2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 60

Loomer wrote:

Chicken pasta bake

can this be utilised somehow in Moose's water-drinking game?

also... big fan of pasta bakes over here. So good.

pm888 wrote:

for me its the term manufacture. johns started using it a lot this year, "he's manufactured a kick out of nothing", "hes someonehow manufactured a pass" and now i hear sterlo using it.

Not sure if the boys looked up a thesaurus and thought yeah i like the sound of that, or if their media people reckon the word connects with the audience.

Manufacture is the post contact meters of commentating for 2017.

pm888 wrote:

for me its the term manufacture. johns started using it a lot this year, "he's manufactured a kick out of nothing", "hes someonehow manufactured a pass" and now i hear sterlo using it.

Not sure if the boys looked up a thesaurus and thought yeah i like the sound of that, or if their media people reckon the word connects with the audience.

I always hated "brain explosion" that first appeared a couple of years ago now.
Got used everytime someone made an error for a few months there.

OH NO HE'S HAD A BRAIN EXPLOSION.

He's thrown a bad pass. His brain did not explode. FFS.

filthridden wrote:

can this be utilised somehow in Moose's water-drinking game?

also... big fan of pasta bakes over here. So good.

Don't forget your moose shot glass if you are partaking in the drinking game tonight.

Moose wrote:

Manufacture is the post contact meters of commentating for 2017.

Next year it'll be "Intensity" and "High work rate". They tried to cram it in as much as they could in origin, to the point of that stupid Telstra Intense-o-meter (tm) where they tried to somehow quantify "intensity".

i clearly watch too much football as i can hear both of those terms being said over and over in my head right now

my tv broke wrote:i clearly watch too much football as i can hear both of those terms being said over and over in my head right now

You might get a lot of minutes watching footy but what are the intensity of those minutes like?

wolfking wrote:The one that gets me is a term which is legit but I have never heard it or used it in everyday life.  That's 'for mine'  Braith Anasta started using it every fucking second sentence when he started on fox, now every bloody commentator is using it over and over again.  Just annoys the shit out of me.

Fkn yes +9999999999

Its widely used in the horse racing industry too and shits me to no ends. It actually really triggers me... And everytime i pull them up and ask why they use it, they just say everyone else is...

wolfking wrote:The one that gets me is a term which is legit but I have never heard it or used it in everyday life.  That's 'for mine'  Braith Anasta started using it every fucking second sentence when he started on fox, now every bloody commentator is using it over and over again.  Just annoys the shit out of me.

That fucking saying

Milchcow wrote:

Thanks for thinking my team is awesome.

With no Mannering, Fifita, Taumalolo or Jtrbo I feel like I'm down a little in the forwards.

I have none of those and I am tempted to punt Surgess for Lolo this weekend... goes against my gut feel of holding any potential keeper who isn't injured at this stage of the season. :/

Would still leave me with three trades.

my tv broke wrote:Speaking of commentators i've noticed lately that Warren Smith uses alot of the same phrases over and over, especially  "wore/copped/got a shot for his troubles". Now that I've picked up on it, it stands out to me every single time. Wondering if any others have noticed this, he pulled one out last night. I might develop a drinking game for Woz

Andrew Moore on ABC radio has a few - listen to Grandstand a while and you'll hear "He strikes it, he likes it, it's over the black dot!" on a regular basis. Then Matt Elliott pays him out for it on air - which makes them a far better commentary team than any of the TV offerings IMO.

hymenbustas wrote:

Fkn yes +9999999999

Its widely used in the horse racing industry too and shits me to no ends. It actually really triggers me... And everytime i pull them up and ask why they use it, they just say everyone else is...

I hate when journos (especially twitter journos aka dudes with no actual connections or knowledge) say "I'm hearing" in reference to a scoop. James Hooper is the worst for it, and fair enough he is in the know, but you get all these morons tweeting stuff like "I'm hearing" etc etc is out. And then the rumour gains momentum because they've all heard the same thing from each other on whatever fan forum they've read.

my tv broke wrote:

I hate when journos (especially twitter journos aka dudes with no actual connections or knowledge) say "I'm hearing" in reference to a scoop. James Hooper is the worst for it, and fair enough he is in the know, but you get all these morons tweeting stuff like "I'm hearing" etc etc is out. And then the rumour gains momentum because they've all heard the same thing from each other on whatever fan forum they've read.

Mole is the worst for that. We get it mate, you used to be relevant in the 90's.

my tv broke wrote:

I hate when journos (especially twitter journos aka dudes with no actual connections or knowledge) say "I'm hearing" in reference to a scoop. James Hooper is the worst for it, and fair enough he is in the know, but you get all these morons tweeting stuff like "I'm hearing" etc etc is out. And then the rumour gains momentum because they've all heard the same thing from each other on whatever fan forum they've read.

I'm hearing there's in-fighting between MTB and the NRL twittersphere

We had an entire thread for this kinda thing back on Sportal. All I remember people getting pissed off at was "official" and "missus" for some reason

For mine its 'Continuity'. pronounced "Conna-newitty"

I'm hearing it all the time. Doesn't annoy me, just makes me laugh at idiots like Fittler trying their luck at a word with more than three syllables

SoylentGreen wrote:

Andrew Moore on ABC radio has a few - listen to Grandstand a while and you'll hear "He strikes it, he likes it, it's over the black dot!" on a regular basis. Then Matt Elliott pays him out for it on air - which makes them a far better commentary team than any of the TV offerings IMO.

Yeah the ABC radio is classic. Cant remember what Elliot says, but its fucking dumb but knowing he is doing it to take the piss is funny.

Those guys are quality, but holy shit their are some real lemons that call in though, just old fellas complaining about the most left of centre shit. Sound like a coupla Queenslanders that have been left out in the sun to long.