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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeterpool View Post
    I tell you all we're going for 3 at the back if that's the case. Called it months ago
    I reckon your right, every time I think about that tho I slap myself and try to think of something else. Maybe muppet should try that

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    I don't think a back 3 would suit alivodic if he signs

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    Rumour had it reegz is gonna be axed

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Rumour had it reegz is gonna be axed
    I've been thinking this for a few weeks now and to be honest i'm really disappointed. I like Regan, just not as a midfielfer.

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    To be honest, I think Taylor has been more consistent and marginally better than Mullen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommyjet View Post
    I don't think a back 3 would suit alivodic if he signs
    I was off the belief he has also played as an attacking mid in the past, so if we resort to a back 3 I'd think we slot him into there
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    He's probably not a yes man. So footballing ability doesn't come into it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GazFish35 View Post
    He's probably not a yes man. So footballing ability doesn't come into it.
    yep. Stubbins only plays ass kissers.

    Reegz can see right through that prick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
    Update...

    http://www.theherald.com.au/story/30...er-of-opinion/

    ‘‘YOU should have told him where to go.’’

    That is the advice Sporting Declaration received from more than one confidant in the aftermath of a robust ‘‘conversation’’ I had with Jets owner Nathan Tinkler eight days ago.

    But such thoughts never entered my head. And that is not because I felt remotely intimidated or worried about inflaming the situation.

    My only real concern was that I was right on deadline, trying to file my match report after Newcastle’s 4-3 loss to Sydney, and that there were other journalists in the room in the same situation.

    Other than the untimely delay it caused, Tinkler’s tirade did not faze me one bit. Water off a duck’s back.

    My attitude is that the one-time billionaire is as entitled to his opinion as I am to mine.

    Repeatedly over the past four or five years I have written news stories and comment pieces that criticised him or his teams, sometimes harshly. I can understand why that annoys him. I’d be surprised if it didn’t.

    I call it as I see it, and if I wasn’t willing to cop a taste of my own medicine on occasion, I don’t deserve the privilege of being able to express my viewpoint in this newspaper.

    So when I looked up from my desk last week and saw Tinkler entering the media conference room underneath Hunter Stadium, I had a fair idea what to expect.

    This was a moment that was perhaps inevitable.

    Despite writing dozens of stories about Tinkler, I have only ever spoken to him twice, briefly, most recently in 2011.

    I hadn’t seen him in the flesh since the ICAC hearings almost 12 months ago.

    But at some point, somewhere, we were always likely to cross paths, and when we did, it was never likely to be a joyous reunion.

    I don’t intend to repeat what Tinkler said in the space of 15 rather surreal minutes last week.

    As far as I’m concerned, that was between him and me.

    Unfortunately there were witnesses in the room, including journalists, and it was no surprise when the Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Webster contacted me about the matter.

    I made it quite clear to Webster I considered the whole episode off the record, but when he told me that Football Federation Australia was in the process of issuing Tinkler a ‘‘show cause’’ notice, I accepted he had an obligation to report it as a news story, which was also printed in this paper.

    I then emailed Tinkler to explain I had not raised the issue with FFA, let alone complained.

    He called me soon after and we spoke for probably 15 minutes. We agreed to keep the lines of communication open and possibly meet in the near future.

    Some may wonder if I’m getting soft in my old age.

    The bottom line is that Tinkler’s opening gambit last Friday was to query why I was ‘‘the only bloke who doesn’t ask for an interview’’ when he is in town.

    I replied that I assumed he would not speak to me, given that for a long time I was blackbanned by his Hunter Sports Group underlings.

    But if his attitude has changed, if he is suddenly willing to discuss awkward subjects, then he should be entitled to that opportunity.

    That would certainly represent a step forward. One of the major failings of Hunter Sports Group was that too often the powers-that-be refused to answer questions.

    They appeared to believe they were unaccountable, but if Tinkler has decided he is now willing to face media scrutiny, he deserves a chance to present his side of any story.

    Moreover, if he is genuine about resurrecting the Jets and is capable of meeting his financial obligations, perhaps some faith and support is not unwarranted.

    In saying that, many will be dubious. He can’t expect a clean slate while ever there are creditors chasing him in the courts, players waiting for superannuation, or unresolved ICAC allegations.

    Five years ago, it was easy for Novocastrians to believe in Nathan Tinkler.

    Nowadays, they are sceptical.

    Talk is cheap. He will have to win them back by proving he can honour his promises. Repairing his image will not be a quick fix, just as his decline in popularity did not happen overnight.

    My own opinion of him has not changed one iota after the incident last week. It is not as if I was traumatised or resent his comments. I could have left the room if I felt offended.

    If FFA officials, who have now cited Tinkler, see fit to sanction him, then I have no input into that process.

    Do I think he should be punished?

    Well, if that happens, I would say he has nobody to blame but himself. Alternatively, if he is let off with a reprimand, I won’t be whinging about soft justice.

    It’s not my problem, either way.

    Whatever the outcome, my guess is Tinkler has already learned a lesson, of sorts.

    And in his own idiosyncratic way, he certainly provided this columnist with food for thought.

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    Good to see the Herald followed up Tinkler's response to my question the other night. Sounds like we might have been fed some lies!

    http://www.theherald.com.au/story/30...g-jets/?cs=306
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    Great. He's gone from Liaoning Whowin to Newcastle Wholose.
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    Tinkler telling lies??

    Say it isn't so


    Does he ever tell the truth??

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Tinkler telling lies??

    Say it isn't so


    Does he ever tell the truth??
    At the end of the interview he said he wanted to go get a beer. That was truthful
    Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
    Great. He's gone from Liaoning Whowin to Newcastle Wholose.
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    Not quite Football news but it involves a Football jurno.

    http://m.heraldsun.com.au/news/victo...-1227321086710

    I hope the whole Football fraternity ostracize this piece of shit.
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    I'M GULLIBLE!

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    Well he's just been sacked, so credit to sbs for acting swiftly, and cutting costs at the same time.
    Middleby Gone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Premy View Post
    Not quite Football news but it involves a Football jurno.

    http://m.heraldsun.com.au/news/victo...-1227321086710

    I hope the whole Football fraternity ostracize this piece of shit.
    Just a silly little child feeling all sad that the world has turned its attention elsewhere for a moment.

    Twitter is swiftly becoming a great companion to the old saying 'give them enough rope'.

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    Australians commemorating Anzac Day were “poorly-read ... drinkers and gamblers”.
    Not exactly wrong with this statement..

    Cue Outrage!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frodo View Post
    Not exactly wrong with this statement..

    Cue Outrage!
    Yeah but we're "drinkers and gamblers" every day of the year.

    I'm assuming he's just as tut-tutty towards anyone having a beer on Christmas Day or over the Easter weekend too.

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    Besides, I've never seen anyone 'celebrating' Anzac Day in my life.

    To think that as a country we are running around saying 'yay war!!' is both naive and foolish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Besides, I've never seen anyone 'celebrating' Anzac Day in my life.

    To think that as a country we are running around saying 'yay war!!' is both naive and foolish.
    Oh I've seen plenty using it as nothing more than an excuse to blind rotten drunk.
    There's plenty of folk around who see it as nothing more than a day off work to get legless and show no respect whatsoever for those who the day is actually about remembering and saying thank you to.

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    In other news.....

    Reegs got members player of the year.


    Cue his sacking.

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