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Tonka

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  1. Actually I listened to Ray French a few years ago when I was driving so couldn't watch a match. Having got used to the current style for the last 20 years or so, it was really refreshing to hear how focused he was on the action. Even though he was one of the commentators when I first got into the game.
  2. I like old fashioned commentators who just say what’s going on
  3. 100%. I never liked Williams as a Wigan fan because I felt he was too individualistic. I liked what Stuart was turning him into.
  4. But I mean if it’s on telly you could just like…watch it
  5. It doesn't look like the classiest gear, sadly. The lion logo's a bit of a weird choice given the context.
  6. Yeah that's what a thought...but does anyone know anywhere that consistently publishes all the squads (no offence to totalrl.com but I think the squads are sometimes on here, but not always)
  7. ...if there's a site where all this weekend's squads are announced? I have the same problem every week with my Super League Dream Team, which is that you have until midday today to make any squad changes, but I can only find out about Wigan v Huddersfield. Or are the rest not announced til tomorrow?
  8. I just have a funny feeling Wigan will nick this. Yes I'm a Wigan fan. And by funny feeling I mean I want them to win. So I can go to Wembley.
  9. Lots of things, but it’s unmatched for excitement when your team makes a break, whether it’s a prop steamrollering through or a winger searing down the wing, the structure of rugby league means that there’s a good chance a score is on. Love it.
  10. Yeah and fair play to you. I started picking up some niggles I couldn’t shake, my career was taking off and giving up my Saturdays was becoming an issue - basically after playing rugby from about 13 - 32 I was ok to knock it on the head. And actually I’ve picked up other sports since that are less risky. I do miss it a bit but overall not, so all is well in the universe!
  11. You could interpret it a lot of ways: he wouldn’t want to go round again in his 50 year old body, he’s matured and doesn’t need the physicality any more, he’s got a new role in life and doesn’t miss the old one, rugby league is very tough and he’s been there and done it. I was a fraction of the player Terry O’Connor was and played league and union but I’m 43 now and I don’t miss playing in the sense that I’ve had my fun on a rugby pitch, life’s moved on and I don’t have the same urge (or ability) to get battered around like that, especially as a league prop/union second row as I was, and vets/third team rugby wouldn’t do it for me. But it’s not a negative comment about the game. Edit: contrast that with Robin’s take, it’s just where I am with it…
  12. I don’t think coke would be a reliable performance enhancer, but it’s a horrible little drug and I think the bans reflect the fact they have a responsibility by being in the public eye.
  13. Great video, what a great, humble guy
  14. Got an eye on turning him into a prop I imagine
  15. Yeah, I hear you. I think you get a lot of confirmation bias, especially online, where people interpret things in line with their expectation/agenda/whatever rather than properly thinking through the pros and cons, and their relative importance. Hope it goes well, I'm a Wigan fan but have always had a soft spot for Salford and want them to do well.
  16. Well it depends, doesn’t it? If the numbers work, spending £x on even a 21 year lease to add 3k to the capacity might be more than viable, whether or not they extend the lease after that time or look elsewhere.
  17. To be fair to Ray he quite deliberately said "full commercial control" in his original post. When he says "effectively, yes" on the issue of legal ownership, he's not trying to suggest that leasehold = legal ownership of the title. We all know, however, that leasehold ownership is akin to full ownership if you can treat the asset as yours, and that's all he's saying. The length of the lease will be important (21 years is different to 100, for example), as will whether Salford as leaseholder is free to develop the seating capacity or make any other changes to enhance the stadium. I just want to wish good luck to Ray, he comes across as pragmatic and on top of the issues.
  18. Good job they've got such a good vaccine rollout. Oh...
  19. In early 2021 I got tickets for the WC final for me and my 3 best mates. Was really looking forward to it as a big post-lockdown event. One was married to my sister - they’ve divorced and he won’t speak to me any more. Another has developed a brain tumour - it’s 50/50 whether he will even be alive. And now they’ve cancelled the tournament because of those stupid, stupid b*stards in Australia. Still, chin up eh? I’m inclined to blame Australia for all of the above.
  20. Simon Johnson is spot on. They are being absolute wusses.
  21. A quick google tells me coke is in your blood and saliva for about 2 days, urine for about 4 days and hair for up to 90 days. This varies depending on quantity, etc. Interestingly a cocaine metabolite (cocaethylene) is created when you have it with alcohol and can be detected in your urine up to 10 days after consumption. I suspect that applies to most social use. If it was a roadside test it was probably saliva which suggests he had it in the 48 hours before driving. It doesn't necessarily follow that he'd be "under the influence" of it in the sense of being physically affected. On a personal level I'm not overly quick to judge a young person for using recreational drugs (a hell of a lot of people do) but I expect this, with the other stuff he's been doing will affect his career prospects sadly, so to that extent he's bloody stupid.
  22. Is this the oldest running topic ever!? My ###### RL spots are: Chris Morley at Chester Races Danny Brough at the Black Seal in Trearddur Bay Brian McDermott in Zorans in St Margarets when he was at Broncos/Harlequins RL
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