Player Addin Fonua-Blake

[sup42]

Jeez.
The guy has had one (1) bad game this year.
All his other games have been great.
As fans
-do we know if he is playing injured?
-what other life issues are playing out?

I myself had to knock over three months by myself ( at a couple of share rental places)while my wife and daughter had moved Akl-Gc. i was pretty flat and down. It didnt affect my work demeanour though.
Addin is different -we all are.

Remember all the great games he has played for us rather than one poor game and a serious error of judgement.

Yes, but lets be frank here mate.

Lets say you are the rockstar of your work (you may well be, all the better if you are for my point).

Would you walk out on the team at end of shift on a special day at work because of your own stuff? would you do that after rocking the work boat for months about how you need to leave work?

And would you do so knowing it was gonna play out publicly in the media?


Irrespective of all your justifications in your post I would wager you would not seek to undermine the company in your darkest moments for the sake of having a moment personally.....repeatedly....over months and months of headline grabbing instability?

If this guy is your parallel, you have already signed with another company, would you then continue to have hissy fits where you are because you had an off shift knowing it could destabilize your team before you inevitably piss off?

Sorry none of it aimed at you, just putting AFB in a normal frame work all of us live by.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Yes, but lets be frank here mate.

Lets say you are the rockstar of your work (you may well be, all the better if you are for my point).

Would you walk out on the team at end of shift on a special day at work because of your own stuff? would you do that after rocking the work boat for months about how you need to leave work?

And would you do so knowing it was gonna play out publicly in the media?


Irrespective of all your justifications in your post I would wager you would not seek to undermine the company in your darkest moments for the sake of having a moment personally.....repeatedly....over months and months of headline grabbing instability?

If this guy is your parallel, you have already signed with another company, would you then continue to have hissy fits where you are because you had an off shift knowing it could destabilize your team before you inevitably piss off?

Sorry none of it aimed at you, just putting AFB in a normal frame work all of us live by.

nailed it

 

[Matiunz]

Geez you lot are quick to get the pitchforks!
Dude had a bad game by his standards and went off for a bit of a sulk, probably just a spur of the moment reaction and didn’t think it through. Hopefully that’s all there is to it

 

[sup42]

nailed it

I did start with 'lets be frank here mate'.......

 

[kos]

Yes, but lets be frank here mate.

Lets say you are the rockstar of your work (you may well be, all the better if you are for my point).

Would you walk out on the team at end of shift on a special day at work because of your own stuff? would you do that after rocking the work boat for months about how you need to leave work?

And would you do so knowing it was gonna play out publicly in the media?


Irrespective of all your justifications in your post I would wager you would not seek to undermine the company in your darkest moments for the sake of having a moment personally.....repeatedly....over months and months of headline grabbing instability?

If this guy is your parallel, you have already signed with another company, would you then continue to have hissy fits where you are because you had an off shift knowing it could destabilize your team before you inevitably piss off?

Sorry none of it aimed at you, just putting AFB in a normal frame work all of us live by.

Different situation.
I was hanging around as at a certain date I got a 12k bonus.
I never let my personal life affect my work.
But as I said AFB is a different fish.
Kiwis love taking down a tall poppy dont we?

 

[Beastmode]

Crazy how you all turn on AFB without knowing all the facts.
Hes' been good for us this season. One of the best.
Let the man sulk in peace
Clearly hes got off-field problems hes having to deal with.

 

[Spence]

That statement from the manager makes way more sense than him trying to agitate for a release. I buy it and am staying on team AFB until further developments, he’s been one of our best and most committed players this year, I think talk of him being released is rather premature.

I think it was poor form to walk out of the changing room, and I am judging him harshly for it, but AFB is 100% the player that would take it hard on himself if he thought he didn’t play to his standards.

 

[sup42]

Geez you lot are quick to get the pitchforks!
Dude had a bad game by his standards and went off for a bit of a sulk, probably just a spur of the moment reaction and didn’t think it through. Hopefully that’s all there is to it

That would be a fine argument if you looked at in isolation and ignored all of the other stuff that came before and the context of this being one of the clubs finest happiest days. Sure, if we had rolled the West Tigers no worries, sure if he had not had a missus that spews in social media in a negative light about the club.

Also, despite his happy arrangement with another NRL club, our fans have been 100% behind him.

