Aussie Player Exodus

[Dctarget]

Not quite Australian but relevant all the same:

Joey Manu's Japanese adventure is proving to be a nightmare and the star centre seems certain to return to the NRL on a full-time basis midway through this year.

Manu's team Toyota Verblitz has just one win in its first seven games and he is seeing little of the ball with any space or time.

The former Roosters superstar has told mates back home that he is also having troubles adapting to the lifestyle, food and language.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Told mates... Roosters who want him back...

He's an outstanding athlete and still no shortage of suitors if he is on the market but he's a 1m+ player for any NRL side.

 

[Sword of Justice]

League media spinning that rugby isn’t able to get a great winger involved in games as they did with Sailor but the reality of the situation is that league wingers stay on their wing all day and get fed the ball. It sounds like he’s not intuitive enough to get involved like a Marika or Wright.

 

[Dctarget]

League media spinning that rugby isn’t able to get a great winger involved in games as they did with Sailor but the reality of the situation is that league wingers stay on their wing all day and get fed the ball. It sounds like he’s not intuitive enough to get involved like a Marika or Wright.

Maybe he's just not good enough to crack union, higher level of talent and all that

 

[Strewthcobber]

4 tries after starting 5 games so far for one of the weaker teams. He's going alright

 

[Sword of Justice]

Defence optional in those games. Very high scoring. But my main gripe is with the league media narrative not him.

4 tries after starting 5 games so far for one of the weaker teams. He's going alright

 

[PhilClinton]

Manu was always coming back to the Roosters mid-way through the season. They've kept room in their salary sombrero and squad to sign him once he's officially ready to return. This was a very lucrative sabbatical for him to buy a holiday house in Byron Bay.

Any media outlets reporting this as new are well behind.

 

[LeCheese]

It really just sounds like Japan isn't his cup of tea. Gotta add some anti-rugby spin to it though.

 

[PhilClinton]

It really just sounds like Japan isn't his cup of tea. Gotta add some anti-rugby spin to it though.

And then for some, once you're accustomed to it, coming home becomes hard.

Alex Mafi just bought himself a Porsche and Kerevi has been rolling around in a G-Wagon for a few years now. Even the most well-paid rugby stars in Australia aren't able to the live the NBA superstar level lifestyle those guys are enjoying.

 

[LeCheese]

And then for some, once you're accustomed to it, coming home becomes hard.

Alex Mafi just bought himself a Porsche and Kerevi has been rolling around in a G-Wagon for a few years now. Even the most well-paid rugby stars in Australia aren't able to the live the NBA superstar level lifestyle those guys are enjoying.

I know he's a hooker, but the biggest surprise is that Mafi fits into a Porsche. Must've got the comfort seats.

 

[Ignoto]

Maybe he's just not good enough to crack union, higher level of talent and all that

I have NFI who this guy is / whether he's good enough.

But, a comparable situation is the Football players heading to Saudi Arabia for money that would overflow an olympic swmming pool. Even being paid these huge sums of money we've seen big stars like Neymar and Jordan Henderson pack up and leave within a year.

Granted SA is almost the polar opposite in terms of lifestyle of Japan, but there's always a threshold that can be hit of "this is so not worth the bucket loads of cash".

Sport stars are lucky that the golden handcuffs problem/decision to be made isn't really something they need to worry about.

 

[Strewthcobber]

It really just sounds like Japan isn't his cup of tea. Gotta add some anti-rugby spin to it though.

He's only got something like 12 weeks left on his contract in Japan anyway.

 

[Braveheart81]

"The former Roosters superstar has told mates back home that he is also having troubles adapting to the lifestyle, food and language."

He's clearly insane. The food in Japan is fantastic.

 

[LeCheese]

"The former Roosters superstar has told mates back home that he is also having troubles adapting to the lifestyle, food and language."

He's clearly insane. The food in Japan is fantastic.

I know more 'adults' than I'd care to admit who really don't like a lot of Japanese food. Their loss.

