@2005magic said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@teddy23 - or throw a huge tanty, go and sulk and refuse to play. Remember he doesnt sing the national anthem- he already has a huge chip on his shoulders. Let some other team take the chance. I’d rather Moses Suli come back.

So we’ll turn our nose up at a dual premiership winning centre who averages 16 tries a season and kicks goals because he won’t sing a song? Someone who is infinitely better than anyone we already have in our backline and can also play fullback.

I don’t care if he has a chip on his shoulder, I don’t care if he doesn’t want to sing the anthem, I don’t care if he takes umbrage to being dropped. He doesn’t drink drive, he doesn’t beat up women, he doesn’t stalk or intimidate women in foreign countries, he doesn’t sexually assault women. Maybe he just wears his heart on his sleeve. We all thought Matto was a good bloke, how’d that turn out?

He is a talent, Fifita has a chip on his shoulder and we’ve heard endlessly here about how we should never have let him go, and this is a bloke who threatens to bash officials at junior footy games and openly supports one-punch killers.

Or do we just hate this kid because he won’t sing the anthem and gets poo face when he gets dropped? The only reason I hate the kid at the moment is because he wears blue, red and white on a footy field 30 weekends a year. That would change in an instant if he traded it for black, white and orange.

I’ll admit I was furious when Ivan dicked us.

I was furious that Penrith were so underhanded in the way they carried on.

I was upset that Ivan couldn’t be honest about the whole affair as I felt the fans deserved better.

I thought he was on the right track with the gritty, playing for each other attitude that he advertised.

But I can also admit that even though he had me hoodwinked, all the heartache he caused with his exit was totally worth it, even if we don’t manage to scrape in next week.

To those bemoaning the release of Matterson without us coming out on top being apparent, wait until the dominoes fall before you start cutting your wrists. A release usually comes before a signing.

@innsaneink said in Joey Leulia Out for Two Weeks:

Might wait to see why before hangin crap on him

Precisely. Those bagging him must all be single and not have partners of their own. Also, unless BJ’s missus is his sister or cousin (which I highly doubt is the case,) a personal family reason affecting him does not also have to involve his brother.

I think we’re all letting the heightened expectations of what he was going to bring us onfield spill into our judgement of him as a human being. That’s not fair.

The wheels really feel off when Pascoe got pinged for the Farah debacle. Go was ousted, Pascoe has been in hiding since returning and the club has gone back to leaking like a sieve.

Go had control of the place. She knew how to control everything and the minute she left we went to pot. She is sorely missed.

@JoshColeman99 said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@Cultured_Bogan said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

A convicted wife beating anti-vaxxer who has a reputation for bagging out the disabled.

Sounds like the sort of bloke we’d want to build our club around.

He’s a great player that’s all that matters. Does he train and play hard? If so, then we should chase them

Plenty of absolute idiot players in the NRL who have done terrible things, taking the moral high ground gets you no where nowadays. All that matters is if they can play

I can take a guy like JAC who flaunted COVID rules to go on a shoot. I could even take a guy who DUI’d. They are both examples of reckless behaviour, but I cannot abide someone who beats their partner. Domestic violence is something that does not sit right with me. You’re free to disagree obviously, but I believe the club and league in general needs to apply better judgment with guys like this. I wasn’t happy about Musgrove signing until his conviction was overturned.

Being a great player doesn’t absolve you of having to be accountable for your actions. He showed his colours towards women again when Molan made fun of islander surnames (which I don’t agree with either.)

We have to persist with Madge. We’ve changed coaches four times since Sheens. Nothing changed. Time we backed the coach and let him clean out.

Look forward to fringe first grade players who earn twice the average Australian wage lecturing everyone that times are tough and they can’t afford to take the paycut.

Stop buying Gucci man purses and sandals and you’ll be right.

Funny how they want to be partners in the game when things are going well and revenues are up and the cap goes up. The proverbial hits the fan and all of a sudden they scramble to look after themselves. Want all of the reward with no risk.

Lee on SEN now saying he will be pushing the NRL to ensure that players requesting releases on compassionate grounds cannot profit from the release and that their remuneration should remain the same for the remaining period on the defaulted contract.

I agree with him. Should generate support from all clubs.

If this constant defaulting on contracts stops it should arrest the rapid rate of increasing player salaries.

Even if Scott is loose, he walks backwards into our team and from the best of my knowledge he hasn’t beat up women or threatened to kill anyone so he’s OK by me.

@hobbo1 said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@happy_tiger said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@happy_tiger said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

Hey fellas I’ve been moving all weekend and haven’t had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both …we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn’t have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts …Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 …when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good …damn good trial all in all

As for manly …if they field that side for 25 rounds they’d be spoon favourites …2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - …he was probably the worst performed WT’s player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Happy to help mate …hope the move went smooth

My everything hurts but I’m stoked mate. It turned out so good.

Getting old mate ?

I was born old mate.

