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My post was a play on/reply to the Twitter guy. I can't think why you'd respond in such fashion.
Oh hi Suity, attempting to instigate a forum clash again... I wonder how that will turn out for you on this occasion?
Will it be another case of having a cry about being stalked on the forums because someone replies to your posts about them? Classic lols... Don't go changing
Just sittin on the Docker eBay
#ShitHashtagsPhantom
Sorry... it just seemed appropriate, the way the thread was runnuing? No hard feelings
I'd love to see Hayne use #ididit, and people turn it into #idiot...
That's right... let's not focus on the person who starts things off on the forums, by making posts only about other posters.
All good. I'm rarely serious.Sorry... it just seemed appropriate, the way the thread was runnuing? No hard feelings
NRL finals 2016: Jarryd Hayne must decide if he wants to be a premiership winner or a punchline
Andrew Webster
September 8 2016 - 8:43pm
Jarryd Hayne has reached an interesting point of his career. How does he want to be remembered: premiership winner or punchline?
We gladly accept that he's "not of this world", that "this is your home but it is my house", the comparisons to Jesus, the signature outstretched arms like he's the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
Haters are going to hate but we're not all haters, Jarryd. Love the Hayne story. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and the San Francisco 49ers No.38 jersey and the Jarryd Hayne Apparel flat cap. Love it.
Next Wednesday marks one year since he made his NFL debut. There is much to admire in a kid from housing commission in Sydney's west who followed his dreams, no matter where they took him or what anybody else advised.
Yet Hayne is in danger of becoming a circus. For all that he's achieved personally, the teams he has played in have won very little. Personal accolades including two Dally M Player of the Year awards aside, what has Hayne won apart from the 2014 State of Origin series with NSW and being involved with winning Australian teams?
Time to convert this not-of-this-world talent into silverware.
Many argue a player doesn't have to lead their team to a premiership to confirm their greatness but tell me one who hasn't? Wally Lewis, I hear. But he dominated Origin like no other.
Nobody should expect Hayne to inspire the Titans to a premiership in the next month, although it won't surprise anyone if a low-flying Hayne Plane swoops the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium in Friday night's elimination final such is his talent.
Time to fly: Jarryd Hayne. Photo: Tony Feder
Having signed him at $1.2 million per season until the end of 2018, you can bet the Titans and whoever ends up buying them will be expecting Hayne to do more at their club than he did at Parramatta, where he was hypnotic to watch one game, barely noticeable the next.
In the meantime, his return to the game has become a punchline.
Broncos forward Sam Thaiday couldn't resist the sledge this week: "There's no guarantee on him playing actually. He might have a dream tomorrow night and leave the game again and, I don't know, take up water polo or something. Who knows."
In reality, it's a gag we've all used.
At the Eels, they aren't laughing about how Hayne snubbed them to join the Titans.
Hayne said he never received a formal offer from his former club. The club he promised to return to if he became a rugby player again.
Return of the Plane: Jarryd Hayne. Photo: Getty Images
Indeed, Parramatta dallied on giving him a figure as they unravelled the third party mess that has torn the club apart.
Parramatta types tell me they told his manager, Wayne Beavis, they could afford $800,000 per season. The response from Beavis: "Sharpen your pencil."
The Eels found out the next morning along with the rest of us that he had signed with the Titans.
Hayne had every right to reject Parramatta. He had every right to take more money on offer at the Titans. But in manipulating the message of how it actually played out, like he was the victim of Eels mismanagement, he has angered some of his former teammates.
Hayne is 28. His time to win something starts now. No more punchlines. He might not be of this world, but let's see if he can win a premiership in this one.
