Absurdists,
What an absolutely disgraceful showing from the Bamfords.
Must be one if the worst on record, surely?
At least two of the Warriors first half tries contained blatant forward passes in the lead up work, with one according to the radio call, at least a metre forward, right under the nose of the blind touch judge.
To make matters worse, Simpkins – remember the name – pulled the Tigers up for a forward pass that wasn’t forward.
And they were denied a fair try by the video referee!
What on earth is going on?
Never mind that SC Sheens dragged the Captain after the first Warriors try when he found himself out of position and clueless in defence as his man strolled into the in-goal untouched.
Never mind that the Tigers pack was monstered all day by the massive Maori/South Sea Islander units that make up the Warriors forwards.
Still robbed blind.
I turned off the car radio in disgust at half time as the crowd at Campbelltown gave the Bamfords a right bollocking, and the Tigers, at 22-4, had little chance of staging a comeback.
Only later did I learn that Simpkins had a complete brain explosion and sent off a Warriors player in the 79th minute for a knee to the head in a grapple tackle, when there wasn’t even the merest suggestion of a knee to the head!
The bloke must have been dead set tripping on LSD.
As the commentator at League Unlimited put it:
“I think I speak for most people when I say fans, players and coaches are sick and tired of putting up with this sort of rubbish each week.”
Good to see that the fool was skewered on a spit and slowly rotated over a bed of specially prepared hot coals at League HQ on Monday morning.
Still, it doesn’t get back the two premiership points, does it?
It’s a sheer wonder that SC Sheens managed to keep his mouth shut and avoid the $10,000 fine for having a go at match officials, and sensibly limited his post match comments to “we’ll learn from out losses”.
And a very costly loss at that, as the Mighty Tiges slip from third to eighth on the ladder in one fell swoop.
A worry that Robbie Farah left his kicking boots at home, and failed to slot one all day.
There are rumours that he is in fact playing injured, and has been doing so for several weeks.
They should go back to Collis as the goal kicker, and leave Farah with the kicks in play duties.
The wisdom of purchasing tickets for next Monday night’s encounter against the Cowboys at Leichhardt Oval must now be called into question, as I don’t want to put the mock on them by turning up to the game.
But, then again, there is a chance The Great Benji and The Great Hoddo could return from injury.
I’d like to see that.
WESTS TIGERS 16. Tries: Collis, Heighington, Lawrence, Tuiaki.
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS 28. Tries: Rovelli (2), Ropati, Koopu, Luck. Goals: Witt (4).
At Campbelltown Sports Ground.
Crowd: 14,012.
As I predicted a few weeks ago, the Swans season is being cruelled by injury.
Exactly the same pattern emerged at Subiaco Oval as did at Kardinia Park.
No Kennelly. No Hall. No win.
Given that Kennelly is worth at least three goals saved out the back, and Hall is kicking three goals up front every game, their absence easily accounted for the two goal swing in the final analysis.
Never mind that Ben Cousins played like he’d never left off the go juice, and looked like he was still off his chops on crystal meth.
He’s certainly been to the gym in his time away, but surely that couldn’t explain it.
Get thee to the drug testers, young laddie.
Thought the standing ovation he got on his appearance on the ground was way over the top, but you get that.
For mine, Rhino Keefe had an absolute blinder, but then again, he really had no choice as he was forced to take the entire forward line burden on his own shoulders all night, with a little help from Along Came A Schneider.
McVeigh and Malceski battled manfully throughout
You have to wonder what Spida and Magic were doing with themselves?
Once again exposed as lacking a yard of pace against teams chock full of rising stars, who regularly play four or five rookies every week.
And Nick Davis certainly didn’t Come to Save Us
Swans will have to make better use of their draft picks this year than they have in recent years, otherwise there’s no future.
Will have to shed the image as a retirement and rehabilition home for old cranky players who used to have a lot of talent.
SC Roos should probably rest Kennelly and Hall for the Richmond game, even if they are right, as you’d expected Sydney to win that one in a canter at home even with a depleted line up.
Lewis Roberts-Thompson doesn’t even appear on the casualty ward list, which might suggest that he’s gorn for the season without even strapping on a boot.
Leo Barry has also done a hammy.
Very hard to see them doing much in September from here, especially as the stats guru’s and the fortune tellers are predicting they will just sneak into the pointy end in eighth.
WEST COAST: 2.6, 6.9, 13.14, 16.16 (112). Goals: Hansen 4, Staker 3, Cox 3, Judd 2, Jones, Chick, Hunter, Lynch.
SYDNEY: 2.3, 6.9, 9.9, 15.10 (100). Goals: O’Keefe 4, Mathews 2, O’Loughlin 2, Schneider 2, Barry, Jolly, Schmidt, Davis, McVeigh.
At Subiaco Oval, Perth.,
Crowd: 40, 014.
