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| Great idea whoever's decided on, be nice if it went to a public vote though! Clive Sullivan would get mine.
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"Hey dad who is that a statue of? said the little boy in his first visit to Wembley.
That son, is a guy who lost his nerve when it counted and let all his team mates down and countless fans.
Why is there a statue of him?
Because the country likes to celebrate losers lad, and rugby league is small time, we had so many winners to choose from and we picked a guy who lost his bottle.'"
Terrible post, a lot of people will have empathy with that iconic image a Don Fox and sums up what Wembley means to people better than any other image.
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| Quote mrpurfect="mrpurfect"Terrible post, a lot of people will have empathy with that iconic image a Don Fox and [usums up what Wembley means to people better than any other image[/u.'"
Better than the elation of being a champion?
I'm sure when people dream of playing at Wembley Stadium as a kid, they are dreaming of winning at the same time.
It's terrible because you don't agree, only this country would celebrate a loser
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| Quote Leyther_Matt="Leyther_Matt"Anyroad, my vote for the statue...

#LeroyRivettforWembleystatue'"
Leroy or Ellery for me....

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| How about Ernest Ward, he captained the great Northern team of the 40's who seemed to be at Wembley every year, if not him Ellery all the way!
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| I would think that rather than any single person , which will always bring argument from many no matter who is chosen , it should be something iconic to the sport .
It would be outside wembley so why not an oversized stone copy of the most iconic trophy in the rugby league world the Challenge Cup itself . Also as an after thought if you have a large enough plinth the names of every team who has won the trophy including pre-wembley winners with the years they won leaving space for more wins and other names to be added annually .
This way no club or player are made to appear more important than any other .
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| Good news for the sport but I'm sure there will be a few arguments along the line about who deserves to be on it. I'd just make it a combination of a few - Lance Todd, Ellery Hanley etc spring to mind
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"Better than the elation of being a champion?
I'm sure when people dream of playing at Wembley Stadium as a kid, they are dreaming of winning at the same time.
It's terrible because you don't agree, only this country would celebrate a loser'" How the heck is he a loser, when he won the lance todd trophy?
Success and failure are two sides of the same coin, nobody will ever always be successful and nobody will ever always fail and both are imposters on normal routine ,mundane life.
How good a life you will have depends on how happy you are during the mundane and routine.
But go ahead and be shallow and champion someone lifting the challenge cup which could be anyone from any year hardly iconic.
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| It should be Rangi in his England shirt flanked by heighington and Faasavalu
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| The Offiah / Fox combo is a great suggestion.
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| Quote Horatio Yed="Horatio Yed"It's terrible because you don't agree, only this country would celebrate a loser'"
You are missing the point altogether. We are talking of a statue, which is by definition a work of art, here to commemorate the sport and its relationship to Wembley. Art does not always have to just acknowledge who won so it stands to reason that one of the most incredible sporting moments in the history of world sport should be a contender for the statue (how many people see the event does not make this claim any less credible).
If Fox's pose was commissioned (and I may have talked myself into saying it is now my first choice) then what better moment to capture exactly what rugby league is about and I don't just mean with Wembley either. Rugby league is about heroes, magic, flair, and physical/mental commitment of the highest order. However, most of all rugby league is about drama. Drama on the pitch every week unlike any other professional team sport in the world. Our sport creates so much drama that we call it entertainment because it is both. When Fox missed that kick it was dramatic but it was also the exact entertainment that gets me, you and everybody else going back for more week after week after week. If it wasn't we'd have stopped watching long ago.
Vote Fox!
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