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Post by cookmysock on Apr 22, 2018 20:56:52 GMT
The most tedious thing in sport? There are so many contenders it looks like the slack pack up the back of a City to Surf. Look at them dawdling there, in their uniform greyness, as they prepare to torpor their way to the tunnel, dull their way to Double Bay, bore their way to Bondi. These contenders, include commentators uttering cliches like, "that was not the start they were looking for,"; players blowing kisses to their gods after they do something on the field; journos giving breathless accounts of "secret meetings", which come complete with photos. And let's not forget the dull rugby matches, which turns on both sides manoeuvring for penalties; meaningless revenue-driven, one-day matches for the Australian cricket team in India that no one will remember in a week, and the Sydney Oilers, just generally. But the winner for MOST boring? I know it, and you know it. It has to be the ubiquitous, the endless, the ever-present, post-match press conference, whereby, on cue, twice per season, the Bennett like Mackdaddy from Adelaide, the master moaning coach mutters dark epithets that all boil down to one thing: "They bashed us, they are cheats & they should be punished." Its a mans game played by men, suck it up & get on with it, like all the other clubs in the comp have learned to do.
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Post by happybadger on Apr 22, 2018 22:29:11 GMT
Objection!
I have to defend the Oilers, just specifically...
...of course, Raptors just defeated Sydney, so I am required to by rule...
...but even without the rule, the Oilers gave no quarter (my injury list, and the fact that Raptors were only ahead 16-6 with 10 minutes left, and the fact that Sydney held Rochdale to its lowest scoring game of the season to date, is proof of that!)...
...and expected none (Raptor's first under-10 point allowed game of the season, and Sydney's own injury list, is ample proof of that!).
You want dullness? Ask the yawnion sides of the Australian Conference of Super Rugby about that, ALL of whom lost desultory games (from them) this week, including one losing to an Argentinian side!
Roger Bossert might not be happy with the final score, but holding the table-topping Raptors to 19 points less than their season-to-date average from the first two rounds was anything but boring (at least to me, I needed some Tums!)...
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Post by bossman on Apr 28, 2018 6:33:29 GMT
I like a bit of sore losing spite!!!!!
Thanks for your Johnny Cochrane-style defence Badger!
$50 000
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