Talking Footy

King-Eliagh wrote:

Katich or Plugger Lockett for the NSW sheffield shield leadership mentor Swines!???



As i said earlier, i'd be very sure that noone of leadership quality from the AFL would have applied if katich got through and scored the job

That title is something to behold swines! Something to behold!!

GWS recruited Katich, if they went after some one else I don't know - you seem to be aiming to pick a fight with me - anything up everything alright at home? Hope your not in the dole drums?

Look I try to stay out of pointless and bias bitch fighting but it's hard when there's threads like this one. The thread tells me two things;
One is that GWS are getting very desperate for any media and public attention. They now have resorted to using the signing of a coaching staff member with the faintest attachment to NSW as a desperate ploy for some form of promotion or mention in the media,

and secondly some AFL supporting BF members will sink even lower than the GWS promotion department and try use this news as some type of evidence to get one over the RL/anti AF brigade. lol @ Giants can attract quality people, it should really say Quality people are attracted anywhere for the right price.

What AF fans should really be discussing about this is how did the Giants public profile get so bad in only two years, and why does GWS need to use news like this(signing katich lol) to get some form of media focus. To put GWS's issues simply down to performance on the field I think is just naive and smug. Just two years ago their public profile was 1000x more positive than now and the giants were more than adequately represented in the media, and all this was going on when EVERYBODY knew that on the field GWS were going to be a basket case...
To blanket out all the negative signs and say the Giants are so far a success, or at par with the AFL's expectations pre 2012 season, or even that GWS as a club and image is the more attractive option than clubs from other codes in sydney is just asserted and disaffirming.

Picking a fight you say now?

Have a read of your capitalised title for fukks sake!!

Then think about what you'd say if Greg Norman was recruited by the melbourne storm!!! :_<> :_<>

This is an all time classic thread! :D :D

214Four wrote:

What AF fans should really be discussing about this is how did the Giants public profile get so bad in only two years, and why does GWS need to use news like this(signing katich lol) to get some form of media focus.

BULLSHIT! The man wouldn't have been recruited if he couldn't do the job he was given, and he can because he is an all round SPORTSMAN! The fact that he is best known for cricket is a fricking side issue only.

Hey, Eliagh, if Norman was an all round sportsman like Katich then the Storm would be being smart! But he's not!

Getting it yet?

Crap1 fix up your feathers matey, they're all ruffled!

Now please provide some evidence of Katich as an all round sportsman relevant to marngrook, beyond what he has already stated in the article i.e. loved watching it and played a bit AS A KID! :_<>

Fukk! I shoulda applied for that job, i mean i follow a better team than richmond and have played the game at a much higher level than Katich!

The title folks, read the title again!!! :_<> :_<>

Gettin it yet crap1 ya friggin dingbat?

And get a load of Katich's already stunning results in his new role as development coordinator!! Spoken by some junior GWS player

conglio wrote:

"I've worked with Simon a little bit this year and even though he's been halfway across the world in England, there wouldn’t have been a weekend that he didn't shoot me a text and ask how things were going."

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Yep thohse giants sure have attracted "quality people" alright! He's on the other side of the friggin planet, with enough time to, and i quote "shoot a text on the weekend"


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Its too much!!! Please someone lock this thread, my abs are in pain from the laughing!! :_<> :_<> :-+ :-+ :_<>

Oh GGF, Eliagh! Just admit you don't know what an all round sportsman is, huh? In order to get the job, Katich would have HAD to show an understanding of AFL! Which would count you out instantly!!

Cricketers in general are sportsmen. Many played AFL during the winter to keep their fitness levels up. Did you know that former Carlton star Craig Bradley played for the Bushrangers as well a few times? Hey, Warnie played for the St Kilda Under 19's! Remember Max Walker? He played for the Melbourne Under 19's! Simon O'Donnell? Played more than a few senior games for St Kilda!!

And the ownership continues......

So fuckin what. I've played mens marngrook in alice springs, the netherlands and sydney.

Facts are GWS couldnt pickup someone of the callibre, and with the relevant experience, of an even a b grade ex AFL player!

