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  Ace Eel February 18, 2010 at 6:31pm

  Number 2 has been........dennis fitzgerald......
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  Bourbon Man February 19, 2010 at 10:19am

  I read the same article in the Daily Telegraph here in Sydney and again, I am astonished at the comments left by readers regarding Hayne! Its true, the media are absolutely in love with him and are armed with pen at the ready at his every move, but it seems that whenever there's an article on Hayne, the punters just give it to him!
  
  There's an endless stream of namecalling and 'how overrated he is' etc, leaving only the obvious Eels fans to stick up for him. I have mates who follow other sides and they can't stand him!
  
  Why is this? It seems that outside of younger kids, he is generally disliked. He doesn't seem like a massive 'big-head' as some other greats have been so why the negativity?
  
  I don't recall people bagging Fittler or Daley or Johns or Lockyer like this. And none of them are/were saints!!
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  Michael Ericson February 19, 2010 at 10:49am

  He is a little different to a Fittler or a Johns though.
  
  I agree he isn't a bighead, I have actually met him a couple of times through a mate of mine and he is a not arrogant but at the same time he isn't a typical 'knock around' bloke either he is a bit aloof and quiet.
  
  All good though - most fans of other teams probably don't like him because he was ripping them up last year. Also the fact that he went from 0 to 100 last year in terms of form has probably left some wondering if it was a fluke.
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  EelLectric February 19, 2010 at 11:11am

  That's true Re him not being like Fittler and Johns. It seems like if you're not the sort of bloke who throws back 13 schooners at some Hotel after a game or at the Races and don't call everyone "Champ" or "mate" then you're a cocky so-and-so and think you're above everyone else.
  
  Another thing I constantly hear him criticised for, especially Broncos fans and Qld'ers in general, is the way he took a 'dive' when tackling Sam Thaiday a couple of years back. Strangely, those same people didn't have a problem with Lockyer falling down after hardly being touched after passing the ball in the last years Finals game against the Titans and getting the Broncos a penalty.
  
  Bottom line is, a lot of supporters of other teams are hanging out to see him fail this year. But at the same time, they would gladly trade 4 or 5 of their own team to have him in their side.
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  Teena Leanne Beckett February 20, 2010 at 1:36am

  All the people who don't like Jarryd are just Jealous cause they know
  he is an Amazing Player and he isn't on there Team