Brent Naden #256

Vicious said:
I know we need our top 30 roster spots to recruit a few new players, but I would not be discounting possibly re-signing Naden for another 12 months on a lower tier top 30 deal.
He has demonstrated he is a good leader and goes out of his way to help our younger players and games such as yesterday show he’s still got life in him as an NRL player when he turns up with the right attitude.
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Him and Charlie are great depth...hes just a dickhead
 
weststigers said:
They've been sticking it up other fans all year and they want to have a cry about it when they get the same back. The truth is, if they don't carry on that way in the first place, they don't get the behaviour back.

The stuff from our guys was anything but classy, but it must feel good to stick it back the other way. I don't agree with it, but I understand it.

The Dogs fans have been hideous all season, but of course, we can't criticise certain ethnic groups for fear of accusations of racism. But as they say, if they pay for a ticket, they can do or say whatever they want within the law, albeit very antagonistic. Culture is not universal and we are seeing 2 cultures collide. Whatever element has infiltrated the Bulldogs fanbase is universally hated. My uncle is a Dogs supporter and won't even take his son to the games because of it.

The issue is our team directed it at fans and I have not seen the Bulldogs players carry on like their fans at all. I don't think the players should engage that way with the crowd.

This is about behaviour. Not about anything else and when all is said and done, our guys should know better and the Bulldogs should also know better than to allow their fans to be so antagonistic at games. Both teams supporters have the right to enjoy the game.
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Dogs seem ok to allow their fans to try and intimidate and annoy opposing fans at their games...pkb
 
Does the club need to get on the front foot and maybe issue an apology perhaps ?

I assume if there is any punishment the Club might be fined, the players were silly in doing what they did.
 
Moh said:
Bahaha, love that Naden finally had a game where he doesn't do something stupid... only to do it after the game.

Pretty immature from the team, but the Dogs social media posts prior was also immature - and antagonising.
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What did he do ?

Blocker once told me once to F off when he was working for 9 at Campbelltown stadium many years ago
 
jirskyr said:
I agree with you broadly, in that I don't mind it personally, but your end comment is silly and out of touch with reality. Any player who makes a rude gesture to the crowd, in any Aussie sport, will get in trouble, because the game needs to protect their brand as they try to expand viewership and participation to immigrants, women and kids.

NRL already has the boofhead bloke market cornered.

It's the same as you can't use a racial sledge, even though far worse is said and has been said on weekends and nobody was physically injured, but you can't do it as a professional footballer.
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Surely someone would have vision of dogs supporters giving the bird to players on the field
 
jirskyr said:
I agree with you, but also the Tigers were on point with emotion and aggression yesterday - the mindset that has them flipping the crowd and throwing gestures is the same that got them the W.

Winning graciously is a good ideal, but also the reality of smashing your opponent in the wet for 80 minutes, mud in your eyes, takes a certain level of emotional energy.
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Winning gracefully is for losers . It’s like when Gallen drop kicked that field goal when we were battling it out for the 8 . It might as well have been the the bird . Top 5 most disrespectful things I’ve ever seen on the footy field . Now take my tigers glasses off , and it’s funny , as I was told my mate who’s favourite players were Gallen and valentine Holmes .
The nrl has forgotten what a good bulldogs team means re. Fans and crowd behaviour . Unfortunately … we all know what it is .
I remember going to a game when they played at the giants home ground and we won the game . After the game , there were pockets of “fans” clearly trying to start fights with small groups of tigers fans , with the worst being 2 dads and thier kids .
I went to another game where I watch from the other side of the stadium a dad gave a fight with 2 dogs fans who were hurling abuse and throwing shit at his daughter a few rows in front of them .
To imply that fanbase has anything other than a toxic culture , and that the club fostered it originally , then claimed ignorance when it got out of hand , is bullshit . History is repeating itself unfortunately .
In all that though , that hand gesture is a bit of a no no from the boys . It’s no different to flipping the bird . I can see a few fines coming the tigers way.
 
Muffstar said:
Does the club need to get on the front foot and maybe issue an apology perhaps ?

I assume if there is any punishment the Club might be fined, the players were silly in doing what they did.
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The NRL/Tigers can't have players flipping the bird at fans.. so we will need to do something and probably cop a fine from the NRL. I can't see the players being handed additional punishment by the club for what happened on the field, but maybe Naden might need to cop a wrap across the knuckles because it was post match and no longer in the emotion of the moment itself..

We just suck it up and move on...
 
old_man_tiger said:
No issue with the try celebration, khod is very commonly used by lebanese fans (and some non lebanese fans lol) of all teams. Its just flipping the bird in the heat of the moment, but a little funnier because of the context. I'm sure I've been in the stands at Leichhardt and we've been flipped the bird by opposition players when they are binned and booed off for example . There's also a lot of emotion during the game.

After thr game is different.

Think Naden is a goose for his video and no issue if he gets sanctioned for it somehow. At the end of the day the standard for players has to be different to fans on social media.
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the bloke has the brain of a cumquat
 
Let's see what Gould has to say about this on his show tonight. He's a big advocate of the world has gone too soft, too much PC etc but I'm sure in this instance he'll say we are bringing game into disrepute. Hope it's Chammas up against him
 
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