i thought last nights game was very intenseQuote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
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i thought last nights game was very intenseQuote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
This is one of the things about it - 20 years ago it was a great game. Tough props, cunning halves, athletic wingers and skillful 5/8s. The toughness was there with minimal subs and fair, tough tackles. And the rules were simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
Now it is all roided up players who all play the same no matter what position, interchange, you only have to blow on someone to get cited and I have no idea what some of the rules are.
It is now glorified touch footy, only surviving on the one eyed propaganda from News Ltd and Nein.
SOO was Wally and Alfie...once they retired pffft.
yet another rugby league thug charged with domestic violence
the club, his team mates, the NRL denies it's an issue and the bloke is going to play this weekend
how many other jobs would you be able to repeatedly commit domestic violence (or as it should more accurately be called, violence) and not only not be requested to stand aside until the charges are sorted, but actually supported by your employer and your mates
how low can this disgusting game go?
innocent until proven gulity otherwise you get a shawn kenny dowell incident where he is crucified by everyone then is found innocentQuote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
Agree...the guy on the news last night who said "as long as he is available this weekend; thats the main thing " ... ffs!
the thug should stand down until this matter is sortedQuote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
but what do you expect from the sort of blokes who hit women and the culture that supports and covers them up?
a violent stupid sport for violent stupid people
World Cup? Bwaaahahahahaha!
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/40...photos/?cs=305
Pretty bad setup. 3 countries as hosts is stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Will be another Australia vs New Zealand final. Aussies with a good side and key injuries avoided assured winners.
3 Hosts??Quote:
Originally Posted by Superdylan
They ought to be thankful they were able to rustle up 3 teams
World Cup??
FMD
I'll sit back with interest and watch how the latest push the Knights to again be owned by the fans...there seems to be a fair ground swell at the moment.
Only because Dillon and his Herald brethren are pushing it. I honestly don't think they have the fanbase they had 15-20 years ago (though still bigger than ours) to get enough people to part with their hard-earned. The NRL would really need to be convinced by this plan.
I still don't understand where the ongoing funding comes from after they raise the initial capital through the shares purchase.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Same thing worried me when there was talk of the jets doing the same.
Say they have 14,000 members (I picked a random number) a fair chunk of these would be family groups who wouldn't purchase multiple shares and then memberships on top. I can only presume these will be aimed at local business as well.
Are they going to be expected to chip in again in the future, or will the club run on a modest break even budget keeping them as a club making up the numbers.
Call me cynical but I think any sporting team in Newcastle that wants to be successful still needs someone to inject ongoing funds.
I was thinking the same thing. Unless the governing body injects a sizeable amount into the pot each year with respect to Channel 9 / Foxtel money.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammydog
But then you hear a story on the news about the Knights signing a somewhat untested 2 game rookie for 4 years or something for $3.6m and I think might as well call the bankruptcy lawyers in as well.
What is wrong with this town ? Doesn't matter what the code is the town always pays way to much for unproven talent and offers peanuts to those they should be offering the big money.
It'll be like the Jerks memberships where they just kinda auto-renew without you ever fully knowing. And by the time it has auto-renewed you're too lazy to cancel and refund it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammydog
has anyone got any links to the Knights proposal?
it was my birthday last month, not yesterday.
yeah this. sif gangbang granny army is gonna throw 5hunj in eachQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Lol Sandow
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Originally Posted by skippy
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A dog is heard continually yapping as the pair fight in a street in front of dozens of onlookers.
'more news as it comes to hand......'
David Gyngell and James Packer put on a similar public performance and it didn't impact negatively on their careers . So I don't see why Sandow's career should be in jeopardy over this little scrap.
Oh - sorry I forgot. He's Aboriginal. Different rules.
Love it though, fair one on one fight and after the guy goes to ground Sandow gives him a hand up and a pat on the back, how some scores should be settled.
Exactly. Sandow and the other bloke have moved on everyone else should.Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
Oh joy....a Knights drug bust!
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/44...teroid/?cs=303
Nah man. Don't do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Being that he is over rated, perennially injured and taking up a lot of salary cap is it really that big of a loss for them??Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
It probably to their benefit freeing up salary cap space of they sack him
Would be fitting for Joey v2.0 to exit the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Joey v 1.0 Could actually playQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Joey v 2.0 Is an imposter
Mullen is stealing a living, bloke is still living of his one off State of origin appearance years ago
The majority of professional athletes are taking performance enhancing drugs. It's not cheating it's just the way it is. Sure it would be nice to live in a world where it doesn't happen but the reality is performance enhancing drugs are everywhere these days.
Bigger, stronger, faster is what everyone wants but nobody wants to accept how it is achieved.
I actually feel sorry for Mullen because he has a family to support and the media are going to crucify him for simply wanting to get himself right for the coming season.
The athletes are the victims here not the criminals. Sponsors know what goes on as do the broadcasters, clubs and the ruling bodies of sports.
Sure they bust a few athletes but they do it selectively and they always do it with an eye on the till.
Then you have the fans who will rip into players when they get busted for drugs but on other occasions rip a player apart because they don't appear to be putting in. Well, good chance your bloke, not putting in is running clean so it's a case of damned if you do damned you don't.
They should legalise drugs for all power sports and leave it up to the athletes to decide how far they want to go.
And for those saying it sets a bad example for kids go have a look at the injuries these blokes suffer and you soon realise brain and spinal injuries are of far greater concern than blokes testing positive to steroids and the like.
um it is cheating but everyone is doing it. apparently seaweed and Joe wieder muscle mass would have done the job for him....:whistling:.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
I was also referring to the protein powders and so on which are not on the banned list. They may not be against the rules but it shows intent to take something to improve performance just the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
The drug testing though is a waste of time in that it doesn't take a piss or blood test to work out what is going on.
I mean, today's half backs would have been big enough to play as props not too long ago. Moreover, we also have blokes playing these days that are in excess of 115kg who are lightening quick over 35 metres.
So....the NRL has a hooligan problem. Lets see how quick this gets swept under the behaviour of the Cove tonight.
To be fair though there's been plenty of space dedicated to Rugby League trouble over the years, it's just that it's always one certain 'type' of fan they concentrate on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
yep. Bogans, all clubs are full of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Hmmmm, I feel like they are narrowing it down even further.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Something I can't quite put my Caucasian finger on.......
Bulldogs! I mean, bullshit...Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Just reminded me I have to get a cucumber on the way back from buying my kebab at lunchtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Good to see NRL is getting serious about head injuries - 10 minutes in the bin for an off the ball elbow to the head followed by 3 or so punches. That'll teach em! Two other cheap high shots as well.
Another drugby League player arrested
This time Shaun Kenny Dowell for possession
Weren't the local druggos trying to entice him here ??
The Knoughts now recruiting them are they??