NRL FINALLY ADMITS TO SKILL GAP

[Swans4ever]

The gap between the top and bottom clubs of the NRL lends weight to calls for a player draft
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 09, 2013 11:30AM
THERE is a bigger issue to come out of Monday night’s Manly-Parramatta match than the fight - it’s the massive gulf between the quality of the best and the worst teams. This is where the NRL has a real problem and something needs to be done to fix it. What happened between Mitchell Allgood and Steve Matai on Monday night has been happening on football fields for more than 100 years and it will probably be the same for the next 100 years. When Matai came charging at the Parramatta prop, Allgood had to make a split-second decision; was Matai coming to shake hands, or put one on his chin? Now Dave Smith and Daniel Anderson might not agree with this, but Allgood decided the best form of defence was attack. Please install the latest Flash player In fairness to Matai also, it wasn’t really his fault either because he was only running to defend a mate - after Allgood collected Jamie Buhrer with a swinging arm in the tackle leading up to the fight. It's going to cost Allgood probably a couple of weeks on the sidelines after he was charged by the NRL Match Review Committee. Now this might not be politically correct, but it happens every now and then in games and it is always going to happen - and judging by the reaction you see from the fans at games, not everyone out there agrees it is such a bad look. But what is a terrible look for the NRL are the lop-sided contests that are dominating every round and getting worse as teams drop out of top eight contention. We saw it on Friday night when the Storm destroyed the Broncos. On Saturday night the Roosters hammered the Dragons. Last night it was Parra’s turn to cop another hiding. Most experts have been saying for most of the season that there are only four teams who can win this competition - but at the other end of the scale you have some clubs who just can’t compete - and worse still for Parramatta there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. The Eels finished with the wooden spoon last year and they are heading for the same finish this year. So is this Ricky Stuart’s problem, or is it the NRL’s? Something needs to be done to try and even out the quality in this competition – is enough being done to help the weaker clubs? The salary cap obviously isn’t working. You don’t have to have the auditing powers of Ian Schubert or Jim Doyle to question how the quality between the best and worst rosters in the league add up? The standard of refereeing is terrible - as is this fixed-season draw that they still haven’t scrapped for next year. But without question the biggest problem in the game right now is not the occasional fight but the evenness of the competition. Perhaps it’s time to bring together some of the smarter minds in the game to get their thoughts on how to make this a more even competition, because the system we have at the moment just isn’t working. Parramatta are proof of that. Is it time to revisit the draft, like is used in the AFL and in American sports, to help struggling clubs obtain quality players and even up the system? It was tried once and thrown out in court but maybe it’s worth another shot.

How surprising KE and GiantsRD told us it was only the AFL that had a basket case league! Now we read it's the BRL too and surprise surprise the NRL are looking into a draft system - oh KE, GiantsRD must feel pretty stupid right now! But, they won't show it so folks stand by for the flood of deflection!

[cos789]

what a novel idea - the draft - where did they ever get that idea from ?

[Raiderdave]

what a novel idea - the draft - where did they ever get that idea from ?

are you seriously suggesting .. from the VFL ?

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the Americans invented the draft
& WE had it before you pack of bumbling halfwits

but
It is ILLEGAL ..... & a restraint of trade & was challenged by a player in the NSWRL who successfully had it thrown out of our game in 1990
&
any VFL player could do the same & succeed in court as well
but , the singlet wearers have .... no balls .... are gutless , & a tad yellow

VFL
peddle in flesh like the slime they are

[Raiderdave]