So from the Warriors pov he has zero reasons to do anything that harms them. He is entitled to be upset, he has Zero entitlement to act out in ways that harm the clubs harmony and any decent person would know that in his shoes.

The Warriors have been brilliant to this guy and his family.
Aside from him being their highest paid player, the Warriors have also revitalized his career and under the Warriors he has become a top prop in the top three.

He actually should be thankful.

 

[1995warriorsfan]

AFB played 58 minutes, then blames his performance for not being there with the team. My Arse !

With his manager now in play, sorry it doesn't work.

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Haha, funny it is one of those rainy day movies I have never watched because I am a card holding cult fan of the movie Warriors and did not want to see any imitations.

Mate, I have the Warriors movie on VHS, DVD & Bluray! Lol. I am also a card holding cult fan of the movie. It's no imitation of the Warriors. Both movies were released in 1979. Watch it bro, Especially if you're a fan of The Warriors. I don't think its on any ot the streaming platforms either. You can rent it on YouTube for $4 i think.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

This photo from FB says it all, i guess.
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I think he was looking to see if his missus was up in the Bulldogs Box

 

[Dantheman]

Geez you lot are quick to get the pitchforks!
Dude had a bad game by his standards and went off for a bit of a sulk, probably just a spur of the moment reaction and didn’t think it through. Hopefully that’s all there is to it

It sums up his character though at the end of the day. Plenty of players have had shit days but you don’t hear about them doing this

 

[sup42]

Mate, I have the Warriors movie on VHS, DVD & Bluray! Lol. I am also a card holding cult fan of the movie. It's no imitation of the Warriors. Both movies were released in 1979. Watch it bro, Especially if you're a fan of The Warriors. I don't think its on any ot the streaming platforms either. You can rent it on YouTube for $4 i think.

I will watch it. This week sometime.

I have a fairly long list of rainy day movies, but as I have gotten older the brain has copped a lot of damage and I have forgotten them, but I will watch it. I know the main lines in the movie from mates.

 

[CWC]

“We are the Warriors 100%!!!!”

Meanwhile AFB alone disappointed and reflecting on his performance on the team bus

 

[sup42]

It sums up his character though at the end of the day. Plenty of players have had shit days but you don’t hear about them doing this

I think this is key.
Decent people are mindful of their actions and will live out their struggles privately because they are decent, humble, men of valor.

 

[Lets Eat (YeahNah)]

Dragons or Bulldogs

Dragons for the upset

 

[3rdstriker]

With some brilliant players comes some brilliant attitudes, we can speculate all we like but it's as simple as its a team sport at the end of the day and he's secluded himself for some reason.
If he's humble enough to stay onboard after the bye till the seasons end, then there's nothing to see here.
But If we lose this weekend because we got probed up the middle and we miss the 8 by 2 points then it's unforgivable tantrums.

 

[CWC]

It sums up his character though at the end of the day. Plenty of players have had shit days but you don’t hear about them doing this

It’s Dallin’s 200th and the club ended a losing streak by upsetting the 3x premiers, and he couldn’t gather himself to be with the other colleagues

And I am not aware you can just decide to miss the coach’s address at this club because you had a shit game lol, as an employer myself this guy is just trouble, makes you money yes but very unsettling

 

[giffy]

I recall watching the latest vlog and seeing no happiness from AFB in what is one of the ATG regular season wins.. see this video at 8:35:
View: https://youtu.be/BKjADNEaVqc?si=a4-JiZDhiLvRL3uz

I thought maybe it was contrast of the youth verse the veteran but now we know something else is going on!

 

[sup42]

Different situation.
I was hanging around as at a certain date I got a 12k bonus.
I never let my personal life affect my work.
But as I said AFB is a different fish.
Kiwis love taking down a tall poppy dont we?

Agreed about tall poppys. That is very true. But I have never been one to attack a tall poppy when they win Silver or Bronze, unlike the entitled Weetbix fed children of the mainstream in this country who expect every black singlet to climb Everest, I am a hori from the hood, Ï have no entitlement or privilege driving my vitriol, in fact the opposite, as someone who clawed out of the slums I expect people to be stand up guys and quietly do business behind the scenes....rather than walk off and forcing a decent coach to censure my ass in front of everyone.

Bottom line Addin Fonua Blake put Andrew Webster on the spot, an unfair position....