NRL 2024

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

On the Warriors, we're 3-2, and it doesn't take much in the way of mental gymnastics to see we could be 5-0. We really should have beaten Cronulla, and paid the price for not putting them away with the million chances we created. Melbourne needed a miracle try that will be shown in highlights for years to come to beat us with time up.

Defensively we are as good as anyone, but we just don't put on enough points to put teams away when we are on top.
Like anyone else, we are hugely reliant on our best players, and this all unravels if SJ goes down, or when Egan gets hurt next.
But we look genuine top 4 material (especially this year when know one knows who is good yet).

Charnze made a big difference, another strong guy who can run through the channel. TMM also had a great game

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

worried about the fan chat starting around Egan to play Origin. He won't survive that!!

Hes playing great and it would be an honour. But for selfish reasons I hope he doesn't get picked...

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

and probably Des Hasler, who has performed a miracle and made the Titans worse.

to think it was possible

Wayne is looking for a team, but I doubt its Souths, internally they have always wanted Burgess, I just don't think he would be free of commitments just yet. Potentially both maybe?

I think Brad Arthur, still probably ok, but if they continue to go backwards without Moses then Im sure they will come after him. Problem is no good coaches free, unless they also make a play for Wayne

CHT to get 2 months of game time now as back up to Egan I guess, Freddy about to get a long sit down for destroying Ilias leg

So, Michael Jennings. How do we feel?

300 games this weekend. 41st player to do it. Tradition is, you get the game ball presented to you, generally by the CEO.

The NRL has, after media pressure, come out and said that won't happen this weekend.

And why? Well, because by all accounts Michael is a bit of a shit bloke. He's coming back from a drugs ban. Then he lost a civil case where it was found he, on multiple occasions, sexually assaulted his former partner, and was ordered to pay her a sizeable sum. An amount i believe he has not even begun to pay back. Note, no criminal charges, civil only.

Despite all this, the NRL signed off on re-registering Jennings, and let him join the Roosters.

And so, we come to this weekend, and the NRL's decision. Should this bloke be "honoured"? well, no, it appears he's a bit of a shit bloke. BUT, if the NRL think he's "clean" enough to get re-registered with their organisation, surely he is "clean" enough to be treated like everyone else?

IMO he should never have been given another contract (willing to admit i don't know how this would go in court given the lack of criminal charges). And i can understand the NRL CEO not wanting to be seen to be handing this bloke a game ball. The Roosters and Jennings say they are okay with this, but that is PR in full spin. I just feel, if you took the step to re-register the bloke, then this actually makes you look weak.

The NRL has a history of forgiving shit fluffybunnies. Interesting that they stopped with Jennings in this fashion

@mariner4life I dont think he should have been re-registered either and I also think the Roosters should be copping flack even for asking.

I'm ok giving people a second chance, especially if he was trying to make amends and he was able to demonstrate this through different channels..

but when he is not even doing this...

@mariner4life Yeah, I think you don't re-register him if you don't want to give him the award every other player gets for reaching the milestone.

@NTA said in NRL 2024:

The NRL has a history of forgiving shit fluffybunnies. Interesting that they stopped with Jennings in this fashion

Have they what ?

Names like Craig Gower and Todd Carney spring to mind.

There’ll probably be someone waiting for Jarrod Hayne at the prison gates with a contract in hand when he gets released.

lol Gower and Carney are at the playful end of the spectrum

@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:

lol Gower and Carney are at the playful end of the spectrum

Debatable. Groping teenagers, holding a knife to someone’s throat ( Gower ) and almost going to jail for multiple drunk driving offences ( Carney ) are hardly playful……

Crashing a Golf Cart ( Gower ) is quite amusing though. Apparently he had to pay 10 grand for that haha. Also pissing on someone ( Carney ) makes me laugh a bit.

@MN5 He pissed in his own mouth.

@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:

@MN5 He pissed in his own mouth.

He sure did….and on another bloke on another occasion

@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:

@MN5 He pissed in his own mouth.

ahh the bubbler.. classic

Joel Monaghan also deserves a mention

@bayimports Was it him or his brother that I saw as an assistant coach to Des Hasler?

Would struggle to take him seriously if it was Joel haha.

This is a bloody good read

NL rugby league is far from the basic game some still want to call it

@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:

@bayimports Was it him or his brother that I saw as an assistant coach to Des Hasler?

Would struggle to take him seriously if it was Joel haha.

Michael joined Des, not the labrador

So for the insane amount of money Manly signed Schuster on, they actually had a release clause around his weight, so they have been able to offload schu pastry without penalty

Unfortunately the Egan drums for Origin getting louder

Rumours of Parra investigating Wayne B

Cook dropped

Some interesting stories this week even before a kick off

@bayimports said in NRL 2024:

So for the insane amount of money Manly signed Schuster on, they actually had a release clause around his weight, so they have been able to offload schu pastry without penalty

Unfortunately the Egan drums for Origin getting louder

Rumours of Parra investigating Wayne B

Cook dropped

Some interesting stories this week even before a kick off

Schuster's money is crazy.

Shit, Origin is usually when we advance up the ladder, with Egan out we may slide down the ladder.

everyone laughed at Manly for that contract, turns out they are hell smart.

Schuster will never be any good as he seems to avoid contact at every opportunity both on attack and defence. He's in the wrong sport.

You have to love the NRL media

Team has a bad trot
Journos start whispering the coach is under pressure
Journos start talking up their unemployed mates
Journos ramp up the reporting with unnamed sources
Coach starts to hear nothing but questions about their future, and probably snaps

Journos "oh you just feel for these guys and their mental health. The pressure that is on them is terrible"
Also they should sack him

@mariner4life A waste of space the lot of them.

They are either deadshits or vermin

The Dogs' halfback might be the worst player I have ever seen

@mariner4life Hutchinson moves like a fucken snail. He's certainly no athlete.

Meme first half in Brisbane. One try each but shit going on everywhere, some good, lots bad

Isaako just missed with the biggest drop kick I have ever seen. I'm pretty sure it left the stadium

I like how Corey Oates has been moaning about being left out of the side (rightly), now he gets his chance and puts in a horrible first half.

He looks well past his best.

He did before he got dropped

Him, his mum, and a few deadshit fans were the only ones that thought he should have been in the team

Lol scores

Mam is so good

Dolphins are flat without Hammer floating about.

That try would have taken 5 minutes to award in union with the potential offside.

3rd try gifted to the Broncs in this half.

Cobbo can move for a big unit

@Rancid-Schnitzel same with that one. 85 replays.

@mariner4life He's just Greg Inglis reincarnated isn't he haha

Love a dummy chip and run

Broncos win by 14, but it's probably not that impressive considering the Dolphins sucked, and the Broncos scored 3 tries directly from dolphin errors

Tough half so far for the Warriors. Manly are an impressive machine, Warriors have made too many errors. 5 minutes to go in the first half and the Warriors get a score to close the gap to 16-6

After CNK wasted a big chance to attack, DWZ gets an intercept on half way and runs it into the corner with less than a minute on the clock. Warriors go to the half 16-10 down