Official Andrew Fifita

[snowman]

Im pretty sure i read Fifita told the nrl that the f was FOR. Not free or forgive or felch or whatever.

Dick move, hopefully fifita will soon wake up and realise hes gotta keep it all respectable.

But in fifitas defence he never publicly talked about loveridge while wearing the fkl, nobody even realised it til weeks later when the media brought it all up.

The problem is not the F, which everyone is highlighting.

Its the KL

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

The problem is not the F, which everyone is highlighting.

Its the KL

No doubt mate. Just think its ****ed the media wanna keep throwing the 'free' thing up.

End of the day fifita ****ed up. But its plain to see he didnt wanna cause hurt to thomas kellys family

 

[Addy]

Fifita ****ed up, no questions.

But the NRL handled this so poorly

 

[HaroldBishop]

They said on nine that the NRL have said that any further indiscretions will likely result in his deregistration. Will be interesting if he does something small and gets punted by the NRL. I can't imagine Cronulla would be too pleased with that from a contract point of view. What then? He comes back a year later for another club?

Watch them let Lodge back in. What he did was an absolute disgrace.

The problem is not the F, which everyone is highlighting.

Its the KL

Yep. Was very dumb, take your medicine and move on.

 

[CrankyShark]

Watch them let Lodge back in. What he did was an absolute disgrace.

Lodge is in a class all of his own. The NRL must be powerless owing to his shenanigans being in the US. There is no other explanation.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Fifita ****ed up, no questions.

But the NRL handled this so poorly

I disagree. He did nothing wrong, and he is a victim in this.

 

[planchetflaw]

My gf who is family friends with the Kelly family brought up a great point to me. She asked me "what if Fifita was like you? Always trying to help those you know and not judging the people you are friends with despite their indiscretions. Look at your main mate... Your are so different, yet you love him as a mate despite his transgressions. You may not agree with what happened, but you support people in their dark times to help them be better". Obviously slightly ad hoc to what was said, but same feeling. Did Fifita actually do anything wrong from his point? Why are we pinning him for the death? He might just be like one of us everyday people trying to give hope to someone that made a really horrible mistake in life. I'm not religious. I don't know if Andrew is. But is it illegal to try and make someone better? At the end of the day, KL will be freed after his term. Maybe the term isn't long enough (it isn't for me...) but if it was my shoes, I wouldn't feel I did anything wrong making a note to myself or my friend with three letters on my arm for inspiration. No matter how much you go wrong in life, maybe there can be a purpose. I don't know KL and I really hate that someone can end someone's life in such a fashion. But did Andrew actually harm society? For me, he just felt he was connected enough to try and bring hope of rehabilitation. Maybe KL can start something good despite the senseless waste of life left in the wake of his actions. That is yet to be seen. The whole associating with criminal aspect is a horrible flaw in the NSW law. If I met a relative or friend in jail I'd hate it if I was pinged as a criminal associate. If my understanding is right, Andrew was his coach at one stage. Then who better to visit him and put him on the straight and narrow? Seems like the government and society gave up on the night. So how can we expect a better person when his term is up?

 

[Great_White_Shark]

I disagree. He did nothing wrong, and he is a victim in this.

I agree with you MB, what a stupid punishment for doing nothing wrong! But hey Mitchell Pearce and Blake Ferguson weren't dragged over the coals through the media this much for their indiscretions, what a joke

 

[sharkgaz]

I disagree. He did nothing wrong, and he is a victim in this.

Yep. The NRL should be paying Fifita $20000 or even more for stuffing him around all these months.

 

[planchetflaw]

I think all up Andrew has been penalised $70,000 for visiting someone he knew in jail. That's a ridiculous penalty. The NRL have punished a player for no wrong doing. The FKL **** came out after the NSW Police Witch hunt for criminal association. I understand if it's a bikies link... This was simply visiting someone in jail. The whole thing stinks of injustice. We know Andrew supports junior league. We know he supports people he knows. It doesn't mean he agrees with actions that took place. There is zero evidence of the F being "free". How can they publish such BS? It's pretty obvious to a casual observer that he's done it to give hope that someone wants a better person at the end. Definitely "for" in terms of performance. Which is what Andrew stated as far as I know. My 70k figure is his 20k fine and his 50k match fee for his place in the more than rotten Australian team match fee. The whole thing stinks of hypocrisy. At the end of the day, I really think Loveridge should get way more time for his impact on society and the family of Kelly family
They technically lost two kids over this. Is anyone media bashing the trolls that caused the suicide of Thomas' brother? No? Why not? Why is Andrew being pinged as if he was part of it?