The gap between the top and bottom clubs of the NRL lends weight to calls for a player draft
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 09, 2013 11:30AM
THERE is a bigger issue to come out of Monday night’s Manly-Parramatta match than the fight - it’s the massive gulf between the quality of the best and the worst teams. This is where the NRL has a real problem and something needs to be done to fix it. What happened between Mitchell Allgood and Steve Matai on Monday night has been happening on football fields for more than 100 years and it will probably be the same for the next 100 years. When Matai came charging at the Parramatta prop, Allgood had to make a split-second decision; was Matai coming to shake hands, or put one on his chin? Now Dave Smith and Daniel Anderson might not agree with this, but Allgood decided the best form of defence was attack. Please install the latest Flash player In fairness to Matai also, it wasn’t really his fault either because he was only running to defend a mate - after Allgood collected Jamie Buhrer with a swinging arm in the tackle leading up to the fight. It's going to cost Allgood probably a couple of weeks on the sidelines after he was charged by the NRL Match Review Committee. Now this might not be politically correct, but it happens every now and then in games and it is always going to happen - and judging by the reaction you see from the fans at games, not everyone out there agrees it is such a bad look. But what is a terrible look for the NRL are the lop-sided contests that are dominating every round and getting worse as teams drop out of top eight contention. We saw it on Friday night when the Storm destroyed the Broncos. On Saturday night the Roosters hammered the Dragons. Last night it was Parra’s turn to cop another hiding. Most experts have been saying for most of the season that there are only four teams who can win this competition - but at the other end of the scale you have some clubs who just can’t compete - and worse still for Parramatta there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. The Eels finished with the wooden spoon last year and they are heading for the same finish this year. So is this Ricky Stuart’s problem, or is it the NRL’s? Something needs to be done to try and even out the quality in this competition – is enough being done to help the weaker clubs? The salary cap obviously isn’t working. You don’t have to have the auditing powers of Ian Schubert or Jim Doyle to question how the quality between the best and worst rosters in the league add up? The standard of refereeing is terrible - as is this fixed-season draw that they still haven’t scrapped for next year. But without question the biggest problem in the game right now is not the occasional fight but the evenness of the competition. Perhaps it’s time to bring together some of the smarter minds in the game to get their thoughts on how to make this a more even competition, because the system we have at the moment just isn’t working. Parramatta are proof of that. Is it time to revisit the draft, like is used in the AFL and in American sports, to help struggling clubs obtain quality players and even up the system? It was tried once and thrown out in court but maybe it’s worth another shot.

How surprising KE and GiantsRD told us it was only the AFL that had a basket case league! Now we read it's the BRL too and surprise surprise the NRL are looking into a draft system - oh KE, GiantsRD must feel pretty stupid right now! But, they won't show it so folks stand by for the flood of deflection!

oh for farks sake

is the writer of this news ltd article on drugs or what
typical of Swines to regurgitate this utter crap article



the VFL has a draft
& what has it done to ..... even out ... the talent in that disaster of a comp
that abortion of a league has never been more UNEVEN ... or divided into the haves & have nots

the NRL is ten times more competitive then the useless VFL
ask the bookies
they'll tell ya

& it doesn't have a draft .. because they don't work in a country the size of Australia
just another long list of News Ltd BS when writing about the NRL

[Swans4ever]

what a novel idea - the draft - where did they ever get that idea from ?

are you seriously suggesting .. from the VFL ?

:_<> :_<>

the Americans invented the draft
& WE had it before you pack of bumbling halfwits

but
It is ILLEGAL ..... & a restraint of trade & was challenged by a player in the NSWRL who successfully had it thrown out of our game in 1990
&
any VFL player could do the same & succeed in court as well
but , the singlet wearers have .... no balls .... are gutless , & a tad yellow

VFL
peddle in flesh like the slime they are

1st you had it in RL for 1 year we introduced it prior to RL, 2nd any court considering whether it is a restraint TODAY would see how long the system has been in place - what the industry standard is AND how it impacts on the individual - since then there has been legislation making employee contracts as standard and there has been over 20 years where players have not been disadvantaged - so to answer your obviously flawed opinion and information restraint of trade will not necessarily be proven when consideration is given that there is now a salary cap in place which limits clubs in how much they can spend. You are just parroting other ill informed RL moron's who have not a clue as to how these things work and as usual know nothing!

