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Bill McLean (32)
If he really is off the sauce, we'd be silly not to. If he's really not off the sauce, we'd be silly to.Must lock in Beale. Legend.
Blinder of a match tonight though.
If he really is off the sauce, we'd be silly not to. If he's really not off the sauce, we'd be silly to.Must lock in Beale. Legend.
I honestly don't care if he's drinking as long as he can stay skinny and keep playing like that. The interplay between him and JOC (James O'Connor) tonight...If he really is off the sauce, we'd be silly not to. If he's really not off the sauce, we'd be silly to.
Blinder of a match tonight though.
Couldn't disagree more.
The best thing for his long term good is not to run home to mommy and all the sycophantic mates up there, the best thing is to sit down, man up and realise he has an issue that needs to be addressed and to find the strength in himself to overcome it. Long term he will benefit from overcoming his issues on his own accord not by getting coddled through his problems.
Couldn't disagree more.
The best thing for his long term good is not to run home to mommy and all the sycophantic mates up there, the best thing is to sit down, man up and realise he has an issue that needs to be addressed and to find the strength in himself to overcome it. Long term he will benefit from overcoming his issues on his own accord not by getting coddled through his problems.
He had issues up in NSW as well. The city isn't the issue.
I hope he stays as I think he and JOC (James O'Connor) have an impressive opportunity
I prefer Beale at 10 with JOC (James O'Connor) at 12 and Woodward at 15. With Inman,Vuna and strzacker we have a potent backline
i am not trivialising alcoholism. no one has said he is an alcoholic, i think the issue is that he is a bad drunk. there's a difference between the two and no one knows enough to say he is an alcoholic. all we know is he is a bad drunk.Mate i feel you are trivialising the issue of alcoholism, usually alcoholism works hand in hand with some form of stress disorder or depression, I'm not gong to advocate that I know what issues that Kurtley faces, there may well be external pressure that we are unaware of..
What I do know is that telling someone to man up isn't the solution, if he does in fact have a better support network in NSW to help keep him on the right track then I agree he should move back there for his own long term health.
I am going to be seriously unhappy if Damien Hill stays. For all these close results, there are just so many fundamental things wrong with the way we play that we're never ever going to top the Australian conference if we keep going like this.
No he was booked for driving the car he won in the ARC. No booze involved. It was a Mazda CX-7, a basic family car but they are all Turbo charged. P platers aren't permitted to drive turbo cars in NSW. If you know the CX-7 it's hardly a performance car so bit of a laugh really.Yes to what Qwerty said.
He also got done for driving the Mazda he won in the ARC without a licence. Don't know if grog was involved in
i am not trivialising alcoholism. no one has said he is an alcoholic, i think the issue is that he is a bad drunk. there's a difference between the two and no one knows enough to say he is an alcoholic. all we know is he is a bad drunk.
No he was booked for driving the car he won in the ARC. No booze involved. It was a Mazda CX-7, a basic family car but they are all Turbo charged. P platers aren't permitted to drive turbo cars in NSW. If you know the CX-7 it's hardly a performance car so bit of a laugh really.
http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/kurtley-beale-car-charge-thrown-out-20110720-1hnxp.html
Beale was fined in 2007 for driving under the influence and without a licence while still a teenager.
Being a bad drunk is a completely different issue to being alcoholic. We know he has issues when he drinks, we just don't know whether or not he's an alcoholic. Anyway, this is ground that's already been covered. I'm just happy he's playing again and starring.A bad drunk? Is by definition someone who suffers from alcohol abuse..
Telling someone to "harden up" is glossing over the root of the issues, I'm unfortunately involved in an industry which has a high level of stress disorders which subsequently evolve/stimulate other issues like alcoholism and alcohol abuse. The thinking that these men just needed to harden up or get over it is an outdated concept often doing more harm the good.. Support is the best cure to these sort of issues.
Being a bad drunk is a completely different issue to being alcoholic. We know he has issues when he drinks, we just don't know whether or not he's an alcoholic. Anyway, this is ground that's already been covered. I'm just happy he's playing again and starring.
He also got done for driving the Mazda he won in the ARC without a licence. Don't know if grog was involved in that one..