I actually thought it was nice to see the media called into account for the hysteria they have created.
We are playing rubbish and are a rabble off the park...is it life or death? Not really - and it has an impact on players (who are people too)
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I actually thought it was nice to see the media called into account for the hysteria they have created.
We are playing rubbish and are a rabble off the park...is it life or death? Not really - and it has an impact on players (who are people too)
damiennp90
Bencher
Cool.
I disagree.
The media didn't create the story.
I know it's not nice to say. But if we do as you say. Don't say anything negative to a player during an interview, ( as it'll have an impact on them ) then the game will drop.
Say Tommys on a million a year, I don't think the questions to him were bad. And thought he handled them very well.
Jigzkiller
Bencher
Our two (at least) resident trolls are having a field day over the last week or so. Its been interesting to read.
40 years an eagle
Bencher
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So Rothfield was only 10x wrong.
Not 6 players @ 10k = 60k, but
4 players @ 1500 = 6k
I guess that's the clickbait ratio of b/s to truth.
Not 6 players @ 10k = 60k, but
4 players @ 1500 = 6k
I guess that's the clickbait ratio of b/s to truth.
weev
Bencher
Brooke
Bencher
The security guard perhaps?
Brooke
Bencher
You would think if DCE was at the strip club surely it would have been confirmed by now by someone who was at the strip club? It's not like DCE could walk in there and fly under the radar.Buzz Rothfied has certainly been digging around for answers.
HappilyManly
Journey Man
Best not to say anything, as her ICO has just completed - sad case all round
https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/946878/stolen-money-used-for-gambling/
Interesting little tidbit from the Telegraph:
MANLY’S troubles in Gladstone might have saved Gold Coast from some ugly headlines.
The whisper is Manly weren’t the only NRL team in the strip club that night and, if not for the pugilist activities back at the Sea Eagles’ hotel, the Titans’ behaviour would have warranted more inspection than Manly’s.
MANLY’S troubles in Gladstone might have saved Gold Coast from some ugly headlines.
The whisper is Manly weren’t the only NRL team in the strip club that night and, if not for the pugilist activities back at the Sea Eagles’ hotel, the Titans’ behaviour would have warranted more inspection than Manly’s.
https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/04/26/10/51/manly-gladstone-name-players-gould
Panthers General Manager Phil Gould has stood behind Manly’s decision not to name the players involved in the Gladstone strip club incident.
“I get a bit annoyed with the medias expectations about what they should and shouldn’t know sometimes.”
Gould blamed some media outlets for drawing out the controversy, criticising the “ravenous” cycle that detracts from other aspects of the game.
“The media love this, they want it more than the game.
“The game is just a by-line to a lot of media sources.”
Panthers General Manager Phil Gould has stood behind Manly’s decision not to name the players involved in the Gladstone strip club incident.
“I get a bit annoyed with the medias expectations about what they should and shouldn’t know sometimes.”
Gould blamed some media outlets for drawing out the controversy, criticising the “ravenous” cycle that detracts from other aspects of the game.
“The media love this, they want it more than the game.
“The game is just a by-line to a lot of media sources.”
Kevinward777
First Grader
Get that up ya Kent.
Interesting that Barrett apparently remains close to Gould. In rugby league there wouldn't be too many better figures to have as a mentor or sounding board.
I see Willie "Dial-a-quote" Mason has weighed in with his opinion
Willie Mason expresses fears for Sea Eagles coach Trent Barrett in wake of Gladstone dramas
FORMER Sea Eagles prop Willie Mason has expressed doubts that Manly coach Trent Barrett can control the current playing group, describing the missed curfew at Gladstone as “the biggest f*** you to a coach I’ve ever seen.”
Revelations that four other players would be fined for their part in the hijinks in Gladstone following the team’s Round 5 loss to the Titans carried the story of the fallout between captain Daly Cherry-Evans and Jackson Hastings into a second week.
A 44-10 loss to the previously winless Eels plunged Manly further into the mire and, according to Mason, only a win against the Knights at Lottoland on Friday night can cure their current ills.
The last of Mason’s 15 seasons in the NRL was spent at the Sea Eagles, where he played 20 games in 2015, with Cherry-Evans, Jorge Taufua and Jake Trbojevic the only players from Mason’s final game still at the club.
Known as someone who didn’t mind challenging authority during his 291-game, 24 Test and 13-game Origin career, Mason understands the mindset of players who are breaking the team rules and says it doesn’t bode well for Barrett.
“In this circumstance, six people have gone out and Trent Barrett’s given them a curfew. That’s just the biggest f*** you to a coach I’ve ever seen,” Mason told SkipiTV.
“I’ve seen it done at some clubs that I was at before when we were younger and no one could really tell us what to do.
“It’s that pack mentality when you’re out and you’re having a couple of beers and you’re getting beat and everyone’s getting pissed off.
“You’re pissed off at the coach, you’re pissed off at the trainers, you’re pissed off at the players, everything just seems to be all boiled up.
“That’s when you start breaking curfews and pretty much tell everyone to beat it and you run your own race.
“That’s the worst thing that can happen to Trent Barrett, is his team imploding and having no respect for him or the club.
“He’s got a hell of a task at the moment controlling these players, getting the key people like
‘DCE’ (Cherry-Evans) and the Trbojevic brothers and getting them all under one umbrella.”
In the latter stages of his career Mason played 60 games across three seasons for Wayne Bennett at the Knights where he was often called upon to actually enforce standards within the playing group.
“I got coached by arguably the greatest coach ever, Wayne Bennett, he never put a curfew on anybody,” Mason revealed.
