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| Only for the 9s though. looks like the Aussies are really taking the 9s series seriously
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| Isn't the jackpot for this tournament bigger than for the NRL? Other clubs must be laughing.
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| A pay day for Fittler.
I believe Steve Menzies started training today for his last pay day for Manly.
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| Alf Langer and Wally Lewis are considering a comeback for the Broncos and Parramatta have asked Sterlo and Bert Kenny to start jogging around the block in preparation.
What a joke.
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| Box office....
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| Quote: Wigan Peer "Box office....'"
My prediction is that Freddy won't start the game, but he will come on as a replacement in the second half once the Roosters are firmly on top.
I wouldn't be surprised if this return to the playing field in Auckland works well, Freddy might be named as a back rower on the interchange bench for the game against Wigan. He could slot into lock forward (where he has played) and create havoc with the edge defences of the Pies.
If the Roosters do pick him to play against Wigan, it will ensure a sellout of 45,500 seats at the Allianz Stadium.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "If the Roosters do pick him to play against Wigan, it will ensure a sellout of 45,500 seats at the Allianz Stadium.'"
The cynic in me reckons that that's what it's about.
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| Why would it?
Fittler was a great player but had his share of controversy and he was not embraced by all NRL fans by any means unlike Darren Lockyer or perhaps Cam Smith.
Working class outer suburbs lad from Penrith that stayed with the ARL to his credit but moved to the toffs at the Roosters.
Many could not give a Rats ass about him and the Roosters will not pull anything like 45k on their own to see their team tear Wigan a new one.
Unless their are a lot of Wigan expats in Sydney it will be more like 20k-25k the Wigan name is not that big with Australian fans as many in the UK think.
This is 2014 not back in the eighties in Wigans heyday where they had a team stacked with well known Oz and Kiwi stars playing their off season in the UK.
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| As good as he was in his day if Brad Fitler were to play in a seriously contested game now he would get hammered. He wouldn't be troubling the edge defenders with anything, not footwork, not kicking game and not handling and he'd get targeted by the opposition in defence.
There's a novelty value but that's it!
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "My prediction is that Freddy won't start the game, but he will come on as a replacement in the second half once the Roosters are firmly on top.
I wouldn't be surprised if this return to the playing field in Auckland works well, Freddy might be named as a back rower on the interchange bench for the game against Wigan. He could slot into lock forward (where he has played) and create havoc with the edge defences of the Pies.
If the Roosters do pick him to play against Wigan, it will ensure a sellout of 45,500 seats at the Allianz Stadium.'"
You know, I am now considering selling my family home so I can travel round the world to watch a bloke who hasn't played for a decade and is far too old to survive in the increased pace found in either 9's or 13 a side, just cos you think it will be ensure a sell out crowd. you have really, really, really whetted my appetite.
What a tool you are. More of the same.
To quote a rather fitting line from the Krays,
"You've got nothing to say and you're saying it too loud."
Bore off.
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| Quote: salford1970 "You know, I am now considering selling my family home so I can travel round the world to watch a bloke who hasn't played for a decade and is far too old to survive in the increased pace found in either 9's or 13 a side, just cos you think it will be ensure a sell out crowd. you have really, really, really whetted my appetite.
What a tool you are. More of the same.
To quote a rather fitting line from the Krays,
"You've got nothing to say and you're saying it too loud."
Bore off.'"
You have a family home to sell? ![Shocked icon_eek.gif](images/smilies//icon_eek.gif) I was sure that a boy like you with chips on both shoulders was living in a cardboard box in a secluded corner of a public park.
Actually you should hang on to your property, be it a cardboard box or a trailer home. The British fans on this board are more likely to go to see the match if they know that a follower of the Kray brothers is not going to be in attendance.
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| Gonna need a bigger boat.
Another quote from a film, quite apt considering your rant.
No British fan will waste their money on the prospect of a 40 odd year old coming out of retirement.
Glad you are getting upset, maybe now you will bugger off somewhere else so the adults can have reasoned debate without a no mark like you spouting crap all the time.
This board is not provided so you can constantly spout e. Any chance you could bugger off to whatever part of Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey land you come from and not come back?
Au Revior Tantouze
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| Fittler will sell tickets because of his high media profile.
He won't suck that much at this form of the game. He'll only have to find a good 10 minutes or so a game, and he is pretty fit for a guy his age.
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