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    To be fair - sat next to Kenty and Buzz a corpse could look like a Nobel-winning nuclear physicist.
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    I'm surprised Farnworth left - especially as he was prepared to play on a discount just to remain at the Broncos. Something not right about that club. Every time I see Ikin lately he looks like a guy who has realized leaving FOX was perhaps not the smartest move.
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    I realize that to someone who thinks history is anything with a dry coat of paint, entertainment is a triple-header of Prisoner Cell Block H/BMX Bandits/Howling III: The Marsupials and fine-dining being able to eat your fairy bread with a knife and fork this might come as a surprise to you but -...
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    He then went to Wigan and won a ton of trophies. They were easily the best team on the planet at the time largely because they were the only full time team on the planet. After that he went to Auckland - disaster. Returned to Wigan - bigger disaster. Coaches have a shelf-life - whether it be...
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    John Monie won how many titles with Parra? And yet in his final years at Wigan they couldn't shove him out the door quick enough.
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    First and foremost I support Liverpool. (St. Helens a close second) 99.43% of Liverpool fans don't even know you exist. The rest think you play in South America, or Antarctica or some other far flung part of the world where no one visits. I'm the best friend you have up there. 🤣🤣🤣
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    Temper, temper! LOLZ. 🤣
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    Am I missing something? Last time I checked everyone was claiming they are going to win the comp!
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    When you reach 50 all that remains is bitterness and cynicism. 😊
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    And yet you've hired an ex-SL failure who presided over similar signings or worse and made an even bigger mess than what he started with. You've not thought this through, have you champ?
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    I'm not an "armchair muppet", thankyou. To quote Nathan Brown, UK backs tend to struggle (as opposed to forwards) because there's no real intermediate stage between junior/academy rugby and first team rugby and there are nowhere near as many big units for them to oppose. Poor investment has...
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    A lot of people don't realise that your athletic peak occurs just after the final growth phase which fills out the body somewhere around the age of 23. At that point the growth hormones which the body has been producing since childhood shut down, blood supply to the lower limbs begins to reduce...
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    It's not just that their older. It's that their older and out of match practice. Professional rugby league for the top echelon players represents full-time commitment to the sport. In some cases this commitment may even stretch to forgoing relationships as they demand time and energy which they...
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    He left because Sticky wore him out. He tends to have that effect on people.
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    Matt Rogers was nothing like the player who left. He was a smarter player. But the freakish athleticism wasn't there. Don't think Tuquiri was better or as good. Can't offer an opinion on Chambers. Brad Thorn - wasn't he over thirty when he came back? If so - no way. Just look a Sammy Burgess...
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    I'm talking more about players who leave a club - either for a rival, or another code - and return seasons later. I really am struggling to think of many who came back better (unless they were very, very young when they left). And I can think of even less who returned from Union anywhere close...
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    Ultimately your halfback will only go as far as his pack will take him. Whether it be Brooks, Williams, Prime Cooper Cronk - it's all the same. I guess Brooks is as good as anyone before you know you can win the battle of the earth movers. Until you are consistently hard to beat talk of million...
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    George Williams is only 28. He certainly isn't past his best. If anything I'd say he's getting better. His form has been a bit up and down since he returned to Warrington. But that's more because he had arguably the worst pack in the competition and a coach who went scorched earth after taking...
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    I'm always more inclined to stick with the youngsters. Without a genuine pathway into the first team based on performance rather than reputation you're fighting an uphill battle. That said - the old saying of "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" has a lot of weight. Halfback is the...
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    LOL - you guys are crazy. But I don't think you are that crazy. If you are I'll happily sign a 150k contract to bring on the water bottles or the kicking tee. Could do with a bit of sun ...
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