David Nofoaluma #164

DN: But the team is always bigger than the player

is this article real? If so I’m glad he is going. Reading through I got to this quote about JT getting rid of RF and then circled back to the top and reread, man I couldn’t stop laughing. Especially when he talks about how good he was and how bad the team was.

sad because I used to move to the edge of my seat every time the ball went to him. Mind you, I always had my hand over my eyes when the opposition ran his way!

Bye DN
 
AmericanHistoryX said:
Robbie. The guy that sulked at Leichhardt. Crying.
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JT the guy who was terminated as head coach by Souths for this:


JASON Taylor has claimed he did nothing to provoke David Fa'alogo at the Rabbitohs' end-of-season drink. But The Sunday Telegraph has viewed CCTV footage of the incident that shows Taylor appearing to initiate the altercation, which has him fighting for his job.
Attached in our photo gallery are the exclusive CCTV images expected to end Jason Taylor's three-year reign as South Sydney coach.

The Sunday Telegraph has viewed the complete CCTV footage from the altercation with Rabbitohs second-rower David Fa'alogo at the Forresters Hotel at 8.28pm last Sunday - and it doesn't look good for Taylor.

As he fights to save his $250,000 contract for next season, an eyewitness has confirmed Taylor was knocked unconscious for 30 seconds by Fa'alogo.

Taylor protested his innocence after the incident and said the attack was unprovoked, but the footage appears to show Taylor shaping up and aiming a punch at Fa'alogo.

Drinking at the first-level bar of the Surry Hills establishment alongside Bra Boy leader Sunny Abberton, the coach and the Kiwi forward appear to bait each other for about 10 minutes leading up to the incident.

Taylor can be seen in conversation with Abberton at one end of the bar, while Fa'alogo is two metres away talking and dancing with team-mates David Kidwell and Garrett Crossman.

In the first of our six CCTV images, Taylor appears to be skylarking and possibly antagonising Fa'alogo. At one stage, the under-fire coach appears to perform "the crane'' manoeuvre made famous in the 1984 Hollywood hit movie Karate Kid.

Shortly after, Abberton looks to take on the role of referee between the pair with Taylor the first of the duo to shape up.

After about three seconds standing opposite each other with their hands raised, the Souths coach then appears to throw a left jab towards Fa'alogo.

The Souths forward counters with a left hook and a right cross, sending Taylor reeling backwards towards a set of five stairs.

Taylor then goes tumbling down the stairs into the lounge area of the first-floor bar - bent over as he travels down the stairs head first.

The view of Taylor on the CCTV footage ends there.

Told The Sunday Telegraph intended to publish still CCTV images, Taylor responded by releasing a statement through lawyer Sydney Birchall. The statement said the photographs were unlikely to portray the incident with Fa'alogo in a "full, fair and truthful context''.

Insisting he does not deserve to have his contract terminated, Taylor said he was not "intoxicated'' and "the nature of the consensual horse play was pretend, lightweight kung-fu play''.

Both Taylor and Fa'alogo were dressed in blue karate uniforms. The South Sydney players chose the mock form of fancy dress as a tongue-in-cheek send off for departing star Craig Wing, who is heading to Japan to play rugby union next year.

South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson and chairman Nick Pappas viewed the CCTV footage last Tuesday before issuing Taylor with a breach of contract notice.

"I've seen the CCTV footage and we've formalised our view on it, but I can't comment on it because that's part of the procedure legally,'' Richardson said.

"We've already discussed the situation with the board last week and they've delegated Nick Pappas and I to handle the situation.''

The Sunday Telegraph understands the hotel management are privately fuming about the damage done to the establishment's public image due to the Rabbitohs' end-of-season shenanigans.

Owned by respected hotelier Arthur Laundy, Sydney Roosters icon Luke Ricketson is listed as the licensee of the trendy Surry Hills venue.

Both Laundy, who was named hotelier of the year by the Australian Hoteliers Association in 2006, and Ricketson boast years of experience at hosting end-of-season celebrations for teams from rugby league and AFL.

The Laundy family has hosted the Sydney Swans at the same venue for the past two years without incident and staged the Sydney Roosters' Mad Monday at the Charing Cross Hotel in Bondi Junction last week.

Since Ricketson has been the licensee of the venue, the NSW Origin team have staged functions there without incident.

The hotel group employs a private security guard, or "minder'', to control the events, with security industry expert Dave Millward appointing the guard.

When the Taylor-Fa'alogo incident occurred, the minder was checking on other players in the downstairs area of the hotel.

As soon as he was made aware of the issue, the minder and the hotel manager shut the first-floor function down and assisted all the remaining Rabbitohs players and officials into taxis.
 
Deep down I know he’s a good person. I know he’s doing what is best for the club
His benji reference (not word for word)
That to me basically says that he knew he should of been punted
 
Red88_Tiger said:
Deep down I know he’s a good person. I know he’s doing what is best for the club
His benji reference (not word for word)
That to me basically says that he knew he should of been punted
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I think he's extremely immature (and certainly not an innately bad person) - and he has taken for granted how good he has had it for a long long time.

But what sort of arrogant and delusional upstart tells their new Premiership winning coach to eff off when he first drops him?

He has been afforded a comfort zone and effectively been a protected species under Lee for far too long.

Time to smell the roses in Salford and do some growing up...
 
Snidest 0 said:
I think he's extremely immature (and certainly not an innately bad person) - and he has taken for granted how good he has had it for a long long time.

But what sort of arrogant and delusional upstart tells their new Premiership winning coach to eff off when he first drops him?

He has been afforded a comfort zone and effectively been a protected species under Lee for far too long.

Time to smell the roses in Salford and do some growing up...
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Hope Benji is not immature. What do you think?
 
AmericanHistoryX said:
Or move on. Utilising the English language. Both parties move on for the benefit of both parties
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Farah being pushed out by JT was not for the benefit of the team or any party!!

JT was himself gone just over 12 months later...

The club established a deserved reputation for disloyalty and disrespect to long serving club legends!

The club suffered a fine - the CEO was suspended for 6 months and a reduction in our salary cap for THREE years as penalty for breaching the salary cap due to an ill considered post-career employment offer to Farah that was intended to show good faith while effectively sacking him!

It was a terrible decision - and had long term and far reaching consequences!
 
JT was employed as head coach even after running onto the SCG with a plastic beer in his hand in a day night match against Pakistan. My question is. Why was he employed at all with that on his resume. So I'm with you on this one.
 
Im just so sick of players leaving and dragging the clubs name thru the mud, whether its the players fault or the clubs....we are hardly a highly proffesional outfit in this regard
Were a laughing stock, the culture in the place stinks and has forever...and the rest of the nRL knows it
I guess change takes time, god weve been waiting decades, hopefully the independant review continues to clean the joint out
Still hearing of players not really buying in ala Papalii and Bateman...how many more are there and how many losses will it take for the crap to hit the fan again?
 
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