DavidM

Sorry , we really aren’t

Great game despite Adam Look at Me Gee’s best attempts

He was the man last year but he’s been nowhere near this year . And less said about touchies … I mean how can you not see a bloke pass the ball to a guy literally standing a metre in front of him ?

I’ve said before I love the NRL but a downside is it is generally over officiated . Often to many six agains and penalties , the vast majority of which don’t need calling and have no effect on the game at all . Adam Gee particularly winds me thinking everyone’s come to see him .Bunker overview on things like coming in to rule on foul play , usually working back from a player pretending , sorry , a player showing he’s injured before making a rapid recovery . Ridiculous rules around high contact now and all kinds of other tackles which are outlawed , again usually seeing an official being spooked by an outcome and then looking for a penalty . We’re one step from penalising for hitting someone to hard .Captains challenges , bunkers looking at tries through a microscope etc etc . I think it’s way to much , and has a smothering effect on to many games

Why is that always you’re first thought

Yeh it’s very believable

It’s beyond a joke nowadays you’re just sitting there waiting for it

I spent that whole game reminding myself that the Cowboys weren’t wearing dark blue and the Titans weren’t wearing the lighter colours , a perception not helped by the graphics

Well we were out of it before we were in it . 24 -0 without breaking sweat really . That was that game wise . Then we got a foothold and got three tries , and realised that they weren’t superhuman , but unfortunately Evan’s flick offload which came up trumps last week didn’t come off and they scored , then Grant coughs up a simple pass and they score again and that little bit of hope is gone . Frustrating really as I didn’t think they were all that great regardless of where they are in the league but we do things which we do way to often I’m afraid and you continue to get taught harsh lessons . Lawther is a really good player for us though , and I like Castle , he’s the one player in our pack who can offload . Callum puts a shift in every time and credit Lewthwaite for chasing back on a speedy winger . I often think though we don’t get enough from out halves , our last tackle plays are not great , and sorry but I’m not sold on Wear he’s not grabbing games at all at 7

I see in the obits in my paper that Michael Byrne died , he who specialised in Nazi’s , most noticeably trying to kill Harrison Ford and Sean Connery

Seems a bit left field at face value but certainly wish him all the best and hopefully it’s a masterstroke and we kick on after this year

He must have been at more clubs than Peter Stringfellow

Wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole

Yeh , one was just a belting shot that sickened the outside back . You could hear it . 5 minutes later as he’s going off it’s put on report !

We didnt complete at least twice after we scored first , almost inviting them to score . Not playing the ball properly then conceding a try , shock horror , right on half time . But after we went behind we showed some good resolve and got on a roll with some nice play