Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:38 pm  

Barnabus wrote:

Who is your source? Is it a bloke from the pub panther?

Not willing to release my source I'm afraid. Although having observed these boards over the years who does?

I personally can't see many more high profile NRL players coming to SL after Ellis....amazing that he chose us but his return was based on family reasons ....Jennings would be a class addition at centre but why would he want to give up State of Origin? Plus the salary cap and exchange rate down there represent real obstacles. However our new regime clearly have powers of persuasion so you never know....

Was interested to read in the press this morning that Gentle has sounded out an Aussie.....mmmmm...

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:40 pm  

Watched that West Tigers Gareth Ellis vid on that widely known video sharing site.
Think he might do alright for you lot

Please don't bother signing Benji as well

Which brings me that Ellis flick pass - wow, that was pretty good.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:33 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Standee wrote:

I think you'll find that I've said Whiting is an asset for a few seasons now, but you crack on responding to posters and not what they post eh.

A fair request, and here's mine for you: How about about you appraise players on how they are playing and not who they are?

It would have been a fair request if there was any relevance to it. 'Responding to the poster, not the post' is Standee's standard accusation about anyone who happens to think he posts garbage.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:12 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

It would have been a fair request if there was any relevance to it. 'Responding to the poster, not the post' is Standee's standard accusation about anyone who happens to think he posts garbage.

Nope, it's my standard response to you, because you rarely read what anyone writes and just spout your opinion as if it were accepted fact.

anyway, Ellis, a top signing and I look forward to seeing him in Black and White, I hope we recruit his kind of calibre in future for our other position in which we actually need strengthening.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:23 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

It would have been a fair request if there was any relevance to it. 'Responding to the poster, not the post' is Standee's standard accusation about anyone who happens to think he posts garbage.

I appreciate that, but it is sometimes a relevant point (not that I'm saying it was in this case). What I do find strange though is his tendency to IMO take a view on a player, and then maintain that stance when commenting on various aspects of that player regardless of whether the evidence still supports that view (or ever/previously did). That’s applying exactly the same mentality as he is complaining about IMO.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:41 pm  

Standee wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

It would have been a fair request if there was any relevance to it. 'Responding to the poster, not the post' is Standee's standard accusation about anyone who happens to think he posts garbage.

Nope, it's my standard response to you, because you rarely read what anyone writes and just spout your opinion as if it were accepted fact.

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Rubbish. It's an accusation you make frequently, and not just to me. It's a substitute for you being able to form a coherent argument.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:43 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

It would have been a fair request if there was any relevance to it. 'Responding to the poster, not the post' is Standee's standard accusation about anyone who happens to think he posts garbage.

I appreciate that, but it is sometimes a relevant point (not that I'm saying it was in this case). What I do find strange though is his tendency to IMO take a view on a player, and then maintain that stance when commenting on various aspects of that player regardless of whether the evidence still supports that view (or ever/previously did). That’s applying exactly the same mentality as he is complaining about IMO.

Absolutely. His posts about Jason Smith confirm that point. Arguably the best player we've had since Sterling, yet Standee can't find a good word to say about him.

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:45 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Absolutely. His posts about Jason Smith confirm that point. Arguably the best player we've had since Sterling, yet Standee can't find a good word to say about him.

Based on what??

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:48 pm  

jimmys sidestep wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

Absolutely. His posts about Jason Smith confirm that point. Arguably the best player we've had since Sterling, yet Standee can't find a good word to say about him.

Once saw him with a pint in his hand, or summat.

Based on what??

Re: Gareth Ellis signs!! : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:49 pm  

Fooking phone.