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Doesn't help when GI goes off.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:24 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:52 |
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That's why he's an 18th man
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:29 |
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Hearing Bulldogs/Fifita contract is dead.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:30 |
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I've thought that was a good idea before - have an 18th man who can only be used to replace a concussed person who isn't allowed to come back.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:31 |
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Mills posted:Hearing Bulldogs/Fifita contract is dead. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/canterbury-bulldogs-back-out-of-andrew-fifita-deal-20140331-zqp0b.html?rand=1396240247981 Seems odd, maybe after he made noises about regretting it and wanting to go to union they didn't want him anymore.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:35 |
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Time for the Tigers to buy him for even more and then watch him turn to poo poo. I call it our Blair strategy.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:37 |
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You'll need to send Tedesco and Brooks to the Sharks to even things up.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:39 |
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Probably a good move by the Bulldogs with that rugby talk and saying he regretted signing the deal almost immediately.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:39 |
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Smorgasbord posted:Re the concussion rule, I agree there should be an 18th man who can only be used as a replacement if someone is ruled out for concussion. This could be hilariously abused. And by hilarious I mean Rugby League players pretending to be concussed in order to get fresh legs on the pitch
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 06:05 |
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Ewar Woowar posted:This could be hilariously abused. Hence why it needs to be policed as unreplacable and limited to one. A while back I worked out a decent system they could use with some mates but we were quite drunk and I can't remember what the details were. Just assume it was awesome and perfect and let's move on.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 06:24 |
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The Knights would be happy to take him on $350,00 to $400,000
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 06:49 |
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Just heard on NBN news Alex is a quadriplegic. Hopefully they have reported wrong. My heart breaks for the bloke.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 08:59 |
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Well it seems they might have reported wrong. The way his spine currently is he could be a quadriplegic but is being flown to Sydney to see spinal specialists to see if they can operate to improve his chances of not being one.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 09:07 |
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gently caress. Thoughts to the guy and his family. I'm guessing they have medical or disability insurance as part of their contracts so at least the family won't have to worry about money. I have a faint hope this might kick the league into caring about player safety.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 09:39 |
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If it isn't covered by insurance, the NRL and/or Knights would be looking after him. The Knights are looking after Russell Packer's partner and kids even though they don't owe him a thing.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 10:09 |
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bowmore posted:Well it seems they might have reported wrong. The way his spine currently is he could be a quadriplegic but is being flown to Sydney to see spinal specialists to see if they can operate to improve his chances of not being one. They way the reported it on MMM was that he's a quadriplegic in that all 4 limbs are affected - he may only have a small percentage loss of movement in arms not a total loss, which is hopefully what they can rehabilitate at the spinal unit at the hospital in Sydney.
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Mootallica posted:They way the reported it on MMM was that he's a quadriplegic in that all 4 limbs are affected - he may only have a small percentage loss of movement in arms not a total loss, which is hopefully what they can rehabilitate at the spinal unit at the hospital in Sydney.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 10:42 |
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Cows lose to the tits, but after sitting through that match I would say we all lost.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 11:20 |
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MiniSune posted:Cows lose to the tits, but after sitting through that match I would say we all lost. 0/8 for the round All the old ladies at work who don't even watch the games are trouncing me.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 12:34 |
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I'm 1/8.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 12:36 |
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Terrible, terrible news about McKinnon. Just read a few bits on the Aus Telegraph site, and it's all just very very poo poo.
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# ? Mar 31, 2014 15:02 |
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To wake up in hospital only to be told you'll never walk again must have been devastating, poor guy.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 01:05 |
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Everyone should have gotten one tip with the Warriors beating the Tigers. Really sad for McKinnon, it's not something I'd wish on anyone playing the game (not even Blair, although it might actually make him more useful on the field somehow, since he could barely be less helpful). I think quadriplegic is defined as having all four limbs affected, but at least with his spinal cord not being damaged there's a chance of him being somewhat rehabilitated. I hope he gets all the support possible and makes it through the other side OK, I can't imagine how depressed he must be right now.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 01:46 |
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I hope he's on the really good drugs.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 02:25 |
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I think there's been 5-7 games out of the 36 played where the underdog didn't cover the spread.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 02:30 |
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This is why I told myself to just listen to the official reports aka: the media can be cunts
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 05:43 |
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bowmore posted:This is why I told myself to just listen to the official reports aka: the media can be cunts They can be cunts and normally are, but there didn't seem to be a dramatic difference in that report and what I've heard reported. The big difference send to be a glass half empty or half full version of the same information. I should note that I've only really heard the details on radio, so the print Still poo poo, though. E: for reference, I'm using the Wikipedia information for quadriplegic since my own knowledge of the subject was lacking
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 06:51 |
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Hodges back this week
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 07:37 |
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The media really needs to give McKinnon's family their space and let them announce whatever they have to announce on their terms when they're ready, rather than making it a race to get the scoop. We don't really give a gently caress who tells us first.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 09:10 |
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Jono C posted:The media really needs to give McKinnon's family their space and let them announce whatever they have to announce on their terms when they're ready, rather than making it a race to get the scoop. We don't really give a gently caress who tells us first. Cunts, the lot of them.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 09:36 |
League's a bad sport.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 09:51 |
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7 weeks for McLean. Not sure what to think about that...sure, there was no intent there, but McKinnon could be paralysed for life. How can you possibly determine a fair penalty? Is the result or the intent more important?
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 10:52 |
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I'm happy with that. Six or more sends the right message. Hopefully this isn't a one-off and lifting a player beyond the horizontal gets penalised more.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 11:13 |
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It's a nonsense scale of suspension driven by hysteria.ABC posted:After successfully earning a guilty verdict, NRL counsel Kite asked the panel to out McLean for between seven and 11 weeks because of the severity of McKinnon's injury.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 11:30 |
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There has been alot of talk about McKinnon tucking his head, but wouldn't the alternative be that he lands on his head and wouldn't that be worse?
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 12:27 |
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He had his arms pinned, the onus was on the guys to pull him up when they felt him going face first into the dirt. Kind of like stopping a guy from falling when crowd surfing. Anyway I don't think there is a suitable punishment for what happened, 7 weeks is fine, the poor guy is probably a wreck which is bad enough.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 13:34 |
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Fanatic posted:There has been alot of talk about McKinnon tucking his head, but wouldn't the alternative be that he lands on his head and wouldn't that be worse? No, he would have landed on his arms/the ball. If McLean's actions are worth 7 weeks now then so be it, but get ready for a suspension shitstorm. If a high tackle breaks a guys jaw should it be charged longer than an identical one that doesn't?
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 19:41 |
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Smorgasbord posted:No, he would have landed on his arms/the ball. I'm really torn on this one. I think McLean was unlucky as it obviously wasn't malicious but given the nature of the injury he was always going to be made an example of. It sets an interesting precedent that is no doubt going to cause a lot of conflict between coaches but perhaps it will be the catalyst that allows League to clean up its image.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 21:06 |
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Should have got 0. Tackle happens every 10 minutes. Amateur sport.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 21:50 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:52 |
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The best thing they could do (long term, I've no idea short term) is to give cards out in the loving games. Dangerous tackle, no malice (e.g. McLean) yellow card. Dangerous tackle, reason to believe malice (e.g. obvious shoulder charge, nasty spear tackle etc.) red card. Keep the match bans on top of that and the coaches will improve things in 3-4 matches. The problem is that match bans aren't enough, the really important players don't generally get involved in this poo poo anyway.
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