Socceroos / Electronic media coverage

[dibo]

people who know anything about the game know exactly what SOO is about, and what the rule is. it's been that way since... forever (i.e. ~1980), hasn't it?

i'm more railing against the 'every thread turns into clutching at whatever opportunity to bag rugby league' thing that's happening at the moment. you know all those 'smell the fear' things that get posted up? that's what it looks like when every bloody thread turns into a RL bagging exercise. live and let live.

 

[dibo]

btw - england's not a separate country. just thought i should mention that.

 

[adz]

live and let live.

more like kick them while they are down

 

[serious14]

btw - england's not a separate country. just thought i should mention that.

Ahhhhhhhhhh, we getting technical now?? 

I'm only turning a thread into a RL-bagging exercise if it's warranted.  Just so you know, I used to follow RL quite closely (Panthers), but ever since the rubbish that happened in the mid 90's, combined with the gradual............ not quite sure what word I'm after here, dumbing down of the game perhaps??  Dunno - but suffice to say, the game is not what it used to be.  I remember when they used to spread the ball wide before the 5th tackle, when there used to be kicks that weren't pre-meditated on the 5th tackle.  Random drop goals, length of the field tries every other game, not every other week.  I just think what's masquerading around today is a sad indictment compared to what the game used to be.

Now you've got Gallop, one of the most self important dickweeds known to man strutting around like his game is some sort of world beating phenomena.  All I want is some sort of perspective, y'know??

 

[BrisRecky]

game hasnt been the same since Kevin Humpreys got busted...he may have been alledgedly corrupt but he wasnt a numbnut like this gallop geezer...john quayle wasnt a bad boss either....but like S-14 said.....it aint been the same since f'n super league...thats when i started to drop off in interest too

 

[Bex]

Anyway, the point was a stupid discussion about NRL rules overshadowed the WC qualifier result. Thats not NRL bashing, its a fact, its evidence of their bias towards NRL and its wrong for a supposed unbiased program.

If they're going to call themselves a unbiased, the least they could do was give a couple of minutes wrap to the WC qualifier before they start talking about lame-arse NRL rules.

I mean, there was plenty to talk about; three goals, double to Emerton and one to Kewell. A disallowed goal to Kewell who is gunning for a new contract overseas. Schwarzer's strange injury that dissapeared as fast as it occured - almost Iraqi style - and his second yellow card excluding him from the next game. Carney's nice form (IMO). The Qatari that incessently ran around our defence (the names all sound the same to me). The guy that tried to put the knee into the goal post and lost. etc.etc.etc.etc.

All of this stuff is more interesting than some vague NRL rule.

 

[midfielder]

btw - england's not a separate country. just thought i should mention that.

Ahhhhhhhhhh, we getting technical now?? 

I'm only turning a thread into a RL-bagging exercise if it's warranted.  Just so you know, I used to follow RL quite closely (Panthers), but ever since the rubbish that happened in the mid 90's, combined with the gradual............ not quite sure what word I'm after here, dumbing down of the game perhaps??  Dunno - but suffice to say, the game is not what it used to be.  I remember when they used to spread the ball wide before the 5th tackle, when there used to be kicks that weren't pre-meditated on the 5th tackle.  Random drop goals, length of the field tries every other game, not every other week.   I just think what's masquerading around today is a sad indictment compared to what the game used to be.

Now you've got Gallop, one of the most self important dickweeds known to man strutting around like his game is some sort of world beating phenomena.  All I want is some sort of perspective, y'know??

In many ways I agree I played semi professional RL for Guildford, and I am not a big person 5' 4" and about 10 stone, (at the time) played half, five meter rule, four tackle, IMO my body build could not play RL today. Agree also on mid 90's and rule changes have not been good for the game.

However it is still a very popular game and IMO as the guy from the Titians said both codes could work together for their mutual benefit given the number of common grounds they will be playing at.

 

[dibo]

for the purposes of infrastructure, we're much better off working with RL than aussie rules or RU. the pitch sizes are much closer together. even standing ends and whatnot are not impossible with RL grounds - RL clubs are trying to develop more kulcha among their fans with participatory rather than spectatory support.