NRL 2021
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the comp is so fucking one-sided
Penrith and Melbourne are daylight ahead of everyone
Parra, Manly, and maybe Souths in the next tier (although Souths have taken two appalling hidings recently)
A losing record gets you to 7th on the ladder.
The Dogs, Brisbane, The Tigers and Cronulla fucking stink. Newcastle are hammered by injuries, and stink, Canberra are awful.
St George, the Titans, Warriors and Cowboys are all sort of middle of the road sides trying to make the 8 and go out straight away.
It's not an open or even season, it's a long slog to the finals so one of the top 2 sides right now can win the GF. Origin will paper over some cracks.
Also, how do you feel being the NSW selectors trying to pick the fullback?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
the comp is so fucking one-sided
Penrith and Melbourne are daylight ahead of everyone
Parra, Manly, and maybe Souths in the next tier (although Souths have taken two appalling hidings recently)
A losing record gets you to 7th on the ladder.
The Dogs, Brisbane, The Tigers and Cronulla fucking stink. Newcastle are hammered by injuries, and stink, Canberra are awful.
St George, the Titans, Warriors and Cowboys are all sort of middle of the road sides trying to make the 8 and go out straight away.
It's not an open or even season, it's a long slog to the finals so one of the top 2 sides right now can win the GF. Origin will paper over some cracks.
Also, how do you feel being the NSW selectors trying to pick the fullback?
I actually feel a few teams can still win the comp, if they can stay close enough. You only need to put it together in the finals, if you can get that far. Penrith and Melbourne are great to watch but both are beatable, but you have to put it together for the whole game and not make errors when playing them. Most teams have a massive injury toll and to key players no less, then you have others that also have a few old-school players who need to change their tackling techniques. If you close enough at the end of the season, I think youre in with a shot and if Turbo stays fit, dont discount the impact that one player can have on a team.
As for origin I think Freddy has made it clear Teddy is still number one. Papenhauzen is likely to be out concussed anyway and Turbo is likely to line up right centre with Latrell on the otherside. Fullbacks everywhere, is what I think. I would be surprised if it was different (unless further injury or suspension comes along)
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@bayimports as a Qld fan i kinda hope that all happens. Tommy making a lot of tackles can only be good for the opposition
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And seeing as it's now the most important thing in the game
how good are the bins going? Another thousand sinbins over the weekend, a couple of them suuuuuper soft.
Yesterday i saw a player binned for being slower than another player. Seriously, how can you be binned for a guy running in to the back of you while you chase a linebreak? It was ridiculous.
29 charges laid this weekend. Half of those probably to Victor Radley, who had himself some kind of game. 2 bins and 4 reports from one match is really really incredibly stupid play. All for the same fucking thing too. I mistakenly thought he was a smart player.
I think Dylan Napa's was the softest of the weekend though.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports as a Qld fan i kinda hope that all happens. Tommy making a lot of tackles can only be good for the opposition
I think its more he wants to fit all his best players in the team. JAC will play one wing and the other is still open. Is there a natural centre playing well/consistent enough? Probably not unless he plays S.Chricton? Its all a guess, but I can't see Turbo or Teddy not playing and Latrell has played centre before, so that is a no brainer for him
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
And seeing as it's now the most important thing in the game
how good are the bins going? Another thousand sinbins over the weekend, a couple of them suuuuuper soft.
Yesterday i saw a player binned for being slower than another player. Seriously, how can you be binned for a guy running in to the back of you while you chase a linebreak? It was ridiculous.
29 charges laid this weekend. Half of those probably to Victor Radley, who had himself some kind of game. 2 bins and 4 reports from one match is really really incredibly stupid play. All for the same fucking thing too. I mistakenly thought he was a smart player.
I think Dylan Napa's was the softest of the weekend though.
Half are overkill until the players get the message. I don't think Radley gets it. TJP ironically showed you can go hard..annoy others, get them sinbinned and lead your team to a win.. that's the new play
Some of the soft ones can come about because if there becomes a pattern of regular set restarts you can go to the bin off that as well.
