A new year is here, a year to look forward to for many reasons, but mainly a new year of sport to anticipate and wonder what will be, so with that in mind we offer up Captain Hindsight’s 2023 Obvious Sporting Predictions.
With so many other better websites and publications, and News Ltd, rolling out their “bold 2023 sporting predictions, The Gurgler is going down a different path, opting for the sensible know-it-all obviousness of Captain Hindsight to give the obvious sporting predictions in advance, before he would tell you that they were going to happen after the event.
No one does 2023 Obvious Sporting Predictions like Captain Hindsight and The Gurgler.
And, by the way, we also did 2023 Bold Sporting Predictions.
Captain Hindsight’s 2023 Obvious Sporting Predictions
THE NRL BUNKER WILL STUFF UP A CALL WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE COMPETITION
NRL Bunker and Match Officials had a forgettable 2022, although, most fans remember how terrible they were at times, so Captain Hindsight’s obvious prediction is probably a little generous at week two. More like Game Two.
THE AFL’S GATHER ROUND RIP OFF OF NRL’S MAGIC WEEKEND WILL BE WIDELY PANNED AS CRAP EXCEPT BY AFL HEAD OFFICE
The AFL will attempt to replicate the NRL’s all-in-one weekend in Adelaide in 2023, but they are not off to a good start calling it the Gather Round. A name no doubt rinses through a few surveys and focus groups first.
One problem is that the AFL aren’t playing all games at the same ground, as they haven’t shifted the start times.
That’s great for people who live near Norwood Oval but doesn’t really match the all-in carnival atmosphere.
FIFA WILL DO SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE MORE MONEY THAN SENSE
Captain Hindsight can see the Football governing body doing something that makes little sense to football fans but a lot to their bottom line. Like awarding the 2030 World Cup without bidding. Expanding the World Cup to more than 48 teams. Or creating it’s own annual club tournament to match the Champions League.
WAYNE BENNETT WILL STORM OUT OF TWO PRESS CONFERENCES BY MAY
Inaugural Dolphins NRL coach Wayne Bennett is an experienced rugby league coach, but he does have a grumpy streak. And when we say streak, it’s about 95% of the time.
Sadly, we see the new 17th NRL struggling in 2023, and Bennett’s failure to attract a big name to the club will have given him the shits by April, yet he will still be asked about it come May. Which will push his limits and see him walk from press conferences there after when asked.
Of course it’s not his fault, blame the Dial-A-Dolphin NRL Recruitment Hotline for giving potential players the deal they really wanted with other clubs.
98% of RUGBY LEAGUE FANS WILL WATCH JUST FOUR GAMES OF RUGBY LEAGUE ON CHANNEL NEIN IN 2023
Further to the above, most rugby league fans will watch just four games on Channel Nein in 2023.
Three State of Origins and the Grand Final. And even that is four games too many.
And of course being just four games won’t stop the casual Channel Nein fans moaning on social media. And so they should.
90% OF PEOPLE WHO SAY “NUP TO THE CUP” AROUND MELBOURNE CUP WILL EITHER BET OF BE INVOLVED IN A HORSE RACING SOCIAL EVENT BEFORE THE 2023 MELBOURNE CUP
Around Melbourne Cup there will be plenty of people plastering their socials with Nup to the Cup or similar.
But a little known fact is that more than 90% of them either place a bet on racing or attend a horse racing event or an event at a horse racing venue.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN YOUR WORKPLACE OR EXTENDED FRIEND GROUP WILL TRY AND CONVINCE YOU NFL IS GREAT AND YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED
NFL may be a great game for some, but for most the fact it takes 10 minutes to play 45 second sometimes is a real turn off.
But that won’t stop the person convincing you. Or you ignoring them and NFL.
RICKY STUART WILL GET ANGRY AT SOMETHING
Ricky Stuart aka the Angry Ant will blow up at something. No doubt.
F1 GRAND PRIX IN LAS VEGAS WILL BE ALL ABOUT CELEBRITIES AND ALL OF THEM WILL IGNORE MARTIN BRUNDLE ON THE GRID WALK PRE RACE.
Poor Martin Brundle.
FOX SPORTS WEBSITE WILL CONTINUE TO USE PEOPLE’S TWITTER COMMENTS AS ARTICLES
When not bashing the Wests Tigers in 2022, Fox Sports seemed to enjoy using Twitter to write half of the articles. Often the title of the article was a direct quote of one of the tweets.
Which gives hope to our website, which means any old garbage from the internet is basically a part time journalist. Who needs a degree.
