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Member Since:: March 2012
Based In:: Australia
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Why your team won't win the Superbowl part II - NFC

6 Jan 2013

After assessing the chances of each of the AFC teams to make the postseason, let’s look through the National Football Conference (NFC) and what stands between each team and Super Bowl glory. Atlanta Falcons No serious contender enters this postseason surrounded by more mystery then the Falcons. At their best, they combine the most efficient [...]

Why your team won't win the Super Bowl (part I - AFC)

5 Jan 2013

With the completion of the NFL regular season, the suitors of February’s greatest prize have been thinned from 32 to 12. As with last season, there is no clear standout amongst these remaining contenders, as each team carries question marks over their legitimacy. It’s time to examine each remaining team, and consider why they won’t [...]

Netball championship Magic for Irene van Dyke

23 Jul 2012

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic made netball history on a number of fronts yesterday, when they defeated the Melbourne Vixens 41-38 to claim the ANZ Championship title. No away team had ever emerged victorious in a grand final, nor had any team from New Zealand. But with talismanic goal shooter Irene Van Dyke providing an [...]

Why this AFL season may not live long in the memory

10 Jul 2012

This season’s AFL season has been branded as the most competitive in recent memory, and rightfully so. Currently only four wins separate the Swans in first place from Fremantle in twelfth. No gulf so narrow has been seen at this point in the season during this millennium, although there have been a few instances where [...]

Concussions can't knock out the AFL

30 May 2012

Australia has grown increasingly concerned about the issue of brain injuries in our contact sports this year, a problem which gained huge momentum after the ABC Four Corners piece about concussions in Australian Football. A common refrain has been that if the triumvirate of Australian sporting codes don’t change, they are doomed. Although it’s great [...]

Melbourne Rebels need to ditch their winless 2012

22 Mar 2012

The Melbourne Rebels are winless after four rounds of Super Rugby. While it’s still early days, they need to start winning, and soon. Their season is in danger of slipping from disappointing to disastrous if they can’t gain more than a bonus point at home against the Force this week. As an expansion side, expectations [...]

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The Gay trade is a happy one for all

Fair enough, but I'm honestly much more interested in understanding how you think this trade makes the Raptors 'winners'.

1 Feb 2013

The Gay trade is a happy one for all

While I certainly agree that Memphis and Detroit are better off for this trade, there's no way the same can be said for the Raptors. Rudy is a huge gamble that comes with the max-est of max contracts. It was pretty clear in Memphis that if Gay was the best player on your team, you were putting a ceiling on your success. If Toronto are planning on Gay being their second option, then he's woefully overpaid. At this point, the Raptors have DeRozan, Bargnani, Gay and Lowry as their leading options, all with hefty pricetags. Not a single one has much interest in playing defence. As you already pointed out, the Raps traded away one of their only competent rebounders and interior defenders, to acquire another player with a questionable work ethic. Toronto just doesn't seem to be a happy place to send players who have had issues with effort in the past (see Turkoglu, Hedo). The most disappointing part about this is that Toronto were on the brink of building a really healthy outlook for the next 5 or so seasons. They've drafted really well over the past three seasons, brought in a smart coach, and had plenty of cap flexibility to lock up promising youth. Now they've given away much of that advantage for a player who seemingly isn't good enough to carry a contender. Where's the upside? Also, I have no idea how you could think that Memphis of all teams lacks depth in the frontcourt, they're stacked with bigman talent. Many people are already predicting they'll trade another forward (potentially Randolph) with the arrival of Davis.

1 Feb 2013

Why your team won’t win the Superbowl part II – NFC

Green Bay certainly did throttle the Vikings yesterday, although I wouldn't read a whole lot into it, as the Vikings were pretty insipid. But let's look at the numbers from the game. The Vikings gained 167 rushing yards during the match (91 of which in the first half, i.e. not garbage time) at 5.8 an attempt: pretty strong stuff. The Packers on the other hand, managed only 76 at an average of 2.5. Yes, Kuhn ran in a touchdown, but he's only a short yardage back who ran 3 times for a total of 4 yards. Green Bay's two actual tailbacks in the game ran for averages of 2.8 and 1 yard a carry. The GB defense did a good job of confusing an overmatched offensive unit that lost its composure early, but they never really did a great job of stopping the run, nor did Green Bay do a particularly convincing job of running it themselves. Of course I wrote the article prior to the game, as is obvious from the timestamps on comments left above.

7 Jan 2013

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