Players, the best and worst public speakers.?

[The_Shield]

Best speaker - Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk

 

[ed-grimley]

I remember seeing an interview with Tawera Nikau when he was playing and he was quite coherent and articulate. I thought he was destined for a successful career in TV or radio.

 

[Valheru]

DCE is clearly the best speaker, very articulate.

Pearce and Cordner have both copped criticism here but both are quite good, they just have bogan voices.

Jake friend has to be up there with the worst, i am not sure he is speaking English. Dylan Napa is also woeful.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Cronk and DCE are great speakers if you like listening to bullshit.

 

[Spot On]

Worst is Aaron Woods how he has a gig on NRL360 is beyond me.

...and BSB once a week. Geez.

 

[Spot On]

John Sutton proved to be a cut above after the 2014 GF.


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[ed-grimley]

Best speaker - Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk

But no one's listening.

 

[Pedge1971]

Sam Backo makes Blocker Roach look intellectual.

 

[typicalfan]

I always find myself looking forward to what Corey Parker has to say when the Broncos are about to lose.

 

[Life's Good]

I always find myself looking forward to what Corey Parker has to say when the Broncos are about to lose.

Well noted. It does have a certainly quality about it.

 

[Stormwarrior82]

Cronk,Smith,Slater, DCE, G Cooper all come to mind.

What stood out for me over gf weekend was the difference in players speeches at the end. Cooper/ smith both spoke great and the afl spastics were terrible. We schooled them on that.

There is an article in today’s paper about a potential marketing pool for 1/2 players per team. Which I think would be a great thing. On top of having these players getting extra they could also get media training. A great example was JT. Does anyone here think cowboys would of got that stadium if he didn’t say something at the gf? There are opportunities all the time to get good media attention. Let’s use it.

 

[horrie hastings]

Old school players who are articulate.

George Peponis

Nathan Gibbs

Truly educated people who could string more than five words together without having to think about the next one.

A certain Dragons half back from the late 1970s used to look at his hands while speaking to a commentator. It was almost like he was counting the letters in attempt to construct a word. And f**ked if I can remember his name.

Yes agree about Nathan Gibbs, had some dealing with him over the years and he is a very articulate man. George Peponis was good too.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Nobody beats a post match Ricky Stuart.

 

[T-Boon]

There are opportunities all the time to get good media attention. Let’s use it.

Truth.
The coaches squander 10 minutes which they could stretch into 15 minutes if they would just try to say some interesting thing after every game.

 

[soc123_au]

As mentioned Gavin Cooper. He always came across as the quiet achiever, so it was surprising to hear how well he speaks.

 

[ed-grimley]

Yes agree about Nathan Gibbs, had some dealing with him over the years and he is a very articulate man. George Peponis was good too.

You'd expect doctors would be able to communicate effectively.

 

[no name]

DCE is clearly the best speaker, very articulate.

Pearce and Cordner have both copped criticism here but both are quite good, they just have bogan voices.

Jake friend has to be up there with the worst, i am not sure he is speaking English. Dylan Napa is also woeful.

Pearce is quite good?
Maybe if you are wanting to hear from a half baked skeg.
He is far from the worst, but gee he could do without the whole 'I don't give a f**k' attitude when he speaks.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Best is cronk.
Worst is a tough one. Blake Ferguson? Gallen? Fifita?
The biggest problem is they all want to sound like hard merkins. Ffs you're a professional league player we already know.

 

[AJB1102]

Enough with the self-confidence, fellas, THE CHAMP is intimidated.

 

[txta2]

Just another insecure Qlder turning a post into a nsw bashing.