To take a phrase from Peter Griffin. You know what really grinds my gears?
Let's start with last nights NRL game.
The good
Finally the off-season is over. League is back and started off with a bang. The dragons finally getting over the top of the knights in a thriller. Despite the absence of Wayne Bennett and full back Boyd, the dragons were solid for most of the night. Soward behind most of their attacking raids. For the knights, Mullen was back to his best and should look to get back the half back spot in the NSW origin team.
The bad
Knights defence was slow and gave the dragons too much room to move. For the dragons their new full back Stanley and prop Matt Prior continued to cough the ball up at crucial times.
The ugly
Channel Nine. After all the build up for the season launch and even though they have a perfectly good high definition channel at their disposal. The game was an hour delayed in regular definition. Inexcusable in these times. The AFL are way ahead in this regards. Not only does Channel Nine do this, they also do not allow foxtel to pick up their slack and broadcast the game live. Even more amusing was the ads for sportsbet broadcasting "We hope you are enjoying the game between the knight and dragons. Don't forget you can bet live right now with tab sportsbet." If this were true, i could make some serious cash with an hour's future knowledge.
And that's what grinds my gears.
P.S. Foxtel is not entirely blameless in this discussion. Im growing tired of watching the NBA on ESPN where they are advertising the second part of the double header only to switch to a replay of a college game from a week ago instead of the live game our American friends are watching.
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