@happy_tiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Yossarian said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@WT2K said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Yossarian said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Does Luke Thompson count as a mystery prop?
I’d say so. Guessing You’ve heard we’re signing a prop?
No nothing. Just reviving an old WTF trope…
Don’t you mean F Troop
Now there’s a dated reference
@WT2K said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
@Yossarian said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:
Does Luke Thompson count as a mystery prop?
I’d say so. Guessing You’ve heard we’re signing a prop?
No nothing. Just reviving an old WTF trope…
This is an organisation that refused to allow a testimonial for Farah or Marshall but buys jewellery for Mrs Smith. As if they give a flying fig what the average punter thinks…
Well my hopes of an off-season without BS decisions going against my team didn’t last long…
I did renew for myself and the boy. The membership people were very nice on the phone. It can’t be an easy job at times…
@jadtiger said in Finals Week 3 2019..*Spoilers..:
@Yossarian said in Finals Week 3 2019..*Spoilers..:
@GNR4LIFE said in Finals Week 3 2019..*Spoilers..:
Honest question
Are there any ex-Balmain supporters who genuinely hate the Raiders because of 89? Speaking for myself, the most heartbreaking game I’ve watched was the Roosters final in 2010. We lead 16-2 I think it was, then the elation of the Dwyer hit that seemingly won us the game when they came back. Then the scrum and the field goal from the sideline. I saw highlights of that game last week when the NRL Facebook page posted it. Still, almost 10 years later, it hurt watching that. So, I get that that game would still be super sensitive. I hate the Roosters, but have never hated them for that game. I don’t get why there would be hate for the Raiders.
I don’t hate the Raiders, I hate Bill Harrigan for blowing a penalty that was never called before or after that game. I’ve never watched a replay, I just can’t do it. If it comes on the telly I have to change the channel. I was at the game in 89 so I’ve never seen more than a few snippets here or there.
I also don’t blame the Wok. The decision made sense at the time and Kevin Hardwick was an ace defender. I feel bad for him that the criticism of replacing Roach and Siro can possibly be taken as an insult to him and whoever else came on (I want to say Michael Pobije) but I can’t bring myself to confirming that.
I feel a little embittered that if there was the interchange rule as it exists now we would have won. It was soul destroying and things were never the same after that.
It was Pobjie
Thanks Jad. I’m reliant on my memory 30 years on. Good ole Mick Pobije - people think our outside backs are slow!
@GNR4LIFE said in Finals Week 3 2019..*Spoilers..:
Honest question
Are there any ex-Balmain supporters who genuinely hate the Raiders because of 89? Speaking for myself, the most heartbreaking game I’ve watched was the Roosters final in 2010. We lead 16-2 I think it was, then the elation of the Dwyer hit that seemingly won us the game when they came back. Then the scrum and the field goal from the sideline. I saw highlights of that game last week when the NRL Facebook page posted it. Still, almost 10 years later, it hurt watching that. So, I get that that game would still be super sensitive. I hate the Roosters, but have never hated them for that game. I don’t get why there would be hate for the Raiders.
I don’t hate the Raiders, I hate Bill Harrigan for blowing a penalty that was never called before or after that game. I’ve never watched a replay, I just can’t do it. If it comes on the telly I have to change the channel. I was at the game in 89 so I’ve never seen more than a few snippets here or there.
I also don’t blame the Wok. The decision made sense at the time and Kevin Hardwick was an ace defender. I feel bad for him that the criticism of replacing Roach and Siro can possibly be taken as an insult to him and whoever else came on (I want to say Michael Pobije) but I can’t bring myself to confirming that.
I feel a little embittered that if there was the interchange rule as it exists now we would have won. It was soul destroying and things were never the same after that.
Nope doesn’t help at all. Canberra getting dudded doesn’t heal anything. 1989 will be a sore point until the day I die. I’ve never watched a replay in full and never will. The sight of Bill Harrigan still makes me bitter.
@Yossarian said in Thread closed?:
@Geo said in Thread closed?:
@fair-dinkum said in Thread closed?:
23 pages deep and still waiting for just 1 believer to state coherently exactly what they believe and provide evidence as to why. The silence is deafening.
You won’t get that …it’s Faith…