Rumours and Stuff

[Snoochies]

Not sure if this is for the religion thread but friend with contacts at Manly saying DCE signing with Dragons for 2 years.

Yes, DCE is a big fan of St George.

St. George (flourished 3rd century—died, traditionally Lydda, Palestine [now Lod, Israel]; feast day April 23) was an early Christian martyr who during the Middle Ages became an ideal of martial valour and selflessness. He is the patron saint of England and of Georgia and is venerated as one of the 14 Auxiliary Saints

 

[Gronk]

We still need faith that we understand the risks, and that there isn't some important evidence that is unavailable to us. Nobody has enough information for an entire life full of good decisions. Bad luck comes for all of us, and that includes making poor decisions because we thought we understood all the risks.

Bullshit.

 

[Gronk]

Like I said, I couldn’t give a f**k what you think — but I’ll never forget some of the passive aggressive puff pieces you’ve written over the years.

That said, when it comes to footy, you’d have to be one of the dumbest merkins going around with some of your takes and the players and staff you backed.


But the day you preached to all of us about going green — carried on for over a week about the virtues of electric cars — only to admit you drive a fossil fuel-powered car? That was one for the ages. I’ll never forget that.

And look, mocking my religious beliefs doesn’t bother me — not even a bit. But it does surprise me, considering the things you’ve said before about knowing the Serbian way. You do know what we’re like — so why keep poking the bear?

Besides, don’t you have some volunteer soup kitchen duties to do tonight? Parra isn’t playing.

LMAO. I accused you of being juvenile and you doubled down on the ad hominem.

 

[Stevie]

Not sure if this is for the religion thread but friend with contacts at Manly saying DCE signing with Dragons for 2 years.

Thank you good sir for sharing FOOTY news!

Please f**k this religious conversation to another thread @Twizzle

 

[85 Baby]

Could Jesus have kicked a Matt Burton speshal so well that even Jesus couldn’t catch it?

 

[lingard]

Bullshit.

How is that bullshit?

 

[Gronk]

How is that bullshit?

Faith is not a prerequisite for morality. People can live ethical, compassionate and meaningful lives by relying on reason, empathy, life experience and the values we share as human beings — without needing to reference scriptures or anything supernatural.

 

[Frank Burge]

They were also dictators, I’m not sure atheism was the driving factor, unlike the crusades and the 30 year war they didn’t use the cover of religion as the driving factor to control people which was the point of my original post.

Comparing the worst religious zealots with an idealised atheist? It's not exactly comparing apples with apples. Mao and Stalin were atheists

 

[Avenger]

LMAO. I accused you of being juvenile and you doubled down on the ad hominem.

Dobro jutro, pišonja!

 

[JokerEel]

Not sure if this is for the religion thread but friend with contacts at Manly saying DCE signing with Dragons for 2 years.

Probably explains why their CEO is sprouting about looking to buy an established halfback.

I am so glad we didn't get Flanno.. He is buying old players to scrap into the 8 to make himself look better than he is instead of investing on the future developing.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Not sure if this is for the religion thread but friend with contacts at Manly saying DCE signing with Dragons for 2 years.

I think I would rather retire then play for the Dragons.

 

[King-Gutho94]

SHOOSH
The dogs are barking about one particular NRL club chairman and his out-of-control ego. This man has such a high opinion of himself and thinks he knows everything yet is not in the same league as heavyweights like Nick Politis, Nick Papas, Matt Tripp, Blake Solly or Don Furner.
SHOOSH
Which league hack copped a spray from a player agent this week over his coverage of the Tallyn Da Silva departure from the Wests Tigers.

FELEDY WINGS IT
Wests Tigers have lost another outstanding youngster - 20-year-old centre Josh Feledy.
Feledy is returning home to Manly where he captained the side’s 2021 Harold Matts team to a grand final win. That year he scored 19 tries in nine games.
That Manly team also had Lehi Hopoate at fullback and the Fainu brothers, Samuela and Latu.

What’s the Buzz: Jack de Belin hails Flanagan critic as a man of the people​

The Dragons complained to the NRL about one fan’s abuse of Kyle and Shane Flanagan. Jack de Belin went up to him and called him a ‘man of the people’, writes Phil Rothfield.

