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    Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times
    GREG BAUM
    May 25, 2010

    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-new...0524-w80a.html

    Could not have said it better myself.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Them's strong words Greg.
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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Totally agree. North have handled this very poorly and now look to have egg all over their faces.
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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Very well said, eat sh!t Brayshaw.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    ' Frankly, North Melbourne made a laughing stock of itself.'

    This.
    The curse is dead.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Best article I've read in a while...
    [B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    By definition then, Greg thinks Mike Sheahan and other North media whores are also idiots.

    He would be right.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    This view seems to be held by all of the right minded, clear thinking journos as well as quite a few ex players including former Kangaroos Wayne Carey, Mick Martin, David King and John Cassin. In fact Cassin felt so strongly about it he wrote an email to the club.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Great article - finally a journalist who made some sense! Thanks Norf...... you did a great PR job for us

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    By going overboard against Barry North have inadvertently raised the whole issue of acceptable on field behaviour.

    Those who regularly run the role model argument will have now to address the fact that this behaviour will continue to be aped by under-age players as something that is acceptable, rather than as something that is little short of thuggery and is a clear example of and throwback to the harassment that the AFL brains trust were so keen to stamp out.

    While they have a knee jerk reaction to some events I don't expect even sanity, let alone firm action to occur on this matter. Yet they could end it instantly if they had a mind.
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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    well I've hated many a team for many a year but I never hated North or the Saints.
    Now they are both firmly in the "hate them forever" category.

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    Re: Time for Kangaroos to catch up with the times

    Still the Saints for me.
    Don't hate North but after Brayshaws performance the last few years .
    IMO there is a mole somewhere lucky to be rid of him.
    It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.

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