idris as well, ITSTL. Dugan plays two games and then is injured.

 

[howardj]

No Hayne.

Get funky Ricky.

Seriously, people just outsmart themselves sometimes.

My sources can reveal that these two gents had a big clash when Stuart was the coach of the Kangaroos.

You have to be bigger than that though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

No Hayne.

Get funky Ricky.

Seriously, people just outsmart themselves sometimes.

My sources can reveal that these two gents had a big clash when Stuart was the coach of the Kangaroos.

You have to be bigger than that though.

Might be something in that, you know. Worth remembering Hayne played for Fiji in the 2008 WC after he was passed over for Oz when, yes, Sticky was the 'Roos coach...

 

[Ausage]

Some random thoughts.

Jason King and Jennings are the two joke selections there. Tolman has been amazing this year, and surely Grant, Weyman, TLL and Douglas are well ahead too (just to name a few off the top of my head).

We don't have heaps of centers, but Sticky clearly hasn't watched a Panthers game this year. For those of you that have missed it, Jennings has been awful. In fairness most of the team has been bad but he's been right up there with the worst. Lost a yard of pace, dropping the ball, missing tackles, doesn't realize he has a winger outside him. Great player but he's in just rubbish form.

Pearce is clearly our project halfback, but I would have had Mullen if they're going for Soward.

Would have had Hayne over Dugan, but I'm still devo that Gordon went down the other night. The fullback spot should have been his.

Would pick G Stewart over Creagh and Scott but there's a bit of Dragons creaming going on in that team.

Hopefully the (c) gets Gallen fired up. The man's a ****, but a hell of a player. One of the few that would stroll into the QLD side.

 

[Ausage]

Might be something in that, you know. Worth remembering Hayne played for Fiji in the 2008 WC after he was passed over for Oz when, yes, Sticky was the 'Roos coach...

Dugan being a good Canberra lad just the icing on the cake.

 

[social]

No Hayne.

Get funky Ricky.

Seriously, people just outsmart themselves sometimes.

My sources can reveal that these two gents had a big clash when Stuart was the coach of the Kangaroos.

You have to be bigger than that though.

Anyone that has ever met the guy will tell you that he isnt

 

[Mister Wright]

If Lillyman gets a gig over either Johnson, Parker or Taylor we'll only win by 24 instead of 40. That would be my only gripe in what will be a fairly predictable QLD side.

 

[Spikey]

as each year goes by i pay less and less attn to league but i'm certain i could have picked a better team. i mean isn't morris a flat track bully pretty much?

 

[Spikey]

also why the **** does lewis contiune to miss? he missed game 1 last year iirc and he's missing again. i mean surely he isn't any less match fit than dugan?!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just realised Idris isn't in the NSW team either. Is Stuart engaging in a spot of "cutting off nose to spite face" with this "no players out of position" deal?

Surely if a bloke's good enough for the test side he's good enough for the SOO side? Left centre from right doesn't exactly require an entire overhaul of one's game...