Rapes on right now.

[Macca]

I like Wessels. He will get better, he has done some good things in PL this year and let's face it the farger is a giant. . .

Anyway, your point is a good one, they are just first graders. I dunno why Dallalana would be there though.

 

[blacktip-reefy]

fact 1.
Raper was adamant they are looking at the market for 5/8 first & foremost.
Fact 2.
He called him Bird, not greg or Birdy or sully or stevo
Fact 3
He said that the Bird suspension forced major changes to the way the team had to play & it caused a reshuffle. His tone was not kind in this segment. In fact the only time he was not upbeat for the entire 40 minutes was when talking about Bird.

 

[blacktip-reefy]

Raper on Nutters
Daley asked the question
"Have you been surprised that Nuttley has not been brought up in representative talks?"
"Definitely! "Nutts" is one of those guys you just love to coach. He is passionate about his rugby league. You just tell him to put his boots on & send him on to do his thing & he just "cant remember word" em."
Says Nutts is a victim of QLD broncoitis(in a nutshell)

 

[Special K]

then why aren't we going for Kurt Gidley rather than Riddell?

 

[blacktip-reefy]

maybe we are?
Get Gidds & Tahu
f**king Beautiful

 

[Special K]

hey that is a international winger :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Alan Shore]

Maybe we want Riddell at hooker, Sullivan 5/8th with Hilder going into hooker at times?

 

[Booyah]

Raper on Nutters
Daley asked the question
"Have you been surprised that Nuttley has not been brought up in representative talks?"
"Definitely! "Nutts" is one of those guys you just love to coach. He is passionate about his rugby league. You just tell him to put his boots on & send him on to do his thing & he just "cant remember word" em."
Says Nutts is a victim of QLD broncoitis(in a nutshell)

That would make alot of sense. What does the guy have to do to make QLD? Cock-head Crocker got ruled out and so they bring in that nuffy Parker instead.

No way has Parker been better then Nutley this year. Parker is a still a bloody bench player for crying out loud!

 

[blacktip-reefy]

Rapes on Kimmorley
Lots to come!

 

[JemimaPuddleduck]

The roosters are ready to offer Mr Kurt Gidley megabux. I can't see that we'd be in their league.

 

[JemimaPuddleduck]

my goodness! All the kerfuffle here, there and everywhere of riddell vs sullivan.

who says that IF Riddell came to us it'd be as a hooker anyway? he's only one of those invented hookers we have nowadays and could just as easily go back to being a second rower.

seems Manly are gonna throw some Delmege at Riddell now anyway and those silvertails have just become silvertails again

 

[Sheros los Deros]

Lozza said that Noddy had been giving Raper a good rap as Sharks coach during origin camp. Raper said his relationship with Noddy was good.

Raper said that he not a coach that says "Ok this is who you are going to play." He likes to suggest an approach and see what the players think. Opes was clearly more dogmatic.

Raper said he has trained players like Sullivan and others, so they are ready to fill roles in the team should Noddy be absent.

As others have said, Merrit will kick, Aitken off the bench.

 

[Jimbo]

Good to see Rapes recognising Nutley as the champion he is. One of the top 5 forwards in the game, without a doubt...

Should we assume that Nutley's name being left off the 'off-contract' list is a good thing?

 

[blacktip-reefy]

Well yeah there is another one we know is off contract that wasn't on the list

 

[Jimbo]

Looks like I might have to call Sludge and teach him a thing or two about football then...

 

[blacktip-reefy]

Raper on Noddy continued;
Daley asked him about taking over from the "basket case" & the rumours that some key players may walk or be unhappy. "How is the relationship between you & Brett Kimmorley?"
" Well I would say that it is one that is developing. I had never met Brett before blah blah blah.
Dlaey adds what was said b4 about BK comments at Origin.
" Our relationship I would describe as good both personally & professionally"
I am not about to go saying things about Chris because I respect that he & chris have a very strong relationship.
blah blah blah
(Earlier)This week will be tough wtihout him as we will lose our half back, our captain, our kickeroffereerereer, kicks for touch, kicks for goal.
I made a list & have been ticking off the boxes. Merrit will kick this week. He & noddy have been practising this week with Graeme ?? & Noddy says that Nathan is on fire.

