A+ for courage, belief and bravery. There's a 'needs work but improving' in the footy smarts column which will come with experience. While only of inching proportions, progress has definitely been made. However, last night once again proves that NSW are seven years into a seemingly never-ending apprenticeship at the hands of a dictating superior that may only grant a graduation when he gets old, disinterested or runs out of supplies. For the current crop of Maroon champions, age is currently not a factor. And even when any of them reaches his use-by date, he will simply be pushed out to pasture in his wheelchair by fresh and hungry juniors. Have you tried to metaphorically visualise the Queensland system and how deep the channels run that feed into it? I drill to the earth's core and only reach as far as Queensland Cup juniors, and from there, the army of Blue-hating soldiers grows deeper and deeper. As for indolence, I don't remember the last time that Origin slipped anywhere from the top of the priority list for Queensland, so you can forget about that also.