Todd Carney Combined Mega Thread

[Dan]

Locking as there is a news topic for this at http://www.silvertails.net/forums/index.php?topic=186642.0

 

[eaglerob]

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE JOKE!!!!!! I have had a bloody GUT FULL of the rubbish that is always dished out Manlys way..... Whether it be the players, the coaching staff, the news articles, the fines, the LACK of games on free to air tv or the milli second we got during the ad this year, WE ALWAYS GET SHAFTED..... I tell you what, I will keep following rugby league but this will live in my memory for a long LONG time...... PACK OF A#%EHOLES!!!!! Hold your head high Stewart, the rugby league world knows and can see !!!!!

 

[Rex]

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<p><strong> </strong>Manly coach Des Hasler has accused the NRL of double standards over the Todd Carney affair, questioning David Gallop?s decision not to ban the Roosters star.


<a href="http://www.silvertails.net/news/5388-manly-coach-des-hasler-accuses-the-nrl-of-double-standards-over-todd-carney-affair-.html">Read the full article</a>

 

[shawn.b]

I hardly expect any comment from Gallop let alone an apology if there's a legal case pending. Lets not forget this is News Limited we're talking about here.

Don't get me wrong I'd love to see Gallop gone and I fear the independent commission will be a toothless tiger until that day comes.
Lets hope all good things come to those who wait. !

That is a good point & probably something that cost Brett in the long run.

He didnt fawn to Gallop & beg for forgiveness.  He just kept his mouth shut & let his legal team look after it. The media painted him as guilty because he didnt deny anything.

Hopefully Gallop is keeping his mouth shut because of pending legal action & he is in a very bad position.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Rex if you feel that way can I have your mansion please?

 

[Jatz Crackers]

LOL go get em Rex.

 

[Rex]

LOL go get em Rex.

lol.  "Sick 'em Rex" still creates those better visuals of anteaters and such.

Wish that WAS my penmanship, Jatz.  Staff writers at Foxsports.  Apparently you have to specify authors even when none are specified by the newspaper, otherwise this system assumes the poster is the author.

 

[Jatz Crackers]

No, I knew you were not the author Rex.

TBH, im fairly disappointed with the lack of support to an issue that deserved better from some people on here.

Still remember the bonds anteater ad... loved it. The marketer may have been taken out of me but the memory hasnt.

 

[Rex]

Not quite a mansion by your imperial standards SER8.  Actually it's a dog house.  But it does have a pitched roof and the termites have air-conditioned it just so.  Still, a mansion to me. Woof woof.

 

[Jatz Crackers]

Manly doesnt cop anything worse than any other NRL club and in any case it pales in comparison to the damage done to Bretts reputation.

Plenty here however who seem to think thats its not even worthy of our attention though.

 

[Rex]

Differ on the judgement about Manly Jatz.  The damage to Manly's brand from Gallop's flawed response may be worth many millions of dollars.  Even one lost sponsor may be worth seven figures.  And the free ride he has given the Roosters for example may be worth many millions of dollars to their brand.

 

[The Eagle]

Gallop is a weak **** who needs to lose his job

That prick should be giving us $600k
$100k fine back and $500k for being so ****ing wrong

I hope Stewart takes the low ****s house

 

[Rex]

Enough pussy-footing around, Shane, tell us what you really think.  🙂

 

[Stevo]

Ha ha. Got me Ralphie. I wasn't there. We're you? So for instance, is Todd carney blowing 0.52 better or worse cause he's a p plater? Is it better that Watmough punched or just shoved the bloke?

 

[fLIP]

Perhaps Gallops handeling of the issue is more to do with having learnt a lesson with the Stewart saga as opposed to setting double standards.

Getting square with Carney is what we want for in consistancy but in reality if it were a Manly player this is the way we'd want it delt with.

No doubt he over reacted with Stewart but in a way I take this as a not so direct admission to his fail handling of the situation.

On another note, Its a pretty tall order to expect under educated early 20 year olds with millions in the bank to be good roll models through no fault of their own.

Most of the time I feel sorry for them. Imagine being a pro athlete. Then think of the things you've done in your life.

How many times would you have made front page for them?

 

[Stevo]

Exactly flip!

 

[eaglerob]

Jatz, Carney is still in the Bloody NRL ad isn't he ????? What did they do with stewart........ Pulled the ad, then pulled him out if it then bloody put it back on..... SHAME ON GALLOP, it is HE that should be pulled and not in a good way !!!!!!!

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

THE chief executive of the NRL, David Gallop, hit back yesterday at criticism of his handling of wayward Rooster Todd Carney, saying the league had acted impartially and had been even-handed in its decision not to suspend the young player.

The Roosters fined Carney $10,000 on Thursday and ordered the troubled star to attend counselling after he was charged with low-range drink driving last weekend.

Gallop angrily hit out at a column in yesterday's The Daily Telegraph by Sports Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield, which questioned the NRL boss's handling of the Carney affair and compared it to Brett Stewart's four-week suspension by the league the previous year.

"The two cases are very different." Gallop said. "[The] Carney [incident] involved a largely inadvertent act last Saturday morning.

"Stewart's conduct was at a season launch which the club itself admitted to handling badly. Despite this, no action was taken by Manly.

"We look at each case on its merits and in its own context. In other words, we make our decisions impartially, with even handedness, across all clubs, as a primary motivation.

"Any suggestion that these decisions are infected by a desire to please someone else is incorrect, malicious and defamatory. We have maintained that position over many years and while we are not immune from criticism, we totally reject any suggestion of bias."

 

[wombatgc]

Gallop would've made one phone call to Politis for his instructions. :-X

 

[Normie]

What a load of crap from Gallop! Fair enough that Manly didn't handle the season launch too well BUT Brett was cleared by the Courts as being innocent and the evidence pointed to him not being drunk! Brett caught a cab home NOT endagering anyone's lives whereas Carney got behind the wheel pissed.
1 committed an illegal act and is a serial offender - the other was cleared and a cleanskin! And who got suspended for 4 matches???? Impartial and even handedness my arse!