@aceshigh said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Yep seems like Mikaele is copping a bit of a bashing here , and these are supposed supporters of our team , about time we stopped bagging our own and get behind the team

Mikaele really had an ordinary year though. Hopefully he bounces back from it because he’s a very effective forward when he is at his best. His handling was poor at the start too.

@happy_tiger said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@happy_tiger said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

Hey fellas I’ve been moving all weekend and haven’t had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both …we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn’t have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts …Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 …when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good …damn good trial all in all

As for manly …if they field that side for 25 rounds they’d be spoon favourites …2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - …he was probably the worst performed WT’s player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Happy to help mate …hope the move went smooth

My everything hurts but I’m stoked mate. It turned out so good.

Updated to show Madden’s extension and the signing of Amone.

@happy_tiger said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

@cultured_bogan said in Wests Tigers v Manly TRIAL ..*Spoilers:

Hey fellas I’ve been moving all weekend and haven’t had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

Both …we had heaps of ball (probably 70 % ) and Manly wouldn’t have completed at 70 %

We had a few real standouts …Laurie ,Tamou and Brooks was the kicker 5/6 …when Douehi came on we hit another gear

All the forwards looked good …damn good trial all in all

As for manly …if they field that side for 25 rounds they’d be spoon favourites …2 of their tries had question marks and the 3rd was from a horrible dropped bomb from Tyrone Roberts - …he was probably the worst performed WT’s player

Thanks for the summary Hap. I have the TV plugged in now so I might Kayo it tonight when young fella goes to bed.

Hey fellas I’ve been moving all weekend and haven’t had a chance to read the thread properly or watch the game. I saw the score, were we that good or Manly that bad?

@cktiger said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cktiger said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cktiger said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

A question that is equal parts serious and facetious: Is there any other industry in the world where a business provides access to a market and is required to pay those who utilise the provision of access?

The media wish to use Facebook as the vehicle to access their audience and want to be paid for that because they are missing out on advertising revenue due to their choice to use FB as an audience engagement vehicle? Jack it fellas.

Facebook and Google are by no means angels but that is just ludicrous and a bold faced grift.

The ideal outcome would be that the government ensures big tech are not engaging in tax evasion. No handouts for Murdoch, and more money in the coffers.

The problem is if Facebook (and others) never pay towards the news media they access then it will dry up until it dies.
Traditional media has lost its advertising revenue and will eventually be unable to keep journalists on their payrolls.
People complaining about the standards of journalism now will be more horrified if we end up with The Daily Facebook News.

Adapt or die. Neoliberalism 101.

In a way they have with their own online sites.
Doesn’t help when a company like Facebook steals your content without cost.

They don’t steal it. The news outlets actively distribute their news through Facebook in order to reach a bigger audience. They want to have to be able to have a bigger reach and be paid for it. Maybe Facebook should charge media outlets for access to their platform?

Well, Facebook will soon have to pay for it.
Not sure of all the negativity towards traditional media, maybe it’s the hatred towards Murdoch.
Anyone who thinks he has more influence than Zuckerberg has their head buried.

Clearly they don’t, and they don’t like that.

@cktiger said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cktiger said in The proposed News Media Laws:

@cultured_bogan said in The proposed News Media Laws:

A question that is equal parts serious and facetious: Is there any other industry in the world where a business provides access to a market and is required to pay those who utilise the provision of access?

The media wish to use Facebook as the vehicle to access their audience and want to be paid for that because they are missing out on advertising revenue due to their choice to use FB as an audience engagement vehicle? Jack it fellas.

Facebook and Google are by no means angels but that is just ludicrous and a bold faced grift.

The ideal outcome would be that the government ensures big tech are not engaging in tax evasion. No handouts for Murdoch, and more money in the coffers.

The problem is if Facebook (and others) never pay towards the news media they access then it will dry up until it dies.
Traditional media has lost its advertising revenue and will eventually be unable to keep journalists on their payrolls.
People complaining about the standards of journalism now will be more horrified if we end up with The Daily Facebook News.

Adapt or die. Neoliberalism 101.

In a way they have with their own online sites.
Doesn’t help when a company like Facebook steals your content without cost.

They don’t steal it. The news outlets actively distribute their news through Facebook in order to reach a bigger audience. They want to have to be able to have a bigger reach and be paid for it. Maybe Facebook should charge media outlets for access to their platform?

I suppose if anyone is going to know how to produce a Lebanese person’s surname, it’d be a Lebanese person.

@mike said in The proposed News Media Laws:

Anyone who thinks that the revenue from these media deals is going to go to journalists or that it will improve journalist quality is extremely naive. The click bait era is here. IMO, in terms of journalism, it is likely to get worse as now news media corporations have a source of income that is not tied to keeping or attracting readers, it’s a ready made captive audience. Most of the revenue will go to boost profits and ultimately to shareholders. Very little will actually trickle down to journalist or editors.

Yeah it’s just targeted corporate welfare to keep a LNP benefactor happy.