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Peta Hiku to become a Cowboy in 2022 https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2021/05/24/cowboys-sign-hiku/?_ga=2.173467171.1422569464.1621828643-601873381.1614554385
Warriors could not match offer.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Peta Hiku to become a Cowboy in 2022 https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2021/05/24/cowboys-sign-hiku/?_ga=2.173467171.1422569464.1621828643-601873381.1614554385
Warriors would not match offer.
Probably this, rather than could.
I wonder which Aussie they'll bring in to replace him?
The NQL wing who is going to be outside him will be jumping for joy at the moment.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Peta Hiku to become a Cowboy in 2022 https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2021/05/24/cowboys-sign-hiku/?_ga=2.173467171.1422569464.1621828643-601873381.1614554385
Warriors would not match offer.
Probably this, rather than could.
I wonder which Aussie they'll bring in to replace him?
The NQL wing who is going to be outside him will be jumping for joy at the moment.
Actually there is another article where O'Sullivan is quoted that they did provide an offer
""We made an offer to Peta but unfortunately we couldn’t match the terms he had on the table from his new club and understandably he has to look after his family’s best interests," said Warriors recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan."
Actually they didnt go for another aussie, they went for a double signing..... instead they extended Pompey's contract which I dont mind, I think he has come on this year after Hiku being injured and they have also extended 18 year old hooker Taniela Otukolo’s contract to the end of the 2024 season. I havent even seen the young hooker play to make a comment.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Peta Hiku to become a Cowboy in 2022 https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2021/05/24/cowboys-sign-hiku/?_ga=2.173467171.1422569464.1621828643-601873381.1614554385
Warriors would not match offer.
Probably this, rather than could.
I wonder which Aussie they'll bring in to replace him?
The NQL wing who is going to be outside him will be jumping for joy at the moment.
Actually there is another article where O'Sullivan is quoted that they did provide an offer
""We made an offer to Peta but unfortunately we couldn’t match the terms he had on the table from his new club and understandably he has to look after his family’s best interests," said Warriors recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan."
Actually they didnt go for another aussie, they went for a double signing..... instead they extended Pompey's contract which I dont mind, I think he has come on this year after Hiku being injured and they have also extended 18 year old hooker Taniela Otukolo’s contract to the end of the 2024 season. I havent even seen the young hooker play to make a comment.
All this time I didn't realise you worked for Warriors marketing
.If they wanted to they could have kept him, but they weren't willing to offer him the money. That's fair enough, but it's a wouldn't rather than a couldn't.
I've no issue with Pompey at all, and unsure what relevance the hooker is to this discussion, surely he didn't come out of Hiku's budget considering the Warriors offloaded the injured (before his miraculous recovery) Lawton mid season and went all in on Egan?
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Peta Hiku to become a Cowboy in 2022 https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2021/05/24/cowboys-sign-hiku/?_ga=2.173467171.1422569464.1621828643-601873381.1614554385
Warriors would not match offer.
Probably this, rather than could.
I wonder which Aussie they'll bring in to replace him?
The NQL wing who is going to be outside him will be jumping for joy at the moment.
Actually there is another article where O'Sullivan is quoted that they did provide an offer
""We made an offer to Peta but unfortunately we couldn’t match the terms he had on the table from his new club and understandably he has to look after his family’s best interests," said Warriors recruitment manager Peter O’Sullivan."
Actually they didnt go for another aussie, they went for a double signing..... instead they extended Pompey's contract which I dont mind, I think he has come on this year after Hiku being injured and they have also extended 18 year old hooker Taniela Otukolo’s contract to the end of the 2024 season. I havent even seen the young hooker play to make a comment.
All this time I didn't realise you worked for Warriors marketing
.If they wanted to they could have kept him, but they weren't willing to offer him the money. That's fair enough, but it's a wouldn't rather than a couldn't.
