"a" A message to you my friend. Keep up your support of the Cowboys.
They are a definite threat to go back to back.

I hope to be in Townsville later this year and would love to catch up for a beer or whatever.

Another Cows / Broncs GF would be the ultimate.

Thanks mate for doing the table for those not on our comp.

I truly can't believe someone is saying this while trying on the Jersey for size. All the time the media are in a frenzy like his selection is all about getting people to the game. Surely people would roll up even if their wasn't a circus in town.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/eels/semi-radradra-reve...

I was just trying to bring the ribbing back to teams and less personal, We all knew that this day was coming, and we knew what it would bring. It's a massive kick in the guts and see above for why the hurt is magnified. As to Foran, might be pressure, but he wouldn't have known the exact bearing his millions would have on the cap. People would have shook hands and answered "Don't worry about it mate, good to have you on-board" if he had asked. I do think it is more about his life outside football and we should tread very gently. He seems a genuine bloke and those guys sometimes get their stories muddied because people are looking for an angle.

Here's a littl' somthn I put together. Hope y'awl like it

(Sung to the tune 'Lyin Eyes' by who else - ......The Eagles)

You caaan't hide those Lyon dives, immobiiilllle just to save those tries, I thought by now, you'd reaaaaallllliiiiiiiiissssssssssseee. There ain't no way to hide those Lyon dives.

What do you reckon Fortress?
Should Suncorp belt this one out during the game next week? I think it'd be a riot myself.

A great song that Coach - The original Eagles song that is.
Great band. I saw them last year at Syd Entertainment Centre. Great rockers who made their guitars talk. Then the loss of Glen Frey, who passed away this year. That will be another show I wont forget.

But Coach, I'll have to get you onto The Footy Show, to do your rendition of it. Put another couple of verses to it and instead of a riot, it might bring the house down and Manly walks away with another win.

I like your thinking though!
But I dont think Fortress will come in that easy this time.

Cheers and enjoy the remainder of your week. BTW - is The Red Cow still near Penrith Railway (NOT train) Station?

Big Pete in Bx

Hi Mark

If the ball is grounded, (ie the ball carrying arm hits the ground) and there is so much as a defender's hand is on the player at the time this happens, a tackle has been effected and technically the player is not allowed to promote the ball any further than natural momentum would take them.

If, however, the ball carrying arm hits the ground and there is noone touching the player, no tackle has been effected. The most technical real life example of this was the Krisnan Inu try semi-final wk2 versus the Tigers. You may think blatant double movement until they slow it down. Inu goes up for the bomb, although it comes off Tiger Tuqiri and the ball somehow falls back in Inu's lap. He reaches out to score only to come up (yes), a foot (maybe even inches) short. The problem is Tiger Moltzen in attempting to save the try, fails to put a hand on Inu. So Inu is yet to be tackled. (You cant tackle yourself). So he is free to go again. He does, and this time scores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvKKjQIm1AI

Its started mate - what a Country lad here, has done.
Mateship brewing already!
Keep the vision alive!

Tell me "a" - do you live in Townsville.
Been there twice now, but that was back in late 70's early 80's. Cowboys Stadium wasnt even built then, but I did stay out at Kirwan.
I actually saw the band Split Enz, do their last concert tour up there before they broke up. I also met Dean Lukin (Aust Olympic Powerlifter) over at Townsville Motor Boat Club (when he was guest for Marlin Fishing Contest) and attended with some friends, The Sth Townsville Football Clubs presentation night held at Townsville Intl Hotel (Sugar Shaker it was know then). Gene Miles was special guest that night. Aaah the memories!!!

Cheers - Big Pete in Bx

Eaglesssssssssss Boy how much to deliver few pizzas to suncorp for the upcoming double header,at least you'd get something out of the night.

Why don't Manly play the old Skyhooks hit - Ego is not a dirty word - just change it to - Eagle, is not a dirty word.

In fact, I grew up always thinking it was Eagle and this was a Manly song, until I found out much later the word was Ego.

Come to think of it, Manly shouldn't need to change the words at all.

I didn't see any live action of the Manly v Cowboys game, and the highlights reel never showed the Thurston no try so I didn't comment, but I believe what you say. He would do this.

He claimed to have scored at the end of the Broncos game just 5 weeks ago where he also knocked on in the process.

Gotta admit, 'a', Thurston's a little cheat.

Apart from Jamie Lyon, Josh Reynolds, and Thurston, others that spring to mind include these. (I also class cheating as the ones that are notorious not only for lying down hurt, but for doing their best to win ruck penalties)

Maybe if we name and shame, they might cut out the crap ..

Cameron Smith
Cooper Cronk
Billy Slater
Anthony Milford
Darius Boyd
Jack Reed
Josh Reynolds
Andrew Fifita
Michael Ennis
James Maloney
Greg Eastwood
Sam Kasiano
Greg Inglis
Adam Reynolds
Robbie Farah
Blake Ferguson
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Mitchell Pearce
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
Tariq Sims
Steve Matai
Josh Dugan
Mitch Rein
Greg Bird

When you look at AFL and the draft system where picks go the bottom sides I can't help but wonder why the ARL do not try again to put in place the system it spreads the best young talent ,take the Foran from Manly to Parra deal that would've had to be a trade agreed to by both clubs Manly would of picked up some early picks and maybe a player they just don't see him walk away.
There are a few reasons why we don't have it but it is a strength in that code and American sports.

So Thinker if the fairy tale came true we would see a club that rorts the system goes to extreme lengths to hide the wrong doings get what they want I hope not.

We do have a chance, but as Todd stated a few time yesterday, that was the interim verdict. I take that to mean if we win a few before actual judgement you might find that there is a few more points rubbed of our ledger this year. We are done, Todd's waffle about being allowed to play for points if we clean up our cap space aside, I'd hate to break up this team. We as a team can do it, and I have full confidence in the BOYS to pull together and put in a good showing. But even a week of playing and winning for no points puts paid to that and the Watmough situation will not be resolved that quickly.

But Thinker, I also very much disagree with your plan or anyone else's I've seen to get back under the cap again for 2016. It's all very much a manipulation of figures in itself don't you realise?

It all sounds very unfair to me and to the other teams & fans, if Parramatta get to keep all the players the want to keep, even though when all's said and done, most, if not all of those marquee players would have rejected the true Parra offer to join up. They wouldnt be there. Now books are being fiddled to make sure those players they nabbed illegally, can stay.

It stinks and unbelievably all the football community want to see is for exactly this to happen??? Everyone is up in arms about Parra rorting the cap, but then unanimously happy that they fiddle the 2016 books. The world's gone mad.

Personally, I feel they bought Watmough, and Foran illegally, and neither's contracts should be any further honoured.

Gallen is defferently on that list also so is Foran and Luke