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No matter the season or playing roster or coach, we consistently look like the worst coached and worst conditioned team in the comp.

Just don't get the spoon.

There is a town in Ukraine called "Sakko I Vantsetti" named after Sacco and Vanzetti who were seen as wrongfully convicted and executed in the US because of their immigrant background and socialist beliefs... The biggest football club in Russia is "Spartak" named after Spartacus who was a slave...

It's a war of attrition and so, not about territorial gains yet... The Russians are trying to destroy as many Ukrainian soldiers and military equipment as possible until the Ukrainians can no longer hold the 800-1,000 km line of contact... And the Russians believe they are being successful in...

I thought United were neck deep in trying to sign Hojlund

Yes and no... Colonisation as a whole - at least insofar as territorial expansion - is something every imperial power is guilty of and the Russian Empire very much so and hence, their control of everything from Germany to Canada in the 19th Century... Also explains why Russia continues to have...

People need to understand that Putin and Russia are actually quite popular in the global south being seen as a victim of and fighting against the collective Western elite and Russia would inherit considerable good will in Africa from the aid that the USSR used to provide... So... Russian flags...

Luai is a very good player but not what we need... I also think there is an air of desperation about the club at the moment which won't help matters

The fascinating thing about Trump is that he really is an outsider, even more so than the likes of Bernie Sanders or RFK Jr... there was talk back in the 80's when he was a celebrity businessman and developer about running for president and he did donate money to both parties, but he doesn't...

Phoenix is too old for the role but is such a great actor... And Ridley Scott always does a great job in creating the worlds in his films --> Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven Plus, Napoleon had a very cinematic life --> "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever!"

Great actor though

for any history buffs on here Napoleon Starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Ridley Scott

Stallone is angry with the producers that own the rights to the Rocky franchise... Hence, he didn't act in it and Rocky not mentioned

The reason why it is important is because if we are to in effect cancel people for moral failings and/or alleged crimes, where does that line get drawn and by whom and how do we ensure the right to cancellations isn't abused? For example, OJ Simpson was tried for the murder of his wife and her...

The presumption of innocence is a fundamental right to all...

It all depends on whether the US and Russia can come to an agreement... But the Americans won't because a compromise would be seen as a defeat in Washington

Russia sits on an estimated $75 trillion worth of natural resources which is considerably more than any other nation... And they don't have a history of colonising Africa... Meanwhile, a third(?) of Niger's uranium goes to France while 75%(?) of Nigeriens don't have electricity Interestingly...

Wagner are in Belarus and Prigozhin was in St Petersburg during the recent Russia-Africa summit... And things seem to be kicking off in Africa, so I would imagine Wagner still has a role to play

Most of Wagner's leaders weren't involved

Hard to believe anything at the moment (eg. top line players just simply signing for Saudi clubs, including from the bloated Chelsea)... The net effect though will be continued City domination

Not really... Montenegro's political elite and more nationalistic segments of the population are pro-Western and pro-Ukraine but the more Serbian orientated Montenegrins are pro-Russian... The Serbian political elite are opportunistic and are trying to play off both the EU and Russia and hence...

Excellent signing

I think the current logo was a big upgrade on the old 80's and 90's logo and didn't need changing

Allegedly... And let's not forget LFC's signs of support for Suarez after being found to have racially abused Patrice Evra

Chelsea would have been a natural fit for Kane as a London club in need of a no. 9 but it looks like Chelsea and Juventus are trying to exchange Lukaku and Vlahovic

The pain in Sterling's voice while commentating was icing on the cake

Disappointing end for Pele... I expected more considering his size and mobility but lacks a motor and has had injuries

I think Jim Dymock was a bit underrated... Yes, he was a premiership winner and played rep football but he didn't get the credit he deserved for what a clever footballer he was --> eg. in a game where he was being tackled and couldn't offload backwards to a teammate, he passed the ball backwards...

