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| Didn't miss him. |
Australia vs New Zealand (League)
This was another dominating display by Australia and Man of the Match Lockyer. If anything Australia should have put more on the board. New Zealand just never looked like being competitive enough and where found wanting in too many areas, maybe the need to be told that cheap shots don't win a game. If New Zealand focused on playing as much as rattling the opposition they might win more often. The main issue out of this game occurred in the opening minutes and that was the deliberate elbow by Packer on Lockyer. Surely he has to get a few weeks rest for this one.
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| Not to be |
Australia vs New Zealand (RWC2011)
Realistically Australia never had a chance to beat the All Blacks at Eden park. Australia lacked the mongrel and hunger to overcome a New Zealand team that knew the South African ref was always going to turn a blind eye to all of there indiscretions. Australia though made too many crucial errors. Surely next World Cup we will not leave game winners like Beau Robinson at home. What I cannot stand though is how quickly the sharpened knives have been put into Quade Cooper by the media. In a team game I find it amazing how they always blame one bloke. Our scrum fails, not Coopers fault, our rucking fails, not Coopers fault. Yes he made errors but so did every other player in the team. Australia need to start playing harder. Now the world cup is almost over it is time to get an Australian coach and the best coach in the country is Ewen McKenzie. Look at what he has achieved with the Reds and it is not hard to imagine he as the ability to make our Wallabies a much stronger team.
The Roar Keep Roaring
I was unable to watch this game but have caught higlights. ( Actually missed most sport this weekend but the wedding of my Sister was always going to come first). How good are the Roar and how much better can they get. It is now 30 games in a row undefeated in the A-League and they are not playing at there best yet. It is only early in the season but the Roar are looking the goods for back to back titles. And if they can keep this style of play going a dynasty is in the making.
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| Next clash will be interesting |
Liverpool vs Manchester United
A draw is better than a loss and from what I am hearing and reading Liverpool should have put this game away. Manchester United are considered to be a superior team to Liverpool yet were not the better team on the day. If Liverpool can match it with Man U then they should be winning more games on a consistant basis. The big talking point from this game which has overshadowed the the dominance of Liverpool is the Racial Abuse claim by Evra. Without knowing all the details it is hard to comment but if you are going to make a claim and vilify a player publicly then come out and say what was said. Don't leave it to guessing. Guilty or not if you throw mud some of it sticks. If the claims are correct then the EFA will handle it accordingly.
But I cannot abide by what Evra has stated:
"I won't repeat what he said, but it was a racist word, and he said it more than ten times.
"He tried to wind me up. I won't make a huge deal out of it, but it's very upsetting and disappointing."
Too late, you have made a big deal of it. If you won't repeat it how can anyone make judgement on it.
I have also read Suarez's comments on twitter:
"I'm upset by the acusations of racism. I can only say that I have always respected and respect everybody. We are all the same. I go to the field with the maximum illusion of a little child who enjoys what he does, not to create conflicts."
Well said and let's hope he has not said anything of the racial nature. Definitely more to come on this issue.
Plenty of other sporting news to catch up on but I will keep you updated on any issues that are raised during the week. Big news on Atomic Force could be coming soon. Will keep you posted.
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