[Swans4ever]

The gap between the top and bottom clubs of the NRL lends weight to calls for a player draft
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 09, 2013 11:30AM
THERE is a bigger issue to come out of Monday night’s Manly-Parramatta match than the fight - it’s the massive gulf between the quality of the best and the worst teams. This is where the NRL has a real problem and something needs to be done to fix it. What happened between Mitchell Allgood and Steve Matai on Monday night has been happening on football fields for more than 100 years and it will probably be the same for the next 100 years. When Matai came charging at the Parramatta prop, Allgood had to make a split-second decision; was Matai coming to shake hands, or put one on his chin? Now Dave Smith and Daniel Anderson might not agree with this, but Allgood decided the best form of defence was attack. Please install the latest Flash player In fairness to Matai also, it wasn’t really his fault either because he was only running to defend a mate - after Allgood collected Jamie Buhrer with a swinging arm in the tackle leading up to the fight. It's going to cost Allgood probably a couple of weeks on the sidelines after he was charged by the NRL Match Review Committee. Now this might not be politically correct, but it happens every now and then in games and it is always going to happen - and judging by the reaction you see from the fans at games, not everyone out there agrees it is such a bad look. But what is a terrible look for the NRL are the lop-sided contests that are dominating every round and getting worse as teams drop out of top eight contention. We saw it on Friday night when the Storm destroyed the Broncos. On Saturday night the Roosters hammered the Dragons. Last night it was Parra’s turn to cop another hiding. Most experts have been saying for most of the season that there are only four teams who can win this competition - but at the other end of the scale you have some clubs who just can’t compete - and worse still for Parramatta there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. The Eels finished with the wooden spoon last year and they are heading for the same finish this year. So is this Ricky Stuart’s problem, or is it the NRL’s? Something needs to be done to try and even out the quality in this competition – is enough being done to help the weaker clubs? The salary cap obviously isn’t working. You don’t have to have the auditing powers of Ian Schubert or Jim Doyle to question how the quality between the best and worst rosters in the league add up? The standard of refereeing is terrible - as is this fixed-season draw that they still haven’t scrapped for next year. But without question the biggest problem in the game right now is not the occasional fight but the evenness of the competition. Perhaps it’s time to bring together some of the smarter minds in the game to get their thoughts on how to make this a more even competition, because the system we have at the moment just isn’t working. Parramatta are proof of that. Is it time to revisit the draft, like is used in the AFL and in American sports, to help struggling clubs obtain quality players and even up the system? It was tried once and thrown out in court but maybe it’s worth another shot.

How surprising KE and GiantsRD told us it was only the AFL that had a basket case league! Now we read it's the BRL too and surprise surprise the NRL are looking into a draft system - oh KE, GiantsRD must feel pretty stupid right now! But, they won't show it so folks stand by for the flood of deflection!

oh for farks sake

is the writer of this news ltd article on drugs or what
typical of Swines to regurgitate this utter crap article



the VFL has a draft
& what has it done to ..... even out ... the talent in that disaster of a comp
that abortion of a league has never been more UNEVEN ... or divided into the haves & have nots

the NRL is ten times more competitive then the useless VFL
ask the bookies
they'll tell ya

& it doesn't have a draft .. because they don't work in a country the size of Australia
just another long list of News Ltd BS when writing about the NRL

Yeah let's ask Waterhouse - you know that bookie employed by the NRL - that's independent! And who gives a f**k what you think anyway - if it's so bad why do the NFL, MLB and NBL have it - it's only RL that can't get it right!

