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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Worst thread ever IMHO.
    Bloke is a legend and teams like ours should pray we get someone with 10% of his ability.
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    This.

    People who complain about getting to watch this living legend do his stuff should rip their eyes out and give them to someone else more deserving.

    ADP is one the greatest players to ever play the game (no exaggeration needed) and if he plays in our time zone we should feel privileged to be able to watch him. We can watch him live in the flesh FFS, we have no position to whine about anything he does.

    If you don't want to see footballers complain when they are kicked, I think you might need to find another sport. I cant think of any game at any level where there is one guy getting the shit kicked out of him and not complaining. Of those who complaining ADP perhaps has the most to complain about.

    The hacks who kick him won't think to thank him when they get a pay rise based on the TV deal ADP helps the FFA strike up next.

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    ^^^
    Best post ever on this forum!!!

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    ADP easily the biggest player to play in the league and what an honor. Pleasure to watch, model professional and you can see he has a real desire to succeed wherever he goes.

    Having said that, I did notice that whenever he loses possession and some form of contact is involved he will hit the deck and gesticulate to the ref. Regardless of whether it was a fair challenge or not.

    Just because he is an amazing player and does get legitimately fouled often doesn't mean you should turn a blind eye to the gamesmanship he plays as well.

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    Gamesmanship is why he is a world beater.

    Lack of gamesmanship is why the jets suck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Fish View Post
    Lack of gamesmanship is why the jets suck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Fish View Post
    Gamesmanship is why he is a world beater.

    Lack of gamesmanship is why the jets suck.
    Games manship is all good and well.

    The referees though need to be a little less star struck when dealing with him and treat him like any other player.

    How he got away with the foul/hack on Galloway when Sammy had him for pace and was into the box/headed for the byline is a mystery to me. Let alone the two footed lunge of Huge Laiens. Any other bloke would have copped a yellow


    Agree he does cop his fair share of kicks from opponents but many times he also get free kicks he doesn't deserve to the referees over zealousness to "PROTECT" him.

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    I have a great deal of respect for ADP, but he dishes out the hacks as good as he gets. He though hams it up a lot more to milk the free and after watching him a number of times live now it tarnishes his greatness for me.

    I've seen things off the ball that he has done as well that we would be scathing of any other player doing. Reputation/legend should mean a blind eye is turned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Games manship is all good and well.

    The referees though need to be a little less star struck when dealing with him and treat him like any other player.

    How he got away with the foul/hack on Galloway when Sammy had him for pace and was into the box/headed for the byline is a mystery to me. Let alone the two footed lunge of Huge Laiens. Any other bloke would have copped a yellow


    Agree he does cop his fair share of kicks from opponents but many times he also get free kicks he doesn't deserve to the referees over zealousness to "PROTECT" him.

    I do agree the refs looked scared to card him.

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    dude's getting paid $2M and is the face of the A-League here and internationally - he's getting kicked by local thugs on as low as $40k

    even if the refs aren't deliberately treating him as a protected species, they'd be looking out for him, anyone in their position would

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    got me ****ed how honkman could ever share a blade of grass DP

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    Quote Originally Posted by boz-monaut View Post
    dude's getting paid $2M and is the face of the A-League here and internationally - he's getting kicked by local thugs on as low as $40k

    even if the refs aren't deliberately treating him as a protected species, they'd be looking out for him, anyone in their position would
    They shouldn't be, what a player has done previously and definitely what he's being paid should have absolutely no impact on how he is treated on the field by the officials.
    Everyone should be equal out there, in a perfect world...

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    Quote Originally Posted by russjaybee View Post
    They shouldn't be, what a player has done previously and definitely what he's being paid should have absolutely no impact on how he is treated on the field by the officials.
    Everyone should be equal out there, in a perfect world...
    Precisely

    Never noticed the barrage of free kicks for us for all them blokes dealing with Heskeytime or back in the days of Lord Griffo

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