They say it’s an uplifting experience to confess, so, I confess. Yes, I am a Rabbitohs supporter, and a very proud one at that.
One who takes great offence when my team is disrespected, insulted or when they have dubious aspersions cast upon their pure white little cotton-tails.
After experiencing some what of a form slump, I tuned in Friday night to hopefully see a resurgent Souths batter one of the “old enemies” in those soul-less chip thieves, Mossop’s Manly.
Personally I enjoyed the game. I thought we showed a much improved performance, braved a period of being dominated, came back, kept Manly scoreless in the second half and got the two points.
Apparently though, I was wrong.
After the game, I heard Geoff Toovey whinge, whine and carry on so much he was reminiscent of a spoiled six year old girl who just had her favourite Barbie taken away her.
Yes, Toovey is now the King of the Barbie Screamers.
To say he carried on like a two bob watch is an insult to every two bob watch made off the coast of Taiwan.
It would appear we only won because of a previously unheard of, unbelievably massive and never to be seen again penalty could of 10 – 5.
As Gus would say, wow, wowwwww, wowwwwwwwww.
What made this worse was the sycophantic attitude of certain members of the mainstream media who supported his tantrums.
Seriously? Really?
So, in Round 14 when the Sharks beat my beloved Bunnies 14 – 12, the Sharks received a penalty count of 11 – 3. Yooo hoooo, Geoffrey, did you read that? 11 – 3.
Did you see or hear Madge Maguire carry on like a little girl with a high pitched hysterical voice demanding an investigation?
I know, let’s demand a Royal Investigation because Toovey’s team displayed awful discipline and got penalised accordingly.
Because Geoffrey, it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with your players or their discipline right?
You had a disallowed try? Really? Did you see the try allowed to Waqa against Souths the week before? Again, did you see or hear Madge Maguire carry on like you?
You think Inglis stayed down and milked a penalty?
Well, let’s be thankful your side doesn’t do that. Because if they did we may have seen Jeff Lima twist Anthony Watmough’s leg, we may have seen Watmough scream, stay down and roll around like a drunken sailor on a night out with Freddy.
We may have even seen him then jump up after receiving a penalty and take a strong hit up in the second tackle.
Let’s be thankful that didn’t happen. Nudge nudge wink wink.
My confession continues, dear Lord Churchill, I confess I at times get angry with the media’s bias and agendas.
But Tooves, if you really want to highlight bias, agendas and unfair treatment let’s ask the following questions.
Why does Sonny Bill Williams get two weeks for putting his shoulder right on the point of Willie Mason’s chin, (a large target I admit), and Sam Burgess gets two weeks for tickling the Crown Jewels of an opposition player?
Why does our disgraceful mainstream media have front page outrage over Greg Inglis’ tackle on Dean Young last season, and Sonny Bill Williams gets the “it’s not in his game” treatment?
Why do Souths release nine players, sign Inglis and get Inspector Rooster not allowing the contract without weeks of investigation, but the Roosters can sign Maloney, Jennings, Sonny Bill Williams and O’Donnell and not a word is said?
Why does the media rise up in support of you whinging about a 10 – 5 penalty count, but not a word is mentioned about an 11 -3 penalty count against Souths?
I guess it’s all about perception and we can all unearth a perceived agenda, bias or unfairness if we allow our loyalty and agendas to cloud over reality. Sometimes Geoff, it’s far better to accept reality and move on.
Aaaah, rugby league, a wonderful game and ain’t it fun to complain about it?
See you in the finals!
Stu
Guest
Chuck Norris would have been the greatest league player of all time. In fact he was. Go Chuck Norris!