[Raiderdave]

The gap between the top and bottom clubs of the NRL lends weight to calls for a player draft
Paul Crawley
The Daily Telegraph
July 09, 2013 11:30AM
THERE is a bigger issue to come out of Monday night’s Manly-Parramatta match than the fight - it’s the massive gulf between the quality of the best and the worst teams. This is where the NRL has a real problem and something needs to be done to fix it. What happened between Mitchell Allgood and Steve Matai on Monday night has been happening on football fields for more than 100 years and it will probably be the same for the next 100 years. When Matai came charging at the Parramatta prop, Allgood had to make a split-second decision; was Matai coming to shake hands, or put one on his chin? Now Dave Smith and Daniel Anderson might not agree with this, but Allgood decided the best form of defence was attack. Please install the latest Flash player In fairness to Matai also, it wasn’t really his fault either because he was only running to defend a mate - after Allgood collected Jamie Buhrer with a swinging arm in the tackle leading up to the fight. It's going to cost Allgood probably a couple of weeks on the sidelines after he was charged by the NRL Match Review Committee. Now this might not be politically correct, but it happens every now and then in games and it is always going to happen - and judging by the reaction you see from the fans at games, not everyone out there agrees it is such a bad look. But what is a terrible look for the NRL are the lop-sided contests that are dominating every round and getting worse as teams drop out of top eight contention. We saw it on Friday night when the Storm destroyed the Broncos. On Saturday night the Roosters hammered the Dragons. Last night it was Parra’s turn to cop another hiding. Most experts have been saying for most of the season that there are only four teams who can win this competition - but at the other end of the scale you have some clubs who just can’t compete - and worse still for Parramatta there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon. The Eels finished with the wooden spoon last year and they are heading for the same finish this year. So is this Ricky Stuart’s problem, or is it the NRL’s? Something needs to be done to try and even out the quality in this competition – is enough being done to help the weaker clubs? The salary cap obviously isn’t working. You don’t have to have the auditing powers of Ian Schubert or Jim Doyle to question how the quality between the best and worst rosters in the league add up? The standard of refereeing is terrible - as is this fixed-season draw that they still haven’t scrapped for next year. But without question the biggest problem in the game right now is not the occasional fight but the evenness of the competition. Perhaps it’s time to bring together some of the smarter minds in the game to get their thoughts on how to make this a more even competition, because the system we have at the moment just isn’t working. Parramatta are proof of that. Is it time to revisit the draft, like is used in the AFL and in American sports, to help struggling clubs obtain quality players and even up the system? It was tried once and thrown out in court but maybe it’s worth another shot.

How surprising KE and GiantsRD told us it was only the AFL that had a basket case league! Now we read it's the BRL too and surprise surprise the NRL are looking into a draft system - oh KE, GiantsRD must feel pretty stupid right now! But, they won't show it so folks stand by for the flood of deflection!

oh for farks sake

is the writer of this news ltd article on drugs or what
typical of Swines to regurgitate this utter crap article



the VFL has a draft
& what has it done to ..... even out ... the talent in that disaster of a comp
that abortion of a league has never been more UNEVEN ... or divided into the haves & have nots

the NRL is ten times more competitive then the useless VFL
ask the bookies
they'll tell ya

& it doesn't have a draft .. because they don't work in a country the size of Australia
just another long list of News Ltd BS when writing about the NRL

Yeah let's ask Waterhouse - you know that bookie employed by the NRL - that's independent! And who gives a f**k what you think anyway - if it's so bad why do the NFL, MLB and NBL have it - it's only RL that can't get it right!

jesus you're a fuckstick

ASK ANY BOOKIE :_<> :_<>

we don't have odds of $17 in our game .... ever !!
we rarely have odds of $1.01 either

you see these ridiculous numbers in the fumbles & bumbles .. all the time
we don't have our bottom 5 sides at odds of $1001.00 to win the title either

the VFL is a joke
the guys tht make their living out of working out likely results .... have confirmed this


& this thread ends....... HERE !

[NRLCrap1]

No it's doesn't, Dave "Allen", because you are a dunce at maths. Of course there are higher odds in the AFL. We have two teams still finding their feet and one in a major culture transition. None of that in the NRL, so the two can't compare. You can try but you'll only succed in making a joke out of it like you are and we all laugh at your sheer lunacy!