The St George-Illawarra Dragons recently lodged a complaint with the NRL integrity unit over the social media abuse of Shane and Kyle Flanagan.
So you can imagine how ordinary it looked when departing forward Jack de Belin approached – and embraced – the abuser on the fence in Wollongong after last weekend’s win over the Parramatta Eels.
There is now a video doing the rounds as De Belin says to the supporter: “You’re the man of the people.”
Really? A man of the people?
A man who has been smashing his coach and his teammate for weeks with shocking abuse.
Two weeks ago, the Dragons lodged an official complaint with the NRL.
As a result, 25-year-old apprentice carpenter and content creator Jean-Claude Bitar had his Instagram account shut down.
Now he’s back up and running again.

So we approached new Dragons chief executive Tim Watsford to get his thoughts.
Surprisingly he didn’t see too much wrong with it.
Or maybe it was more a case of him not wanting to throw more fuel on the fire around De Belin’s departure and the constant commentary around his coach and halfback.
“It was an emotional week for Jack and we love Jack’s passion for the club and fans and he will no doubt share interactions like this with many of our supporters after every game for the rest of this year,” he said.
In fairness, de Belin’s manager Steve Gillis said his player was not on social media and wasn’t aware that he was the person who had abused the Dragons.
We contacted Bitar but he declined to comment.
He had previously told news.com.au that the NRL should be focusing on “bigger issues of the game” and vowed he “will not be silenced”.
“They’re taking away the voice of a fanatic fan who spends his hard-earned money to support the club through thick and thin. I’ve been here for over 20 years and I never miss a game.”

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Flanagan's tenure will end in disaster.

They are not playing finals this year and going backwards.

I cant see them with the squad they have being in any better position this time next year.

Shane should have told his son to get a deal in the UK and enjoy life over there. While he worries about rebuilding the Dragons.

 

[T-Boon]

Thank you good sir for sharing FOOTY news!

Please f**k this religious conversation to another thread @Twizzle

Yeah I apologise . I started this. Myself and Jesus and to a lesser extent that ugly bastard Mo. back to league.
I’ll come up with a great rule change idea we can debate instead of this stupidity.

 

[T-Boon]

It is a strange side ways move for DCE to go to the Dragons. He isn’t winning anything there.

 

[Delboy]

Flanagan's tenure will end in disaster.

They are not playing finals this year and going backwards.

I cant see them with the squad they have being in any better position this time next year.

Shane should have told his son to get a deal in the UK and enjoy life over there. While he worries about rebuilding the Dragons.

Hope that the drop in form we are seeing from Gutho is temporary, there are more missed one on one tackles, and dropped balls and obviously a lack of pace.Its not a back end of a great career that most want to see, but money talks , but still hard to watch the decline for a great hard working club fullback.

 

[Pazza]

It is a strange side ways move for DCE to go to the Dragons. He isn’t winning anything there.

2 years on 800k or so, he won't ever make kind of money ever again.

 

[T-Boon]

2 years on 800k or so, he won't ever make kind of money ever again.

So I always thought he was leaving Manly to try to win something and Manly desperately wanted him to stay such that money wasn’t an issue.

 

[T-Boon]

Hope that the drop in form we are seeing from Gutho is temporary, there are more missed one on one tackles, and dropped balls and obviously a lack of pace.Its not a back end of a great career that most want to see, but money talks , but still hard to watch the decline for a great hard working club fullback.

The season is too long for him and his style. This is why Parra wanted to keep him on less money and move him to a less taxing position.

 

[AnonymousLurker]

Yeh no sympathy for him , he knew where his body was at, better than the rest of us that could see . He doesn’t give a f**k about his legacy why should we

 

[Eelementary]

Let me be clear. I cannot STAND Nelson from the Storm.

But. If. And just, if. He played for us, starting as rampaging #10, f**k me i think k he’d be amazing for us and f**k me I’d love him!

Ok. I feel uncomfortable too after saying that but admit it, he knows Ryles and could earn a shitload with us.

I'd vomit in my mouth if the second biggest cat in the NRL, behind Felicia Kaufusi, ever donned the Blue and Gold.