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At the humble pie shop ?

It wasn’t incompetence, it was a last gasp effort to play nrl,and when that didn't work. Change tak

We are in a pretty good place

He got the right players,from what was available. And more importantly in my opinion, he didn't rush out and overpay players. Look at the Titans now, Tino has a 10 year contract at 1.2 million per season, with an option in his favour every year. Gus would NEVER sign such a ludicrously bad deal...

It shows where we "were" and where we "are" . And that's down to 2 blokes . . .Gus and Ciro. Everything has a positive vibe and outlook now. Even with the topine thing.

TBH if the Roosters played like that when we played them, we would have struggled to win.

Same. Copping shit was bad, pity was worse.

He has received poor short sighted advice that will impact him for a long time.

It's unravelling now, if it makes it to court, the judge will see that topines decision making process,from the time he was late,onwards has lead to his loss of career. The agent sending out his name as an available player, 3 weeks prior to topine lodging the claim,is a bad,bad look and will not...

His case has more holes in it than a fishnet stocking

Lol,I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but is this relevant to it . . . So he goes on sick leave in July, he has 8 days sick leave available, he is unable to be contacted, at the end of October Gould sends the email they respond to

The wording seems so dramatic

It's not like the club tried to get rid of him as soon as his sick leave was up, they tried to contact him,as did the NRL. He ignored correspondence, it appears correspondence with lawyers wasnt too tough for him, once he realised the Bulldogs wouldn't just keep paying him.

Definitely. He hasn't dropped his bundle in reggies, he has just got on with it. And hasn't been playing badly at all. Some people need the game for more than money

Topine did not know he was late, misinterpreting the schedule listing of “Arrive/strapping 8am” then “Wrestle 8.30am”. It does say he misinterpreted the schedule . . . Maybe it was written in Cantonese :tearsofjoy:

I think the punishment perfectly fits the crime. He was about 10 minutes late on wrestling day . . . And received about 10 minutes extra wrestling

Maybe topine thinks you're only late if you think you're late . . . So because he didn't think he was late, he couldn't have been.

If Burns opted for the punishment after Topine had it. It means Jackson wasn't the only 1 to receive the punishment.

Semantics, The team were told to be there at 8 The induction thing was your irrelevant analogy

I wonder if it was known, that if you're late, you wrestle the team

lol, what aspect of what i said was factually incorrect? If someone is being inducted at 8 but start at 830, your saying it's just acceptable disregard the induction, because they start at 830 ? lol in what fucking workplace ? :tearsofjoy:

It was their publication that made public Topine's name. They are unscrupulous enough to do it

Irrelevant, the team were told to be there at 8 for strapping,no one else misunderstood, otherwise they would have received the same punishment. He was just late. And in my opinion,rather than just being accountable for his actions,like every other player for the last 116 years, he is throwing a...

Topine was late for wrestling training and was punished with more more wrestling. If Knight was late for a video session or recovery he can't be punished with more of that can he ? Hence a different punishment

Was Knight late to wrestling training ?

And the 3 that went to Hull

It's got nothing on this blokes name ! "Tuaomaliemavaitoelau Patea" How the he'll do you say that ? played ball for Penrith this year

Lol, I noticed that yesterday.

Cheers mate

They play Melbourne next week too, so they will be 0-8

And his brother Sonny bill

I agree, I think ideally the club would have been open to give him the full amount he was entitled to initially. Why wouldn't they ? He wouldn't have been on huge money.But once you severe all contact and go down the legal path, it changes everything, for ever. The reason he will cop grief for...

It'd be interesting if the players that are still here say they took it easy on him.

I meant if they are forced to give evidence. The club will likely call some players up as witnesses if the general consensus was that it wasn't as grave as topine made out.

The worst thing for topine is, even if he does get some money I can't see it helping his mental health whether he has issues now or not. He will be getting comments about it for the rest of his life. And if the court decides the punishment was reasonable and finds in the club's favour, it will...

It will be interesting to hear what the rest of the players that were there have to say, that's for sure

if those are documented,but not disclosed,that will damage his case,you would have to think

Liam Knight is an example, I bet there have been physical punishments to others too

The real "deets" are out. I'm not sure what else you're expecting.

And I reckon if you remove point 2 that's why there is a court case,in a nutshell . . .He didn't think he was late and he got the shits and he is having a dummy spit.

Id say whats been happening between then and now is 10 months of conniving. So should Liam Knight throw in the towel and just sue for 4 million too ? Oh and BTW, topine wasn't bullied out of football, he stopped going to training.

I can see this going away quickly. But there will be lasting ramifications from it

Where do they get 30-35 players from ? We had so many busted players last year,they must have been grabbing blokes from Belmore station or something,those numbers sound inflated

I get the fact he may have had an undiagnosed or underlying problem, but how does that translate into a 4 million dollar lawsuit against the Bulldogs. In relation to Gus mentioning mental health, I'm sure he was against naming the player involved because he was concerned about his mental health...

