Well, another Panthers season comes to an end, and the jerseys are put back in the closet for another year. The long wait for season 2019 begins.
So what do you watch in the meantime, what are the Spring/Summer sports you enjoy and who do you support?
Feel free to make this place you home for your Spring/Summer sports interest over the off season in the in the Off Topic. While we may all be Panthers fans, I have a feeling we are probably quite different in other sports.
For me, I traditionally watch American sports in the off-season as well as a few Summer Sports.
NFL - New Orleans Saints NBA - New Orleans Pelicans A-League - Western Sydney Wanderers BBL - Sydney Sixers
I used to watch Bathurst 1000 and stopped watching it (Was getting tired of the Ford v Holden thing), when other manufacturer got back in the game I started watching again, following āGarry Rogers/Volvoā, but it seems many of the brands are gone again and last year I found pretty boring. I donāt think will be watching this year.
I donāt really have a routine in the off season, never miss the 2 big test matches, no matter where I am 10am Boxing Day I will be on someoneās loungeā¦
Re Bathurst Steve, going back there this year for the first time since about 2003, I stopped going because the corporate took over, 50 people in a space that could fit 5000, they have 4 dunnies and the plebs on the chase share 2ā¦
Melbourne Cup, take a day off to enjoy that!
Other than that, I like the golf when itās in town and watch a bit of the pyjama cricket.
Premier league - whoever is playing Manchester United.
Watch bits and pieces of the cricket. Just a thought; if it is illegal to rough up the ball, why then is it ok to polish it. Surely both are ball tampering.
I thought this exact thing myself, isnāt any alteration to the ball to an advantage be considered tampering. This, I have asked to friends in cricket circles and I have never given me a straight answer.
Itās the busiest time of the year for me with work, so I donāt get to see too many games, but I generally follow Sydney FC, Sydney Kings, Sydney Thunder & Dallas Cowboys. Also try to keep an eye on a few other overseas teams (LA Lakers, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Crystal Palace to name a few) but only look at the scores & standings every few weeks.
You so called Aussiesā¦when you shine the ball you are trying to enable longevity, scuffing or damaging the ball to improve an immediate outcome is āball tamperingā ie meddling with its life cycle detrimentally.
Note: the ball starts off shiny, maintaining the shine as best you can is an acceptable action. The issue with the reverse is just that, making the ball reverse against its normal function.
I do realise you intelligent mob know that !!!
I should also point out that only ānaturalā human additives (sweat / saliva) are allowed in the shining, using anything artificial to do this is also considered ball tampering.
The reverse, in the old days when cholesterol wasnāt a factor, generally only happened in test matches when the ball was getting tired, the fact it is happening now in one day cricket is clear evidence that foul play is at hand.
In my humble opinion, and being an ex bowler, we need some kind of help, bats get bigger, grounds get smaller and the pitches are getting harderā¦all relating to the bowler getting flogged.
Maybe they can use those bouncy āSuperballsā they used to have in those toy vending machines for 20 cents outside the take away shops back in the day, would give a whole new definition to the term ābouncerā.
well Sunday will once again mark the end of winter sports for another year. Ours finished two weeks ago! Familiar pattern
I will follow the spring racing carnivals, including of course The Cup, but there is a bunch of great racing over the next 6 weeks or so.
I will follow the MLB playoffs & will watch some cricket over the summer, although I doubt with the usual interest after the events of last summer. I will likely take a look at the golf & hope to see some of the darts.
So a āhealthyā diet of sports to take us thru to footy next year. I already have a head start having renewed our season tickets today! I hope we get our $355 worth
only one side in the Premier League as inconsistent as ā¦ well you know
birdman. Beating Manchester United is like Panthers beating Storm 50-0.
Lovely day aināt it ???
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