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bartman

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Joshuatheeel said:
So are the leaks trying to get Hayne improve his attitude? Or an attempt to make sure he doesn't take up his second year option?
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Probably both?

Titans need something out of the lazy f**ker this season, so as to not derail their tilt at the finals (again).

And they probably want to see the back of his salary cap munching arse so they can get better value on someone for next season.
 
Johnny88

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Colman’s Call: Jarryd Hayne’s rugby league aura is gathering dust
Mike Colman, The Courier-Mail
March 8, 2017

NEIL Henry and I share the same predicament. We’ve both got Jarryd Hayne in our team and we’re worried we’ve done our dough.

I’ve only got him in my SuperCoach team while Neil’s Titans play in the NRL, but with a miserable 39 points in round one it’s still a major concern.

I noticed that one columnist described Hayne as “the Donald Trump of the NRL”, given his propensity to take to Twitter and cry “fake news” whenever he is offended by media coverage of his latest brain fade.
It’s a very good line, but I think a more apt comparison would be with Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hollywood actor who earned the epithet “famous for being famous”.

After all, what is Jarryd Hayne noteworthy for right now other than being Jarryd Hayne?

It surely can’t be for his scintillating displays as a rugby league player. There haven’t been any of those for a long time. His Dally M Player of the Year trophy has been gathering dust since 2014.

In the meantime Hayne has played just seven games of rugby league, all in the latter part of 2016, and none of them overly memorable other than for a matchwinning field goal against the Tigers.

Which is not to say he wasn’t playing football in the interim. Just not our kind of football.

While it is true that Hayne fearlessly chased his dream all the way to San Francisco, he hardly made a splash on the US sporting landscape. He was a short-lived oddity over there.

Back here in Australia however his celebrity far outstripped his achievement.
More newspaper column centimetres and cyber space were filled with running coverage of the Hayne NFL experience than Donald Trump could attract for a month of campaign promises.

His every move, utterance and thought was breathlessly reported with all the importance of the Moon landing.

If only he had actually been doing something to warrant it.

Remember that joke about rugby league wingers being blokes who hang around with footballers? That was Jarryd Hayne for the latter part of his NFL career – not that it in any way diluted the interest of the media, fans, sponsors or rugby league executives back home.

Like Zsa Zsa, in Australia at least, Hayne was famous for being famous.

And it obviously went to his head. Given the way he has carried on since his return, he seems to have forgotten the correlation between performance and fame.

Maybe he’s seen himself described as the “best player in the game” so many times that he actually believes it.

Personally, I’m yet to be convinced.

I’m lucky though. If he doesn’t start producing the goods pretty soon I can trade him for another $244,700 player who is prepared to have a go.

Poor old Neil Henry is stuck with him.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...t/news-story/14801dd76c9e624f5cf317e80246338b
 
Johnny88

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JARRYD Hayne needs to change his attitude to meet the Gold Coast Titans halfway, according to Wests Tigers captain Aaron Woods.
The NSW State of Origin prop has casually opened fire on his former Blues teammate, inadvertently questioning Hayne’s attitude to training.
Woods told Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast Hayne needs to change for his teammates rather than continue to be treated as a special case.

“He has to buy into what the boys are doing as well,” Woods said.

“You just can’t go and do your own thing. The team is there. It’s not just an individual sport. It’s a group activity. It’s a hard one, but he should probably buy into it a little bit more and show them he’s a bit more focused on training.”

He said Hayne’s personality means that the Titans need to find a balance between treating him as a special case and trying to adjust his training work ethic.

“He is quite a unique character. Some of the things I’ve seen him do on the football field are ridiculous,” Woods said.
I’ve never seen anybody do that many things in an Origin game, let alone an NRL game. I don’t know a lot of what he’s done up there. I’ve heard he got a fine, but he’s a different character and you need to know how to treat them.”
Matthew Johns says Henry’s decision to walk away has intensified the spotlight on the relationship between the Titans and their superstar player.

“What it’s done is pour petrol on the story and it’s highlighted the pressure of the situation and how it’s building on a daily basis,” Johns told Triple M’s The Grill Team.

“What the Titans need to remember is why they signed Jarryd. They signed him for profile and media exposure which turns into money and sponsorships. You can’t pick and choose when you want the media attention and when you don’t.”

He said the Titans knew what they were getting when they signed Hayne and were aware their recruitment gamble would change the dynamic within the Titans’ dressing room — especially if Hayne was treated as a special case with a less intense training program than his teammates.

“The problem with that is you have to be the best player every week and even then it can be problematic,” Johns said.
“Last year the Titans got themselves into an incredible position. They made the eight and they did it on the back of egalitarianism. Socialism rugby league. Everyone’s the same. They got there with discipline and hard work. Suddenly the superstar came in. That’s what Jarryd is. While it brought a lot of profile, it’s changed the dynamics of the side.
“This is a problem. If your star player is offside with his teammates, it’s a real strain on the coach.”
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/ja...p/news-story/d297e63fc4b7efdc8313f6916bf3dc38
 
Poupou Escobar

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All our years of on-field mediocrity there were two constants - Hayne and Mannah. Does anyone believe Mannah was a bad influence?
 
Johnny88

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Gordo is better than Hayne ;). So he didn't reach out to Parra?
I picture Hayne leaving the country in the middle of the night like SBW soon.
 
Twizzle

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Cant help but be a bit sceptical about that report, if it happened in the off season why didn't they report it then ?
 
Kornstar

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I've asked before and I'll ask again, why do Fox Sports or 7 News waste their time with people like, Kent, Hooper or Massoud?

They aren't likeable, half their stories are made up and they have no real insight into the game other than providing gossip.

There are a plethora of dedicated fans around the league (Forty20 comes to mind) that would run rings around these clowns and offer a really good perspective on the game from a fans point of view!
 
Gary Gutful

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Kornstar said:
I've asked before and I'll ask again, why do Fox Sports or 7 News waste their time with people like, Kent, Hooper or Massoud?

They aren't likeable, half their stories are made up and they have no real insight into the game other than providing gossip.

There are a plethora of dedicated fans around the league (Forty20 comes to mind) that would run rings around these clowns and offer a really good perspective on the game from a fans point of view!
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The majority of people want controversy and gossip. It sells papers and gets clicks.
 
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