Spider has always been a knob. I remember his motto at the youth world cup was " win or lose - get on the booze "

i wonder if he still has his Maldini testimonial watch, worth a fair bit Zelko Kurac once said.

Its not "I WILL not gamble again" but.......It should be "I WONT gamble again.
Will is you do Wont is you don't.....simple as that in life.

Here, let me just rip you off a sheet. I'm not one to go believing conspiracy theories/theorists Although, if his gambling addiction is that serious, it does make you wonder a tad. 8-[

Voldermort was eating a West Sydney fan? I'm starting to like J.K Rowling's line of thought. Unleash the Dementors and Bellatrix at the next Derby.

I hear Bashar al-Assad is looking for a new agriculture minister. I'm starting to think you fit the bill. :lol:

So do a lot of obese people :)

Why did i think of that scene in harry potter 1 where voldemort is eating a unicorn :/

Croatia 2
Australia 2

Not just the goal that went in...

Hey Figgy, if obesity is a disease then maybe you could go over to Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia or some other busted arse country where the poor bastards are starving to death and infect them with a dose.

You know, help them out of rampant malnutrition.

Saying gambling and obesity are diseases is shifting the blame from the perpetrator to some other cause. You, and people like you, are nothing more than an enabler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgU6Hvb8AXY


Edited by munrubenmuz: 12/11/2012 08:55:08 AM

Addiction is or can become an illness. Yeah, technically not a disease, but let's not get too caught up in semantics - either way it's not the kind of territory most of us would want to be treading.

And good ole Chaser, really summing up this stupid saturated ad campaign, really sharp stuff:
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http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3621083.htm

Not to pick on the one company, but boy those ads annoying and are reflective of how gambling has infected mainstream advertising, especially related to sport, increasingly in the recent few years. It's at sickening levels and the above ad campaign is amongst the wide spread examples, but sadly, far from the worst - See Ray Warren and his reading off the cue for a whole Anti-Mandatory Pre-Commitment diatribe thing during the NRL telecast. And indeed, as people say - the stuff on the internet, including targeting youth through games etc.. And indeed wider games, on FB etc... tapping into devices and conventions, which can encourage gambling and addictive behaviour that has seen kids and adults alike overspend on 'free' FB games, way more than they'd pay for a game off the shelf etc...

It DOES sound worrying too - If the assistant coach is making violent threat to break jaws, COMBINED WITH, ADP on camera spiel/spray/rage/very public blowing off steam, Crooky leaving very early in a mess, even less experienced but club legend Corica, taking temporary charge...

Kalac still makes his appearances on SBS' TWG and Champions League coverage too. Gets a little, doubt it's comparable to SFC wage, but still a modest little wage for that gig I'm sure. There's actual slight conflict of interest there anyway - having somebody who's actively on a team's coaching staff being an analyst or p/t A-League analyst with the TWG team. I know it's not the same as when Ange left Foxsports to take up the Roar job, as too when Branko left TWG to coach SFC, but still - especially as he can't, won't be in a position to talk about these things to do with ADP stuff, Crooky coaching trouble etc... You need neutral analyst to dissect that.

And yeah, in young coaching set up, handling some senior boys including ADP, as too youngish skewed squad - You need some calm, wise, heads leading. There's enough 'natural turmoil' as it is, just with ADP's arrival and presence, let alone all this other stuff. Chaos at every turn with SFC at the moment. No wonder Crook was wanting to leave, fast.

Edited by gloryperth: 12/11/2012 06:18:05 AM

Really. And he had SFC best interests at heart when he signed the second string keeper who also happen to be a Cro buddy just like the poppovic and kresinger realtionship. The second string keeper Kalac signed cannot even catch a ball in NSWPL league. Horrendous keeper that we nick named fumbles. He should be playing division 8 park soccer.

Wake up to reality champ. He is as corrupt as his bank account.

Exactly it's been proven in the highest neourological circles you can train the brain if it's a behavioural problem - alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling etc.
If however, its a synapse problem like Dementia, physical disability where no signals are being sent to the brain, or the electrical connections don't fire properly, medication is usually used.
Manic depression is still really an unknown country

Edited by redcup: 11/11/2012 10:22:38 PM

I always wondered about this.
He was such a good keeper, but his performance in that game was too shocking to be believable.

I dont mean to get all Nietzsche on you, but the moment you decide "choice" is not something a sane person should be accountable for then you get into very dangerous territory. More or less your saying that this person is some kind of half wit who does not understand simple concepts.

Now im fairly sure the way recovering addicts of every kind overcome their issues is by stop making the excuses and take ownership of their own actions and not fall behind the excuse of it being a sickness and not their fault.

Nor am i saying people who make mistakes or fall into addiction are evil. We all have our own poisons but its how we CHOOSE to deal with it that defines us.

Huntingtons disease is prominent in my family, if im a vegetable by age 40 then that is not my fault. If im perfectly healthy but am bankrupt financially and morally by 40 then my actions and the choices i made are what defined me no excuses

It amazes me in this day and age how hard we try and make ourselves not accountable for our own predicament. Making an excuse for someones poor judgment does not help them

I think some addictions can become diseases tbh. Anyway, I don't see how Kalac's debt affects his suitability for his role at Sydney FC, only one who has shown some passion recently for them.

It can be an addiction, certainly not a disease.. lol

Self control, don't do it to begin with. Quite simple really.

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Bequeath thy wisdom oh old knowledgeable one.

-PB

I always thought he did his cash on gluteal implants due to years of excessive stints sitting on the pine.

The guy was morally bankrupt ages ago. No surprise his finances followed.

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Only bonus at the moment is that he speaks Italian for Del Piero.

:lol: =d>

Until it becomes an addiction, in which case you actually don't have any control over it anymore.

Wow...I hope you don't get into power

Gambling is a problem, everyone knows this. The thing about gambling is you have control, you decide whether you gamble or you don't. My brother has a gambling problem and I do not feel sorry for him at all.

I'm a bit fat, it is my fault. I decide when I eat or not, so if or when I get obese I know it will be my fault.

Self control, Zalac is a weak man for falling so heavily in debt. Dug his own hole.

I had 10k on him @ 2.50 as top hairgel user.

Teenagers & 20-somethings thinking they know it all.

If you're lucky, with age, you'll mature & realise how silly were your youthful pronouncements.

If you're unlucky, with age, you'll remain as ignorant as you were in your youth.

at least bozza was ripped (high)

but spider, a nut case...

gambling is a disease...