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Over the past few years I’ve seen an endless stream of vitriol towards Bulldogs players on social media, and people write off the squad…
It seems I hear the phrase, "Not enough talent" for expansion in the NRL a few times every weekend. I also read a lot…
So now it's the Foxx. For any lifetime Bulldog fan under 45, you would be hoping that the first long term period of failure…
As someone who has a habit of counting the time held down once an attacking player hits the ground, I have noticed some inconsistency…
Wow. What a grand final, it had controversy and... well, more controversy. Roosters fans booed Jack Wighton for getting the Clive Churchill medal, because…
Half of NRL supporters have reached that part of the season where, in the hope of maintaining interest in the finals series, we can…
As silly as the call was, it was the right call according to the law, just like Brandy said. Jake stopped in the line between Moretti and the ball. Regardless of how slow and uninterested Moretti was, Jake should have just kept going through the line as all forwards should know by now.
Also, fair result considering how forward the last pass was anyway.
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Sharma’s question “have they seen Pant bat?” sums it up. Other countries have had big hitting players long before Bazball existed. I’d ask, have they heard of Adam Gilchrist?
However I will concede Bazball is more than just strike rate..it’s about thyself confidence and desire to make every match competitive. This has been a refreshing change to test cricket, chasing the wins instead of settling for a draw makes it more interesting to watch.
Bazball on the brink of Dharamsala demolition: Tons of fun for Sharma, Gill as India build huge lead
Indian run rate is looking like Pant ball! 4.54 compared to England’s 3.78, which is only slightly higher than Australia and new Zealand batting in tricky conditions.
Also, England are playing an Indian team missing quite a few quality players, Kohli and Shami for the whole series and Rahul only played in the first match.
Compared to our 2-1 series loss last year which only really included 1 drubbing, England aren’t looking nearly as competitive as Stokes said after the series was wrapped up last test.
England in all sorts as Stokes falls for a duck, Poms bowled out in two sessions after opting to bat first
Maybe if Leniu had apologised immediately after the game instead of making comments about it all being good fun and then letting it drag on half a week Ezra might have been inclined to talk about it.
Shock twist in racism saga as Mam responds to Leniu's apology for monkey taunt
I meant live on the Roar…no-one to chet with during the game.
The NRL is sleeping on the World Club Challenge - it could be one of their most profitable products
Doubts over the pass that went blatantly forward? Even Sam Burgess was laughing about that at half time.
Both the refs call tries were clearly not grounded, can’t believe the Wigan one was sent upstairs as a try.
French looked offside… not by a lot but didn’t seem so controversial.
Despite all that, Wigan deserved the win for their efforts and Penrith just dropped the ball and slipped too much in the mud. Reminded me of my childhood seeing players play on a pitch like that.
Very glad I got up early to watch that!
'Lying is a sin': To'o takes aim at Wardle, referee 'making assumptions' with contentious try as Wigan upset Panthers
Wow. Proper 80s mud fest complete with some very dodgy local ref calls! Wigan get a try with no insufficient evidence to overturn and the Panthers denied with no sufficient evidence to over turn (with the last play of the game to tie the scores). Both looked equally like they weren’t tries.
Wigan also scored a try off a massive forward pass while the average play the ball speed was over 4 seconds, something you never see in the NRL.
But despite some of those calls, Wigan slowed the game down and played the muddy grind to perfection and played exactly the game they needed to. They had some great attacking plays and phenomenal defense while panthers really struggled in the conditions in their first proper hit of the year.
Congratulations to Wigan, well deserved win in a very entertaining match.
The NRL is sleeping on the World Club Challenge - it could be one of their most profitable products
Quality game this! anyone?
The NRL is sleeping on the World Club Challenge - it could be one of their most profitable products
No live feed? My insomnia kicked in at the right/wrong time. Wigan scoring off a blatant forward pass and the English commentators say nothing about it. Nice soccer markings on the field don’t help
The NRL is sleeping on the World Club Challenge - it could be one of their most profitable products
I was happy as soon as I heard this news. Mahoney was a terrible on field captain and he knows it. He was too emotional and he’s the guy who needs a captain to pull him aside and tell him to chill.
Burton also had such big pressure being thrust into the main playmaker role that having the captaincy put on top of that clearly hampered his game.
I didn’t know who should replace them but it was obvious early on last year that Mahoney and Burton weren’t right for the job.
Then I read that in preseason during their training with SAS everyone asked said Crichton was the guy who stood out as the most natural leader. He doesn’t have the most complex role at centre, and he should be on the field all game.
Makes sense and I suspect if Crichton stays injury free, he’ll have a strong psychological boost on the whole team
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Last year’s results, with not only the injury toll but also having by far the youngest team in the comp were understandable to a certain degree.
But despite those excuses our biggest concerns were a small forward pack, no quality halfback and inexperienced leadership. Mahoney played worse as captain and didn’t have the temperament for it.
