Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:19 am  

TheElectricGlidingWarrior wrote:

There's no moral ground to be had. He faces overt antagonism and outright hatred from opposition fans every time he walks out on to the field, calls from opposition fans for one of their own players to injure him, attempts by said players to injure him, constant booing. All supposedly justified--and constantly defended--because he allegedly niggles in some unspecified way unique to himself and no other RL player. The sheer hypocrisy in feigning shock when he returns the compliment is laughable, and some are going one further by claiming his flicking the Vs is the reason he's booed rather than the other way round!

Hypocracy applies to a denial of a balanced situation. Where one party is singular and in the public eye and the other is an unidentifiable group, how can there be balance?

I note that you don't feel offended by your own fans "irrational" dislike of McGuire or Bailey. The latter has dealt with more animosity from opposition fans over the years than Tomkins has had to deal with and, as far as I know, has never acted in such a childish manner.

What saddens me is that he should be such a positive for the game, he is a genuine talent. However, with behaviour like that the positives are negated.

Finally, these unfortunate incidents have occured probably since spectator sports were invented. What is really wrong is kn0b jockeys like you and the media justifying it, closely followed by a lack of action by the relevant governing bodies.

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:20 am  

You know, if you keep posting the same brain dead poop after I've deleted it several times then you'll find that your RLFans account doesn't work any more - McFld

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:57 am  

rodders wrote:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Love this thread, you trolling gimps can't stand that Wigan are back.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Yep Wigan are back, as were Bradford, St.Helens and then Leeds. Do you not realise that in Rugby League as in most sports apart from football, success goes in cycles.

As for trolling gimps, we are debating quite an interesting aspect to the game. That is how a player who has been booed and what he may see as being treated unfairly by fans, retaliate in an obscene and degrading manner. For me, Tomkins has spoilt what for me was probably one of the best finals there has been in recent years.

Enjoy your win, celebrate and lets see if you can get three SL titles in a row. When your coach leaves I will be interested to see how you play next season. I think that possibly Tony Smith and the wire will decrown you. I'm having a punt on them next year. Do you want to crawl back under your bridge now ?

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:02 am  

I hope you'll all be condemning Ryan Bailey for headbutting Ryan King this morning then.

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:05 am  

meh, he's always had this unpleasant side to his character, and I can't see there will ever be any improvement.

I take comfort in the thought that there is always a return match....

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:32 am  

Uhtred wrote:

I hope you'll all be condemning Ryan Bailey for headbutting Ryan King this morning then.

He headbutted Ryan King this morning ?

Was it a dispute over who paid for the coffees in Costa's?

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:33 am  

marathonman wrote:

hopefully the Aussies will break the little runt in two later this year .

Thought it wasn't the Leeds fasn booing him at the international?

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:49 am  

What a load of tosh. Sam Tomkins, Ryan Bailey, Long, Moz, Newton, Nickle, Matautia, Skerrett, Howard, Edwards, Laughton, Sampson . . . you see where I'm going? Rugby league loves it's bad boys. Loves it's hate figures. These men have all made us curse at they have all made us smile too.

They generate debate, garner comment and get the game column inches for the things they do. Love them or loath them as individuals we need them.

Sam must know it's only a matter of time till the game fixes it's hatred and ire on the next lad.

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:58 am  

loinertillidie wrote:

What a load of tosh. Sam Tomkins, Ryan Bailey, Long, Moz, Newton, Nickle, Matautia, Skerrett, Howard, Edwards, Laughton, Sampson . . . you see where I'm going? Rugby league loves it's bad boys. Loves it's hate figures. These men have all made us curse at they have all made us smile too.

They generate debate, garner comment and get the game column inches for the things they do. Love them or loath them as individuals we need them.

Sam must know it's only a matter of time till the game fixes it's hatred and ire on the next lad.

I thin he'll be hated all his career from his actions. I think hectares hate to another level from the names you've listed above.

Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:06 am  

St pete wrote:

I thin he'll be hated all his career from his actions. I think hectares hate to another level from the names you've listed above.

No Pete, when you lot were at your most successful best, the Saints players in that list were hated just as much by us Wigan fans as Sam Tomkins is by all the bitters this morning.

Success allied with arrogance brings the bitterest hatreds of all!