[Swans4ever]

GiantsRD What's tht? Is it another case of you being a hypocrite? - seems to me your the one full of shit - this is an article by a RUGBY LEAGUE REPORTER - not me and he would appear more qualifies than you and your cognitively impaired brain!

[Raiderdave]

No it's doesn't, Dave "Allen", because you are a dunce at maths. Of course there are higher odds in the AFL. We have two teams still finding their feet and one in a major culture transition. None of that in the NRL, so the two can't compare. You can try but you'll only succed in making a joke out of it like you are and we all laugh at your sheer lunacy!

but but

but but but

but but



what about the other 4 sides that can't play either you cockhead ?
some of those are over 100 years old & have done nothing in 50 years

F me
put the brasso away ... you can't polish a turd son

you can't polish ... a turd

[Swans4ever]

No it's doesn't, Dave "Allen", because you are a dunce at maths. Of course there are higher odds in the AFL. We have two teams still finding their feet and one in a major culture transition. None of that in the NRL, so the two can't compare. You can try but you'll only succed in making a joke out of it like you are and we all laugh at your sheer lunacy!

but but

but but but

but but



what about the other 4 sides that can't play either you cockhead ?
some of those are over 100 years old & have done nothing in 50 years

F me
put the brasso away ... you can't polish a turd son

you can't polish ... a turd

No but you have proved you can think like one!

[NRLCrap1]

Dave "Allen" doesn't know what a turd is. There are only three clubs out to lunch at the moment. No more than that. No polishing of anything. He doesn't understand the best game in Australia because it's too complex for his simple brain.

[Raiderdave]

Dave "Allen" doesn't know what a turd is. There are only three clubs out to lunch at the moment. No more than that. No polishing of anything. He doesn't understand the best game in Australia because it's too complex for his simple brain.

omg

theres at least 6... who cannot play


ask the bookies
they put bread & butter on the table analysing this stuff

we'll take notice of them
not some deluded singletwearing bumbleball fuckwit like you ..... K ?

[Swans4ever]

Dave "Allen" doesn't know what a turd is. There are only three clubs out to lunch at the moment. No more than that. No polishing of anything. He doesn't understand the best game in Australia because it's too complex for his simple brain.

omg

theres at least 6... who cannot play


ask the bookies
they put bread & butter on the table analysing this stuff

we'll take notice of them
not some deluded singletwearing bumbleball fuckwit like you ..... K ?

NRLCrap1 is spot on not some handballing, cognitively impaired immature wanker like you in complete denial about his chosen sport full of obese Brian dead garbo's! What a joke of a sport and what a joke of a person - bookies set odds to make money you wanker and just like the AFL the NRL has the Tigers, cowboys, Broncos, Dragons and Els with no chance of making finals - which makes you the worlds BIGGEST hypocrite! You are a fuckwit **** fuckwits!

[Raiderdave]

Dave "Allen" doesn't know what a turd is. There are only three clubs out to lunch at the moment. No more than that. No polishing of anything. He doesn't understand the best game in Australia because it's too complex for his simple brain.

omg

theres at least 6... who cannot play


ask the bookies
they put bread & butter on the table analysing this stuff

we'll take notice of them
not some deluded singletwearing bumbleball fuckwit like you ..... K ?

NRLCrap1 is spot on not some handballing, cognitively impaired immature wanker like you in complete denial about his chosen sport full of obese Brian dead garbo's! What a joke of a sport and what a joke of a person - bookies set odds to make money you wanker and just like the AFL the NRL has the Tigers, cowboys, Broncos, Dragons and Els with no chance of making finals - which makes you the worlds BIGGEST hypocrite! You are a fuckwit **** fuckwits!

$17 to win a game of football

or

$1.01




undisputable proof shithead that

the VFL is the lamest sporting competition in Oz
ney

probably the world

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deal with it fumblers
deal with it