Instead, it's a cricketer for them!

A cricketer who's being paid to, and I quote, "send a few texts on a sat'dy morn from England"!!!!

Lock her up folks, this thread is doombed!!! Xman!? Get your ass in here ya dumb mod bitch and save ur fellow AFL goons! :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>

Is he in England following a REAL international sport.
Not a WIKI pretend one..

NRLCrap1 wrote:

214Four wrote:

What AF fans should really be discussing about this is how did the Giants public profile get so bad in only two years, and why does GWS need to use news like this(signing katich lol) to get some form of media focus.

BULLSHIT! The man wouldn't have been recruited if he couldn't do the job he was given, and he can because he is an all round SPORTSMAN! The fact that he is best known for cricket is a fricking side issue only.

Hey, Eliagh, if Norman was an all round sportsman like Katich then the Storm would be being smart! But he's not!

Getting it yet?

my arguement was never if katich can or cannot do the job, and i agree he is an all round sportsman, the thing i bought up was that it seems very desperate on GWS's behalf that they tried to turn what really is just signing a coaching staff member into some way to get some form of media attention cos that person happened to have captained NSW at some stage, mind you the media attention was still just as feckle as it has been since mid 2012 for GWS. To me this shows clearly that the Giants public profile has weakened substancially now to the point where they need to stur up news stories like this one just to have a shot at someone writing about them...

Alot of southerners will say this is because GWS are not successful on the field but how can that be so when they were the most successful in terms of public and media spotlight before their inaugural season and upto about halfway into season one, back then everyone knew GWS were going to be woddern spooners and then watched them play like that too for quite some time before their profile and image started to get damaged. it does not have anything to do with the giants players and their performances (i would actually say the players onfield never say die attitude has actually prevented GWS from having an even worse image issue), what i see as one of the biggest issues that made GWS's public image and interest drop and keep doing so(other than the total sporting cultural clash) is the promotion hungry attitude by the AFL in the early years trying to get this team on everyones mind.

after awhile of sensless, arrogant at times and also afew times caught out to be fictional, the sydney public started groing tired of this so called GWS who keeps going on about this, and then that yadda yadda... Nobody likes a new boy in town to walk in with a loud and smug attitude and start telling everyone how good he is and how much your gunna like him...

^^^^i dont understand the AFL for why they tried to do it this way aswell, f**k sake its not like they didnt have an example that worked already, aka the swans. the swans came in quietly, respectfully and respect built for them over time. The AFL keeps going on how GWS is a 30 year goal, well there 'all guns blazzin' approach with the giants seems more like trying to strive for success inside 5 years not 30, lol the swans have been there for 30 and are still trying.

214Four wrote:

NRLCrap1 wrote:

214Four wrote:

What AF fans should really be discussing about this is how did the Giants public profile get so bad in only two years, and why does GWS need to use news like this(signing katich lol) to get some form of media focus.

BULLSHIT! The man wouldn't have been recruited if he couldn't do the job he was given, and he can because he is an all round SPORTSMAN! The fact that he is best known for cricket is a fricking side issue only.

Hey, Eliagh, if Norman was an all round sportsman like Katich then the Storm would be being smart! But he's not!

Getting it yet?

my arguement was never if katich can or cannot do the job, and i agree he is an all round sportsman, the thing i bought up was that it seems very desperate on GWS's behalf that they tried to turn what really is just signing a coaching staff member into some way to get some form of media attention cos that person happened to have captained NSW at some stage, mind you the media attention was still just as feckle as it has been since mid 2012 for GWS. To me this shows clearly that the Giants public profile has weakened substancially now to the point where they need to stur up news stories like this one just to have a shot at someone writing about them...

