Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:26 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

For me the statue is more about RL than about wembley. Sullivan beat the ozzies and was the first black captain of any British international team. What encapsulates the spirit of RL more than that?

Offiah/Fox.

Vote Offiah/Fox.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:37 pm  

Offiah and his background with union? and I presume you mean one Fox brother than missed a conversion at Wembley which seemed a sitter! except for the wet pitch, also I am unsure about Steve Prescott even though we know he is doing a lot of charity work, it has got to be someone with some real Rugby League history that people will recognise in sport and not just RL.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:49 pm  

jaybs wrote:

[/color] it has got to be someone with some real Rugby League history that people will recognise in sport and not just RL.

Why? It's about rugby league not individual players.

Vote Offiah/Fox.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:50 pm  

jaybs wrote:

it has got to be someone with some real Rugby League history that people will recognise in sport and not just RL.

1) Why?
2) Such as...

Sorry for the interrogation style short questions, just the simplest way of asking.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:51 pm  

McClennan wrote:

Vote Offiah/Fox.

Nein Nein Nein Nein Nein!

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:57 pm  

Here's the two pics that could form the basis of Offiah/Fox. Imagine those two iconic images back-to-back on the same podium. It would be incredible. Tell me of another sporting statue that you know of that exemplifies the drama and entertainment of its sport. I can't think of one because usually their just boring portrait statues. It's also a bridge between the old part-time RL and the foundations of the professional era. It's absolutely perfect and whoever thought of the idea first should be applauded. Bravo!

Here's the two pics that could form the basis of Offiah/Fox. Imagine those two iconic images back-to-back on the same podium. It would be incredible. Tell me of another sporting statue that you know of that exemplifies the drama and entertainment of its sport. I can't think of one because usually their just boring portrait statues. It's also a bridge between the old part-time RL and the foundations of the professional era. It's absolutely perfect and whoever thought of the idea first should be applauded. Bravo!

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:00 pm  

Tony Stark wrote:

1) Why?
2) Such as...

Sorry for the interrogation style short questions, just the simplest way of asking.

As it a statue to mark our game of RUGBY LEAGUE then someone who has played an important part in our game, Great Britain Player & Captain, Lance Todd Winner or someone a Winner at Wembley.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:01 pm  

McClennan wrote:

Why? It's about rugby league not individual players.

Vote Offiah/Fox.

No Problem it being a trio of players but Offiah is as well known as a union player and Fox for missing a goal at Wembley so being a loser?

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:09 pm  

jaybs wrote:

and Fox for missing a goal at Wembley so being a loser?

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I have posted this in response a few times to people who have said that Fox shouldn't be part of the statue because "He's a loser",

You are missing the point about choosing Fox. 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.

If you add Offiah onto the other side of the statue it's perfect because the Offiah image feeds on the same kind of raw emotion that losing does.

Vote Offiah/Fox.

Re: Wembley Statue, who should it be? : Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:35 pm  

jaybs wrote:

As it a statue to mark our game of RUGBY LEAGUE then someone who has played an important part in our game, Great Britain Player & Captain, Lance Todd Winner or someone a Winner at Wembley.

No I mean literally why does it have to be a specific person, rather than something that represents the sport in general and its association with Wembley. And also why it has to be someone that is recognised in the wider world of sport when in reality the majority of people who will see it won't know any of the sports historic figures other than 'recent era' players or any of the iconic images that have been mentioned so far. Lets be honest the majority of Rugby League figures that get regular national exposure outside of the SL matches shown on sky, are those now associated with Rugby Union or are twonks like Stevo and Offiah.