Real Reason Why Jake Almost Died

[milanja]

Mullins was a 24hr chimney, cliff lyons would be smoking winfield reds during halftime, and I think is still playing seniors now.

[rooster69]

No big deal...let him enjoy a bunger, he's off the tools now......

[Johnny.]

smoke on the piss.

Get some Ian Gillan up ya!

[Salvatori Grubber]

You're have appalling taste in music, grandad.

[Tommy Smith]

Completely agree with you JT. The effort from some of the Roosters in that game was distinctly lacking. Cue the idiot turk to call me a wanker now.

And I completely disagree.

We're all adults so I'm not going to insult you. That would be childish. I'll merely stating that I disagree

Any suggestion that the boys didn't give their all last Friday is unfair imo. I'll leave it at that.

[easts4eva]

Funny how times change I remember before the 1980 Gf big John Harvey suckin on a bunger before they took the field. We lost that one.

[Johnny Tobin]

Completely agree with you JT. The effort from some of the Roosters in that game was distinctly lacking. Cue the idiot turk to call me a wanker now.

This season was a disgrace - especially the finals campaign.

But what would I know? I never played Origin.

[davos]

If he plays the way he has this season every season,he can have a carton of ciggies every offseason.

Arguably the best hooker in the comp this year. How he is constantly snubbed at the daly m I will never know. For mine he and C.Smith are in a league of their own and the rest are not within cooee of them. I was having an argument the other day with a gronkos fan who reckons that A.Mccullough is the next in line for QLD....

Not every player thrives on wheat grass juice and papayas. Some of the all time greats have gotten up to things you wouldn't believe existed in their time.

[Johnny Tobin]

He is the best hooker at the moment.

If Farah tours instead of him Sheens should be put in stocks.

[IRoosterManI]

some growing up needs to be done... i understand the stupid concept if your a team not to make the 8... but to be 1 game away from going to a GF id expect a little more from the boys then to playing dress ups....

[Guest]

Most people only smoke on the piss.

You talking about Chicks?

[chook 56]

He is the best hooker at the moment.

If Farah tours instead of him Sheens should be put in stocks.

I'll bring the tomatoes.

[Guest]

I'll bring the tomatoes.

I'll bring the basil and the salt.

[ism22]

I played a relatively high std of sport as a smoker (amongst other vices) until I was 25 or so. When you're that age it doesn't affect squat.

Sorry but that's bullsh!t. Professionals will put a lot of science into squeezing small percentages of performance out of themselves. They are finely balanced machines and while smoking won't instantly make them the world's worst player... it'll stop them becoming what they coulda been. A lot of talented players don't look after themselves. Duges, Fergo and Carney are examples of players who IMO are naturally more talented/physically capable than their counterparts in the Kangaroos squad. SBW says his brother was naturally a better player than him... go figure! Unless you're Shane Warne you can't afford to smoke. Unless you are Joey, you can't afford to take pills. That simple... Jake is neither of them so can't afford to smoke. Our team can't afford for him (or anybody else) to do it when the game involves so many 1%'ers!!!

Since we're talking about ourselves I was a 48 second 400m sprinter at my best... not awesome but scraped into nationals. I got myself down from 58 seconds (ordinary Saturday arvo runner quality) to 48 seconds (part of a silver medal winning state team, and a middle of the group runner at nationals). I had to train 2 times a day, 6 days a week to get there... didn't drink at all and definitely didn't smoke. I know a lot of runners who ran sub 50s naturally and could get down to 46 seconds with training. In my experience the people in that category who smoked never got below high 46s (enough to make the finals at the olympic qualifiers in Australia)... it's like they capped out. Those in that category who nurtured themselves to the point where no poisons (or bad food) would go into their bodies would do low 46s, 45s and in one case a 44. They would be the guys winning college scholarships in the USA, qualifying for diamond league (winning $$$ for appearances) and constantly breaking PBs rather than getting frustrated and asking 'WHY CAN'T I BEAT THE HIGH 46 THAT I SET 3 YEARS AGO?!?!? I TRAIN JUST AS HARD AS YOU GUYS!!!!' When you're elite then being better than most people isn't good enough...

[Salvatori Grubber]

You may be right, but being a great footballer requires a different set of attributes to bring a great 400m runner.

Too many variables in your analogy, IMO.