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[@KillAWhale666]

Gal admitting he’s paid to argue with Gus haha

[@timothysynnott1974]

Gal is annoying

[@KingHydro37]

"You might have 3 blokes on your card on Thursday night" - Go Guss 😂😂

[@blessedjaravani2260]

I agree with Gus sharks had the easiest draw this year

[@jackdempsey614]

Sharks beat full strength south’s team, came within 10 points of a full strength panthers team, beat a full strength parra side. I agree with Gal.

[@DIVLJIVUK]

Wow they beat parra 🤣

[@markmalu3511]

Rabbitohs 13+ on the fishies

[@DIVLJIVUK]

@@markmalu3511 no chance

[@51beak39]

Gus is saying their defence is not up to finals footy standards. Do you think that Penrith would leak 30 points to the cowboys? Your answer is no therefore you agree with gus not Gal.

[@jackdempsey614]

@@51beak39 that’s not what i’m saying at all i know they didn’t defend well at all in that game but you look at the rest of their games this year their defence has been pretty good. They can’t help having a softer draw at the end. We also beat melbourne (without nicho) and cowboys this year.

[@mrfishmon5517]

Gus - ‘yep they’re gone’ 😂😂😂

[@mreel3488]

Hate to agree with Gus, but he's right. It seems Gallen getting punched in the head too many times in the boxing ring has done some damage. Cronulla have had the softest draw all year and had the easiest last 4 weeks (along with the Raiders) of the comp. And now Cronulla won't be playing at Shark they have no chance of beating the Rabbitohs.

[@darrenslawther9075]

Sharks last 5 games. Dragons, Tigers, Eagles, Bulldogs and Knights. SO Gus Is right about that and for Gal to say defensively they were the best team in the last 5 rounds is just silly. Against the cowboys they let in 5 tries so I back GUS on that.

[@StaleBread]

so what?? does it matter whether you play those teams all in a row or spread throughout the year?? this draw excuse is so stupid

[@darrenslawther9075]

@@StaleBread No did you not read, the sharks have had an easy run over the last 5 weeks so for Gal to say they have the best defense in the lay month is a ridiculous claim.

[@Greenboipapi]

Storm cowboys panthers rabbits dragons tigers eagles bulldogs knights I’d say that’s a pretty even mixed bag of good and bad the last nine games

[@burrows14]

@@darrenslawther9075 i agree with you..i was surprised both cowboys and sharks being the second and third defensive team had conceded more than 20 points each with some tries that never should be a try

[@shaunmcewan5494]

Last 5 it was the last 14

[@swingham4020]

Its hard to argue with Gus, as you have to look at his mug, which is enough to put anyone off

[@SilentHotdog28]

I might go to the Sharks vs Souths game, see how I'm feeling after the Swans vs Pies. Even though I'm a Storm fan, I'll be cheering for Sharks because Nicho and Dale used to play for us. Though I don't mind the Rabbits either. The only 2 Sydney teams I like haha.

[@anthonybrooman9824]

Tell us your life story

[@marklulham3148]

Soft draw is correct. Sharks played top 8 sides once and bottom twice (I noticed this a while ago so might not apply 100% due to Broncettes)

[@blake4179]

What is Gallen on about, just go an look up the team sheets of the match he was talking about. Panthers BEAT the sharks in their only game this year. Sharks did beat parra but that was wayyyy back in rd2 when teams are still rusty (and only by 2points on the buzzer) which is nowhere near recently like Gal said. Sharks beat the storm in rd17 when they didn't have their origin players just like Gus said, but storm beat sharks rd6 when they were full strength. Sharks beat cowboys in rd18, again when they had no origin players like Gus said. Even against the top sides the sharks had it easy

[@24SULLY]

Can tell me which players the cowboys didn’t have in round 18? Because I’m pretty sure Townsend,taumalolo ,feldt , drinkwater and hiku and dearden were in the side

[@mrfryfilmguy]

I wouldn't write the Sharks off just yet, u never know. Since Burgess won't be playing to do half a dozen high tackles and take out the Sharks playmakers..they could be in with a slight chance.

[@ARandomGuy24]

Could they beat Penrith conceding 30 points a few weeks before that though?

