The Silver Fern

The standard of officiating won't be helping the cause. I watched 10 mins of the Wellington Vs Southland game last weekend and there was about 3 massive blunders in 10 mins. One of them a Southland player stood fully over the line and the AR missed it and let play carry on. That one especially was an absolute disgrace.

@booboo said in QF - The Bay v Coke Snorting, Historical Artefact Wreckers:

Good crowd. Play more in smaller grounds.

$15 tickets and a teeny-tiny stand at the old domain - don't need many in for it to look packed.

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@MN5 said in Wellington Hostel Fire:

@SynicBast said in Wellington Hostel Fire:

I'm all good. Thankfully I live in a boarding lodge in Mt Vic overlooking the Basin rtahre than Loafer's Lodge which catered for a rather different level of clientele. I've been working 7 days a week until very recently which is why I've been absent (that and falling out of love with rugby).

Really appreciate the concern.

As long as you’re still in love with cricket, I imagine the views of the basin would be magnificent.

Yeah, although the hedgerow has grown so much it obscures the view from our deck, but up on the second floor I am perfectly positioned at the southern end , around wide mid on. Still bitching mightily about makeweights like kuggeleijn being preferred to Boulty

@NTA said in Star link:

@Kirwan said in Star link:

@Hooroo said in Star link:

Big box arrived with Starlink on it.

Too scared to open it!!

Is it a mission to set up?

So jealous, I want pics please. And do a speed test for us nerds.

Wouldn't be able to touch the fibre connections you get over there for speed, surely?

No it doesn’t but sits nicely in the gap between copper/wireless/cellular and fibre.
Comfortably capable of being a work horse for two working from home running concurrent teams meetings.
The modem/router that comes with it is much better quality than your usual ISP rubbish as well. I have it set up out in the paddock where I have the office/caravan but connect a TV to it in the house 40 metres away to stream sport.
Haven’t brought the Ethernet adapter so I can set up mesh yet.

@bovidae said in Perfect Hat-trick:

And subbed before HT.

Very impressive I thought, although Moore might want to use her left foot.

Bad decision. Should have put her at striker since all of her touches were finding the back of the net.

Well played Hydro.

@ACT-Crusader said in GOAT:

@voodoo said in GOAT:

Cases for both sides here.

MVP is voted for, so prone to shit decisions (Rusty, Nash x 2, Malone etc)

Rings are absolute but require team effort, and many have won rings that are less deserved than some who haven't (Horry v Barkley?)

No right answer

The thing about team sport MVP selections is that every one of them needed their team mates to win it.

Russ got it because he averaged a TD over the course of an 82 game season. He needed his team mates to make shots on his passes and get out of the way with all those defensive rebounds he got.

Malone needed a player of Stockton’s ability and selflessness to feed him the ball at the right place and time. Still the greatest number of passes from one player to another in NBA history.

Team sport MVPs for sports like basketball, football/soccer, rugby and even NFL are a bit of a misnomer because of the reliance on others. A QB still needs a damn good offensive line and decent receivers to do their thing. Great Ice Hockey centres still need players to set screens and get them the puck.

A team sport like baseball and even cricket to a large extent where the key activities in the game are so heavily individualised, you can more easily focus on standout players and their own impact on the sport.

Slightly OT - I’ve always found the big egos of sportspeople in team sports really interesting. So much of your success is not in your control yet they approach it as if it is. Quite the mindset or is it just huff and bluster.

I always found it interesting reading how Sir Paddles ( an absolute pro and our best cricketer ever ) got on with his teammates ( many of whom were journeymen and amateurs )

The car fiasco sounds exactly that.

For me, Zverev is too conservative. He stands too deep, doesn't hit as flat hard or as deep as Sinner. IMHO Shelton worried Sinner more, but suffered from a lack of discipline.

He needs to.take a leaf out of Madison Keys' book, make some serious changes to improve the weaker parts of his game

@dogmeat said in Phone Cases:

@hooroo said in Phone Cases:

I like a nice looking case.

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Indeed

@Machpants Delighted for Lyds. Loved her phlegmatism and humility last year after winning the Olympic Gold and the Women's Open within two weeks of each other.

@hooroo said in Maori characters - ū etc:

[edit -split from a match thread]

@stargazer How did you get the line above the U in Manawatū (I copied and paste from yours)

If you have a Mac you can select the Māori language keybord and you'll get a United Tribes flag in the corner where the language flag is (usually it's an Oz flag for NZ based Macs). You can find it under keyboard preferences.

Then you just hold down option and the vowel and you'll get the macron.

The European playoffs to qualify for the World Cup may be more exciting than the World Cup itself. One of Portugal or Italy won't make it but should get to play off head to head, Scotland may play Wales for a spot and the Russia/Poland/Sweden/Czech set is really touch to pick.

Semi-finals – Thursday 24 March 2022
Path A
Scotland vs Ukraine (20:45 CET)
Wales vs Austria (20:45 CET)

Path B
Russia vs Poland (18:00 CET)
Sweden vs Czech Republic (20:45 CET)

Path C
Italy vs North Macedonia (20:45 CET)
Portugal vs Turkey (20:45 CET)

Finals – Tuesday 29 March 2022

Path A
Wales / Austria vs Scotland / Ukraine (20:45 CET)

Path B
Russia / Poland vs Sweden / Czech Republic (20:45 CET)

Path C
Portugal / Turkey vs Italy / North Macedonia (20:45 CET)

@kiwipie said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

@cpt-kumera said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

Interesting chase and mitch got subbed early in the 2nd. The last 4.5 years they been our best players

Some of Tiatia's kicking was poor in that first half. And Trask wasn't a calm head at 10. We looked much better with Black at 10 and Trask at 15.

I was pretty happy you left Black on the bench as long as you did, imagine losing to an Of Plenty team with a Manawatu poach at ten. Talk about indignity.

@mariner4life said in Old people talk about the olden days:

@voodoo said in Old people talk about the olden days:

Reading posts of Ferners Hamilton experiences puts so much else into context

Fuck off Palmy Boy

Someone from Palmy having a go at Hamilton.

Pretty early in the year for a comedian fern award, especially while we wait for @virgil to sort last years but this has my vote !!!

@derpus It doesn't need to be - it just needs a better balance restored, where the spectators aren't being punished for player misdeeds - and sometimes just perceived misdeeds.

The eighties called and wants it's volunteer uniforms back 🤮

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@Magpie_in_aus said in World Series Poker and other events:

Plan on one day bucket listing the WSOP.

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Worth it just to get a look at Kara Scott

@No-Quarter said in New Zealand v West Indies:

@NTA a true custodian of the game, no Aussie will ever compete

To be fair if there was a Spirit of Cricket award for the previous decade I'm sure Gilchrist would have won it. Top blok.

He could have put the plaque up in the pool room next to the elephant head he shot with McGrath in Africa.