Reds 2019
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BY = Brad Thorn
SRI = QRU
Scrubber needs to order Homer Simpson's dialling wand. He's really having trouble hitting the right key.
SRI = QRU
Scrubber needs to order Homer Simpson's dialling wand. He's really having trouble hitting the right key.
Tomikin
David Codey (61)
I figured the BY but fuck i had no idea on SRI
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LMU
Allen Oxlade (6)
But the Reds were thrown a curve ball on Slipper this year with his contract going through blind, only some days before his two drug test positives were reveal
What are the reporting protocols for the 1,2 & 3 positive drug tests?
What do you blame Miller for Reg?
What are the reporting protocols for the 1,2 & 3 positive drug tests?
What do you blame Miller for Reg?
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
A misunderstood peoples.......
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
If that's not a rhetorical question, the first test result was not required to be disclosed outside of medical staffers - from my reading of it. The second test is made public.
I'm not saying these off-peak trips to the snowfield were the worst thing in the world. Nevertheless, if the administrators had known of those two impending results, they might not have signed the same deal. That's either rightly or wrongly on their behalf - and feel free to pick your case there and argue it.
Then if the player had known of the results and their impeding release during the negotiation, was that player still acting with "loyalty and integrity" and good faith? … or is a case of "It's been done, fuck it, pay the amount due on the letter of the contract"? In which case, is the other party obliged to field him on their team?
But my gut feel is that relations aren't that bad. Slipper will recover from this and his rugby career will be revived. Even if he leaves the Reds that doesn't have to mean he's been screwed over.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
Just making their way in this WoЯld
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Putin to take over as coach/CEO of the reds
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
But is this really so Kiap? Didn't Michael Cheika have a hand in Quade coming back, early iirc. And hasn't he got a RA top up? Seems to me that there were more involved in this stuff up than just the QRU.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Not Trump? Someone has to take the blame.
kiap
Steve Williams (59)
Quite right.
My point was badly made and poorly phrased. Yes, RA pay their amount and QRU pay theirs.
The contrast I wanted to find was that there was no real surprise with the Cooper deal. IMO they overbid for him.
Maybe it was based on what they knew he could do in the past, who knows. But in reality, how he was playing – both before and after he was signed – he wasn't that player.
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Bobby Sands
Guest
The man gets results. He gives fresh appreciation for the saying, by 'hook or by crook'.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Talk the reds are chasing Barnes for next year:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...y/news-story/5419ce392758cee3e914b2c2305aedac
neilc
Bob Loudon (25)
Surely not, we've just done the Jono Lance/Ben Lucas thing, surely they won't go for another ageing player who once played for Qld and then went to NSW. From my recollection of him as a 10 he kicked a lot rather than get his backline going. It seems to indicate a lack of confidence in Stewart - maybe if he had been given more game time this season the experience he would have gained might have paid off. Not sure why Barnes would want to leave Japan to come back the situation the Reds seem to be in as well.
Jerry West
Sydney Middleton (9)
Micheal
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
On Thorn, I can see why players might be unhappy in the locker room, and I think Slippers treatment could motivate this.
Karmichael second coke incident since coming to union? I think the players could understand that.
Quade being dropped? Again - some of the players might be unhappy with it, but he’s been dropped by other coaches, and he’s certainly not the player he once was. I think they’d understand - even if they don’t agree with - Brads thinking there.
Slipper being excommunicated? I don’t think any of them would understand this. The guys entire life has been Reds rugby and he’s someone the Reds have looked to as a leader quite recently. He’s going through some testing personal circumstances and - from all the sources I have in the sporting world - most of them are all over the Dolphin Dandruff, particularly in the off season. Whilst it’s reasonablt similar to Hunt, I think players would hope that either could work their way back into the squad, and nuance would be applied when dealing with personal mental health issues and club loyalty.
Now onto Hunt - how much reputational risk does a club really risk by signing him? The Waratahs did almost exactly the same thing with Zac Guildford, and people celebrated the fact that they gave him a chance, even if it didn’t work out. They used a one year contract with clauses to get rid of him if he played up, and when he went a bit off the rails, they got rid of him quietly. Did anyone blame the Waratahs? God no. They showed grace and mercy and when Guildford did as Guildford does, it was Guildfords fault and not the Tahs. After all, he has a history of it.
I think every club should throw a reasonable - key word being reasonable - bit of cash at Hunt for a one year stint. If he performs, he performs. If he doesn’t, that’s his fault. Give him a chance at the RWC and then let him fade into European obscurity.
Karmichael second coke incident since coming to union? I think the players could understand that.
Quade being dropped? Again - some of the players might be unhappy with it, but he’s been dropped by other coaches, and he’s certainly not the player he once was. I think they’d understand - even if they don’t agree with - Brads thinking there.
Slipper being excommunicated? I don’t think any of them would understand this. The guys entire life has been Reds rugby and he’s someone the Reds have looked to as a leader quite recently. He’s going through some testing personal circumstances and - from all the sources I have in the sporting world - most of them are all over the Dolphin Dandruff, particularly in the off season. Whilst it’s reasonablt similar to Hunt, I think players would hope that either could work their way back into the squad, and nuance would be applied when dealing with personal mental health issues and club loyalty.
Now onto Hunt - how much reputational risk does a club really risk by signing him? The Waratahs did almost exactly the same thing with Zac Guildford, and people celebrated the fact that they gave him a chance, even if it didn’t work out. They used a one year contract with clauses to get rid of him if he played up, and when he went a bit off the rails, they got rid of him quietly. Did anyone blame the Waratahs? God no. They showed grace and mercy and when Guildford did as Guildford does, it was Guildfords fault and not the Tahs. After all, he has a history of it.
I think every club should throw a reasonable - key word being reasonable - bit of cash at Hunt for a one year stint. If he performs, he performs. If he doesn’t, that’s his fault. Give him a chance at the RWC and then let him fade into European obscurity.
duckbill
Ward Prentice (10)
Sookface - please no - that might be the final drop for me, don't think I could handle anymore if that's what happens...