[@marcus_ds_44697]

Every club has a squad of 30, and if you get the job done over the 13/17 that take to the field at the time, the losing team have to move on.

[@24SULLY]

Refs will be on Latrells side cause everyone boos him. Game has been decided before it even starts.

[@internettings5837]

Fax why would panthers game be at a rabbits home ground unless there versing the rabbits something doesn’t add up

[@stuffedgrubs]

Might have 3 blokes having a go on Thursday night 🤣🤣 C'mon Gus get in the ring

[@MusMasi]

pensioner in the ring?

[@matthewlh6368]

Just checked. Gal is right. They played a full strength Penrith and souths. They lost to Penrith by 10 and beat souths by 1

[@magic696]

Wasn’t Cleary and Laui out for the last 5 games of penriths season games?

[@matthewlh6368]

@@magic696 they stopped at round 21. Sharks played them round 19

[@heathballard5398]

Why bother argueing on here? We will find out Saturday if the Sharks are soft.

[@ajm82]

Sharks are a good team. They're running and tackling like they aren't pretending. Just saying. Never played the game. Not a Sharks fan but been a LONG time fan of the game..they pass my eyeball test. Im not worried about Phils opinion. Gus is just a TV dude..We all know he loves hearing himself talk..🤣

[@sanigiu]

Ha ha ha you can say that again.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

True re Gus. Very entertaining team to watch the sharks. They’re the game I tune into most weeks

[@51beak39]

I agree with Gus.

[@dustblowingman]

I can't see how Gus thinks Val milked the obstruction penalty. Did Val somehow make Tracey put his arms around him without the ball?

[@stitchup5637]

He's actually deranged. The ref needed 0 convincing to take that to the bunker. It's a penalty every day of the week.

[@jaishwnd8609]

@Emu Plains JRLFC the second he puts his arms around another player, it’s seen as a tackle.

[@OGEETOMO]

Was the most obvious milk in the history of NRL.

[@themanwithnothingtolose]

@@OGEETOMO Nothing beats Kyle Feldt vs Tigers

[@iancross4666]

You've got the wrong play. He's talking about Sharks no try ruling because Val was obstructed from defending.

[@ronaldmcdonald7875]

Rabbitohs letting 14 points in that game where teddy’s gone and the backline is stuffed isn’t a good look. And the only reason it wasn’t more was because the jumbled together backline couldn’t execute consistently l.

[@GoogleAccount-pt4zu]

Well to be fair at one point Sharks did face Storm, Cowboys, Panthers & Rabbitohs (not Parramatta), Parra was way back in Rnd 2 and although the final score was 18-16, it was 4 tries to 2, Hynes had a shocker with the boot kicking 1/4 due to the horrific wind conditions at Shark Park that day. They beat 3/4 and gave a full strength Panthers a red hot crack being up 10-0 at one stage & it remained 14-10 for the remainder of the 2nd half up until that Luai try right at the death so they gave Penrith a real red hot scare. Fair enough there last few games were against bottom feeder clubs but as they say if you’re serious about winning the comp you’re not meant to lose the games you’re meant to win, if Gus says they beat the top teams without there stars well Cronulla did beat Melbourne while Hynes was out with covid, all teams have injuries theoughout the year it’s not uncommon, Sharks had the game won against Cowboys they buckled right at the death including having a dud call go there way with the Val Holmes dive.

[@raymondocool694]

Toby Rudolph didn’t ground the ball for his try and the bloke who got sin binned, why didn’t the cowboys get a penalty try? No way Val wasn’t going to score that. Let’s call a spade a spade. Refs could have been better but justice prevailed and the cowboys earned a week off

[@farazalam5772]

Sharks are pretenders let’s see if they get knocked out this week

[@valxe00]

yeah they beat heavily injured storm when they were in a horrible position 🤣 if it was full strength their easy gone🤣🤣 what happend earlier isn’t the year 34-18?

[@russell3436]

@@valxe00 that Rnd 5 Storm vs Sharks game was one of the games of the season, the Sharks gave Melbourne there biggest scare at the point in the competition, the scoreline doesn’t reflect the outcome of the game, it was 5 tries to 3 in the end, Storm got some dud penalty goals in the end, but that first half was a ripper.

