Recent content by fibrodreaming

A few comments in reply. First, I'm not sure that you are disagreeing with me. I said that these types of players can move to a quality team and play a role for their coach, and that is exactly what they did. Second, if people mean they are "not stars", then why don't they say so? How can I...

I agree. It's hard to maintain my enthusiasm for the NRL. For example, in the game against the Bears yesterday, they had a PTB on our line. Ngatikaura came into dummy half and pushed Tumeth over who was getting into a defensive position on our line. Tumeth went sprawling and Ngatikaura...

It is pretty common on here for people to say that player X “is a reserve grader at best”, or “not up to NRL standard”, only for that player subsequently to join a quality club and do OK. Last night two of the Donkey’s spine played for us and when they left most were pleased to see them go...

That's interesting. I had two PE teachers in 1964, one of whom played for Balmain - Jack Danzey. He played 5/8 in the 1964 GF. Copped a bit of a ribbing from the boys the following week at school. The other was Gary Knoke. In that year he represented Australia in the final of the 400 meter...

Yes, that is my impression too. It seems that NRL clubs are in a better position to snap up young talent when they leave school than is Rugby. I seem to recall that Rugby was unable to offer Angus Chrichton a senior full time contract and a pathway into super rugby when he was 18. So he chose...

I’m not so sure that Smith is failing consistently because he has developed a technical deficiency. He has always had an idiosyncratic technique. He has always played back and across to balls outside off, but until recently he never missed because his hand-eye coordination was so good. But old...

I have wondered the same thing. He walked into a team with a great roster and they performed under him. The only season of adversity was 2016, with the Mitchell Pearce dog video. Pearce was the captain and was rubbed out for the season. They also had some injuries, but then that is not...

Are you suggesting that you are going to try to drink 6L of water in 4 hours? If so, that could be dangerous. Depending on the person, our kidneys can excrete between 0.8L - 1L of water per hour. If we exceed that limit over time then it can result in water intoxication, significant dilution...

A couple of points in reply. First, I was commenting on the proposition that any level of alcohol consumption is detrimental to one’s health. Second, I don’t deny that alcohol is at the heart of many problems, both social and personal. But I was talking about moderate consumption. Third, if...

I know that this "consensus" relates to your medical relatives; ie, it is not necessarily your opinion, but can I just say that the proposition that any amount of alcohol is detrimental to one's health is complete BS. There has been decades of studies that have shown that moderate alcohol...

Agree. I read Chapelli once comment on the way modern batsmen play the short pitched ball. In his day (pre-helmets) they tended to play back and across to get inside the line of the ball. If they missed they were less likely to be hit. Modern players tend to stay in line with the ball and...

I wanted to give a shout out to Nathan Lyon. In all the years I have been watching test cricket, Australia has only produced two match-winning spin bowlers – Warne (naturally) and Lyon. It just shows you what a tough gig bowling spin in Australia is. Especially, off-spin, or, if you prefer...

Green came of age today as a test batsman. Looked confident and assured. In fact, he looked like he was playing on a different wicket to the others.

I agree. Our defence on the right has been rubbish for many years. But usually we are stripped for numbers and the opposition gets a one two man overlap. The other night, however, we had bodies in front of them. They just ran over the top of us. Our defence was so passive it was...

Yes, I have heard the same about Aubert. But Mick reckons he saw it ( in the days before these matches were televised).