Recent content by ag0044

I'm no fan of the ARU, nor of Cooper. This whole matter stinks of manipulation of the media and thus, of the public. [I'd like to know what the experts - the Gruen panel? - make of all this.] Perhaps I'm naive, but why, ON EARTH, is the media conference not until Monday? Whatever Cooper's...

For better or worse, unless the board has already decided that Deans should go very soon, it is likely that he will be there for a while yet. By the team the ARU finds the new CEO, he starts work, talks to all the people he needs to talk to, and makes a recommendation, it'll be quite a while...

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Graham "The Terminator" Henry? Brutal, silent, unsmiling, coldly efficient and deadly. Clint Eastwood as Richie "Dirty Harry" McCaw? Can you hear him talking to Cooper: "Go ahead, punk. Make my day." Anthony Hopkins as Brad "Hannibal Lecter" Thorne? Scares the poo...

No messing around. In the "Once Were Wallabies" segment, Gavin is talking about the back-row plays they used against England in 1991. He's on the ground, the ref blows for a scrum. Gavin gets up and, by the time he gets to the back of the scrum, they're already packed down. No messing around...

[sarcasm mode ON] Now the AFL is finished, you are so correct! [sarcasm mode OFF] Yes, I realise that. But he's had quite a few weeks off, and it would have done wonders for the locals (seniors as well as juniors) to have him out there with them. A few appearances here and there, just on the...

I'm not a JOC (James O'Connor) fan, but I was quite impressed with his performance tonight. Certainly a whole different feel to the previous week's guest. Two points stood out to me. First, I think he said that players need a break in playing. Absolutely (and I wonder if that isn't part of the Wallabies'...

Is it just me, or are the Foxsports commentators sitting in a booth in Sydney looking at a TV screen?

I had to laugh when I read this: Could almost be a cut-and-paste from this thread. No, it's not about Cooper. It's a comment to an on-line article in London's Daily Telegraph about Mike Phillips, the Welsh scrum-half. Article...

[Long-time lurker, recently joined up, first post.] I've been following this thread for what seems like a long time, and it's been a fascinating read. I'm not a Cooper fan and never have been. I think he's too inconsistent as a footballer - stunningly electrifying at times, amazingly useless...