[@GoogleAccount-pt4zu]

Well it looks like Gus was right.

[@icmull]

Gals right. The only top 7 team they beat with a full strength squad was Rabbitohs. Even Manly they beat with no Turbo. Storm and Cowboys they beat during Origin.

[@tykat7327]

Gus is thinking, Gal your still talking shyt lol

[@jeremylenton2096]

I love how Gus makes gal look a fool every week

[@gmac2977]

He doesn't u knob

[@donaldbremner8925]

Spot on gus they have had an easy run

[@damnstraight2299]

That game was the best game.

[@user-el6xm2pk7x]

I don't usually agree with Gus but this one is true Raiders are more threatening then Sharks

[@teariki-manaareaiiti587]

But the raiders never beaten the sharks this year lmao 🤣😂 so how does that work

[@user-el6xm2pk7x]

@@teariki-manaareaiiti587 Raiders are looking hot Sharks look depleted and fatigued

[@alexanderdurabogrant8705]

Gus and Paul Gallen would make a very good couple, just get married already haha

[@jakegargiulo5101]

HAHAHA

[@davidholley9023]

As a long term sharks fan, I was disappointed to lose a tight one last Saturday night. but Gus you did say that the sharks in 2016 won the premiership by virtue of the most potent teams being eliminated by the other teams in the final series of that year. My question to you that what semi finals are all about the best 8 sides facing each other with only four going through which is then reduced to two, and by the way I wouldn't call the Melbourne Storm soft. Anyway as Brad Arthurs said when questioned about a parramatta win over a depleted Melbourne Storm outfit. you play what's in front of you depleted team or not, you still play against 13 players on the other side

[@ARandomGuy24]

What he claimed was that traditionally good teams like the Bulldogs and Roosters were bad that year and the teams that replaced those teams weren't as good/physical as those teams are in finals which resulted in a soft run in the finals the gf match against Storm compared to other years.

[@valxe00]

i mean they loss so😂

[@whitebuffulo]

Gus lost a lot of credibility when he defended May from the panthers and his method of defusing a situation. Love to see Gal and Gus in the ring. If the sharks get up it will be great to see Gus eat a bag of sausages.

[@russell3436]

I don’t get this soft draw business, every team plays eachother throughout the season whether once or twice, they played Mebourne twice, played Manly twice a bogey team of theres for years & beat them at Brookvale which happens once in a millenium so to speak, then had to play 4 teams in or around the top 4 at the time which included Storm, Cowboys, Panthers & Rabbitohs winning 3/4. The last time Sharks played Souths, Sharks got up 21-20 in a cracker of a game with semi finals intensity & I’m sure this game won’t be any different considering the stakes are much higher. I do remember Gus saying Sharks had a soft premiership, does he not remember how they came back to beat Canberra in Canberra when all the odds were against them then had to beat Storm when they still had Cronk, Smith & Slater amongst others in peak form.

[@connorduke4619]

Agree mainly but Slater did not play in the 2016 finals series.

[@donovannewton9507]

The soft draw comes from the fact that some teams end up playing some of the lower teams twice, like playing the Warriors, Bulldogs or Tigers as an example. Instead of playing teams twice like the Bunnies, Storm, Panthers and Roosters as stronger teams. Further to that when you play the stronger teams, are they being played with or with their Origin Star Players? The games against Manly are interesting as the Sharks beat them in Rd 7 without Turbo, easily Manly’s best player. Any team playing Manly after Rd 18 isn’t really a massive win, as they completely collapsed after the Pride Jersey. Unfortunately the Sharks NEEDED to Win against the Cows, as the ended up on the wrong side of the Draw. Both the Bunnies and the Sharks are going to get smashed this week and whoever wins will play the Panthers. Unfortunately, neither the Sharks or the Bunnies will progress further than the Panthers game. The only team really that has a chance of knocking the Panthers down on that side of the draw is the Bunnies, as they will hopefully bring the Panthers down into the mud and play an aggressive kind of niggle game.

