souths game was terrible, i ended up nagging the mrs for some instead.

pleased to say i at least got a converted try.

More Dragons, more of the same. Simple but effective in wearing down their opponent in to submission. Classic Wayne Bennett coached team. Rarely, it at all, starts a season under .500 after the first 5 games. The forwards were again impressive, led by Weyman who is turning in to the game's best prop (not yet, not far off) and a classy looking backline that boasts the best finisher in the game in Brett Morris. Love the look of Prior, I think he is a bolter for a rep jersey in 2010.

Yeah, but the doggies had nothing, they look hopeless so far.

Yeah, 99% of the rugby league community have misread the Doggies. They don't look enthusiastic and despite having a world class halfback in Kimmorley, they look lost. There is no direction. Ben Roberts is well below par and 2009 Rookie Of The Year Jamal Idris is a massive liability at the moment out wide. Teams will target he and Turner and there will be plenty of points leaked down their side.

ive thought the dogs will miss the 8

they have a weak forward pack

too much rests on kimmorley and ennis

our attack improved last night a lot

dally, by "tomane is another gi", do you mean he's another Inglis? If so, in what way? Certainly not in talent or potential. He's not and will never be half the player Inglis is. Very few players will ever get that close.

Inglis has been sh*t 2 weeks in a row now though The kent will only bother trying come Origin I bet.

Also, Barba is talented, but he's due destined for the scrapheap as far as i'm concerned. He's too small, and don't give me Langer and Toovey examples to counter that. They may as well stick with Roberts.

And B Moz is just getting better and better. He's a dead cert for NSW.

What would the Cowboys do without Thurston? Led the comeback for the second week in a row and got them home this time. Scott Bolton is turning into a very good player.
Sharks just keep losing and Vatuvei now has 5 tries in 2 games already, the Sharks struggle for points and today was probably the highest they've got for a while with 16. I said last year that the likes of Covell and Pomeroy need to go and have a clearout but they've stuck with them and will finish last IMO. Luke Douglas could play for NSW this year.

on being too small, look how much jamie sowards defence has improved from last year

sure theyll miss a few tackles but if they create in attack its worth it

I didn't say the same of Thurston. I rated him highly coming off the Bulldogs bench. I certainly don't see that potential in Barba.

Easy to write that now I guess, that being, "I didn't say the same of Thurston".

Each to their own. Again, how many games have you seen him play in order to make a sound judgement that "you certainly don't see that potential in Barba" or have him on the NRL scrapheap? Just curious.

Even easier to just generalise.



About 5 NRL games. Anybody who thinks he's destined to make it in the NRL must've seen much more of him, right?

I've seen him in approximately 33odd games I figure, the kid can play.

Thankfully better judges will allow more than 5 games to make their judgement and also ensure those games are more often than not as a starter given he plays in the halves. Are you a NSW selector by any chance?