“He’s coaching grown-ass men and he trusts you so you trust him.
“He’d never put a curfew on you but he’d say stuff like, get home by 12, 1 or 2, something like that.
“He would say to me, ‘Willie, you’re a senior player, get the boys home by 2.’”
Staring down the barrel of a fourth-straight loss and currently sitting in 13th position on the ladder, the only mode of recovery for Manly, according to Mason, is to start winning again.
“I’ve been in some teams where everything just seems to be going wrong, wrong, wrong and the only way to get past it all is to win,” he said.
“They’re going to have crisis meetings after crisis meetings this week and just get out there on the weekend and get a win, because that solves everything.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/60fe8256c67238eb228a43b181daede9
Willie Mason expresses fears for Sea Eagles coach Trent Barrett in wake of Gladstone dramas
FORMER Sea Eagles prop Willie Mason has expressed doubts that Manly coach Trent Barrett can control the current playing group, describing the missed curfew at Gladstone as “the biggest f*** you to a coach I’ve ever seen.”
Revelations that four other players would be fined for their part in the hijinks in Gladstone following the team’s Round 5 loss to the Titans carried the story of the fallout between captain Daly Cherry-Evans and Jackson Hastings into a second week.
A 44-10 loss to the previously winless Eels plunged Manly further into the mire and, according to Mason, only a win against the Knights at Lottoland on Friday night can cure their current ills.
The last of Mason’s 15 seasons in the NRL was spent at the Sea Eagles, where he played 20 games in 2015, with Cherry-Evans, Jorge Taufua and Jake Trbojevic the only players from Mason’s final game still at the club.
Known as someone who didn’t mind challenging authority during his 291-game, 24 Test and 13-game Origin career, Mason understands the mindset of players who are breaking the team rules and says it doesn’t bode well for Barrett.
“In this circumstance, six people have gone out and Trent Barrett’s given them a curfew. That’s just the biggest f*** you to a coach I’ve ever seen,” Mason told SkipiTV.
“I’ve seen it done at some clubs that I was at before when we were younger and no one could really tell us what to do.
“It’s that pack mentality when you’re out and you’re having a couple of beers and you’re getting beat and everyone’s getting pissed off.
“You’re pissed off at the coach, you’re pissed off at the trainers, you’re pissed off at the players, everything just seems to be all boiled up.
“That’s when you start breaking curfews and pretty much tell everyone to beat it and you run your own race.
“That’s the worst thing that can happen to Trent Barrett, is his team imploding and having no respect for him or the club.
“He’s got a hell of a task at the moment controlling these players, getting the key people like
‘DCE’ (Cherry-Evans) and the Trbojevic brothers and getting them all under one umbrella.”
In the latter stages of his career Mason played 60 games across three seasons for Wayne Bennett at the Knights where he was often called upon to actually enforce standards within the playing group.
“I got coached by arguably the greatest coach ever, Wayne Bennett, he never put a curfew on anybody,” Mason revealed.
“He’s coaching grown-ass men and he trusts you so you trust him.
“He’d never put a curfew on you but he’d say stuff like, get home by 12, 1 or 2, something like that.
“He would say to me, ‘Willie, you’re a senior player, get the boys home by 2.’”
Staring down the barrel of a fourth-straight loss and currently sitting in 13th position on the ladder, the only mode of recovery for Manly, according to Mason, is to start winning again.
“I’ve been in some teams where everything just seems to be going wrong, wrong, wrong and the only way to get past it all is to win,” he said.
“They’re going to have crisis meetings after crisis meetings this week and just get out there on the weekend and get a win, because that solves everything.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/60fe8256c67238eb228a43b181daede9
Lol
Wayne Bennett never put a curfew on us....he just told us what time to be home by.
fml. I see the dog has borrowed the family brain cell again.
Wayne Bennett never put a curfew on us....he just told us what time to be home by.
fml. I see the dog has borrowed the family brain cell again.
From Danny the Worm's column today
But there is another issue. I was told the players disobeyed Barrett by going out in Gladstone. I put that to Barrett and he said he had no problem with it because the club’s security guard and Cherry-Evans, the club’s captain, were with the group.
I took him at his word and didn’t pursue the story. The players have since been fined. If what Barrett told me is true, they should have no issue, because he knew and endorsed them going out.
We now know that Cherry-Evans and Hastings sledged each other at the strip club over their respective relationships with players. Hastings left and, 10 minutes later, DCE did the same. Cherry-Evans then showed up at Hastings’ hotel room. What happened next is in dispute, but there was an altercation.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/cl...attle-players-may-follow-20180428-p4zc8y.html
But there is another issue. I was told the players disobeyed Barrett by going out in Gladstone. I put that to Barrett and he said he had no problem with it because the club’s security guard and Cherry-Evans, the club’s captain, were with the group.
I took him at his word and didn’t pursue the story. The players have since been fined. If what Barrett told me is true, they should have no issue, because he knew and endorsed them going out.
We now know that Cherry-Evans and Hastings sledged each other at the strip club over their respective relationships with players. Hastings left and, 10 minutes later, DCE did the same. Cherry-Evans then showed up at Hastings’ hotel room. What happened next is in dispute, but there was an altercation.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/cl...attle-players-may-follow-20180428-p4zc8y.html
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7 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 14 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 12 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 12 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 11 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 10 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 10 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 8 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | -14 | 8 |
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8 | 4 | 4 | -60 | 8 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 7 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | -55 | 6 |
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8 | 3 | 5 | -55 | 6 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | -29 | 4 |
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7 | 1 | 6 | -87 | 4 |
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7 | 1 | 6 | -136 | 4 |
