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Souths need a clean out

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The Greatest player of all time? You simple person. Only Souths supporters would say that, and that’s not saying he wasn’t great either. But you seem to have your head firmly up your own arse.

You just can’t seem to acknowledge a great team Penrith are right now and continually go back 50 years when the game was totally different.

Forever in our shadow
 

doyen

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Mate the Props in those days are smaller than most outside backs now. Once again comparing eras is impossible. I would take the modern day player over the old days though. Players train a lot more these days so don’t need Fulltime work outside of Footy.
I said given all the advantages---the props were smaller because they weren't in the gym 5 days a week & on diets designed to make them bigger & stronger---Artie BEETSON could/would run only 20 or 30 metres himself but he was skilful enough to create 500 ms for his team-mates---much,much more skilful ball-players back then---a classy off-load these days is a rarity--a bash,barge,boring,banal game these days--the game has been bastardised so much over time that it is now a total embarrassment !!
 
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doyen

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The Greatest player of all time? You simple person. Only Souths supporters would say that, and that’s not saying he wasn’t great either. But you seem to have your head firmly up your own arse.

You just can’t seem to acknowledge a great team Penrith are right now and continually go back 50 years when the game was totally different.
If Churchill was a full-time pro today---with the equal opportunities that today's players get ,he would be a much better FB , 1/2 or 5/8 than any of today's posers, including Cleary !! Churchill has been voted the best over & over again & with very,very good reason !!
 
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I said given all the advantages---the props were smaller because they weren't in the gym 5 days a week & on diets designed to make them bigger & stronger---Artie BEETSON could/would run only 20 or 30 metres himself but he was skilful enough to create 500 ms for his team-mates---much,much more skilful ball-players back then---a classy off-load these days is a rarity--a bash,barge,boring,banal game these days--the game has been bastardised so much over time that it is now a total embarrassment !!
Seems like this Penrith guy isn't familiar with the old saying that "Ït's not the size of the dog in the fight but rather the fight in the dog"
 
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If Churchill was a full-time pro today---with the equal opportunities that today's players get ,he would be a much better FB , 1/2 or 5/8 than any of today's posers, including Cleary !! Churchill has been voted the best over & over again & with very,very good reason !!
Churchill(on his worst day) >>>>>>>>>Cleary(on his best day)
 
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