Disgusting bringing this up
I was only asking a question, and I meant no offense. What's your issue with it?
Disgusting bringing this up
I was only asking a question, and I meant no offense. What's your issue with it?
I don’t think she meant any offence mate.Disgusting bringing this up
Thanks, and I didn't. I was only trying to remember Api's woes the last time.I don’t think she meant any offence mate.
I feel for him, and his familyThe personal side is none of our business. As fans what effects us is the football.
The current situation has the potential to really derail our season.The personal side is none of our business. As fans what effects us is the football.
Honestly, api, arrow and the st george crew have been caught....
How many have gone without being caught since the bubble started last year.
Not excusing api or any of them. But people on this forum are acting like hes done a Matt lodge and committed a serious crime.
The only thing he is guilty of is absolute stupidity and adultery.
Dumb yes.
Deserve a two match suspension yes.
But thats about it. Thered be players every week breaching the bubble. These are nrl players... api got caught. He needs to live with his mistakes.
Lets move on. He and his family obviously need support right now.
Api hasnt had an easy run in life. He had a rough run last time he was a penrith.
Hopefully the boys get around him and give him the support he and his family need.
The personal side is none of our business. As fans what effects us is the football.
Will either make him much better or much worse. Our year probably rides on itYep this. He apologised and hopefully gets him focused
Do you really think an apology from Api is somehow going to circumvent an adverse impact on our season going forward.Yep this. He apologised and hopefully gets him focused
Do you really think an apology from Api is somehow going to circumvent an adverse impact on our season going forward.
Seriously mate, I’m not sure what planet you are living on but this whole situation has the potential to derail our entire efforts and season.
His actions have potentially put our whole season in jeopardy. He has apologised so all good. Not sure what planet you are living on but his apology means f**k all.
I don’t care about his focus, I am much more concerned about the focus of the other 29 players in our bubble which have been compromised by his stupidity.
Will either make him much better or much worse. Our year probably rides on it
The Cleary situation was different. While it was really dumb what he did, the ‘crime’ didn’t impact individuals as much as society.Would you rather no remorse like the Dragons lot that partied had?
They are in a bubble together it brings people closer. I remember people saying the same would happen when Cleary broke the bubble.. Yet the whole side played out of their skin
I agree. This second wave is bigger than the first, and that is why people, especially the public, are up in arms about it. The players are not losing their livelihoods, many people are.The Cleary situation was different. While it was really dumb what he did, the ‘crime’ didn’t impact individuals as much as society.
The issue with this situation is that people will naturally take sides; with the fishbowl nature of bubble life (including both playing group and families) that can cause the fissures that Alice and Kilkenny have been referencing.
And to think an apology puts everything to bed is being wilfully naive; this will follow Api (and thus the Panthers) for quite some time.
The Cleary situation was different. While it was really dumb what he did, the ‘crime’ didn’t impact individuals as much as society.
The issue with this situation is that people will naturally take sides; with the fishbowl nature of bubble life (including both playing group and families) that can cause the fissures that Alice and Kilkenny have been referencing.
And to think an apology puts everything to bed is being wilfully naive; this will follow Api (and thus the Panthers) for quite some time.
Yeah but in the bubble he can't escape the players hurt and anger at him. Allows these things not to bubble away. Imagine having to deal with JFH 24/7 after him knowing you let the sideI’d say being in the bubble in this situation could potentially be worse for the team. The families are there together there’s no getting away from each other. His wife really only has the other families for support or comfort etc right now.
Basically if this happened when the team wasn’t in a bubble Api and his wifes issues could be kept completely seperate from the playing group and club, you wouldn’t have as much potential for upset wives/partners to disrupt the whole group. Right now they are stuck together, there is no getting away from any tension that might exist.
Overall I’m just over dumb selfish footballers, Api got paid 45k for this three weeks and he couldn’t just follow the rules. Now we will not have him for two weeks as a result, honestly f**k him off. If we have tough cap decisions to make going forward he’s just given the club some big reasons not to retain him.
Do you care what other work mates do in their private lives though? I know I don't as long as they do the job that is all that .
The Apology is important because due to his stupidity the side loses who I think is the most important player. I like to hear them acknowledge and hopefully learn from it
There will be players that spend less time socially with him as a result likely but they can't really go hang out now anyway
Yeah but in the bubble he can't escape the players hurt and anger at him. Allows these things not to bubble away. Imagine having to deal with JFH 24/7 after him knowing you let the side
The Club needs to do what gives best option to win comps... that is having Api at 9.
We get rid of him. He goes to a rival who likely beats us and then we are worse off for taking the morale high road. Nice guys finish last in the NRL