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Oh yeah, there's a World Cup on! So here's an All-Time Socceroos XI, instead of any topical content.

And by "All-Time", I actually mean all the time Rob's Blog has watched soccer.

And by "Socceroos XI", I definitely mean wearing these jerseys:

BRING THEM BACK!

But before we get to the greatest Australian team ever assembled, I should state that I had planned to write something leading into the World Cup, like a real media outlet would, but in the end my lack of interest in the event overcame my imagined sense of journalistic obligation.

While I'm sure the World Cup will grow on me like a benign tumour over the next month, I have also thought about why I don't care right now.

Is modern soccer too much of a business? Is it ethical reservations about hosting a World Cup in an authoritarian state like Russia? Are Australia just too ordinary?

In the end, I just decided I've reached my capacity for being interested in things. It used to be easy to follow ALL OF THE SPORTS, then I got older and other things have arisen to be interested in... fun things, like my children and all the stuff they do, and also boring things, like paying a mortgage, but they are all important things.

So now I don't follow ALL OF THE SPORTS, just SOME OF THE SPORTS. And soccer has been pushed out of my brain, like that time Homer Simpson took the wine-making course and forgot how to drive.

And so with the excuses out of the way, here is my All-Time Socceroos XI...

The Art Gallery III

It's been about four months since the last showing at the Gallery. In that time, I think R's interest in drawing has waned slightly, but J is still going strong. You'll also notice a bit of an improvement over time.

Previous exhibits are HERE and HERE.

Official Unofficial NSW State of Origin Team

The last three seasons I have been critical of the New South Wales selectors when it comes time for them to name the State of Origin team by leaking it to The Daily Telegraph 24 hours before the official announcement.

But I recognise that criticism is very easy and very fun. But what if I was the one responsible for the fate of the footy fortunes of an entire state? That would probably be very hard and very fun. So considering my complete lack of accountability, this season I've put my money where my mouth is, and named the Official Unofficial NSW State of Origin Team.

NSW Blues... or NSW Blue Steel, amirite?

The NBA Draft Lottery

From the blog that bought you analysis on:

• the value of penalty goals in rugby league*;
• when Melbourne would overtake Sydney as Australia's largest city;
• how Melbourne Cup betting works; and
• the Commonwealth Games medal tally, per capita

comes the latest in QUICK MAFFS~!

A look at the NBA Draft Lottery...


*and the NRL has totally caught up to this thinking in the 2018 season, I'm taking all the credit for it.

Stuff My Kids Say, Part 13

We reached a milestone recently. The youngest, O, can now open doors and NOTHING IS SAFE ANYMORE!

Dramatisation, may not have happened this way.

And here is O chilling with his older twin brothers, R and J.

Would've been a better family pic if I'd been facing the camera.

Their previous adventures can be found by following the link to "Kids", somewhere over there ------>

NRL 300 Club Rankings, Part Two

Introducing the Top Ten best players to have played 300 NRL matches.

The other 21 are covered HERE, from John Morris in 31st through to Cooper Cronk in 11th.

I actually searched for a pic of John Morris and Cooper Cronk together. It was a long shot, and nothing came up - but Google did find this meme...

Two comments on this:

1. I can't believe there's some Tigers/NRL fan that actually made this; and
2. To answer the question... yeah, nah.

The match totals for the Top Ten are correct the end of Round 8, 2018.