end of an era

[mightypanther]

Well I won't go into it here MP, it is a family site afterall!

:shock: :shock: :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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[*Sandy*]

Ahhh that's better! Thank you mp!

 

[mightypanther]

Anytime PK.... :mrgreen:

 

[Suzie]

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Yeah fancy cutting that gorgeous hunk out of the pic.........shame shame.

This is how it should look

There you go...........a double hunka spunk... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:



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mmmmmm *drools*

Back to the topic, I wish Girds teh very, very best for the future - a great player and a great bloke, not to mention a gorgeous one ;-) If it wasn't my son's birthday on Friday, I would have been there. Make sure you give him a big clap from me. Ta

 

[mightypanther]

If I get the slightest chance I'll even give him a kiss for you.

Cause that would mean I get two... :mrgreen:

Mind you, there will be that many little teenybopper girls swarming
around him, we probably won't get within cooee of him. :evil: :lol:

 

[*Sandy*]

I love that picture. Panthergirl took the pic and then scanned it for the site. She then put the original in a birthday card and sent it to me. Lainey also used the scanned version and created a calendar out of it and sent that to me as a Xmas gift! I've certainly made some very dear and special friends.

I love you's all!

 

[Suzie]

I love that picture. Panthergirl took the pic and then scanned it for the site. She then put the original in a birthday card and sent it to me. Lainey also used the scanned version and created a calendar out of it and sent that to me as a Xmas gift! I've certainly made some very dear and special friends.

I love you's all!

How do you get anything done, PK? While you stare at your calendar, all day, every day =P~ :lol:

 

[Suzie]

If I get the slightest chance I'll even give him a kiss for you.

Cause that would mean I get two... :mrgreen:

Mind you, there will be that many little teenybopper girls swarming
around him, we probably won't get within cooee of him. :evil: :lol:

Please do :lol: as for the teeny boppers, there is a thing or two they could learn from we more experienced ladies ;-) :lol:

 

[mightypanther]

Please do as for the teeny boppers, there is a thing or two they could learn from we more experienced ladies

Exactly..........but I'm a nice person and I wouldn't want to hurt any of them... :mrgreen: :lol:
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[Caged Panther]

Can someone please explain to me why in the hell Paul Whatuira is getting a lap of honor.

No offence but his been with the club what a year and a half and his not retiring his chosen to go to another club!!!

For mine his participation in the lap of honour of one guy who is a favourite son of the club and great ambassador and another player who is a former representative players and great ambassador for the game devalues it.

Not saying fatz won't fit into these categories at some point later but not now.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

Can someone please explain to me why in the hell Paul Whatuira is getting a lap of honor.

No offence but his been with the club what a year and a half and his not retiring his chosen to go to another club!!!

yeah i agree because this lap of honour is for the retirees last home games and i dont think that he should do a lap of honour with them because he obviously isn't retiring but he is going to a different club. when you think about it though, he might aswell do it with them as a farewell because that would be unfair if he didnt get anything.

 

[mightypanther]

What's your problem ?

The man is a current international after playing for the Kiwis,
and he played just as big a part as anyone else in the team,
in helping us to win that trophy that has sat proudly in our club
foyer for 12 months.

AND he is only leaving because the club made it clear that they
had no interest in paying him what he was worth to keep him.
They made that obvious when they told him he was free to talk
to other clubs LONG before June 30th.

Give the guy a break. During 2003, he made heaps of desperate
tackles that stopped many a try, and made plenty of breaks, great
passes, and tries of his own.

He has just as much right as anyone else to that lap of honour, so
that the fans can thank him and say goodbye.

I will be cheering him just as loudly as I cheer for Girds and Marty.
Without any of those three we would not have finished 2003 as
the NRL Premiers.

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[*Sandy*]

I agree with you CP! :? Lap of honours seem to be taken quite lightly these days.

 

[Caged Panther]

MP you seem to be implying that I am anti fatz that's not the case. I'm glad for the fact he played an important part in helping our team win a grand final last year.

However in my humble opinion laps of honor should be restricted to players who have over a long period of time earned the necessary right and respect within the game to do so. Yes fatz helped us win a GF, yes his a current international and all these things will certainly make him worthy of the right of lap of honour at some point in the future. I just don't think that time is right now.

 

[*Sandy*]

Only Girds and Marty did the lap of honour in the end and Fatz and Amos were given a standing ovation and as well as being included in the tribute on screen. In my opinion I thought that was much more tasteful for all. What a night!

 

[mightypanther]

Well I was disappointed that Fatz didn't do the lap of honour.

My opinion is that anyone who has made a large contribution
to the success of a team automatically warrants a lap of
honour when they leave. I don't care if they've been there
10 years or 2.

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[Big Mick]

he did.

 

[AdamH]

Whatuira did do the lap of honour. I think Amos didn't but he's only been here a year anyways

 

[*Sandy*]

Well how about that - I never noticed him doing it! :shock:

 

[lainey]

He couldn't have gone all the way around because it was only Girds and Marty doing it when they go to the Western Stand. :?