Ten most disrespectful goals of 2021 - Part 1
With an enforced pre-grand final bye well and truly taking the wind out of the sails of what has been a thoroughly entertaining finals…
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Simmons and Embiid can work together – they just need the right supporting cast around them – and losing Redick and Butler (who gave them perimeter presence) and replacing them with Harris and Horford has been a monumental mistake I reckon. Too many big bodies, and then relying on sketchy shooters like Alec Burks and Josh Richardson. After all, they went within a Kawhi Leonard miracle of making the Eastern Conference Finals last year!
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D-Mitch slipped (thankfully for my Jazz boys) to Pick 13 – Philly weren’t alone in missing out on him!
What should the 76ers do in the draft?
The winners of the top four spots in the draft are easily the winners – especially because all the teams could either keep or trade their picks depending on what direction they want to go in. Especially the Bulls or Hornets who might view their squad as having enough talented young players and they could leverage a ‘star’ using their pick as trade bait. Warriors might look at Curry/Klay/Green and trade to try to build another ‘super squad’ or draft to get someone like Wiseman who could grow into the dominant big man they might want.
Definite losers are Pistons and Knicks who were more likely than not to get Top 5 picks, but dropped to 7 and 8. They can still get some good players at those picks (we all know drafting is an inexact science) but a marquee pick would’ve given them some much-needed positive publicity!
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Agreed – 76ers need outside shooters to have any chance – last year they almost knocked off the Raptors, at the moment there’s not much to celebrate.
Al Horford’s gone backwards – I dare say they regret that pick-up – and their best young player (Matisse Thybulle) is pretty much a defense-only player at the moment.
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As a fellow Bombers supporter I’m expecting us both to be entirely unreasonable when we get flogged by the Tigers tomorrow night!
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The fact that he was reported twice for striking (and twice found guilty) against the Suns – https://www.afl.com.au/news/487705/match-review-angry-tiger-charged-twice-for-striking-sun-fined – means that there’s probably proof he hit somebody….
The AFL is running a long con Danny Ocean would be proud of
The only other option is talking about the ‘rona virus, and I reckon most people are well and truly over that! Of course the ‘love taps’ are nothing compared to the massive hits handed out by Bazza, etc. but the AFL do seem to pick and choose when they actually care about blokes punching other blokes.
The AFL is running a long con Danny Ocean would be proud of
The Blazers are one of the few teams to have the bodies (Nurkic, Whiteside, Collins) who can match up with the Lakers combo of Davis, Howard, McGee, etc. Problem normally is getting Whiteside to stay focused on defence – he did it in Game 1 but will be interesting to see if he can get consistency. The Blazers will take it to the Lakers, and they have Lillard so anything’s possible, but LA can’t possibly shoot any worse than they did in Game 1. Lakers will be hoping Rondo can get back on court to help them cover Lillard and force the rest of the Blazers squad to do all the scoring that Dame brings.
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Article was getting a bit long as it was, so I didn’t even attempt to try to unpack the Zerrett suspension vs. other cases that have just been fines!
The AFL is running a long con Danny Ocean would be proud of
That used to be the rule – but from what I could find it’s now just a bigger fine – which is slightly insane. Although it certainly helped Ben Cunnington when he was up to his 5th charge last year – I think his total fine tally was around $15 000 in the end. Good payday for the AFL!
The AFL is running a long con Danny Ocean would be proud of
1000% agree – every time they show it I remark that it’s meaningless as I have no clue of how it’s measured, or indeed what a team needs to do to turn a ‘175’ pressure rating into a ‘220’ pressure rating.
Apparently unbeknownst to commentators and Fox Footy, I do in fact have eyes, which makes it easy to tell if a club is applying pressure or not – a ‘pressure gauge’ metric adds nothing!
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Problem for Rankine is he’s a small forward – today he had 9 touches and kicked 0.1 . When the team’s playing well, he’ll probably play well. When they don’t, he’ll do virtually nothing. By no means a lock of Rising Star.
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Kamdyn McIntosh has played 95 games – including the 2017 GF – you’ve been very harsh on the poor bloke here.
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The AFL’s idea of a ‘perfect’ game seems to be a 25-goal a side uncontested spectacle. They forget that ‘pleasing’ football often doesn’t equate to winning football (teams who preach all-out attack never win flags). Coaches thankfully are smarter than this, as are fans.
The holding the ball rule is not footy
Sounds like they’re a club worth getting behind – unfortunately ‘deserving’ something doesn’t really equate to anything in the sporting world! Let’s hope the seemingly equally adept offense and defense get them over the line…
Brentford deserve a shot at the EPL
Ian Harvey was a genuine wizard in English Domestic T20’s when the format first started – I’m firmly throwing his hat into the ring.
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Steve Tikolo’s record was about as good as it gets for an Associate cricketer in the 2000’s for what was quite a weak team after 2003 – 3500 runs @ 30 and 94 wickets @ 35. Thomas Odoyo from Kenya surely was close to a spot as well – snagged 145 wickets @ 29.9 in his international career. Davison’s 67-ball ton for Canada was outrageous, but he didn’t have the consistency to knock either of the openers out of this line-up.
Also, can we please include Dwayne Leverock as 12th man on the basis of his immortal one-handed slips catch against India?
My Associates ODI XI of the 21st century
Just going to put this stat from an article (I’ll put the URL at the end) to show you how much work umpires actually do. “The results showed boundary umpires covered 16.02km per game, while field umpires did 14.04km per game”. All the while trying to sort out which player is mauling another player in a pack of 10-15 blokes: https://www.afl.com.au/news/142779/shock-gps-stats-reveal-real-running-machines
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I’m going to throw Andrei Kirilenko’s name in to the ring for a spot in a ‘positionless five’ – the man is one of only a handful of blokes to have multiples 5 x 5 statlines (and he’s a Jazz boy so I’ll always be backing him in!) Plus, he has an absurd full back dragon tattoo.
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I’d have Shoaib Malik in place of Haris Sohail – he offers a 35 average from 287 matches (including 9 centuries), and offers another handy bowling option. I’d also open up with Babar Azam, and have Mohammad Yousuf slotting in at number 3 in place of Saeed Anwar – the man was more known for his test exploits but was a hell of a batsman. Anwar/Akram/Younis might have played until 2003 – and Saqlain Mushtaq for that matter too – but I reckon you need to look for blokes who have played majority in 21st century.
My Pakistan ODI XI of the 21st century
Correct. Leicester’s EPL win is up there with the most outlandish upsets in the history of sport.
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I’d get rid of Plunkett (you’ve then got Flintoff at 8 who’s a better bowler than Plunkett in his prime, with Stokes as 6th bowler), drop KP down the order and open up with Jason Roy. Then in about two years time replace Woakes with Jofra.
My England ODI XI of the 21st century
Oh for sure – just the pick would never cut it – it’d have to be a combination of say Carter/Gafford/Porter Jr (or insert which ever role the club they’re dealing with wants or needs) and a future pick to get a ‘star’ to the Bulls. Hornets have less ability to do this seeing as they locked Scary Terry Rozier into a big deal (I cannot see him leading a team to playoff success, no offence to Terry….) but I reckon they need a better big man to have any chance of competing – I don’t think Cody Zeller, Bismack Biyombo, and Willy Hernangomez send much fear through the competition.
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