Been on PRE for about 15 years , had the occasional break from the addiction over the years ,however as precious as it may sound in my own ears , I decided to log out for a week after I unblocked a few posters to get a broader view of people’s thoughts on PRE, faaaark incredible gossip based opinions .
So hope I’ve got it wrong re Syds want to do the work to be an AFL footballer , however it’s not the end of the world if that’s not his path , doesn’t make him a bad person , IMHo this thread has said more about posters characters and beliefs then Syds .
Certainly not calling anyone a racist , as we all have our own reasons why we have the beliefs we do, now I’ll happily admit I’m not a great fan of Adam Goodes and his saga, however reading this thread I do get some small understanding of what he ment about been racially vilified, I feel some have taken the easy way of just labeling Syd a young indigenous and that’s why he goes “ walk about”
I think some of the name calling of Syd and the attack on his character has been weak as *smile*, yep Syds has made some big , selfish, immature, just plain stupid mistakes mainly re covid , however he’s also again made some absolutely silly little decisions that any young footballer that’s not in the AFL do every weak , again doesn’t make Syd a bad guy, now I understand I’m probably in the wrong and yes Sydney shouldn’t be in places that get him in trouble , however I’d rather a “brother “ try to stop an altercation then just run and hide , again silly silly boy and he needs to mature.
People are kidding themselves if they don’t think he’s upbringing has anything to do with his common sense, his discipline, his respect for authority, these are not things he should use for excuses , he’s old enough now by his birth certificate to make the right ones, however Syd is very immature and still making incorrect and immature decisions . I liken it a bit to just going to the pub for a couple and ending up waking up with half eaten kebab beside you.
Many who have bothered to read this much of my post will be thinking what bull *smile* and that’s fine, I’ve always been one who:sees both sides of the story , however on this occasion I’m only supporting the RFC and have no doubt they’ll do the right thing, keeping Syd is without doubt the best thing for Syds future , imho I’m not sure it’s the best for the RFC , however most importantly there’s a lot more equipt people at the RFC to make those decisions...thank god
Not sure if I put this on Pre Previously, however was lucky enough to witness a beautiful moment with my son last year , my son went to a special school , no major disability, however has poor speech and very poor fine motor skills so his hand writing is very poor, however , he wrote an essay on Syds life and gave it too Syd to read , The combination of my sons poor hand writing and Syds poor reading skills ment a couple of page essay took quite some time to read , however once Syd had finished reading it he was quite moved and instantly gave my now very proud boy a big hug , for dad it was simply bloody awesome .I think will find not all has been writin in Syds story, like the media many on here just want to look at the negatives with this highly talented , undisciplined young indigenous lad from WA .
My last thought on the subject why throw a Tiger under the bus in the social media world?I don’t get it , i just can’t see it doing Syd or the RFC any good .
To me this thread has a lot of looking down on those from the wrong side of the track, very ignorant opinions from the better of
What will be will be , hopefully Syd becomes a Premiership player at Richmond and a leader in his community, if he doesn’t I’ll still hope he has a long happy life .
ahhh that feels better, my last words on Sydney Stack#44