Of course you can get any sort of cuisine you want - done very well - over there...

 

[PhilClinton]

Yeh the food comment is bizarre. Japan have some of the best Western style food in the world and have essentially elevated every American fast food chain to be god tier.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Japanese Food

People wank on and on and on about how awesome Japanese food is.

I'm not fucken having it.

Most of it is deeply unhealthy and often just flat-out fucken revolting.

Let's Review;

Tofu.

Disgusting. A tasteless white slab of wobbly snot. Not fucken eating this.




Miso soup.

AKA Snot Soup. Fuck off with this shit. It's not food, it's just a puddle of wet brown bullshit.




Umeboshi

An impossibly sour shrivelled plum gonad. Some sort of punishment from the samurai days, fucked if I know. Not food.




Sushi.

Sushi is fine and a big fuck yeah. Fuck off with the Snot Soup and get the sushi on.




Tempura.

A fucking joke of a food. A tiny piece of pumpkin or some shit that is deep fried in a massive casing of crusty batter. It's just 90% solidified cooking oil. This shit will kill you. Healthy food my bulbous arse.



Soba

Revolting tasteless spaghetti. No taste.




Udon

Revolting tasteless spaghetti. No taste.





Oden

Boiled eggs and radish floating about in a puddle of tasteless hot water. Fucking terrible. Not eating this shit.




Nabe

Nabe = Pot. Yep, just any rando shit thrown in a pot with hot water. Fuck this floaty bullshit.




Natto

Rotten beans. Obviously not food. It's gone rotten you stupid pricks. Throw it out.




Tonkatsu

Deep-fried pork on rice. Japanese food is so healthy. This shit will kill you.




Mochi

Sugared rice that's been kneaded into the consistency of a melted eraser. Inedible. This is the shit that old gits choke on and die from every New Years. LOL.



Okonomiyaki

Pizza sized pancake of half-raw flour covered in dead squid and mayonnaise. Hmmmm, delicious. Get fucked.



Yakitori

Skewered and grilled chicken bits. Can work if the fucking thing is not 86% gristle. TL/DR, it's always 86% gristle. I reckon I could make this way better than some of the insulting shit on a stick they dish up at restaurants.




Takoyaki

Half-raw flour dough balls with a tiny piece of fucking octopus inside. Hmm, what a treat. You may was well eat raw flour and a microwaved eraser. Fuck this shit.



Ramen

The wank about ramen is off the charts. After eating this with its oil and bullshit your guts will feel crook as fuck. There's a reason most Japanese people are somehow fat and skinny at the same time and I reckon it's this rubbish.



Karaage

Fried chicken. No hot water, no floaty shit, no half-raw flour. Congratulations Japan on not fucking up fried chicken. FFS.



Sukiyaki

Here we fucken go again, another pot of hot water with floating fucking vegetables. You can't taste a thing except for fucken hot water. Plus it has that see-through spaghetti bullshit that everyone avoids as they make a beeline for the salvageable bits of meat that, too late, have already been stripped of all meat taste by the stupid fucking hot water. Fuck this nonsense.

 

[Braveheart81]

11/10. Would read again.

 

[Major Tom]

I know more 'adults' than I'd care to admit who really don't like a lot of Japanese food. Their loss.

Of course you can get any sort of cuisine you want - done very well - over there...

In vending machines as well.

 

[Crashy]

"The former Roosters superstar has told mates back home that he is also having troubles adapting to the lifestyle, food and language."

He's clearly insane. The food in Japan is fantastic.

Fucking dumb mungos. Seriously these people would rather live in their shit little bogan mungo bubble than have an experience of a life-time plying and living in one of the world's great countries / cultures. What is it with these people. seriously they don't deserve the opportunity.
Also just feeds the mungo acolytes in the press..

 

[oztimmay]

I could eat Sushi (salmon sashimi) and Chicken Katzu Curry Don all day and never get sick of it.