Rooney's windfall could trigger player exodus

[Major JW Hochstetter]

Perhaps Gaz doesn't feel pretty enough in red and white?

 

[ronnyd]

Awesome article from Tallis.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 14,00.html

Tallis didn't mention that Gasnier is engaged to a French girl who is reportedly homesick..? Its it not as if he handled his own departure from St George perfectly either, he to wished to break contract early. Sometimes these guys just need to keep their mouths shut!!

 

[Guest]

Gasnier should toughen up then and set his misses straight, who is the man of the relationship.
Well it doesnt surprise me coming from a guy who has a Everton image, who the hell goes for the scum.
YNWA.

 

[Kimlo]

Gasnier is too money hungry, what a brilliant article by tallis.

 

[schmix]

Gasnier should toughen up then and set his misses straight, who is the man of the relationship

Sometimes sarcasm is difficult to detect in the typed word. I suggest you always accompany remarks like this with a [icon_wink or a [icon_razz1.

 

[gUt]

Years from now when we look back and remember the class players such as Inglis, Folou, Hodges and Inu, Gasnier will be nothing more than his uncle's nephew. The one thing I will remember about him is the Sauce Squirting Sausages affair.

Good riddance to an overrated grub - THERE I SAID IT!1!

 

[Coxy]

Attention ladies of Francais: The Toey Human. Coming to a Patisserie near you!

 

[gUt]

fkn lol, that's right.

The Toey Human.

 

[Hamm.0]

Years from now when we look back and remember the class players such as Inglis, Folou, Hodges and Inu, Gasnier will be nothing more than his uncle's nephew. The one thing I will remember about him is the Sauce Squirting Sausages affair.

Good riddance to an overrated grub - THERE I SAID IT!1!

So you are now falling into line with my train of thought gUt? In reference to the first few posts of this thread and how the greats get remembered and get sponsership, etc? eusa_think

 

[gUt]

Well, I think it matters more to me than to them if they play for Australia or play SOO. I say this without evidence of course, unless you count Gasnier's defection as evidence.

But what I was referring to was years from now when we talk about the GREAT players, the way we talk about the likes of Meninga, Lewis, Langer today. The players I mentioned may or may not be remembered in that way but one player who definitely won't be is Mark Gasnier.

You can't take my fond reminisence to the bank. Hence it's bon voyage to the Toey Human.

 

[gUt]

Just reread your earlier stuff and I get what you are saying. Presuming a player intends to live in Australia past his retirement then surely it makes more sense to stay here for less money now, crack into the rep arena and try to carve a name for yourself so that Aussie men will always buy you beers and Aussie companies will want your face plastered on their products or TV stations. I accept that arguement.

However, I think it's worth remembering that these footy players are encouraged to leave "that side" of their careers to their managers to work out. It's a cruel stereotype but footy players sometimes don't come across as the sharpest tools in the shed. Now what's a manager likely to do when he is earning a cut of a player's contract. Tell him to accept a short term paycut and work really hard so that just maybe he will be set for life? Or, if the opportunity comes, take the big bucks now, while you still can, you might not get another chance like this... you see what I am saying?

Let's pretend I am a professional dog sh1t collector in the local park, where I live. I have a manager to handle my business for me because let's face it, being a professional dog sh1t collector I have probably never seen the inside of a book in my life. I am happily collecting dog sh1t in the park one day, and the people who live there are cheerfully thanking me and telling me they'll buy me a beer at the pub later. Strangely, none of them want my autograph.

My manager calls me on the phone and says, gUt, we have a situation. I've been told there's a vacancy in the Capital City Zoo to pick up after the elephants, rhinos, hippos and all the other animals. You will get to handle animal dung in front of literally hundreds of people every day, and what's more you'll get a huge boost to your income. You can either stay here and handle dog turds in this small park but be fondly remembered by the locals, or you can leave for the big smoke for better money but no one will know your name.

Gasnier has chosen the elephant poo.

 

[rnabokov]

I'd love Gus, Daley and Rabs to be offered French lessons and a squillion dollars to emigrate.

 

[Dexter]

Just reread your earlier stuff and I get what you are saying. Presuming a player intends to live in Australia past his retirement then surely it makes more sense to stay here for less money now, crack into the rep arena and try to carve a name for yourself so that Aussie men will always buy you beers and Aussie companies will want your face plastered on their products or TV stations. I accept that arguement.

However, I think it's worth remembering that these footy players are encouraged to leave "that side" of their careers to their managers to work out. It's a cruel stereotype but footy players sometimes don't come across as the sharpest tools in the shed. Now what's a manager likely to do when he is earning a cut of a player's contract. Tell him to accept a short term paycut and work really hard so that just maybe he will be set for life? Or, if the opportunity comes, take the big bucks now, while you still can, you might not get another chance like this... you see what I am saying?

Let's pretend I am a professional dog sh1t collector in the local park, where I live. I have a manager to handle my business for me because let's face it, being a professional dog sh1t collector I have probably never seen the inside of a book in my life. I am happily collecting dog sh1t in the park one day, and the people who live there are cheerfully thanking me and telling me they'll buy me a beer at the pub later. Strangely, none of them want my autograph.

My manager calls me on the phone and says, gUt, we have a situation. I've been told there's a vacancy in the Capital City Zoo to pick up after the elephants, rhinos, hippos and all the other animals. You will get to handle animal dung in front of literally hundreds of people every day, and what's more you'll get a huge boost to your income. You can either stay here and handle dog turds in this small park but be fondly remembered by the locals, or you can leave for the big smoke for better money but no one will know your name.

Gasnier has chosen the elephant poo.

[icon_lol1. [icon_lol1. [icon_lol1. Love your work gUt

 

[gUt]

here I was thinking it was the worst analogy in the history of the internet

 

[Black Philip]

Any Rugby league fan with half a brain can see the correlation between Gasnier going to play union in France and Elephant poo. Right?

 

[rnabokov]

And now, it's Thurston looking to go to eat Frog's Legs?

http://news.leaguehq.com.au/sport/i-may ... -3jq6.html

 

[Hamm.0]

And now, it's Thurston looking to go to eat Frog's Legs?

http://news.leaguehq.com.au/sport/i-may ... -3jq6.html

Lolz, what a crap article, my clkincher was the second paragraph (with spaces);

It has emerged that Thurston had been the target of a French rugby raid last year but the North Queensland skipper on Wednesday claimed he had first heard of the offer when he read a News Limited story on Sunday.

However, Thurston confirmed the European big bucks would be tempting when his contract expired at the end of the 2010 NRL season.

He was a target, but he didn't know? lolz [icon_lol1. [icon_lol1. [icon_lol1.

 

[rnabokov]

And now, it's Thurston looking to go to eat Frog's Legs?

http://news.leaguehq.com.au/sport/i-may ... -3jq6.html

Lolz, what a crap article, my clkincher was the second paragraph (with spaces);

It has emerged that Thurston had been the target of a French rugby raid last year but the North Queensland skipper on Wednesday claimed he had first heard of the offer when he read a News Limited story on Sunday.

However, Thurston confirmed the European big bucks would be tempting when his contract expired at the end of the 2010 NRL season.

He was a target, but he didn't know? lolz [icon_lol1. [icon_lol1. [icon_lol1.

So what? The real issue is that he'd said he consider it.