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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    Time to set some KPI's me thinks
    Just curious - how long till he gets some forgiveness?

    KPI's were said, allegedly, in 2011?

    If we can set a figure I will get an idea of how long I have to put up with the RA/Wallabies/De-Clyne/The Sky is falling routine

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    Quote Originally Posted by .X. View Post

    If we can set a figure I will get an idea of how long I have to put up with the RA/Wallabies/De-Clyne/The Sky is falling routine
    The answer to that is up to you X. It's only about a week since you declared yourself part of " us experts on the East Coast, you know the Shute Shield crowd -". I think you'd have to rescind your membership there. They are the loudest RA critics by a long chalk. Then stop reading every news outlet except the Telecrap and SMH. Then confine yourself to watching only the Fox Sports sycophants. That should do it.

    Oh, yeh: about JO'C. I think everyone will love him again when he actually walks the walk, no drama.

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    Quote Originally Posted by .X. View Post
    Just curious - how long till he gets some forgiveness?

    KPI's were said, allegedly, in 2011?

    If we can set a figure I will get an idea of how long I have to put up with the RA/Wallabies/De-Clyne/The Sky is falling routine
    Just after the kiwis let the Chappellis off the hook

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    Just after the kiwis let the Chappellis off the hook
    Might be a while. They also have another ammo belt chock full of bullets marked Warner and pockets full of Smiths and Bancrofts. Plenty of which will be fired at Old Trafford next week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    Just after the kiwis let the Chappellis off the hook
    just casually drop in the name Lou Vincent,that normally does the trick

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    Quote Originally Posted by brokendown gunfighter View Post
    just casually drop in the name Lou Vincent,that normally does the trick
    Or Darryl Tuffy

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    I get where you're coming from X, but jeez, James OConnor being part of the RWC? After doing the hard yards in Stupor Rugby for years, forgoing the big bucks and extravagant Euro lifestyle..NOT! That shows exactly what a broken corrupt system Rugby in Australia has become. As to JOC, the guy has done exactly NOTHING to earn anybody's respect. The last we heard (after the debacle at Perth Airport) was him getting arrested and charged with drug violations in France. Now he's welcomed back to Thornes squeaky clean Reds. Sheesh, what do you expect peoples reaction to be

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    Just after the kiwis let the Chappellis off the hook
    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    Might be a while. They also have another ammo belt chock full of bullets marked Warner and pockets full of Smiths and Bancrofts. Plenty of which will be fired at Old Trafford next week.
    Well, at least this time they can't throw a match to keep us out of the semi-finals like they did in '92


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    Latest Fox Sports Tripe lists JOC as a "shock ommission" from the Wallabies squad touring South Africa.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by chibi View Post
    Well, at least this time they can't throw a match to keep us out of the semi-finals like they did in '92
    To be fair we tried to return the favour in 1999.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sittingbison View Post
    I get where you're coming from X, what do you expect peoples reaction to be
    OK - First up - James O'Connor hasn't been selected for the RWC Squad - yet.

    And if he does get selected. Does that say more about the lack of talent here in Australia? Or is it all about James?

    Here is my problem/issue/complaint about today



    Once upon a time - TWF was shining light of Rugby goodness in a world where the forums were the home of positivity and glowing with goodness.

    Now-a-day the collective members of TWF - no I am not singling out you - we see a RA under every bed. A hidden message in every press statement and anyone who used to play for the Western Force and now has the audacity to play for another team is considered the Devil.

    I am a supporter of the Western Force, I am a supporter of the Wallabies. I love that my home town of Geraldton has a team in the Perth competition and that they are doing well. I love that my club here in Sydney is playing Rugby now for 128 years. I love the game of Rugby Union.

    The game of Rugby is bigger then a group of clueless suits that sit in a boardroom in Moore Park.

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    Only one point of correction x

    JOC made himself the devil when he left the force so acrimoniously. I have had nothing but good things to say about some ex-forcemen.

    K-bomb, when he left for England for instance, I was devastated, but only had praise for a loyal servant.

    Michael Ruru is a more recent example, so disappointed that he's sitting behind a soulless hype merchant at the Rebs.

    Dont confuse the fact that I think he's a dick and he used to play for the force as causation

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    Jeez X he hasn't been at the Force since 2011 !! He was very much appreciated here until Graham ruined the whole shebang. He's been a douche everywhere else since then. THATS what he is mostly judged on. Sure, his effort at abandoning ship was a sign of things to come, and made him pretty much the ONLY reviled ex Force player. He has never rectified those perceptions.

    And yes, RA is under every bed, because Clyne is a control freak and RA has become a complete farce, the worst run sporting organisation ever. And that's saying a lot, given both incarnations of soccer here, ZA rugby, Tennis Australia, the 87 America's Cup defence, English sport as a whole etc etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    To be fair we tried to return the favour in 1999.
    Pfft, Australia would never stoop so low.

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