Petition to sack Vlandys and Abdo

[The Skeez]

Only problem is that he's not a Greek, he's German-Polish-Lithuanian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiriel_Mora

You forgot French. His parents were patrons of the arts and pioneers in Melbourne restaurant and cafe scene, of which the Greeks also fostered in the southern city.

[ccfc bondi]

The hero we need

Yeah, he'd love you to THINK that! Even his pal Gus Gould has got stuck into him now. He doesn't understand rugby league and if you don't like his crackdown, you are against protecting players from concussion. And he's got so many of you thinking this. It is just not true!... Which is one of the reasons he should be sacked! He is a spin doctor - divisive, unaccepting of ANY criticism. You are either all in with him or you are evil. This is not leadership!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/gus...27-p57vol.html

[Johnny73]

You forgot French. His parents were patrons of the arts and pioneers in Melbourne restaurant and cafe scene, of which the Greeks also fostered in the southern city.

Thank you for the correction. He's one of those guys that's always been under the radar...well, except when he thumped his wife.

[The Skeez]

Thank you for the correction. He's one of those guys that's always been under the radar...well, except when he thumped his wife.

And that is why we shouldn’t watch AFL.

[stringaz]

Yeah, he'd love you to THINK that! Even his pal Gus Gould has got stuck into him now. He doesn't understand rugby league and if you don't like his crackdown, you are against protecting players from concussion. And he's got so many of you thinking this. It is just not true!... Which is one of the reasons he should be sacked! He is a spin doctor - divisive, unaccepting of ANY criticism. You are either all in with him or you are evil. This is not leadership!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/gus...27-p57vol.html

"His allies at news corp" That's the nutshell, the fallout from the super league war rages on.

Roosters in the firing line. That b2b was comparable to some mad victory in a world war against the Nazi's and they are counterattacking.

They brought in the 6 again to stop us now this off the literal ribs of drew Hutchinson.

Deep pockets uncle Nick, deep pockets.

[BenCumminsIsACheat]

Yeah, he'd love you to THINK that! Even his pal Gus Gould has got stuck into him now. He doesn't understand rugby league and if you don't like his crackdown, you are against protecting players from concussion. And he's got so many of you thinking this. It is just not true!... Which is one of the reasons he should be sacked! He is a spin doctor - divisive, unaccepting of ANY criticism. You are either all in with him or you are evil. This is not leadership!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/gus...27-p57vol.html

I was saying that Big Dog was the hero we needed.
I’m the number one hater of V’landys.

[NorfolkStreetKid]

The funny thing about the internet, is it makes idiots feel smart. Like this petition, one idiot finds another idiot with the same opinion, then a few more, and they get the feeling that they are on to something. Then they may find another couple of hundred idiots, not hard to do, but what they don't understand is that you need more than 50% of people to agree with you to get something done, not one tenth of one percent. Still the idiots will claim that the other 99.9% are idiots, that's why they are idiots.

[ccfc bondi]

I was saying that Big Dog was the hero we needed.
I’m the number one hater of V’landys.

Oops! What a mistaka to maka! Heartiest apologies. With you all the way!

[The Skeez]

The funny thing about the internet, is it makes idiots feel smart. Like this petition, one idiot finds another idiot with the same opinion, then a few more, and they get the feeling that they are on to something. Then they may find another couple of hundred idiots, not hard to do, but what they don't understand is that you need more than 50% of people to agree with you to get something done, not one tenth of one percent. Still the idiots will claim that the other 99.9% are idiots, that's why they are idiots.

Should we do a Chookpen poll to find out how many idiots are on here?
Yeah.. reckon

[BUDDY]

The funny thing about the internet, is it makes idiots feel smart. Like this petition, one idiot finds another idiot with the same opinion, then a few more, and they get the feeling that they are on to something. Then they may find another couple of hundred idiots, not hard to do, but what they don't understand is that you need more than 50% of people to agree with you to get something done, not one tenth of one percent. Still the idiots will claim that the other 99.9% are idiots, that's why they are idiots.

Are you saying that if someone started an opposing petition to keep PVL and Abdo that they are not idiots?

[NorfolkStreetKid]

Are you saying that if someone started an opposing petition to keep PVL and Abdo that they are not idiots?

Thinking that they are in the majority and have any chance of making a difference makes them idiots

[ccfc bondi]

The funny thing about the internet, is it makes idiots feel smart. Like this petition, one idiot finds another idiot with the same opinion, then a few more, and they get the feeling that they are on to something. Then they may find another couple of hundred idiots, not hard to do, but what they don't understand is that you need more than 50% of people to agree with you to get something done, not one tenth of one percent. Still the idiots will claim that the other 99.9% are idiots, that's why they are idiots.

You know, a lot of that can be said about those who blindly follow the fool V'landys', especially when there are people who know a thousand times more about rugby league than you and him who think the same as those you call idiots!

[dice]

The funny thing about the internet, is it makes idiots feel smart. Like this petition, one idiot finds another idiot with the same opinion, then a few more, and they get the feeling that they are on to something. Then they may find another couple of hundred idiots, not hard to do, but what they don't understand is that you need more than 50% of people to agree with you to get something done, not one tenth of one percent. Still the idiots will claim that the other 99.9% are idiots, that's why they are idiots.

That comment quite funny in the context of Skeez' poll

Presumed to be in the significant majority - tick
Called everyone else an idiot - tick

[ism22]

Yeah, he'd love you to THINK that! Even his pal Gus Gould has got stuck into him now. He doesn't understand rugby league and if you don't like his crackdown, you are against protecting players from concussion. And he's got so many of you thinking this. It is just not true!... Which is one of the reasons he should be sacked! He is a spin doctor - divisive, unaccepting of ANY criticism. You are either all in with him or you are evil. This is not leadership!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/gus...27-p57vol.html

He schemed his way into the gig by stabbing the old guy in the back during COVID (dunno why he was even in the background at that time?) and is now just rolling out his own agenda, with no regard for what anybody wants to see.

Meanwhile, the NRL's media advisers just run strawman for/against 'us' arguments about everything:
- You're either for protecting players against head knocks or you're against it.
- You're either for a 'faster' game or you're against it.
- You're either against DV/rape or you're for it.

IMO we should just leave the rules the way they are and appoint a business-centred CEO (no sports/racing background) with a corporate plan rather than a weird desire to reform the game.

[Mickie Lane]

Has the petition reached 1 hundred yet?