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Effevtive immediately - 3 month ban for Jannik Sinner which allows him to play in the next Slam (French Open) WADA has formerly withdrawn it's appeal to CAS. Seems a fair result, all things considered

Josh Allen wins NFL MVP Lamar Jackson a close up 2nd Saquan Barkley a long way back in 3rd spot. Yet his season definitely rivals Adrain Peterson & LaDanuan Tomlinson (who both won the award as RB's) Could he have played any better? Averaging 142.7 yards per game He's the main reason the Eagles got to the SB (in my view)

The Eagles flew under the radar a trifle too ... Detroit & the NFC North, The Bills, Chiefs & Ravens in the AFC were often the main talking points The final real pointer was the Eagles demolishing the up & coming Washington in the NFC Championship And KC's luck ran out after so many narrow wins But hey, isn't hindsight a wonderful thing!!

Donald Rumsford-like, layz Not-noticed important players (the OL), barely noticed important people (the DL) and always noticed important persons (QB's, RB's, Andy Reid)

Local lads Hall & Oates might be front & centre in those Philadelphia bars right now (just after 2am?!) Dappa used to spend a bit of time in the States so he'll no doubt be celebrating hard!!!

Will the Chiefs draw a blank!!?

Now the KC Offensive linesman joins in with the Eagles D haha

Mahomes is going to have to do a 'Brady'

Men on a mission, JV

Is it over!!?

Wow!!

The Eagles D has been immense KC need to try something different to get on the scoreboard

That last offside was a gift from the KC defensive linesman. Inexcusable Could be very costly if the Eagles get a score on this drive

Incidental contact calls can ruin a game. Just let the players play The Tush Push! TD to the Eagles

2 early soft ref calls that cancel each other out? Yep, spot on

Excellent D by the Eagles

@DemonDave @layzie Tips, gentlemen! So what are we all doing re watching the SB? I've been going to the same SB get-together for over 20 years now (on and off when work permits) And my old cricket club has organised a SB function for over 10 years

If someone gave me $1k to bet on the SB then I'd probably back the Eagles ... but if it was my own money, I would have to back the Chiefs (in a close one) KC 1-6

Attention seekers mostly, BDA

Huge news with the NFL games in Melbourne!!

Replete with the full Rams coaching gear with playbook/clipboard in hand. It's quite possible! After a time, Gorg would be giving free advice to Stafford and McVay

The role referenced fits in with defence-first mantra Last year the average score against us was 78 points where as in the 2021 premiership year it was 65 points. And a similar number in 2022 & 2023?

Yes, Langford just needs to be developed as he has a lot to learn. But a lot of that will be self-development because as you said, he looks to be a plug-in-and-play type Exciting times with Langford & Lindsay being added to the list

When we were are at our best, we often had Brayshaw playing as a defensive midfielder (as well as an attacking mid when it suited) Not sure that Petracca, Oliver or Viney can play that role as marking strength and the ability to spoil was part of Gus' role. Maybe Rivers? Not advocating Langford at half back or on a wing (Gus also played those roles at other times), but more so at the defensive side of the midfield sweeping from side to side We need some versatility in the midfield and that's maybe why we drafted Langford in the first place Of course, we could also play Langford as a forward mid or a HHF if augers well. Right now, Langford has the base attributes so we'll soon see where it all goes from here

Langford has enormous potential and he may also be able to play that Gus role that we've missed Part defensive midfielder or filling that role between half back and the midfield with defensive spoils and intercept marks With his height and physical presence, he could play any number of roles that a midfielder could fill The above may take a while to come to fruition, of course. First of all, he needs to find his feet!