Superthread LXXII - Honouring The White, Off White, Cream & Beige. :-(

[Eelementary]

36-30

Picking on people who are differently-abled like the Eels side is not cool, bro.

Though, seriously - congrats on the win.

And Queenslander or not, I love JT. What a player.

 

[Drew-Sta]

Daniel Alvaro

http://live.nrlstats.com/matches/nrl/match34914.html

That destroys players confidence. So silly. Better to tell him he is there just as back up and likely not to play, than suggest he will and he only gets 1 minute.

Stuart had the right idea but he's just a terrible comunicator. Place needed a clean out, that never goes down well with players who deserve to be cleaned out.

Look at Newcastle. Pathetic culture amongst the playing group has held them back for years. Attempts to clean the place out have been held back by this.

Thats what happens when the club manager is brother to a player.

 

[Red Bear]

That destroys players confidence. So silly. Better to tell him he is there just as back up and likely not to play, than suggest he will and he only gets 1 minute.



Thats what happens when the club manager is brother to a player.

Yeah. Been that way for years though, they got away with it a bit with Johns playing/Kennedy around leadership wise. Buderus probably helped being around in recent years. Generally though a pretty bad culture.

not heaps different to St George Illawarra under Nathan Brown.

 

[muzby]

rode to work this morning.. first time in a few weeks..

rather invigorating start to the day... even if somehow the icy wind was able to find a direct path inside my clothing and to my nipples..

 

[Bulldog Force]

rode to work this morning.. first time in a few weeks..

rather invigorating start to the day... even if somehow the icy wind was able to find a direct path inside my clothing and to my nipples..

Damn you Melbourne weather

 

[Drew-Sta]

Yeah. Been that way for years though, they got away with it a bit with Johns playing/Kennedy around leadership wise. Buderus probably helped being around in recent years. Generally though a pretty bad culture.

not heaps different to St George Illawarra under Nathan Brown.

Brown didn't have bad culture per se; he simply wasn't able to get them to dig in properly when the game got close and pull out a clutch move.

We lost usually because Barrett, Ryles or our lack of a decent half got in the way.

 

[Red Bear]

Brown didn't have bad culture per se; he simply wasn't able to get them to dig in properly when the game got close and pull out a clutch move.

We lost usually because Barrett, Ryles or our lack of a decent half got in the way.

Senior players changing team selection for a semi final seems like pretty bad culture to me

 

[Drew-Sta]

I never heard that one. What semi final?

 

[Red Bear]

I never heard that one. What semi final?

08 v Manly. Gasnier and someone didnt want Soward to play. Got their way. Rogers and Hornby in the halves.

and generally the players were very cliquey, got away with anything. Bennett brought them in line big time when he eventually took over.

 

[Drew-Sta]

Genuinely didn't know that one but at that stage it wouldn't surprise me. Gasnier was on the war path due to his lack of $ because of Doust, so was throwing his weight around big time. Brown was on his way out too, so it was likely he just did it to keep peace.

Soward was always a player who could polarise his fellow team mates.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Senior players changing team selection for a semi final seems like pretty bad culture to me

I never heard that one. What semi final?

08 v Manly. Gasnier and someone didnt want Soward to play. Got their way. Rogers and Hornby in the halves.

and generally the players were very cliquey, got away with anything. Bennett brought them in line big time when he eventually took over.

It wasn't just Gasnier. It was also Cooper and Young.

 

[Red Bear]

Couldnt remember who else was involved, just knew one was Gasnier

 

[Drew-Sta]

There you go. Had no idea.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

It was the "senior playing group". Hornby I believe stayed out of it.

 

[DB]

The issue with Brown was he was 'one of the boys'. No authority whatsoever

 

[thorson1987]

The issue with Brown was he was 'one of the boys'. No authority whatsoever

Also didn't help that he was not long retired and played with several of the leadership group.

 

[Twizzle]

I wonder what Joe Hockey has done wrong today

 

[Bulldog Force]

I wonder what Joe Hockey has done wrong today

Bunked in some joint rent-free.

f**king fat merkin.

 

[ek999]

Hockey paying rent to his wife is the biggest non-issue in politics

 

[Bulldog Force]

Hockey paying rent to his wife is the biggest non-issue in politics

Exactly - the money stays in the family. Especially if they're holding a shared account.