There is a big difference between showing respect for you opponents and disrespect/contempt. You don't continually run down your opponents or belittle them and then expect it to not have an impact on how they react.
The NSW Team thought that what the press and their halfwit support staff said about how good they were was truth, well it was contemptuous BS.
Should Laurie Daley be given the boot, no. Should the hangers on and wanna bees get the boot chit yeah but I'm an un abashed QLDer so I don't really give a chit but we show loyalty to the players and not contempt to the opposition and that my friends, is the difference.
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