Alot of southerners will say this is because GWS are not successful on the field but how can that be so when they were the most successful in terms of public and media spotlight before their inaugural season and upto about halfway into season one, back then everyone knew GWS were going to be woddern spooners and then watched them play like that too for quite some time before their profile and image started to get damaged. it does not have anything to do with the giants players and their performances (i would actually say the players onfield never say die attitude has actually prevented GWS from having an even worse image issue), what i see as one of the biggest issues that made GWS's public image and interest drop and keep doing so(other than the total sporting cultural clash) is the promotion hungry attitude by the AFL in the early years trying to get this team on everyones mind. after awhile of sensless, arrogant at times and also afew times caught out to be fictional, the sydney public started groing tired of this so called GWS who keeps going on about this, and then that yadda yadda... Nobody likes a new boy in town to walk in with a loud and smug attitude and start telling everyone how good he is and how much your gunna like him...

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Yes very nicely spoken there 214. You sum up the points so cooly and calmly considering how absurdly funny this thread is. I also liked your point earlier that, compared to GWS's desperation, its of an even a lower moral and intellectual status that our swines had the gall to promote this news article as something amazing. I mean, the desperation is beyond belief!

I mean, have a go at the title he chose to CAPITALISE on!!! :_<>

Katich for fucks sake!

Somebody! Please!! Lock this thread up!!! It's a friggin NRL supporter feeding frenzy in here!!!! :_<>

King-Eliagh wrote:

So fuckin what. I've played mens marngrook in alice springs, the netherlands and sydney.

No you haven't. Your call for this thread to be locked up should be applied to you!

214Four wrote:

my arguement was never if katich can or cannot do the job, and i agree he is an all round sportsman

See, Eliagh?? Agreement from your side of the fricking fence!

214Four wrote:

it seems very desperate on GWS's behalf that they tried to turn what really is just signing a coaching staff member into some way to get some form of media attention

And you're wrong and you have no evidence of such a bullshit assertion.

Yes I have played marngrook in those regions crap1. You cant prove otherwise, and no im not going to give you my name and clubs because i dont give out personal info. Beaussie knows the truth, he's told TLPG before that I play in private message so send him a pm and enjoy the response ya lil ladette.

Katich is a sportsman. An 'all round sportsman' is a term you've hashed up, without any evidence, to support your feeble, oh so feeble case crapper. So prove your silly term, I dont give two shits whether 214 believes it or not, i want some evidence. Comon it shouldnt be hard to find considering he's such a high profile aussie.

Yes 214 is seems extremely desperate of GWS. As does the title swines has put to this classic thread :D

NRLCrap1 wrote:

214Four wrote:

it seems very desperate on GWS's behalf that they tried to turn what really is just signing a coaching staff member into some way to get some form of media attention

And you're wrong and you have no evidence of such a bullshit assertion.

well id say a case for what the courts would call 'substancial evidence' is the fact they they(GWS) are the only sporting team of any code in sydney that would feel the need to,
sign up a former state captain and aussie selected 'sportsman' and have him work with in the mentoring/development/coaching department. the main issue here is he was a cricket player. Now seriously NRLcrap1 do you really think that katich was selected solely on what he could bring to the club development and experierence wise? No. How can he be the best for the job when there would be so many ex AFL stars out there gws management could of chosen that would have been better suited in issues facing young AFL players, the fitness and conditioning requirements and the technical know-how to teach them after playing in the AFL.

most of the players wouldnt really know too much about katich other than he played cricket, the GWS players would have gelled better with someone they apire to be, and got more out of it development wise if they selected an AFL star, Katich will be alot less respected and players more likely to be less desiplined under him than an ex star of AFL they grew up adoring and following.

katich is less qualified in all i mentioned above so the only possible reason for his selection by the Giants management is there is something he can offer the club that these ex AFL stars could not.. what could it be?? lets see, i know... his an ex nsw captain (im pretty sure GWS reside there) so he is somewhat more reconisable here than an ex AFL player and he could bring in more potential media sportlight. also perhaps gws management also think the NSW cricket fans interest in the team will grow with 'one of their players' now assioated with the club. GWS probably thought his (katich) 'sportsman' qualities should just be suffice so that it doesnt look like a cock-out...

Sounds very much like folau mach 2 in preceedings.
at least if katich is deemed hopeless they can always let him run out with the water bottles and make it look like it wasnt a farse..