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, Apr 16 2012 09:23 AM
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 09:24 AM
Sinfield, but not yet.
Maybe Burrow, but only because there's a recession on and bronze is expensive
EDIT: Just realised I missed the "not" in the subheading. Ignore me...
Maybe Burrow, but only because there's a recession on and bronze is expensive
EDIT: Just realised I missed the "not" in the subheading. Ignore me...
Edited by brooza, 16 April 2012 - 02:58 PM.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 11:32 AM
I think the list of people who shouldn't have a statue built outside the ground is quite long.
I particularly wouldn't like to see a statue outside Odsal commemoratiting Caisley and Harris sat around a table signing that contract.
Maybe not one of Nick Zisti, too.
I particularly wouldn't like to see a statue outside Odsal commemoratiting Caisley and Harris sat around a table signing that contract.
Maybe not one of Nick Zisti, too.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 12:22 PM
I particularly wouldn't like to see a statue outside Odsal commemoratiting Caisley and Harris sat around a table signing that contract.
I'd actually now like to see this.Great question this, very clearly worded.
After his comments on the Rangi Chase thread (which I haven't even commented on), I think Kenny Tiger probably shouldn't have a statue of him outside the ground.
Edited by Just Browny, 16 April 2012 - 12:24 PM.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 12:24 PM
I can remember when this were nowt but statues.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 12:29 PM
... anyone who is still alive.
Statues should be reserved for the long-since-dead-and-buried. There's something freaky about someone living to see their statue erected... what if they go mental with the ego boost and do something bad (like lose the plot and kill some random passersby with a shovel for not recognising them)? Would you have to replace the statue in the dead of night with one of some less controversial figure? There's something reassuring about the dead - their feats seem more legendary and they're less likely to cock up their image posthumously.
Statues should be reserved for the long-since-dead-and-buried. There's something freaky about someone living to see their statue erected... what if they go mental with the ego boost and do something bad (like lose the plot and kill some random passersby with a shovel for not recognising them)? Would you have to replace the statue in the dead of night with one of some less controversial figure? There's something reassuring about the dead - their feats seem more legendary and they're less likely to cock up their image posthumously.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 12:55 PM
Post Office Rd should not have a statue of Maggie Thatcher outside it!
Wakefield Trinity should not have a statue of John Pearman
A statue of Andy Farrell would not go down well at Langtree Park
Wakefield Trinity should not have a statue of John Pearman
A statue of Andy Farrell would not go down well at Langtree Park
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 01:17 PM
Pop to Headingley, then.
I understand they're in the process of erecting one there.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 02:49 PM
A statue of Andy Farrell would not go down well at Langtree Park
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 02:50 PM
London's original home ground really shouldn't have a statue of Michael Jackson outside it... oops!
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:53 PM
Shaun Edwards or Ellery Hanley - true world class players
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:58 PM
at the Gilbert Brutus
Sir Steve Menzies being chased by Tom Briscoe....
Sir Steve Menzies being chased by Tom Briscoe....
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:16 PM
Zook Ema.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:36 PM
Clive Sullivan by a country mile - one of the first (if not the first) coloured sportsmen to captain a national side and the last to beat the Aussies in a series + 200 games for Hull & Rovers and a fantastic bloke & player
Edited by Roy Boy, 16 April 2012 - 06:37 PM.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:42 PM
Willie Mason outside of Craven Park
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 07:32 PM
Rangi Chase outside post office road.......... A carlsberg statue
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 07:33 PM
Great question this, very clearly worded.
After his comments on the Rangi Chase thread (which I haven't even commented on), I think Kenny Tiger probably shouldn't have a statue of him outside the ground.
I agree, it's better in his garden
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:08 PM
Bah. This thread has been ruined by too many people taking it in the spirit in which it was intended, rather than in the petty, pedantic way which was funnier.
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 08:19 AM
That's a bit racist!Clive Sullivan by a country mile - one of the first (if not the first) coloured sportsmen to captain a national side and the last to beat the Aussies in a series + 200 games for Hull & Rovers and a fantastic bloke & player
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