I've no issue with Pompey at all, and unsure what relevance the hooker is to this discussion, surely he didn't come out of Hiku's budget considering the Warriors offloaded the injured (before his miraculous recovery) Lawton mid season and went all in on Egan?
ha ha.. I think as fans they owe us all some cash dont you think for still supporting? The only relevance of the hooker is Im guessing perhaps Hiku's wages did go further.. This is the TSF so it is just my opinion and it is just a guess
.I just found it curious that all three announcements were in the last couple of days. Co-oincidence maybe, but the salary cap is a constant nightmare for most teams. My guess is that if Pompey had not have stepped up, then they would have offerred Hiku more..
There could have been something left over from Lawton combined with this to secure the kid. If youre going for a gun hooker though you will also need big cash.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
ha ha.. I think as fans they owe us all some cash dont you think for still supporting?
TBF they are the sports equivalent of the last few series of The Walking Dead I watched before giving up and I really am just hate watching at this stage. I have to watch so that I can complain each week.
To be completely honest, if I didn't have a mate in Sydney who messages me about the Warriors all the time I reckon my interest in league would have dwindled to just watching the NRL TV highlights each week and the Kiwis if they ever get to play. Too many things annoy me about league these days, mostly due to the Origin fixation.
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and perhaps that was the final reason for signing, warriors only willing to offer +1 and not match the money for that, Cowboys 2
eitherway gone end of year
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
ha ha.. I think as fans they owe us all some cash dont you think for still supporting?
TBF they are the sports equivalent of the last few series of The Walking Dead I watched before giving up and I really am just hate watching at this stage. I have to watch so that I can complain each week.
To be completely honest, if I didn't have a mate in Sydney who messages me about the Warriors all the time I reckon my interest in league would have dwindled to just watching the NRL TV highlights each week and the Kiwis if they ever get to play. Too many things annoy me about league these days, mostly due to the Origin fixation.
My interest in League has died right off. I used to enjoy watching to see who the gun young Kiwis coming through were. Now with Tonga and Samoa grabbing a number of these players it's ruined it a bit for me. I got intrigued by a few players and looked forward to seeing them running out for the Kiwis against the Aussies but they jumped ship. Looking at you JT.
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As someone critical of the concussion ignorance in the nrl, some dues are due for their efforts to fix things. Interesting the response is similar to union fans and followers but the leaguies have taken their medicine late and in a big dose.
Been amusing watching pundits come to terms with it all
Like rugby they'll come round over time and the cries of "taken the tough out of the game" will be replaced by "what a dumb tackle, no sympathy".
Of course the real litmus test will be Oooorrigiiiin! Will they have the balls to remove the reason why anyone from outside the Oz Eastern coast watches it?
'spose they'll have to.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
the comp is so fucking one-sided
Penrith and Melbourne are daylight ahead of everyone
Parra, Manly, and maybe Souths in the next tier (although Souths have taken two appalling hidings recently)
A losing record gets you to 7th on the ladder.
The Dogs, Brisbane, The Tigers and Cronulla fucking stink. Newcastle are hammered by injuries, and stink, Canberra are awful.
St George, the Titans, Warriors and Cowboys are all sort of middle of the road sides trying to make the 8 and go out straight away.
It's not an open or even season, it's a long slog to the finals so one of the top 2 sides right now can win the GF. Origin will paper over some cracks.
Also, how do you feel being the NSW selectors trying to pick the fullback?
I feel nothing. I'm a Queenslander and they can get fucked.
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As someone critical of the concussion ignorance in the nrl, some dues are due for their efforts to fix things. Interesting the response is similar to union fans and followers but the leaguies have taken their medicine late and in a big dose.
Been amusing watching pundits come to terms with it all
Like rugby they'll come round over time and the cries of "taken the tough out of the game" will be replaced by "what a dumb tackle, no sympathy".
Of course the real litmus test will be Oooorrigiiiin! Will they have the balls to remove the reason why anyone from outside the Oz Eastern coast watches it?
'spose they'll have to.
I agree with you, I like the fact they have had the balls to go really hard at this given the core of their support is not ready for it. Long overdue and following slowly in rugby footsteps (if they dont back track). Origin will be interesting
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