It Ain't Necessarily So !!!
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Kevinward777
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Yeah, no chance they will be letting Morgan go. Us signing him is pie in the sky stuff.
Bob Fulton is his hero ...
Im just trying to make sense of why why the Cowboys want Carney. They already have Thurston, Morgan and Martin.
An experienced back up half . Thurston is recovering form a serious shoulder operation . We have no experienced back up half .
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Kevinward777
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Not having a go at you at all.
Kevinward777
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TBH I would much prefer us to go with Hastings and use the $800k to sign a top liner when they come on the market (which they always do, have a look at some of the quality signings made during the season over the last five years) Of the Current players being discussed as a halves signing, Brock Lamb is the only one I’d take. I watch a fair bit of Super League and I can say without hesitation, Todd Carney is barely a shadow of the player he once was.
Have a go, ya mug !!! 🙂
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It has been 3 years. The big question, has he stayed out of trouble in that time? If he has? he has demonstrated he is a fit and proper person.
If he really wants to be in the NRL, it's clear he will be under more scrutiny then any other sportsman in the country. He brings the ability to cope with that experience both on and off field.
Let's get him and focus on a forward or two. I still think someone to get very excited about is on the cards.
If he really wants to be in the NRL, it's clear he will be under more scrutiny then any other sportsman in the country. He brings the ability to cope with that experience both on and off field.
Let's get him and focus on a forward or two. I still think someone to get very excited about is on the cards.
Kevinward777
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Let’s go Bozo! You and me down at the oval at lunchtime.
Your on feathered friend !!! 🙂
Sporting news .....
Lodge and Packer are back so why not Carney
Compared to Packer and Lodge, Carney is a model citizen.
In late 2013, Packer punched a man to the ground and then stomped on his head, the judge describing his actions ‘cowardly and deplorable’ in sentencing him to two years’ prison.
He was back playing in the NRL by 2016.
Lodge was arrested at gunpoint by New York police after going on a rampage in October, 2015.
He held two women against their will, telling one 'Do you think you're going to die? This is the night you're going to die’ before bursting into a nearby apartment and terrorising a young family.
Lodge will be back playing for the Broncos next year.
Carney’s crimes?
Is being a fool a felon?
If so, he should be rubbed out for life.
But Carney’s rap sheet – admittedly long – is full of self-inflicted dumb-arse actions from a bloke who thinks IQ is something only used to record shows on Foxtel.
Low-range drink driving, driving unlicensed, reckless driving, breaking club-imposed alcohol bans, urinating on a man in a nightclub and then, finally, turning the bubbler on himself.
Carney left the NRL with little choice but to banish him.
He was embarrassing the game and himself.
He was cut loose in mid-2014 and has spent three years floating around the Super League, with NRL clubs taking periodic interest in luring him home.
Manly is the latest club to express interest in Carney, convinced they are the club that could possibly reform the tattooed recidivist.
Is he worth the risk?
Carney’s former captain Paul Gallen summed it up well.
“We all know Todd Carney’s ability and, if he’s got a point to prove, I know he can knuckle down and train and get to where he needs to be,” Gal wrote on Sporting News.
“The challenge for him then is to maintain that level of commitment and desire.
“Being a true professional week in, week out is something he has struggled with all his career.
“Can he finally get that right?”
We may be about to find out.
Lodge and Packer are back so why not Carney
Compared to Packer and Lodge, Carney is a model citizen.
In late 2013, Packer punched a man to the ground and then stomped on his head, the judge describing his actions ‘cowardly and deplorable’ in sentencing him to two years’ prison.
He was back playing in the NRL by 2016.
Lodge was arrested at gunpoint by New York police after going on a rampage in October, 2015.
He held two women against their will, telling one 'Do you think you're going to die? This is the night you're going to die’ before bursting into a nearby apartment and terrorising a young family.
Lodge will be back playing for the Broncos next year.
Carney’s crimes?
Is being a fool a felon?
If so, he should be rubbed out for life.
But Carney’s rap sheet – admittedly long – is full of self-inflicted dumb-arse actions from a bloke who thinks IQ is something only used to record shows on Foxtel.
Low-range drink driving, driving unlicensed, reckless driving, breaking club-imposed alcohol bans, urinating on a man in a nightclub and then, finally, turning the bubbler on himself.
Carney left the NRL with little choice but to banish him.
He was embarrassing the game and himself.
He was cut loose in mid-2014 and has spent three years floating around the Super League, with NRL clubs taking periodic interest in luring him home.
Manly is the latest club to express interest in Carney, convinced they are the club that could possibly reform the tattooed recidivist.
Is he worth the risk?
Carney’s former captain Paul Gallen summed it up well.
“We all know Todd Carney’s ability and, if he’s got a point to prove, I know he can knuckle down and train and get to where he needs to be,” Gal wrote on Sporting News.
“The challenge for him then is to maintain that level of commitment and desire.
“Being a true professional week in, week out is something he has struggled with all his career.
“Can he finally get that right?”
We may be about to find out.
I said Hastings would be my first choice.
BTW Highlight reels can make anyone look good, go have a look at Aaron Groom's highlight reel and we all know what happened to him.
Aaron Groom Did not play for NSW , Australia and also win NRL player of the year .
How many 1st grade games did Groom Play ?
40 years an eagle
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Just sign him. If the NRL allow it..good and well...if they don't we are not wasting time and can move on. At 200k he is an absolute bargain whatever transpires really.
Did you bother to read my post? Read it again, a highlight reel can make anyone look good.
They're not going to show their weakness are they?
Did you bother to read my post ?
Represented NSW , Australia and won NRL Player of the year in the year Thurston was playing .
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