Dylan Napa is quite possibly the biggest waste of money and space the 'Dogs have fielded... truly awful signing

Shifty was very underrated in 2002-2004... Although he was brought into the Blues camp in 2002(?) as cover for A. Johns, he was in effect 7th choice NSW halfback in that period behind Johns, Kimmorley, Barrett (as 7), Craig Gower, Matt Orford and Brett Finch (due to his club combination with...

Should be the team to beat in the east

A good signing for United but I am surprised that Chelsea are letting go of one of their own... Their new owners have spent their first 18 months in charge doing everything wrong

A lot of very good/great players are chewed up and spat out in Madrid if they're not an immediate success (Kaka, Robben, Sneijder, Hazard etc.)... Bellingham should have gone to one of the big 4 teams in England IMO

And no junior development...

A 7'3" forward that can shoot threes and provide some more rim protection... A really good trade IMO

6 series under Fittler where NSW have had the more talented player pool to choose from and it 3 series wins and 3 losses... Unacceptable

Havertz is not productive enough in front of goal

Only maybe Jorginho was worth picking up and even then, he plays at too slow a pace IMO

Fair enough... Haven't watched much of late... But Fox is off the pace for Origin now

Arsenal need to stop buying Chelsea rejects

Daniel Tupou, Suaalii, Cotric, whoever... A winger with size that is not defensively a liability, that can make metres bringing the ball out

We are less than the sum of our parts

1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Brian To'o 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Campbell Graham 5. Jason Saab 6. Matt Burton 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Payne Haas 9. Damien Cook 10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 11. Liam Martin 12. Tyson Frizell 13. Cameron Murray 14. Keaon Koloamatangi 15. Hudson Young 16. Junior Paulo 17...

We struggled going left because plays died with Cook as a makeshift centre or Cook and JAC were not communicating well (or at all)... We struggled going right as QLD's left edge handled Crichton and To'o well in defence... Our outside backs didn't chase well on Moses' kicks... Robson tried but...

I could have seen a short spell for Cook of 5 minutes maybe while they worked out the changes to the substitutions and then have a backrower come on for Robson to play centre, give Robson a break, move Cook to '9' and then have Robson play a bit off the bench in the back row, give more minutes...

Unfortunately, people will remember his poor performance and not the coach that played him out of position

Burton is a better Origin five-eighth than Luai IMO

Fittler as a coach really gets nothing right

How many minutes did Stefano play?

Maguire

A mate of mine says: "More than a mouthful is a waste!"

We previously had better five eighths than the likes of Timmins or Anasta but they served a specific purpose as bigger bodied halves partners next to an organising halfback... Burton would need to defend, run and provide a big boot

We need big bodied, hard running, good defensive outside backs... We need to partner Cleary with Burton in the halves... We need a better prop rotation with proven players (Haas, Trbojević, Paulo, Saifiti etc.) instead of always picking untested props like McLean, TPJ, the other Saifiti, Stefano...

Still tough on him... Two games, one going for a sweep, the other a must win, and he lost both

Fittler should walk away after Game II

Because their front row and halfback aren't out there playing for us

Don't you have a cousin to romance...

Send them to Ukraine so that they can bomb there

Should be starting lock and captain from next year

Should not have been picked after choosing to represent Samoa

As opposed to our punch drunk idiots?

Joey's a sook and has been shown up now

This is worse than when we lost 8 straight series... At least then you had a truly great QLD team... These last 6 years of Fittler as coach, NSW has outright gifted QLD games and series And we deserve this... the people who appointed Fittler knew what kind of coach he was (eg. he once selected...

F*+# that must have been quite the halftime speech from Fittler... WTF?!?!

And exhausting Haas by playing him the entire first half

It's not simply having Cook play left centre, but having Cook defend at centre between Luai and Addo-Carr... QLD should be tearing that edge to shreds

Joey is part of the problem... Too many of these former players in the media that shape false narratives about players, tactics etc.

Yes, it's f+*%ing Origin... I get enough of the "zero organisation, zero creativity" rubbish from the 'Dogs

If we have signed Crichton for $700K+ a season to play centre, then we as a club have no idea

What a ridiculous set of 6 with a repeat set on QLD's line down 10 just on halftime... No structure, a one out play to Haas on the 4th, Robson tackled with the ball on the last play etc.

