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Brad Davidson out for Breakers game

Anonymous:
"Can someone please explain to me how a lopsided foul count means that one team was favoured over another?"
Last season's win over the Kings, saw us accused of hometown ref bias. Pretty hard to have much conviction when the Eastern State bashers (both highly respected Sydney-based fans) didn't have access to either an auio or video live feed.
Draw your own conclusion from that. ; )

Anonymous:
"Some of these guys are like tampons!

In 1 week, out for 3!"

With all the cost savings happening, how'd want to do 36er laundry duty?
If it takes your fancy, pull a few strings & you're in.

C'mon Isaac,
The Cairns game (in Cairns) did look pretty biased towards Cairns (11 fouls to 28).

I wasn't referring to the fouls called, but the fouls uncalled. NZ seem to be a hustling type of team (average 28 fpg - highest in league)and these teams tend to give away more hacking fouls than most as they try to reach in to steal the ball. With their team makeup it seems they like to get a defensive turnover through a steal.

However, in NZ the fouls so far have been
Hawks 14/25
Tigers 24/24
Sixers 18/29
Cairns 24/37
Blaze 30/25
Perth 26/18
TOTAL 136 / 158

In Aus:
Blaze 30/28
Cairns 11/28
Crocs 22/21
TOTAL 63 / 77

Yes, they have heaps of fouls called on them, but the team is a high fouling team. I would suggest that 28 fpg is still a bit light on when compared to the actual number of fouls that could be called.

Nothing personal against the Breakers and the players, but it would be good to see "Spend a" Penney have a bad game (28 ppg is insane), Oscar miss a few from the 3, and the Kiwi umpires actually call some fouls against the Breakers.

Just behind our bench are two clowns. One with a pink wig and the other a blue and white wig. They call themselves "The Noize". During the time outs they bash their drums right in our boy's ears.

I know where I would like to ram their drums.

Is the game on Foxtel?

I'd be disappointed if Winnitana didn't play a good one in this.

Nifty, you are definitely thinking of someone else. I'm all about the players & coaches.
I probably didn't make myself clear before, but I was referring to injuries that come from practice sessions, things like dislocated fingers, ankle sprains from players treading on ankles, collisions, or court surface issues. They don't pussy around, there competetiveness runs hot even during practices.

Tyndale eye injury.. in last NZ game, wasn't it.
So many injuries, I think there might be one more, that we had. Too many to think of, right now.

What a great opportunity for Tyndale to step up.

Kersten injury, is another, but there are always going to be player injuries. For a start, they carry residual injuries from season to season & play through them, every game. It's only when they're unable to suit up, that it becomes an issue for fans.
Daily practice sessions are an obvious source of injury as well. It's got nothing to do with Scottie, the physio, or strength & conditioning guys, teams train hard & don't hold back. Injuries are a fact of life for professional sportsmen. There's also a lot of pressure for players to get back into the line-up when they're the crowd drawcard. Not many teams have the luxury of resting players back to 100% health, the season's too short & it can have a huge impact in placings in the finals.

Shame the classic "Nut Cracker suite" Jones won't be part of the mix.