I’m hoping with all digits crossed that all these players we’ve brought in have the attitude Gus and Ciraldo want. Determined and hardworking. We’ve got rid of a lot of players rumours say were lazy and negative about the hard work.
Fix that core issue and the foundation will be laid for Crichton, Foxx, Burton and Mahoney to play their best attacking football.
Fail to fix that attitude and we’re in for another few years of pain.
Kurt, Connor, Jaeman, Drew and Blake: Will the Bulldogs be jacks of all trades but masters of none?
I never minded the short kick offs if a team can defend, but for the Bulldogs last year I felt it was never worth it. Rather force them to attack from 30+ metres after a Burton special than gift them 5 cracks at our eggshell defence.
NRL holds tight on rules - but adds one tweak to promote 'unpredictability of the game'
I don’t think Australian selecto 👎 rs care about any of that. They’ll look at results, as will most fans. I’m always confounded by criticism of slow scoring considering we rarely see test cricket last 5 full days anymore unless there’s been a lot of rain
Whenever we lose wickets trying to score faster, especially if it results in a loss, every fan and his dog call the team out for not being patient.
This rate of scoring drew the Ashes in England, despite generally batting in less favourable conditions. It’s resulted in a 19 win 7 losses and 6 draws since the start of 2020, with 4 of those losses to India and 2 to England.
Carry on winning and no-one will worry about how fast we do it.
Scoring at a snail’s pace: Why Australia's pedestrian top four is about to get even slower
This isn’t about rotation, it’s about giving experience in the national team in a less important game. Cricket is such a psychological game that such an experience would be super useful.
I suspect we’re going to have another big drop in results for a few years like from after 20011, starting with England winning over here and having our worst run of results for the next few years before this current group came of age.
Aussie quicks aim for seventh heaven as Test XI announced for Warner's finale while Pakistan leave out star duo
Sheesh we’re going to have a dreadful time when half this team retires over the next few years. Really need to use games like this to give some exposure to the next generation. 1 new batter and 1 new bowler would be nice.
Aussie quicks aim for seventh heaven as Test XI announced for Warner's finale while Pakistan leave out star duo
It’s all about placing someone not interested in cricket with their back to the TV then talking to them the whole time the cricket is on. They think I’m really interested in their boring anecdotes and I get to watch the cricket. Win win.
'Technology curse': Pakistan director slams 'inconsistent' umpiring after contentious DRS call cruels hopes of famous win
How can anyone watch either replay angle and not see it clearly hits the wristband? I had the sound off as I was hosting a dinner (not formal enough to turn the TV off thought) and I was wondering if they’d gone to check the rule book about the wrist band. There was a clear deviation from the front on angle off the wrist, backed up by hotspot. If the wrist band is considered part of the bat, he’s 100% clearly out.
The Cummins edge on the other hand….
'Technology curse': Pakistan director slams 'inconsistent' umpiring after contentious DRS call cruels hopes of famous win
I guess this means Curran will play in the next Ashes. With Spirit of Cricket stuff like that would surely make him first pick?
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C’arn the Villa!
Not that fussed about it title but would be happy to continue like this. They haven’t performed like this since the Bosnich era that had me choose them as my team in the first place.
Very very satisfying yesterday morning!
'Special' Villa leapfrog shot-shy City to go third - but Emery insists that his side are no chance for the title
Where’s the news? I don’t think betting agencies would have had odds on anything else happening. Only real shame is the senior Indian players not insisting on a fair pitch so they can prove they’re the best. I think they’d be good enough to win anyway but this way no-one will take their victory seriously.
India accused of pitch shenanigans ahead of World Cup semi-final
Shouldn’t the headline have read ”Walsh engages Teenager in some Pre Grand Final sledging ”
There’s a million worse things Walsh could have said, even saying nothing would be worse because it wouldn’t create a headline.
The NRL will be stoked if this is the worst scandal they can come up with this month.
'Some people out there are quite jealous of Reece': Walters defends Walsh after fullback filmed lashing out at fan
I was thinking about watching the game but, being a bit drunk after being out for Friday drinks, I’m so mind numbingly bored by the commentators that I’m off to bed instead.
Smith, Cummins return from injury but key duo ruled out of Australia's ODI opener in India
Good call… completely forgot about Daniel. Not the best player but has a ring to say otherwise.
The Roaring Twenties: Savvy roster moves put Panthers in with a sniff of rivalling greatest teams in premiership history
Pretty sure Slippery didn’t win a premiership , mostly played in the 80s and might have lost to the Dogs in one
The Roaring Twenties: Savvy roster moves put Panthers in with a sniff of rivalling greatest teams in premiership history
English teams slaughtered this week. Luckily I’m a Villa fan so strange to be the last British team standing. Problem is there definitely won’t be an extra champions league spot so the Tottenham shoot out for 4th is crucial.
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