QLD just hang in there and wait for NSW to beat themselves... ridiculous What a fearsome player an injury free Tom Trbojević must be... Pity he is made of glass

The character of players off the field is overrated IMO

The Roosters have also made some questionable signings (eg. Brandon Smith, Matt Lodge, Suaalii), chopped and changed a lot in their team and in particular, halves (Flanagan, Lam, Walker, Manu), and not replicated the success they had with Cronk at 7 in recent years despite having stacked teams...

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." - George Best

Mark Jackson did not have Jokić in his top 5

I don't care what the result of this series is --> Fittler should go... And give Maguire a go

I'll be having the same as if it was a 'Dogs game...

You forgot about the rest of the NSW Origin coaching staff

This talk of the ultra successful Roosters club is a myth... Yes, they have had a successful last 10 years winning 3 premierships and well done to them for it but this idea they are perennial contenders - the Real Madrid of the NRL - is rubbish

We are becoming more and more like the shambolic Eels of yesteryear... New signings, new coaches, every season starts with a renewed sense of optimism only for the same old poor performances to emerge and another season without finals football and in spoon contention

We have botched Averillo's development from playing him in the halves to fullback to centre only to have him leave and likely thrive under Bennett

This Sharks team lost 54-10 last week... Wow... F*+% this team!

In truth, I am not anti-American... They enshrined fundamental human rights into their founding documents which is the true American exceptionalism and for anyone that enjoys a good turn of phrase, have a read through the Declaration of Independence But an ugly clique of hawks have highjacked...

Never get a FG head coaching role again... The Canterbury Bankstown Career Killers RLFC

The West has been in Ukraine for decades... This idea that the West only came to Ukraine after the Crimean annexation is false As for Taiwan, let's assume Chinese talk of reunification represents an encroachment... What substantive value did Nancy Pelosi's visit give? The Chinese responded with...

Neither Russia nor China have anywhere near the sort of global military presence that the Americans do... The Russians have a base in Syria, there might be one in Eastern Africa (Djibouti?) and are all over Belarus including staging tactical nuclear weapons on its territory... China would be in...

Nation-states are generally speaking rational entities pushing their own interests (except the Europeans now who have lost their minds)... If we accept that the Chinese are rational actors, then we have to assume China would only invade Taiwan out of desperation (eg. actual Taiwanese...

I am not sure that I have ever seen a more ill disciplined footballer in the NRL than TPJ... Literally screaming at the TV 3-4 times a game: "WHAT THE F*+% WAS THAT?!"

YES! The US never recognised USSR sovereignty over the Baltic states and from memory, no American politician ever visited them between 1945 and 1991... But they never pushed the issue because it would be a suicidal move for the Baltic states

I wanted to say aggressive American foreign policy that has 800+ military bases across the world, that has adopted doctrines exalting itself as the sole global superpower committed to ensuring no other nation approaches its influence and power, that pushes an opaque rules based international...

Because Ukraine is a proxy war between Russia and the West and the groundwork for another such proxy war is being laid in Taiwan between China and the US

Absolutely... But like I said, the second approach is the dominant approach in the world and while the majority of the world consider Taiwan a province of China, that is the end of it... And that won't change since China is a regional power of 1.4 billion people, a nuclear power, a top 2 economy...

Why such a limited focus?

Do it... Replace the US and West terms with their Sino-Russian counterparts and let's see where we are at

Let's leave the practical discussion of the potential consequences of Taiwan agitating for independence alone for now From memory, there are two schools of thought in international law as to the qualifications required for a region/province etc. to be recognised as a sovereign state... One...

Okay... So what is the status of Taiwan internationally? A country? Merely a province of another country?

It is not a question about what the "One China" policy means between Beijing and Taipei but what it means between China and the rest of the world since the Carter Administration adoption of it

I believe Washington and London fed Ukraine into a wood chipper believing - hoping - that the wood chipper would breakdown and then they would have their way with it... and Berlin and Paris and Rome etc. all went along with it because they are afraid of Washington and were convinced that the...