I am with those who say, "It's your job, go do your job," but I also appreciate that our success has largely come from having fun and remembering it is just a game. It's a terrible situation all round and everyone is entitled to feel how they feel, especially in their initial raw reactions. Jack is a competitive beast and no longer a self-centred, petulant young man. I will back him in to absorb the new reality and lead the team with gusto.
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IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
Jack Riewoldt [Merged]
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My parents went to London in the early 50s to progress my fathers career. Whilst there my mother conceived . As UK was still in post war deprivations mum left London and returned to Sydney by ship three months before she was due. She returned to London when my brother was 6 months old when my father saw his first born for the first time other than by photo.
Jack is 2 hours away from reuniting with his family.
His concern isn't impacting his enthusiasm for media appearances. I still have faith that it won't impact his football obligations. If he feels it will, as a professional and a team leader, he should stand down.
Interesting that players have difficulty seeing footy as nothing more than a game. Where do they think the 10k a week that lobs into their bank account comes from?
Yeh, everyone is different. But think about those that travel/travelled for work and didn't have zoom, facetime, texting etc to stay in contact. My wifes grandad spent 2 years in Aust working saving enough money to pay for his family to come out from Europe. In that time he did not have one conversation with his wife or children, all correspondence by mail. After 2 years of saving he paid for them to spend 6 weeks on a boat to get to Melb.
I know it was different times and difficult to relate to such challenges but too many fail to be grateful for the privleges & opportunities we enjoy.
Yeh, who'd want that.
I mean 6 weeks of avoiding the worst of Melb winter instead enjoying average temp around the 20-22 degrees
6 weeks of no interrupted sleep from the multiple toilet vists a night
6 weeks of not having to give foot rubs, back rubs, shoulder rubs etc all the whilst getting zilch in return
6 weeks of not having to duck out for ice cream/insert preferred food craving at any hour
It would be a struggle but I'm sure you could do a nice 30 minute zoom or facetime around 9.30pm and then settle in to some netflix or foxtel followed by a solid 7-8 hour sleep.
Play well? Which I'm sure he will now he's the big dog of the forward line again.
I hope they have a good pump up there because last night he was flat as a tac.
Not sure about big game either.
He hasn't improved in the last 4 games.
Maybe his wife and daughter mean a bit more to him than having to give foot rubs.
Jack needs to understnad he is part of a team and it isn’t always about him. One day in and he is already making it all about him. Team is stuffed if this is the sort of leadership he is going to provide.
People all over the world have to do this all the time to provide for their families. Jack has no perspective, no appreciation for what the real world is like and comes across as a sook
People all over the world have to do this all the time to provide for their families. Jack has no perspective, no appreciation for what the real world is like and comes across as a sook
Yeah people really have no idea how good they have it these days. We are extremely lucky in comparison with previous generations. As we should be; the goal of society should be to continually improve the lives of its citizens. That doesn't work for all countries but I genuinely believe Australia is the best and luckiest country in the world. We are blessed to live here and the citizens should never forget that.
I consider myself extremely lucky when I consider my upbringing compared to my mum's. She was born on a farm in the middle of WWII. The oldest of 9 kids and spent a great portion of her childhood cooking and cleaning for the family as her mother was so often pregnant. No worries just do it. I grew up in suburban Melbourne; not rich but not poor. Didn't have everything we wanted but had everything we needed. Compared to others that is blessed.
We live in a great country. We should not take it for granted. That is by no means to say Australia is perfect; of course there are things that can be improved. It's a work in progress but I would not be anywhere else for quids. If we all do the right thing we will get through this. All the best everyone.
If he was so worried anout missing his wife and daughter why didn’t he take them with him
I'd like the club get dispensation for JR's wife + join club hub else JR will be kicking stones the whole stay.
perhaps he didn't consider reinstatement of lockdown.
JR mental state not encouraging. Get his family into the hub.
Ah yeah. Good point.
Kermit: Jack, thanks for your time, good luck for the week ahead
Jack (with apparent depression): Thanks Gerard
Next minute: nudey runs down the fairway of the golf course
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.
And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.
Yeah Spook. There are at least 1000 Police and ADF people down on the border given possibly 24 hrs notice many leaving families behind for an indefinite period. Did 25 years Reg Army went where I was ordered occasionally without family. Kids had no say changing schools.