 

[Macca]

fact 1.
Raper was adamant they are looking at the market for 5/8 first & foremost.
Fact 2.
He called him Bird, not greg or Birdy or sully or stevo
Fact 3
He said that the Bird suspension forced major changes to the way the team had to play & it caused a reshuffle. His tone was not kind in this segment. In fact the only time he was not upbeat for the entire 40 minutes was when talking about Bird.

Since we are going with facts and not your interpretation, here is what was actually said:

Is one position that you would look to be strengthening, 5/8th? I mean Paul Gallen is a good player but he's not a regular number 6. Is it a position you must strengthen?

Yes, I think so, I'm very cautious to be too one dimensional and have everything run off Noddy and having a 5/8th will be important for us. Obviously Greg Bird getting suspended for a large amount of time really changed the way we had to play. We've got a young kid, Russell Aitken, playing Premier League. He's probably still a little green around the ears, probably needs a little more footy. We are looking at a few crucial positions and I would say that 5/8th was one of them.

That's it. Nothing about Greg Bird being in the bad books. I don't think Bird even is a 5/8th so who's to say they won't keep him as a lock? You can put any spin on that you want.

This was your spin.

fact 1.
Raper was adamant they are looking at the market for 5/8 first & foremost.

Lie 1.

We are looking at a few crucial positions and I would say that 5/8th was one of them.

Not exactly being adamant that it was first and foremost was he?

Fact 2.
He called him Bird, not greg or Birdy or sully or stevo

Lie 2.

Obviously Greg Bird getting suspended for a large amount of time really changed the way we had to play. We've got a young kid, Russell Aitken, playing Premier League.

He called him Greg Bird. Then he called Russ, Russell Aitken. Is he in the bad books too?

Fact 3
He said that the Bird suspension forced major changes to the way the team had to play & it caused a reshuffle. His tone was not kind in this segment. In fact the only time he was not upbeat for the entire 40 minutes was when talking about Bird.

Lie 3.

Obviously Greg Bird getting suspended for a large amount of time really changed the way we had to play.

I don't think his tone was unkind either. It was a serious tone but there were certainly other times during the interview that he was just as serious.

At the end of the day, Greg Bird probably is in the bad books. Why wouldn't he be, he kneed a bloke in the face. The spin you are putting on Raper's interview is just a bizarre interpretation of yours though. One you claim as fact when it is clearly not. You have to wonder how accurate alot of your other interpretations have been.

 

[blacktip-reefy]

Lies huh.
He was asked if we are in the market for a 5/8th.

Put your own answer in .........here.
Hang on I will

"We are looking at a few crucial positions and I would say that 5/8th was one of them."

he did not mention prop, backrow, half, wing, hooker. He said 5/8th

Delusional over Bird still.

Please retract calling me a liar.
I will tell you when I lie.

 

[Macca]

I call it a lie or a fabrication or an interpretaion. What you called it was fact. It is clearly not fact. You just added your own words to suit your argument. I'll take back calling you a liar when you take back the lies.

He did say that we are looking at a few crucial positions and I would say that 5/8th was one of them. What he didn't say is we are adamant that we are looking at the market for a 5/8 first & foremost.

He didn't mention prop, backrow, half, wing, hooker because he wasn't asked about them. He was specifically asked about 5/8th.

I am not dillusional over Bird. I never was. I had a strong opinion about him that differed from your, also strong, opinion.

 

[blacktip-reefy]

So in essence, after reading my "lies" & all of Mcsharks "Bird fanatasies"
The picture is this.
A new 5/8 or Aitken.
Not Bird.