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Like all Eels fans, I am feeling the Hayne pain. Love him, hate him and everything in between. I feel like Uma Thurman's character…
It might be that I am a loyal Eels supporter, with plenty of time for Jarryd Hayne's football talent, but I can't help but…
[caption id="attachment_25246" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Australian rugby league players Jarryd Hayne (left) and Nathan Hindmarsh take part in a team training session in Sydney on…
[caption id="attachment_16127" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Brett Stewart celebrates after he scoring his 73rd try for Manly - AAP Image/Action Photographics, Grant Trouville"][/caption] As a life…
How much you asking for the Bridge?
Seriously though, I actually do think that a player going into his 5th NRL season with 100 odd games, a bunch of Origin and Test caps and a Dally M Medal for being the best player in the game, has the right to a genuine opinion on player welfare.
Despite the fact that EVERYONE keeps saying it, he’s actually done more than play just half a good season of footy. He was holding up a struggling Parra side for the first half of 2009 and was brilliant in 2006 and 2007 when he burst onto the scene as well. He’s also been very very solid so far this year.
Hayne deserves more respect
Totally agree with you singling out the Rebecca Wilson piece. This item of journalistic spite was one of my key inspirations for this article.
Hayne deserves more respect
I totally understand that players move around in the NRL and the idea of a one club player is barely heard of nowadays, but the fact that the Bulldogs seem to have their eyes on not 1, not 2, not 3, but at least 4 of the Eels key players (with reports of Moritimer, Mateo, Kris Keating, and Kris Inu all of interest) is either a massive media beat up fuelled by greedy player managers, or a genuine embarrassment for the Canterbury club.
If there is any truth to this, when the Eels and Bulldogs next play, the Dogs may as well roll over in defeat given their management clearly concedes that almost 1/3 of the current Parra run on side, including 3 of the key playmakers, are better than the incumbents at their own club.
And before anyone mentions the “Canterbury 4” that moved to Parra during the Super League War, that was clearly an unusual and unprecedented set of circumstances, that saw 4 players (among others) make an ideological choice in a political war.
Daniel Mortimer should remain an Eel
You’re both right. I don’t mean to actually blame Hayne for what happened on that fateful night in the Cross. As much as I hold to the theory that nothing good happens after 2am, especially in Kings Cross, the bloke is entitled to a night out and is certainly not at fault for being shot at by some nutbag. This incident is probably not relevant to my main point that Hayne is young and needs time to get used to the fame and adulation of the public before being made into a “face of the game”.
Good guy Hindmarsh a safe bet for the NRL
set to the tune of a great old Tina Turner song perhaps?
Can’t say it hasn’t worked in the past…
Good guy Hindmarsh a safe bet for the NRL
I agree with you 100%. I tried very hard in my article to take a more emotion-less position of judicial impartiality, but in reality scenes like the one at Brookvale on that first game back for Stewart did him no favours in winning the hearts and minds of the public. Its just common sense and common decency that the player himself take a very low profile both on and off the field if and when he does actually return to action. To think that there were fans actually holding up signs that discredited the alleged victim as a way of showing support for the player?!
What is sport to do with alleged offenders?
yeah, take your point, and civil war is probably too strong a term for it but there would be some stress felt by the Cowboys at a new club entering the battle over local sponsorship dollars and the attention of fans and media even if they do play in alternating seasons.
Mason finally signs, but will it just bring more sighs
The cynic in me says this could be a football recruitment decision driven by the marketing department, especially as the code is now engaged in a civil war with another code, the A-League, and there will be plenty of state wide attention in Qld for the entry of the new Gold Coast AFL franchise over the course of 2010.
Not that the Cowboys traditionally have trouble filling their home ground, but it can’t hurt to ensure bums on seats by getting fans excited with a big name signing that costs very little, even if he is past his use by date on field and is seen as a bit of a risk off it.
Mason finally signs, but will it just bring more sighs
I’m with Dan. Can’t argue with your comments about the halves and hooker being the problem with the Eels in 2010, but Mitchell probably should be spared any critique at this early stage. In fact, I would argue that in the 25 mins per game that he has had so far, we’ve looked very good with his crisp dummy half passing and runs. We had a great win against the Broncos in his debut, and the score was 12-4 in his time on the field against the Tigers.
I also don’t agree entirely with your comments about Moi Moi and Poore. The former has been very good again in 2010, perhaps a shade below his bullocking best from 2009, but he has absolutely held his own in my opinion. I also think Poore is getting an unfairly bad wrap about his season after an admittedly slow start. He’s taken a bit of time to find his feet, but after the first 4-6 weeks he really did start to hit his straps. The forward pack in general has really held their own all season. We’ve lost very few battles for field position this year. The problem (as you’ve identified) comes down to the halves, and our ability to convert that position and possession into points. Fingers crossed that Quade Cooper comes on board for 2011.
Parramatta need to sort out their halves problem