We must listen to Bellamy?

[Burnt Rooster]

That the main problem we have, that hasent been addressed all season, is our same offenders giving away pot plant penalties all season, giving away precious possession everytime, the likes of JWH,Napa,Guerra, and one of the worst Maloney, I cant believe the coaching staff haven't been able to correct it.
Another one of our flaws is to constantly knock the ball down on a pass on the opposition's fifth tackle, thereby causing a scrum with their feed.

[Vasco]

Craig Bellamy has stated in the media, for the benefit of the game, re the Ennis head pat on Smith,quote....

"Those things are just going to inflame incidents when you push a guy after a try when there is no need to push a guy, when you tap them on the head when they make a mistake - we all make mistakes on the field.
"To me it's a thing which has crept into our game and it's only the players who can stamp it out of the game - I'm old school and I don't like that but it seems to be something for generation Y or whatever.
"To me it's a lack of respect and you should be respecting your opposition."


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Thanks Craig so, let me get things right. Its OK to rort the salary cap, cheat and coach your team to wrestle to WWE levels but its not OK to pat Cameron Smith on the head.

Nothing says respect to me better and a chicken wing.

Wrestling has been introduced to slow the play the ball. You can't blame coaches for this.

It's all about winning for them.

[Guest]

Wrestling has been introduced to slow the play the ball. You can't blame coaches for this.

It's all about winning for them.

You can't blame coaches?????
Well who the fark started to employ wrestlers to teach the players? Not the players that's for sure or the media or the governing body. The coaches are 100 % to blame for it. The NRL claim to have there hands tied now regarding wrestling in the ruck but I bet if the league came out and drew a line in the sand and say minimum suspension for any illegal tactics used in the ruck is 4 weeks regardless of a players previous record you would soon find coaches telling players to stop the shit in the ruck. The same with lifting tackles, any player who puts a hand between a players leg and lifts it off the ground, minimum 2 weeks. You watch the players clean both those areas up real quick when they know if they whether on purpose or not chicken wing,crusher,grapple tackle some one there looking at 4 weeks out off the bat and 2 weeks if I grab a blokes leg and lift it.

[Vasco]

What I meant was that you can't blame the coaches for trying to slow the play the ball down. That's where the game is won.

They do what they have to.

[redwhiteblue]

It's also ok to whinge to the ref about a lifting penalty, and accuse a player 5m away on the floor in agony of ducking his head on purpose.

Cameron Smith - the model of ethical on field behaviour.

How about putting a player in a wheelchair?
How about puncturing someone's lung?
How about your players' wives accepting 20k gift vouchers, cars and boats?
How about stomping on someone's head?
How about feet first in a tackle?
How about a club involved in the biggest salary cap rort in sporting history, in any sport, in any country, since the Chicago White Socks scandal of 1917?
How about singing the QLD team song when the victory you just had was actually for Australia?

Does any of this sink in with these people from this club? In the words of Judge Judy (whom I cannot stand by the way) "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!"

Bellamy must think we all are as dumb as a box of turnips if we are going to look at him and his club for setting the bar for ethical behaviour.

[TheLoneRooster]

Bravo redwhitblue, very well said.

cam smith, the George Clooney of the NRL - PFFT.

[redwhiteblue]

Bravo redwhitblue, very well said.

cam smith, the George Clooney of the NRL - PFFT.

LOL...Smith and Clooney are both unattractive in my eyes..