Posts by Naly D
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I really like the English rugby league uniform and the 83-87 Cavs uniform
As to the shitty revisions of uniforms [like the Man U back stripe, ugh. Not to mention the gold uniform from 2001 that almost singlehandedly ruined football for me - the one which did was the green alternate strip from somewhere around 1998-2001 but I can't find that online] it's purely money. HEY WE MADE A NEW JERSEY BUY IT SO YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY LIKE THE TEAM WHEN YOU COME TO OUR GAMES!
Which is why in NZ we're lucky that adidas only renews shirts every second year.
Having said that though, merchandise counts for a lot of a team's income.
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I've watched it many, many, many, times now. Many times indeed.
What the hell was Sivivatu doing?
And as for the promotion, having a game at the same time as the MLB world series probably isn't the best idea right? How are you going to compete with that in terms of hype? Although it was cool to hear the crowd chanting 'All Blacks' in the last 10 min.
And 44,000... That's still more than comparable to test matches in NZ and Aus. It's around 10,000 more than the NZ venues can hold at present.
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As a lady, I am firmly of the opinion that moustaches are only permitable if they exist only to increase the sensation delivered to my lady parts. Aesthetically, they have no place in 2010!
I refuse to have my laziness and economic protest at the price of razors be objectified as a sex toy!
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I do like that suggestion. Currently any team that goes down will struggle to make it back up because they'll be moving down to an amateur division.
The rumours coming from the NZRU office [unsubstantiated at this stage] suggest the top-tier of ANZC is to have its salary cap lowered dramatically to $800,000 and the second div will have a cap of $600,000, to make it easier for teams to move between the two.
This is all scuttlebutt of course, so I'm not claiming it's accurate. But that could work, I think.
There is always Hadyn's model for the competition, of course.
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Another thing - the ANZC final last year was the lowest-scoring provincial final ever, right?
So was this shield match the lowest scoring shield match ever? Or was it the lowest scoring shield match where the defender has lost the log o' wood?
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It's been so good to support a union which could not possibly have been relegated [Lions] so I can see the misinformation and bickering going on between unions and fans.
First off:
Teams like B.o.P, Manawatu & Tasman are coming out of the fiscal hole they dug themselves now only to potentially get flung back into it when they get dropped and lose the resulting revenue.
Manawatu haven't made a loss - they've signed young players on basic salaries and developed them through the academy at Massey, and saved the surplus [according to Jason O'Halloran]. About the only time they splashed out was on that really good Argentine fullback in the first two seasons.
In 99% of competitions around the world they use the novel concept of the bottom teams going down. Leaving nothing to the shadowy hand of a central organisation with metrics that are impossible to measure.
So if Manawatu, Harbour, Northland and Counties go down, what will be the issue? What would have happened if three teams had finished 4th last, is it fair to go to points differential in that instance?
While I think there are positive arguments to the 'oh just relegate the last four teams' there are bigger ramifications which need to be considered. If Tasman, Otago and Southland had been in the bottom 4, you'd have one final ANZC team for the whole of the SI. Likewise if Northland, Counties, Harbour and Auckland were gone.
The NZRU were damned from the start once they decided to cut back the teams. If they'd said from the beginning they were going to cut the top four there would have been cries of 'oh that's unfair, teams have poor seasons all the time that don't reflect their potential' 'why should we be penalised for one season out-of-the-ordinary?' and 'you're not considering the loyalty of our fans!' Not to mention that some teams, despite how it looks on paper, have been pretty damn competitive. Go back and watch the Counties game against the Bay, or the first half against Canterbury.
In my opinion what made the competition so good this year could be seen last night: the All Blacks not being removed.
Do you meant "the All Blacks <i><b>being</b></i> removed."?
And I still stick by my picks for the ANZC
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is that coaching failure? Didn't seem that way to me, seemed like execution mostly.
I agree
His house got egged, his kids have been hassled on Facebook and he's considering giving up refereeing.
That's horrid. I'd hate to imagine if that try had been to win the game.
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@TS,
Have you guys tracked down that touch-judge from Thursday’s game and driven him out of town yet?Yeah, how much would it suck for him, being from Napier as he is. Apparently he called in sick to work to his day job on Friday.
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You mean when he pulled my hair it was because he actually secretly likes me?
Shh! Amy might read this.
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I only really started rooting for the Dolphins after that incredibly huge catch though, and I was more supporting them because they were behind and the underdog, not just to piss you off. Here's highlights [and there were a lot of them!]
That fake punt was so sweet!
But I'll never support Sanchez after what he put my Nittany Lions through [even if he goes to the Pats or Saints]Also.
And what's better than four wheels AND two legs? Both together!
Awesome segue.