I've got a bloke like that. He sleeps at my feet and goes outside to take a shit, I bloody love him.
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Jake King on Open Mike
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Only it isn't at all debatable, is it?
John Howard, George W. and Tony Blair are in fact responsible for over one million innocent civilian deaths. Blair has admitted as much, that the whole invasion of Iraq was predicated on a lie.
This, by any definition makes them war criminals.
Toby Mitchell may be a scumbag but when you defend the likes of John Howard you really aren't in any position to point the finger.
It seems character assassination is alive and well in this place.
Is it any of our business or should anyone care who King is friends with?
Is it any of our business or should anyone care who King is friends with?
Why should all of Sheehan's guests be champions? I like to watch interviews and stories of people that are interesting and have had different experiences. I haven't seen last night's show yet but I've recorded it and I'm looking forward to hearing King's story.
I wouldn't defend drug dealers, and if Mitchell is one as alleged then I would personally never have anything to do with him. The way I understand what is going on with him and Jake has to do with a back story of growing up in a tough environment and Mitchell giving the young kid some sort of help which he returns with fierce and unconditional friendship. No-one has suggested that Jake is in any way involved in criminal activities himself. My point was that if players hang out with corporate criminals no-one would bat an eye. If they invited Christopher Skase or Alan Bond into the rooms there'd be no scandal; Pratt was convicted, but no-one in Carlton did anything to distance the club from him. I worked in Sunshine in the Job Network for a number of years and I had criminals and druggies on my caseload along with people who'd been victimised and pushed around and had their lives destroyed in many ways. But if you asked me what individual was responsible for the greatest misery amongst that little slice of unemployed humanity I had to deal with, I wouldn't have nominated a drug dealer - the answer would be a certain former president of Hawthorn.
Yup
If you gave me a book on John Daly I'd read it
If you gave me a book on nick Faldo ....id use to start my fire
If Nathan Buckley wrote a book I wouldn't read it
I've read Kevin sheedys books
Give me a character with a tough past over clean living superstars
Jake had something .....forged a career in footy and made something of himself .....we should be applauding that and saying hey you can be from the hood and still make it not making character judgements ...
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All I see when I look at Jake King is someone who got 100% out of his career. If half the so called talented footballers worked as hard as Jake then the AFL would be a better place to watch
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Does he still count them as "family"?
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People forget the guy lacked real talent.
He made it off pure effort and hustle.
Players like that seem to often have an interesting story.
If anyone follows the golf, look up the story of Billy Hurley III.
Won his first PGA tournament on the weekend and the story to go along with it is intense.
Give me an interesting story over a champion with clichés anyday
He made it off pure effort and hustle.
Players like that seem to often have an interesting story.
If anyone follows the golf, look up the story of Billy Hurley III.
Won his first PGA tournament on the weekend and the story to go along with it is intense.
Give me an interesting story over a champion with clichés anyday
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I am one
... are we still talking about plumbers?
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I have the total opposite view to the OP after watching it.
An ex gf of mine got lured into the bikie/drug world when she was just 19 by a so called friend (female) who went out and targeted young naive women so the bikies could basically creep on these young girls using drugs and manipulation. This supposedly happens often and the girls get hooked on drugs and are basically meat for these men to gradually wear down.
What happened to her one night is truly digusting and still sickens me anytime I think about it.
I'm not saying all of the bikie groups involved in drug dealings or other shady business are like this but these men are scum to me.
Jake King is an absolute moron in my eyes if he thinks this guy is family and is a top bloke.
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An ex gf of mine got lured into the bikie/drug world when she was just 19 by a so called friend (female) who went out and targeted young naive women so the bikies could basically creep on these young girls using drugs and manipulation. This supposedly happens often and the girls get hooked on drugs and are basically meat for these men to gradually wear down.
What happened to her one night is truly digusting and still sickens me anytime I think about it.
I'm not saying all of the bikie groups involved in drug dealings or other shady business are like this but these men are scum to me.
Jake King is an absolute moron in my eyes if he thinks this guy is family and is a top bloke.
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The Dennis Banks one as a beauty.
you should read Buck's book and you will understand why he turned out like he did. he didn't have the normal, live in the burbs upbringing.
Jake King a player better known for his off field behaviour than his on field endeavours. Episode was more like a gossip session than discussion on his football at times.
If it's not then why did he go on TV to talk about it?
Kingy hs always been a hard worker on the jobsite or on the footy field. Friendly, down to earth and always willing to have a chat and do his bit for others. Hes got mates that have done questionable things, so what?
Champion bloke.
Champion bloke.
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What's Kingy doing for a quid these days, is he back on the tools?
Dunno. Put a suit on them and they could be Danksy and Charter.
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That'll be a hoooooot
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