Christian Darque
Roar Rookie
Fancy seeing you here........... ;-)
aaron
Guest
toovey just needs to move on
Chris Martin
Roar Rookie
Toovey was wrong on most counts. The hit on GI was high , penalty. If you lay down or not its still a high hit , the refs should have got it the first time so he cant whinge about the play. Be cranky at Horo for conceeding the penalty. About the Matai no try. Under the rules it was the correct decision by the video ref. The on field called no try and you couldnt see the ball on the line or over the line in any replay. So the video ref under the rules was right , despite it practially being a try any day of the week. Last years benefit of the doubt rules it was a try. Toovey needs to brush up on rules or not whinge about it. I think he had a fair gripe about the Lima leg pull. I wouldnt have hated someone to do the same tackle to GI. The penalty count his boys just lacked discipline. They tried to play to slow in the ruck and got caught out. Bad execution of his game plan.
oikee
Guest
Manly should be a feeder team. They scrounge juniors from both sides of the ditch and anybody who watched Toovey on 360 probably thinks a lunatic excaped the Asylum. hehe The club is in turmoil anyhow, Cherry-Evans now wants out because the Stewarts are getting jealous because he wants more cash than them and become captain. The inner sanctum is crashing down, be interesting to see if they have paid danks for his services. Cronulla apparently got theirs for free as well. Al Capone caught for tax evasion, Cronulla caught out for freebies. hehe.
Renegade
Guest
+1... the gift that keeps on giving :P
Brendan
Guest
Spot on Darque. As i said earlier, dont just pick a certain point in history and highlight that. Its like saying "In the final 15 minutes we outscored the opposition 12-4, yet the final score was 60-4 to the other team". It has no real relevance unless you include the overall result and big picture
Brendan
Guest
Not sure why opposition fans always revert back to so called history. You either go all the way back and talk about Souths being the most successful club of all time or dont bring it up at all. Not just chose a certain 20-40 year period and use it to highlight your point. History means very little overall, as the other night proved when the media said Souths hadnt beaten Manly twice in the same year since 1986. Did that count for anything the other night? Didnt think so..
Brendan
Guest
I dont get what someone did as a player has to do with their coaching ability? Wally was one of the all time great players yet his coaching record is abysmal. Bellamy and Bennett were average players yet are great coaches, so because they didnt play the game at the level of Toovey does this make them any less of a coach or impact on their ability? Get over what Toovey did on the field, it was years ago
oikee
Guest
His complaining could get alot worse, we are hearing the walls are falling down and Cherry -Evans is coming home to the Broncos. Seems like all is not so rosey inside the Gotham, and the cone of silience is becoming deafening. Bickering Stewarts and as i mentioned , the fall and fall is not far off.
81paling
Roar Rookie
I am no Souths fan but, it was worth reading this just to get the comment from Des the Comedian, a Manly supporter having a go at another club for buying premierships. Oh, Des you r a joker but, you need to do some study of the game b4 commenting further, your first assignment is to name more than 5 players in the current Manly first grade squad who were juniors in the Manly district?
rossco
Guest
"Why don’t you read Paul kents latest article mate? He agrees with toovey! " If Kent agrees then it proves Toovey was wrong.
rabbits72
Guest
this is what you said YOU WONT WIN TRYING TO BUY A PREMIERSHIP give me 5 minutes. ok,i have stopped laughing and realized that you have just come out of rehab. this is the first time in clubs history that we have spent a decent coin on players,manly on the other hand has been raping clubs since early 70s.anytime you want to compare juniors please bring it up. PAUL KENT,ANOTHER GRUBBY MANLY SUPPORTER,WHATEVER CREDIBILITY HE HAD HAS GONE OUT THE WINDOW.
rabbits72
Guest
this will be good. explain what souths did to newtown DMW.
DMW
Guest
Anyone supposedly running this site? How anyone can allow your ill informed and clearly bias viewpoint bait other posters on here is beyond me. Where is the Report article link?
aaron
Guest
des I can think for myself I don't need a hack like paul kent to tell me anything and des have a nice day
DMW
Guest
The same as what Souths did to Newtown?
aaron
Guest
you have a go at souths what did manly do to norths
aaron
Guest
souths have beaten manly twice this year and before you have a go at souths players have a look at the dirty tatics of manly like brett stewart elbowing everingham at brookvale and fa'aoso spear tackles
Christian Darque
Roar Rookie
Actually, that's not a scoreboard, that would be a record of premiership wins selectively picked over a specific number of years. Souths have won 20, and Manly?