Probably because it's worse than having to wrestle your team mates after a wrestling session

I think you're under the misapprehension he has undergone some sort of life changing trauma. He didn't walk into the wrestling session wanting to be an NRL player and walk out unable to play ever again though. If you believe that, would you be Interested in buying my bridge that goes over the...

If there is jelly wrestling involved, he won't be suitable.

I was a bit sceptical about having 3 small blokes on the bench,but even after losing our starting prop in the first few minutes we looked good. Each time we get an injury it creates another selection dilemma for Ciro because the replacement comes in and does a great job

I think you're taking the "deprivation of liberty" aspect of this too literally, he could have said "I'm too tired,I want too stop" he wasn't in the coliseum forced to fight, he could have left

It's taken him 3 years to play 16 games in a struggling team,40 games for him,would have been pretty optimistic before all this. Perhaps his management should have tried to get him a deal elsewhere,rather than leak his name to the media.Although I suspect they did and that's how we ended up here

He fits in perfectly and his best is probably still a couple of years away. He was the perfect player for Gus and CC to bring to the club

I think maybe after the way there was almost overwhelming support for the Dogs,when it was spoken about initially , they were encouraged to provide some balance. I was surprised how strongly Elias and toovey opposed Kent and Anasta tbh

No impact on our cap.

It would explain why I'm not a mental health expert ?

Im no mental health expert either, but it appears to me like someone shamelessly using mental illness for financial benefit. Bad advice or not.

I wonder if he will go after them individually next

I meant the game that was postponed due to the weather a couple of weeks ago

The best part of that statement is where topine is referred to as a former player.

I wouldn't complain about that. He would fit in perfectly

I bet only players who left the Dogs last year will come out and support him

"But if you make me wrestle, I'll sue"

School holidays again is it ?

We won't get our points until next week :tearsofjoy:

Does anyone know what happens in relation the postponed game we had in Flegg a couple of weeks ago ?

I'll be surprised if topine is playing

It's because you're shouting all the time

that makes you 2×bitch or bitch² or something then :tearsofjoy:

I knew you pleading the fifth wouldn't last . . . Now you've let it slip you're a female and a Broncos fan silly

What a shock. He was a great player, tough, skilful loved a bit of biffo and was a great character. R.I.P. Tezza

No sure mate, but I reckon you'd have to start with smooth before trying crunchy though :tearsofjoy:

Sounds true, you would have said something much sooner had you known :tearsofjoy:

And in the press conference after the Dogs game, he was.

He was a talented tough player . . .An avid wrestler too I believe

More like waited till we had a bye,so the media can't even talk about how we played or anything else club related for 2 weeks

Some players just aren't cut out for NRL. I think he came to the realisation that he was going to be a fringe player at the very best and came to conclusion that before he just faded into obscurity, he should use this opportunity to try and cash in.

Well said.

He can go and suck a rooster

I think they used to use peanut butter . . . Your method sounds unorthodox, but equally effective

Wise choice, now back to the stable you go :tearsofjoy:

He doesn't have a license . . . Got caught speeding to training, and was late paying the fine

Sounds like you've played that card before :tearsofjoy:

I was actually referring to Buzz copping grief about his bias against us. But I do recall them talking about topine now you mention it. The only support he will get it from the bleeding heart wokes

They openly mock him about it on 360, it's great

I'm sure topine knows when this blows up in the media, that it will make him virtually unemployable in the NRL, hence the ridiculous number. I don't think anyone who thought they had a long, successful NRL career ahead of them,would go down this path

You'd be talking like Mr Ed in 5 minutes :tearsofjoy:

I was only thinking yesterday how much bye week sux, because there there wouldn't be anything in the news about us . . .oops

He will get a story a week out of this,until it is over.

Hopefully a contract at the very least

"Yes mum" :tearsofjoy: Seriously though, most fans would be disappointed if this were to happen to their club, and rothfield and his cronies make shit up about our club all the time anyway, everyone knows that

He's only on on Monday's, He will make sure the topine story remains at the top of the news cycle until Monday and there will be no mention of Trindall by then.

Ideally,all our players get to training on time and this in an isolated incident. But right now, I hope it isn't. If this,or similar, has happened to plenty of blokes in the current squad and they found it reasonable, then it blows wide holes in his case imo

Our whole attitude has changed, weeding out out those with the wrong attitude has obviously helped immensely

I wonder if we can counter sue him for fraudulently claiming money as an nrl player ? :tearsofjoy:

Is this his lawyer ? Sounds like it might be, the case is similar :tearsofjoy:

Trying to get what he can out of the club and the game while he can.

We'll find out soon enough when it goes to court. I can't imagine anyone from the club currently,doing anything but defend what's happened

Yeah that is a bit harsh if true. He mightn't have set the comp on fire,but he doesn't deserve to be booed . . . Unlike Topine. Who should be booed whenever he leaves the house for suing the club

What a harrowing story. You should speak to Topine's lawyers, I'm sure they'll represent you. They'll probably have to turn "pissing down rain" into "water boarding" , make 2 laps sound like a marathon and exaggerate a few more fabrications of course . . . Then all you'll have to do is pick a...

Give him 19.95 for an alarm clock from kmart