[@peace7902]

True but their defence were steal at that time , however now it's shaky. And Maloney was the five eight not Moylan

[@farazalam5772]

Well then look at their last 5 games then

[@mrfishmon5517]

Sharks at the weekend played like they were in a normal 2 point league game, not a play off game. Rabbitohs - Raiders final 😅

[@John-kv7jo]

Rabbitohs - Panthers final.

[@markmalu3511]

Rabbitohs beat eels in the NRL Final

[@mrfishmon5517]

@@markmalu3511 i wouldn’t mind that final. Its hard to see passed Panthers though. They will probably dominate the comp for years 😕

[@John-kv7jo]

@@markmalu3511 It will be a tough match against the Panthers but they have the skill to do it.

[@jamiemusgrave8359]

for once I agree with Gus in his summary Cronulla payed Dragons, Tigers, Manly, Canterbury & the Knights, poor teams this year.

[@jamiealder-martin9994]

And the 4 weeks before that they played south’s panthers cowboys and storm all pretty well at full strength

[@jamiemusgrave8359]

@@jamiealder-martin9994 Storm missing Munster. Panthers pumped em, Cowboys full strenght, Souths missing Graham, Nichols, Sele and Milne

[@jamiealder-martin9994]

@@jamiemusgrave8359 sharks missing hynes against storm missing Kennedy and katoa for back end of the year along with Tracey and panthers full strength beat them by ten hardly a pumping

[@OGEETOMO]

@@jamiealder-martin9994 I noticed people think the sharks have no injuries this year for some reason.

[@jamiealder-martin9994]

@@OGEETOMO yeah weird they played the back half of the year without a heap of starters

[@terencejeffries5359]

how do all? cheers gus. your comment will make two teams play twice as skilled. sharks and cowboys grand final. bring on the fast flowing games that all patrons love to watch. not the cheat and maim factor.

[@GrahameGould]

That's what I'm tipping. And if the Cowboys do meet the Panthers in the GF, we CAN beat them. Will we? Who knows. We'll see.

[@danzigvssartre]

As much as Gus irritates me, he is right. Finishing seventh on the ladder would have been more reflective of how good the Sharks are.

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

Cronulla deserved to win that game. But they always lose finals, it’s the way they roll. Chokers. 2016 exception .

[@markrichardson2508]

Best game all weekend these blokes are on the glass barbecue

[@metalevilution4565]

Must be great to be a team in the bottom 8 and be considered as nobody.haha

[@wolfgangvonuce9615]

Gal has taken one to many knocks to the head.The sharks are DEFINITELY out in straight sets. GOOOOOOONE

[@stevec8555]

Finals footy is a different kettle of fish! Sharks will be filleted alive!

[@w_stanky]

All the Sydney fan boys just keep writing the Cowboys off.. I wonder what Gus will say if they win the GF..

[@GrahameGould]

They'll ignore it. And/or be shocked and surprised, as they've been all year.

[@terencejeffries5359]

how do all? mum always said, ' there's no such word as can't ', and i rekon if you haven't got hope you've got jack. cows didn't roster jake, [ 2 try assists beside the posts 2015 gf ], cause he knows reece can do more. good luck all teams and we'll see you at the top. taztez.

[@cvarikos]

Sharks were last man standing in a weak competition .. Gus 2016. Never mind its their first ever premiership, nope lets make it all about me.

[@MrAndrewChung]

Gus have never liked Gal and Gus has the best mind in Rugby League

[@connorduke4619]

Gallen is undoubtedly one of the hardest men to ever have played the game both in terms of post contact meters, defence and endurance, so it must make no sense to him every time Gus refers to his team as "soft". For example Gal was a harder man than Penrith lock Yeo.

[@mjay6508]

Did you ever see Gus play.... he was a tough fker ... but injuries cut his career short....

[@connorduke4619]

@@mjay6508 I remember Gus more for his ball playing and smarts, but will take your word for it on his toughness. Although I recall himself being in awe of Gallen's level of toughness.

[@mjay6508]

@@connorduke4619 he developed his smart ball playing skills after having his retina almost detached from his eyeball from vicious head tackles, but he came back, and developed almost one eyed ball playing skills.... that’s tough

[@SALTY-hb1cd]

Cowboys 🤠

[@bossbartholo9643]

😂😂 Gus to funny

[@farazalam5772]

Was 36-12 funny then 🤣

[@terencejeffries5359]

how do again. dear gus. if you look closely at tommy deardens runaway try, you will see not only dummying pass to val but also pushing off to give impression val received to catch shark defense in two minds. haven't seen panthers do anything that classy all year. taztez.

