RIP Peter Roebuck

[OnSong]

Peter Roebuck

If some of those things are true then I think him dying is a positive to humanity in some regards

I'm not sure what to think.
Innocent until proven guilty but what if the accused jumps out a window before guilt is proven?
Do we just assume guilt?

[CoverKing]

Peter Roebuck

If some of those things are true then I think him dying is a positive to humanity in some regards

I'm not sure what to think.
Innocent until proven guilty but what if the accused jumps out a window before guilt is proven?
Do we just assume guilt?

I think it shows a lot of guilt on his behalf

[Gozu]

I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

[The Sleeping Giant]

My grandfather always said, "innocent people don't dive out 6th floor windows, while being questioned by police."

[smac]

My grandfather always said, "innocent people don't dive out 6th floor windows, while being questioned by police."

That old chestnut gets rolled out everytime it happens.

[The Sleeping Giant]

I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

Does he have different political views Gozu? Give it a rest ffs. Keep your political views on the politics board.

[Lightning McQueen]

I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

Does he have different political views Gozu? Give it a rest ffs. Keep your political views on the politics board.

Are you the opinion police?

[The Sleeping Giant]

I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

Does he have different political views Gozu? Give it a rest ffs. Keep your political views on the politics board.

Are you the opinion police?

Nope. Gozu has that badge. Politics has its own board.

[Booney]

I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

Does he have different political views Gozu? Give it a rest ffs. Keep your political views on the politics board.

Are you the opinion police?

Nope. Gozu has that badge. Politics has its own board.

Correct, you're the one who brought political allegiance into this debate, however.

[Booney]

My grandfather always said, "innocent people don't dive out 6th floor windows, while being questioned by police."

That old chestnut gets rolled out everytime it happens.

My grandfather used to say :

"If it's raining, and only raining on you, you have a problem. If it's raining, and raining on everyone, you have no problem"

[Booney]

Peter Roebuck

If some of those things are true then I think him dying is a positive to humanity in some regards

I'm not sure what to think.
Innocent until proven guilty but what if the accused jumps out a window before guilt is proven?
Do we just assume guilt?

We assume he knew nothing good was going to come of this.

[OnSong]

Peter Roebuck

If some of those things are true then I think him dying is a positive to humanity in some regards

I'm not sure what to think.
Innocent until proven guilty but what if the accused jumps out a window before guilt is proven?
Do we just assume guilt?

We assume he knew nothing good was going to come of this.

Or just took a wrong turn coming out of the bathroom.

[Booney]

Seems as though he took loads of wrong turns.

[The Sleeping Giant]

[quote="Gozu"]I don't like the sounds of what Roebuck was like behind the scenes but a word of warning take anything from Vex News with a large grain of salt run by the odious Andrew Landeryou.

Does he have different political views Gozu? Give it a rest ffs. Keep your political views on the politics board.

Are you the opinion police?

Nope. Gozu has that badge. Politics has its own board.

Correct, you're the one who brought political allegiance into this debate, however.[/quote]
By asking them not be raised here?

[Johno6]

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[Gozu]

By asking them not be raised here?

Calm down TSG, Vex News is an agenda-leiden muckraking gossip site. That's why I'm saying don't take anything from there as fact.

[Punk Rooster]

By asking them not be raised here?

Calm down TSG, Vex News is an agenda-leiden muckraking gossip site. That's why I'm saying don't take anything from there as fact.

they seem to be singing the same tune as the others, just a bit louder...

[redandblack]

I'll leave the character angle to others, but I enjoyed his commentary. I read one of his early books, "All tangled up in white", or something similar, and found it a great read, especially from a player's point of view.

I liked his commentary for the very reason that he didn't follow the herd. That didn't make him right, but it made you think. So many of the Australian commentators are a bit wallpaperish and follow the established line, not daring to criticise those players on the inner sanctum.

I heard Mike Coward and Gideon Haigh talking about Peter Roebuck on radio the other night - first class discussion.

[McAlmanac]

I liked his commentary for the very reason that he didn't follow the herd. That didn't make him right, but it made you think. So many of the Australian commentators are a bit wallpaperish and follow the established line, not daring to criticise those players on the inner sanctum.

Bang on.

As for the article by Andrew Landeryou - his rant against Francis Leach showed what kind of writer he is, regardless of any facts or otherwise about Roebuck.

[Media Park]

Small tribute from his colleagues in the press box: