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Mark Ella (57)
When I was a ballboy for them, and later on, it was very difficult.Not recently
When I was a ballboy for them, and later on, it was very difficult.Not recently
I'm happy to call it mediocre. The playing structure was timid. Play a safe boring game and try nothing because that is safer than trying a few things.
It's good enough to beat the weaker sides, and good enough to be competitive against the better sides, sometimes even good enough to sneak into a semi.
You will never win a GF like that.We had arguably the best back 3 in the comp, and they usually got the ball from the opposition rather than their team mates.Sorry but I think that's fucked.
Paradox He's one of the Mods. He's doing his job. You deal with it.
It is here.Except that's not moderation.
the difference between that post and others was evidently too subtle for youIS, you've made your point. In fact about 7 times now. So whenever someone brings up Horne, there is no need to repeatedly chip in with pointless comments. We will just assume from now on that you are anti-Horne (which is fine), and we will apply that knowledge whenever he is raised.
No one remembers who came second........or cares
Fair enough, write three people you believe could conduct a review without bias or preconceived ideas that you would be happy to do such a thing.
Hypothetical here,
If the reds had lost against the Tahs.
Then again against the rebels.
Wuld they be having the same sort of reaction as the Tahs?
It's pretty different to be coming off a title versus coming off another below expectations season killed by injuries and poor execution.
Wow. That was a bit vitriolic.Lets get this straight again, people aren't critical of the Waratahs because of tall poppy syndrome, or because of any egotistical Australian psychological games. It is because the Waratahs consistently play unapologetically dour football, and through their own shear arrogance (supporters, players, and coaches alike) expect the rest of the respecting Australian rugby community to accept that is how winning rugby is played. When realistically it is that exact dour rugby philosophy which has meant that NSW rugby has never won a super title despite have the squad and form to have done it on many occasions.
The Reds will not suffer the same backlash, unless they begin to play boring, predictable rugby and then try to feed the public with psychobabble about playing to the percentages and how Tom Carter is actually a good player, despite the fact that no-one who watches him play could ever come to the same conclusion.
Wow. That was a bit vitriolic.
It's good to know what you think of every Tahs fan, tranquility. Generalisation for the win. For the record, I think most Reds fans are pretty cool, but you, specifically, acted like a knob - on this occasion.
A few points. 1) we are not winning. 2) I have not hear one single supporter (or player or coach) for some years argue that "this is how winning rugby is played". In fact, the last coach I remember clearly saying it was Link. 3) It's good to know that, your team having won a Super Rugby title, you are in the position to shit on NSW's lack of one. But how can we have had the form to win, if we played unapologetically dour football? Could it be the odd injury at inauspicious moments? No, perish the thought. 4) I am genuinely glad that you feel that the Reds fans will stick with them, but the past begs to differ. When the Reds weren't winning and playing attractively, they were haemorrhaging both money and fans. They were close to bankruptcy. That is the reality. 5) I'm not even going to both responding to the Carter jibe.
What if the reds scrape into the finals this year and get knocked out, is that below expectations the same way you judge the Tahs or different as the reds have only just recently started making finals?
Now to really stir - should Siti's (Force 12) tackle on Barnes be looked at in the light of Diggers 5 week suspension?