Our win much better that it looked!!!!!!!

[player 1]

I gotta say, if ever souffs are ever gonna have a good year this it. Their pack is impressive, it has to be said. Our pack is strong but souffs got well on top, no doubt about it, ya can't blame the refs.

They are capable of a top 6 finish. Ultimately their losing culture will prevail and prevent them from finishing any higher, but still it would be a good result by their standards.

But I still hope they get the spoon. So I can LOL at them.

Ox, my respect for you goes way back. But you are one of the roosters fans that believe bagging the refs is a sign of weakness. To tell you the truth, if I was coaching (and I do assistant coach junior baseball), I would take the same approach. The last thing you want is a victim mentality. But as a pure long time mug roosters fan, the stats are indisputable - for 5 years each week we have played opponents that, irrespective of their records under the refs all season, miraculously attain almost perfection in their discipline against us in the "opinions" of the refereeing officials. Again the other night, not one penalty for offside or ruck infringements for 70 minutes awarded to us. There were some clear infringements they could have pinged rusty's vermin for, but didn't. Hilariously, in the final few minutes they gave us a couple of penalties to try and make the count look better and, as Brain pointed out, they stuffed up as that was all we needed to win.

[stsae]

I disagree. With players like Isaac Luke, John Sutton, Dave Taylor, Sam Burgess, Greg Inglis and Nathan Merritt there's enough creativity there. What they have lacked is a general who takes the right option at the right time....kicks long when its needed, finds the line to control the tempo, goes wide when Inglis has space and time...basically a half who can follow a game plan. Sandow was never that sort of player. I liked the look of Reynolds and I think he will be great for Souths....he had a calmness and assuredness about him that Souths have lacked in recent times.

What they're looking for and what you've described is Cronk HC. I guess only time will tell but I didn't see it the other night with Reynolds. In saying that it's the 1st time I've seen him play and his 1st grade debut.

IMO they should've closed the game up against us. Melba would never have let that occur. I still reckon with Sandcow they'd have put 50 on us. But I guess they couldn't rnd 1 last year and I reckon both games were very similar.

I agree that's what Spadge will be aiming for, to clone Melba and Cronk. Again time will tell I guess.

If they end up with Cronk, then I would really rate them. I hope that never happens.

[Guest]

Same pack as last year and they had Sandcow and still couldn't make the semis.

I don't honestly see this new bloke they've banked on is even 1/2 the player Sandcow is. IMO Souffs need a creative player.

I gather they're banking on becoming another Melba. May work, but it sure hasn't for Watsamatta.

No Burgess last year though. He makes a massive difference. Their weakness is the halves for sure but they still have a good enough pack to win plenty of games.

[Guest]

Ox, my respect for you goes way back. But you are one of the roosters fans that believe bagging the refs is a sign of weakness. To tell you the truth, if I was coaching (and I do assistant coach junior baseball), I would take the same approach. The last thing you want is a victim mentality. But as a pure long time mug roosters fan, the stats are indisputable - for 5 years each week we have played opponents that, irrespective of their records under the refs all season, miraculously attain almost perfection in their discipline against us in the "opinions" of the refereeing officials. Again the other night, not one penalty for offside or ruck infringements for 70 minutes awarded to us. There were some clear infringements they could have pinged rusty's vermin for, but didn't. Hilariously, in the final few minutes they gave us a couple of penalties to try and make the count look better and, as Brain pointed out, they stuffed up as that was all we needed to win.

Yeah I take your point about the penalty counts. I just don't know what to make of it. Its a mystery. I can't bring myself to believe its deliberate. Maybe we don't spend as much time practising the wrestling moves as other clubs, who knows. I did think Souths got the better of us in the forwards regardless of the refereeing.

[Guest]

Its was not the same forwards as last year for souffs. They have a fully fit Burgess, who looks to have added 5 kegs. Player 1. You can talk about refs call all you like, if you enjoy that, visit a teams forum every day after a loss. We won the game, and did so against the odds.

what is worse than a sore loser? A sore winner! You must be one of those supporters that think the refs gifted the merge 24 odd points in the 2010 GF.

Some supprters look at the highs, rather than focus on the lows.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Its was not the same forwards as last year for souffs. They have a fully fit Burgess, who looks to have added 5 kegs. Player 1. You can talk about refs call all you like, if you enjoy that, visit a teams forum every day after a loss. We won the game, and did so against the odds.

what is worse than a sore loser? A sore winner! You must be one of those supporters that think the refs gifted the merge 24 odd points in the 2010 GF.

Some supprters look at the highs, rather than focus on the lows.

You sound like the sore winner bud...just relax and enjoy it rather than worrying about whether you thought Souths were unlucky and how good their forwards are blah blah....it would make better reading on the burrow than here.

[Guest]

You sound like the sore winner bud...just relax and enjoy it rather than worrying about whether you thought Souths were unlucky and how good their forwards are blah blah....it would make better reading on the burrow than here.

Another sheep. Thanks for the read.

[redwhiteblue]

You sound like the sore winner bud...just relax and enjoy it rather than worrying about whether you thought Souths were unlucky and how good their forwards are blah blah....it would make better reading on the burrow than here.

I met a gracious loser today because I did something I never thought I would. I welcomed a Souths fan to Melbourne! This really nice lady and her daughter were wandering around in Souths gear near Southern Cross station and she looked a bit lost so I went up to her and told her how I hoped they would win on Sunday. I told her straight away that I was a Roosters fan and she said that she thinks the Roosters would have a good season and congratulated me on the win. She also said that although she loves Souths and will never give up on them even though all her friends at work back in Sydney are Roosters fans. She made me laugh so much when she said, "Love, there seems to be a lot of feral people around Melbourne on the trains!"

[chook 56]

I met a gracious loser today because I did something I never thought I would. I welcomed a Souths fan to Melbourne! This really nice lady and her daughter were wandering around in Souths gear near Southern Cross station and she looked a bit lost so I went up to her and told her how I hoped they would win on Sunday. I told her straight away that I was a Roosters fan and she said that she thinks the Roosters would have a good season and congratulated me on the win. She also said that although she loves Souths and will never give up on them even though all her friends at work back in Sydney are Roosters fans. She made me laugh so much when she said, "Love, there seems to be a lot of feral people around Melbourne on the trains!"

A BIG thumbs up
Well done rwb. As much as I give rival fans a ribbing I get on really well with them all. All good fun.
At the end of the day we are League fans (even vermin lol).
And ferals exist EVERYWHERE, not just on the trains.

[Darkone]

Who remembers who came second!!!

#NRLMilestones: South Sydney need only FOUR wins to be the second (after Roosters) #NRL club to hit 1000 victories

[redwhiteblue]

A BIG thumbs up
Well done rwb. As much as I give rival fans a ribbing I get on really well with them all. All good fun.
At the end of the day we are League fans (even vermin lol).
And ferals exist EVERYWHERE, not just on the trains.

I know! It made me homesick to see her in her jersey, instead of just plain sick! We both had a laugh at the swarm of Essendon and Swans fans everywhere scurrying off to watch the other code.