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[Tim Sheens]

I've cancelled my News online subscription largely due to the fact that there are no real facts presented anymore. However, on my online news feed there is a story in The Daily Telegraph today about The Westsigers top team of the past decade.

Does anyone have this list handy?

FWIW Here's mine (It won't be pretty)

FB Tedesco
W Nofo
C Lawrence
C Ayshford
W Tuiaki
5.8 Benji
1/2 Brooks
P Woods
H Farah
P Fifita
2R Ellis
2R Sironen
L Tapau

Naturally some are debatable, but definitely couldn't have Fifita in that side based on his time at the club, though for the following year's form, sure.

Wouldn't have Siro on that criteria either.

Yeah, he is certainly in the debatable column, but Fifita had done a lot less at WT and of course a hell of a lot more upon departure.

 

[balmain boy]

Lack of education and poor journalism go hand in hand.

Uneducated people often may not question the validity or source of the information they read. They treat is as gospel.

So what do governments in countries like Australia and America do? Cut funding to public education and allow media Goliaths to dominate the news-scene. Allowing them to publish their own gibberish as 'factual news' so long as those same source don't criticise the government. And they both get richer and more powerful.

Of course some generalisations here, and anyone is capable of analysing information regardless of their qualification level.

 

[fair dinkum]

I've cancelled my News online subscription largely due to the fact that there are no real facts presented anymore. However, on my online news feed there is a story in The Daily Telegraph today about The Westsigers top team of the past decade.

Does anyone have this list handy?

FWIW Here's mine (It won't be pretty)

FB Tedesco
W Nofo
C Lawrence
C Ayshford
W Tuiaki
5.8 Benji
1/2 Brooks
P Woods
H Farah
P Fifita
2R Ellis
2R Sironen
L Tapau

2010-2019?

TNT didnt play in the last decade, I’d have Lote over him on the wing.

14. Fitzy [2010, 18 games, 30 total season minutes of game time]🙄

Its a pretty shocking state of affairs and a glowing insight into the current sate of the club that 75% of a team from over a decade is made up from the first 2 or 3 years of that decade.

 

[supercoach]

As a kid I had people like Alan Clarkson, Geoff Prenter, Mike Gibson and Ian Heads as league scribes. These guys were trained Jurnos who wrote with skill and passion. Most today would not get past first base compared to the jurnos of the past

 

[happy_tiger]

Even Roy Masters has become an ambulance chaser

 

[gallagher]

As a kid I had people like Alan Clarkson, Geoff Prenter, Mike Gibson and Ian Heads as league scribes. These guys were trained Jurnos who wrote with skill and passion. Most today would not get past first base compared to the jurnos of the past

Arold and Arfur had more credibility than the current journos .

 

[happy_tiger]

As a kid I had people like Alan Clarkson, Geoff Prenter, Mike Gibson and Ian Heads as league scribes. These guys were trained Jurnos who wrote with skill and passion. Most today would not get past first base compared to the jurnos of the past

Arold and Arfur had more credibility than the current journos .

Miss the old rugby league week

 

[happy_tiger]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

 

[cochise]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

Mate we all make those mistakes from time to time its about being man enough to stand up and say you were wrong and apologise which you have done!

 

[Geo]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

All good m8 1 dead 27 people missing...had friends on the Cruise ship who has tenders on the Volcano..we just heard they are safe..

It's actually amazing place...when we were on it we were told it could erupt at anytime with no real warning...

 

[happy_tiger]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

All good m8 1 dead 27 people missing...had friends on the Cruise ship who has tenders on the Volcano..we just heard they are safe..

It's actually amazing place...when we were on it we were told it could erupt at anytime with no real warning...

Again it was pretty thoughtless , I should have checked before commenting / making fun of it

Talk about ironic , I just watched the Pompeii movie the other day

 

[happy_tiger]

Looks like it is near Benji's old stomping ground .....is that correct

 

[cochise]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

All good m8 1 dead 27 people missing...had friends on the Cruise ship who has tenders on the Volcano..we just heard they are safe..

It's actually amazing place...when we were on it we were told it could erupt at anytime with no real warning...

Mate that's terrible, hope they find all that are missing safe and sound! Do you know when it last erupted?

 

[mike]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

All good m8 1 dead 27 people missing...had friends on the Cruise ship who has tenders on the Volcano..we just heard they are safe..

It's actually amazing place...when we were on it we were told it could erupt at anytime with no real warning...

Mate that's terrible, hope they find all that are missing safe and sound! Do you know when it last erupted?

2001 I believe.

 

[cochise]

Yeah Media

Well I just put my big foot in it

Radio hadn't mentioned anyone was seriously hurt in the White Island and I just made a stupid joke in regards to sending @Geo

My sincerest apologies @Geo wasn't meant to offend or upset ...if I'd realised how bad it was I would never made the last comment

All good m8 1 dead 27 people missing...had friends on the Cruise ship who has tenders on the Volcano..we just heard they are safe..

It's actually amazing place...when we were on it we were told it could erupt at anytime with no real warning...

Mate that's terrible, hope they find all that are missing safe and sound! Do you know when it last erupted?

2001 I believe.

Yeah, reading up on it now and is a fairly active volcano with a number of deaths throughout its history.

 

[Geo]

Looks like it is near Benji's old stomping ground .....is that correct

Yep you leave from Whakatane to get there..

 

[happy_tiger]

Looks like it is near Benji's old stomping ground .....is that correct

Yep you leave from Whakatane to get there..

Ohh , I meant the Gold Coast :bikini:

 

[happy_tiger]

9msn reporting 5 dead now .......bloody hell

 

[mike]

9msn reporting 5 dead now .......bloody hell

I think you can expect to rise with a number of people still unaccounted for.