Burke strikes back

[Bruce Ross]

Our hero has played an absolute blinder:

"If I asked you to play 35 weeks of Test rugby, your tool of trade and your body would fall apart. What we need to understand is the six days x 35 weeks that these guys are training."

"35 weeks of Test rugby"? What can he mean?
"Your tool of trade" falls off? I suppose it would after 35 weeks of Test rugby.
"Playing 35 weeks of Test rugby" requires 35 weeks of training?? Obviously he's talking about the Wallabies in the Deans era. No need to worry about pre-season training.

"Up to 35 players to 36 players are involved in each club for the season."

"Up to" has until now been used to mean up to a single number, i.e, to the highest number, not up to a range of numbers. But I defer to superior wisdom. After all I have never played rugby at the Super level.

"I wonder if we could have experienced more as supporters during this week leading into such a big game, or does it come down to how to best manage your team and making sure that when it comes to taking the field for the last game of the season that you can fill a quota of 15 players with Test quality."

Even after banging my head vigorously against the wall numerous times I cannot begin to decipher this. Is it a revival of the Enigma Code?
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[Jnor]

"I wonder if we could have experienced more as supporters during this week leading into such a big game, or does it come down to how to best manage your team and making sure that when it comes to taking the field for the last game of the season that you can fill a quota of 15 players with Test quality."

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I think my brain just melted

 

[Nelse]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/its-time-to-toughen-up-20120825-24t66.html

I think he's spot on with this article. And I think its a theme that some of the classic wallabies need to instill in the current crop when giving the speech or presenting jerseys or whatever they come in to do.

 

[Jnor]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/its-time-to-toughen-up-20120825-24t66.html

I think he's spot on with this article. And I think its a theme that some of the classic wallabies need to instill in the current crop when giving the speech or presenting jerseys or whatever they come in to do.

It might be a bit simplistic, but at a point when no-one has any real answers I think he might just have got to a central problem with this team.

 

[Swat]

Nope, he lost me when he suggested that Black Caviar psyches out other horses because they are awed by his dominance.

 

[Richo]

Nope, he lost me when he suggested that Black Caviar psyches out other horses because they are awed by his dominance.

You mean horses aren't on Twitter?

 

[Braveheart81]

Nope, he lost me when he suggested that Black Caviar psyches out other horses because they are awed by his dominance.

[Burkelogic]How would you know Swat?

Not only have you never been a horse, you've never raced against Black Caviar.[/Burkelogic]

 

[Swat]

You mean horses aren't on Twitter?

Neigh.

 

[p.Tah]

You mean horses aren't on Twitter?

The Horse Twitterer was a relatively unknown sequel to the Horse Whisperer. It describes a man's attempt to teach a frighten horse how to use a smart phone to Tweet. Not wanting to ruin the movie but the horse gets tired of trying to type with its enormous hoof on the tiny phone screen. In the end it gives up and just eats the phone. Yes, it was an apple.

 

[It is what it is]

The Horse Twitterer was a relatively unknown sequel to the Horse Whisperer. It describes a man's attempt to teach a frighten horse how to use a smart phone to Tweet. Not wanting to ruin the movie but the horse gets tired of trying to type with its enormous hoof on the tiny phone screen. In the end it gives up and just eats the phone. Yes, it was an apple.

Gallop from FFA might be able to help.