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"Randy, An interesting one.
I suppose coaches trust certain players or believe they're the best fit for the team, even if club form or a high minute count aren't there.
I'd choose you for x-factor even if you only had 5 minutes of form."
I suppose coaches trust certain players or believe they're the best fit for the team, even if club form or a high minute count aren't there.
I'd choose you for x-factor even if you only had 5 minutes of form."
"Hoe, I dislike the idea that a player can be selected for Aust with only 480 club minutes on show...and not all of them good. How can he have form without playing?
Perhaps a rule that said 10 nrl games to be eligible for Aust would help everyone"
Perhaps a rule that said 10 nrl games to be eligible for Aust would help everyone"
"Wiz, We definitely need to be higher up the ladder in finals footy.
Like Ricky Stuart, Ryles seems happy to show the door to a player not buying in.
Also, didn't Stuart call Hudson Young's dropping from an Origin game last year "disgraceful"? Seems…"
Like Ricky Stuart, Ryles seems happy to show the door to a player not buying in.
Also, didn't Stuart call Hudson Young's dropping from an Origin game last year "disgraceful"? Seems…"
"What's the point of being motivated to be better by playing rep footy and then losing that motivation by spending the footy season on the sidelines injured and letting your club and teammates down? Playing for your team should be motivation enough…"
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The amusing thing about Fitzy is that he started off as a "rebel" within Rugby League and was ousted by a "rebel ticket".
Yeah, Fitzy tried to have us merge with other teams, wanted us to jump to Super Greed ...I mean Super League, every season would petition the league to drop the try conversion, thought League should merge with Union .... yup, he had his moments ....
The best things he did, apart from leaving, he brought jack Gibson to the club (tho there were plenty of stories to tell that he was the reason Jack left after 1983) and after the heartache of trying to cultivate a team with juniors and washed up players no other club wanted, FINALLY opened the purse strings and gave us Pay, Dymock, Smith, McCraken, that brought our fortunes back again.
Personally, from me, a simple fan, the negatives of Fitzy outweigh the positives over the years.
I agree that we should let the new board have a run and see what they can do .... as long as they too open the purse strings and bring back a football manager, skills coaches, recruitment officers .....
Facts are facts.
I say there does need at least 2 high profile and experienced Business Men on the parra board.
But the remainder should be given a least 2 years more to prove their actions speak louder than Words.
1 year is not long enough to clear out the dead wood and make changes after 30y ears of Luna Park.
as he was calling out the numbers I recall him saying "next ticket is M2782 .... that's M for MILES"
not sure what soured the deal there, but things seemed pretty clear that we were to have quite the Queensland connection .... Bob Lidner, Gene Miles, Wally Lewis ......
Ah, the Eels Empire that could have been!!
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