 

[Born&bred]

The NRL know if they punted him over this they could lose a massive lawsuit.

This does my head in - he did NOT publicly support KL. He tried to support a friend in need as covertly as he could. Writing FKL on strapping shouldn't mean anything to anyone other than him or KL. Nobody had a clue at the time, nor did anyone ask what it meant at the time.

It was only because of outrageous "consorting laws" that he was targeted by NSW Police unfairly via a stupid, ridiculous law that it came to light what it meant.

What he did wasn't smart in hindsight, but he hasn't deserved anything that's happened because of it.

I just can't understand why more don't people see this?

 

[planchetflaw]

The NRL know if they punted him over this they could lose a massive lawsuit.

This does my head in - he did NOT publicly support KL. He tried to support a friend in need as covertly as he could. Writing FKL on strapping shouldn't mean anything to anyone other than him or KL. Nobody had a clue at the time, nor did anyone ask what it meant at the time.

It was only because of outrageous "consorting laws" that he was targeted by NSW Police unfairly via a stupid, ridiculous law that it came to light what it meant.

What he did wasn't smart in hindsight, but he hasn't deserved anything that's happened because of it.

I just can't understand why more people see this?

This, but I don't think the "not in hindsight" is an issue

 

[egg]

Did nothing wrong .
No media , no drama .
Even with the media crucification .
He DID follow the path of the Very person this celibratioary season lead .
I feel for Fifita..
Hung up and left out to dry , while worse offenders continue .

 

[CrankyShark]

The NRL know if they punted him over this they could lose a massive lawsuit.

This does my head in - he did NOT publicly support KL. He tried to support a friend in need as covertly as he could. Writing FKL on strapping shouldn't mean anything to anyone other than him or KL. Nobody had a clue at the time, nor did anyone ask what it meant at the time.

It was only because of outrageous "consorting laws" that he was targeted by NSW Police unfairly via a stupid, ridiculous law that it came to light what it meant.

What he did wasn't smart in hindsight, but he hasn't deserved anything that's happened because of it.

I just can't understand why more don't people see this?

The NRL does know this. This is why we are talking about what Fifita is going to do next. The NRL will likely punt him on his previous record (which is long) and his next misdemeanour. It will fall to Andrew to prove that the NRL actually punted him in part over the Loveridge thing, and it won't be worth his resources.

Andrew needs to not give the NRL the opportunity to cut him off at the knees. He isn't a rookie anymore, he is a league high achiever. He needs to assume a leadership role and be an example now. He can't survive another ****up.

 

[slide rule]

The NRL does know this. This is why we are talking about what Fifita is going to do next. The NRL will likely punt him on his previous record (which is long) and his next misdemeanour. It will fall to Andrew to prove that the NRL actually punted him in part over the Loveridge thing, and it won't be worth his resources.

Andrew needs to not give the NRL the opportunity to cut him off at the knees. He isn't a rookie anymore, he is a league high achiever. He needs to assume a leadership role and be an example now. He can't survive another ****up.

It's not, really.

 

[CrankyShark]

It's not, really.

We disagree on the referee thing from last year. That was a bad one and it leaves Fifita in a very bad position. I understand you think it wasn't a big deal but it he has left himself open in the worst possible way there.

 

[slide rule]

We disagree on the referee thing from last year. That was a bad one and it leaves Fifita in a very bad position. I understand you think it wasn't a big deal but it he has left himself open in the worst possible way there.

It's not great, but again, that story seems to be different to how the media have depicted it.

Still, it's not a long list.

 

[slide rule]

Anyway. Next year sacked for something small.

2018 redemption story, Wayne Bennett needs a front rower.

 

[snowman]

The NRL know if they punted him over this they could lose a massive lawsuit.

This does my head in - he did NOT publicly support KL. He tried to support a friend in need as covertly as he could. Writing FKL on strapping shouldn't mean anything to anyone other than him or KL. Nobody had a clue at the time, nor did anyone ask what it meant at the time.

It was only because of outrageous "consorting laws" that he was targeted by NSW Police unfairly via a stupid, ridiculous law that it came to light what it meant.

What he did wasn't smart in hindsight, but he hasn't deserved anything that's happened because of it.

I just can't understand why more don't people see this?

Writing FKL on you arm and having it broadcasted on television is publicly supporting him.
He ****ed up and has been punished. Time to move on now.

 

[snowman]

We disagree on the referee thing from last year. That was a bad one and it leaves Fifita in a very bad position. I understand you think it wasn't a big deal but it he has left himself open in the worst possible way there.

Agreed.