[@mjay6508]

Personally I would take Dearden (over cleary) to the World Cup to blood him.... he is a real talent in waiting.... and I’m a rooster not a cowboy fan.

[@terencejeffries5359]

@@mjay6508 how do all? if the kicker was 80% you could fit drinkwater, robson and dearden in average plus team and get a win on first appearance. theres something special there. though good forwards give time... taztez.

[@malcolmsaga6472]

Bro Gus speaking facts, sharks beat the shittiest team all season and made top 4

[@minamotofchds2316]

Sharks vs Cowboys would be great coz who ever wins, win their second premiership

[@kwells1319]

Gal being a sook as normal that brain injury making him more special then normal

[@gmac2977]

Gus is so off. His argument is so poor. Seriously. Gal speaks so much truth. 100% sharks will beat souths this much.

[@Wawasjohn]

Wtf is gus talking about this was amazing game, tight contest both teams ripping in. Amazing attack from both teams

[@biglebowski498]

Sounds like a lot of comments are from people who's teams didnt make final 8. 🤧😭

[@marwat8741]

Exactly- gus would be singing if the roosters won 😂

[@miggity_mac]

Pretty sure they seat Gal and Gus on opposite sides of the table for a reason

[@jakegargiulo5101]

I wanna see them box

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

As Gal said, they’re supposed to argue, orders from the producers. It’s the tried and tested sport show formula.

[@miggity_mac]

@@Bluepilled-c5t that would explain Paul Kent arguing with everybody

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

@@miggity_mac nah I think he might just be an arsehole.

[@tobywilliamson5717]

Dear World Wide of Sport, please stop with the sensationalist headlines. There was no "CLASH". Gus doesn't LOSE IT. Great content here, but annoying headlines.

[@adamo2332]

Gus cannot contain his bias. He always goes on about easiest premiership ever yet the Melbourne storm team was unchanged in 2017 and won the comp. Sharks lost lots of key players in 2017. Gus is such a panthers nrl establishment shill. Always targets sharks and manly with the hope they will be moved to Perth or the Central Coast

[@williamwue4088]

The sharks played no one🤷🏿‍♂️ Cmon Gus give the other nrl teams some respect

[@home1261]

Sharks haven't played anyone they got the easy run.

[@gstar1309]

Gals right..

[@PCgonemad-ih9pr]

Its all Gettting abit staged ! but its fun

[@andrewglackin4894]

Gallon SO WRONG

[@thesolipsismdilettante6498]

Gus hates Sharks. Never says anything positive about them.

[@farazalam5772]

It’s true though look at their last 5-6 games

[@wayne9080]

gal needs to stay out the ring!!

[@bradhodges8833]

Gallen 0 Gus 40000000 Full Time

[@beauhoebo3570]

Gus still salty about 2016

[@cameronjohns8639]

Trying to be 360

[@bigbopper143]

Sharks and the rabbits are not Premiership material this year. NUFF SAID

[@farazalam5772]

Well they play each other this week let’s see who goes next week

[@Wawasjohn]

I thought it was the best game lol

[@jackchan9529]

Bunnies won

[@michaelpalmer6455]

LoL !

[@flickyt4709]

Sharks were never a chance of gf but they might beat south's

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Sharks should have won that. Was rubbish

[@KingQwellz]

Harhar.sharks suck.up the mighty cowboys.your out this week against bunnies this weekend 🤣🤣🤣byebye

[@RK-ml2ns]

Attention all home owners: Pick up the phone, call LJHOOKER and tell them you need your house sold immediately. Once you receive your funds from sale, march down to the TAB and put said money on the Penrith Panthers to win the 2022 Grand Final.

[@terencejeffries5359]

p.s.. after saturdays sharks/cows game i immediately compared to 2015 gf. voted most popular gf of all time, [ this century ]. taztez.

[@sanigiu]

Too true, my brother.