LRT a cult hero in Sydney?

[SXP]

After going through the Daily Telegraph web site I've noticed they published an article about LRT and a big picture of him. Unfortunately the article is not available from their web site. Does anybody know what the article was all about?

[ROK Lobster]

Re: LRT a cult hero in Sydney?

Originally posted by SXP
After going through the Daily Telegraph web site I've noticed they published an article about LRT and a big picture of him. Unfortunately the article is not available from their web site. Does anybody know what the article was all about?

LRT

[Glenn]

Re: LRT a cult hero in Sydney?

Originally posted by SXP
After going through the Daily Telegraph web site I've noticed they published an article about LRT and a big picture of him. Unfortunately the article is not available from their web site. Does anybody know what the article was all about?

Basically how the "Hyphenator" has become a cult hero the likes of Capper,DRJ,Carter,Luffy etc and the work he has been doing with SOS, and how the confidence of LRT has increased over the past 6 weeks with the opponents he has been put on.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Cult hero down here too...Well cult enough to be one of the three Swans players featured on the Vodafone player cam.

[ScottH]

I feel cleansed.

I had a brief chat with LRT. And apologised for doubting his ability. He was very humbled!!! Nice Guy, too.

[satchmopugdog]

Oh my gosh the world is ended!!! Where is the bomb bunker?

[ScottH]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
Oh my gosh the world is ended!!! Where is the bomb bunker?

Now Now!!

I know when credit is due.

[Nolie]

One of the reasons I like Sydney and their suporters. They afford cult hero status to not only the stars but to the lesser lights who while not being champions have their own persona/likeable characteristics. In WA and I suspect the same is true in Vic all you hear about are the absolute stars - i.e the Cables (Barry) , Farmers (Polly), Todd (John), Walker (Bill) in Vic Matthews, Hird, Jeusalenko, Whitten, Skilton etc. as though they are the only people that played the game. It is a team game and it takes all the players collectively to give the opportunity for those stars to shine. Thus give credit where it is due - spread it around! There are lots of great players that unfortunately are not given the kudos they deserve.
Often I have seen criticiscm of Sydney supporters esp. in Vic and WA forums where they patronisingly say that the Sydney people are "still only learnibg how the game works". In respect of acknowledging the anti-heroes they (the Sydney people) are in my opinion , miles and refreshingly ahead of the rest.
So good onya LRT, Luffy, Cresswell, Kirk who are great players but will be ignored when discussion turns to such crap concepts as the Hall of Fame.

[TheHood]

Originally posted by Nolie
One of the reasons I like Sydney and their suporters. They afford cult hero status to not only the stars but to the lesser lights who while not being champions have their own persona/likeable characteristics. In WA and I suspect the same is true in Vic all you hear about are the absolute stars - i.e the Cables (Barry) , Farmers (Polly), Todd (John), Walker (Bill) in Vic Matthews, Hird, Jeusalenko, Whitten, Skilton etc. as though they are the only people that played the game. It is a team game and it takes all the players collectively to give the opportunity for those stars to shine. Thus give credit where it is due - spread it around! There are lots of great players that unfortunately are not given the kudos they deserve.
Often I have seen criticiscm of Sydney supporters esp. in Vic and WA forums where they patronisingly say that the Sydney people are "still only learnibg how the game works". In respect of acknowledging the anti-heroes they (the Sydney people) are in my opinion , miles and refreshingly ahead of the rest.
So good onya LRT, Luffy, Cresswell, Kirk who are great players but will be ignored when discussion turns to such crap concepts as the Hall of Fame.

Great Post Nolie. You're spot on there. There's a funny irony there about how little "Sydney people" know about their footy, yet most know the tiniest idiosyncracies of LRT, Vogles, Powelly and Monty and will wax about them for as long as we would Baz's. If we were that dumb. we'd still be asking where Plugger went to for lunch and when we was coming back???

I don't mind if LRT is a cult hero or not, I just want him to do his job and get better at it.

I see signs of SOS and Roosy in him.

Speaking of which, with a little guidance, some hours of video footage, could we turn Demps into the next Paul Roos? I reckon Demps has the same dimensions, speed and skill, just needs the confidence and work ethic and he is "Roooooos".

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

LRT-the new Luffy!

Nolie has hit things on the head with his intuitive post. As opposed to just the boring hero worship of guys like Barry Hall and Adam Goodes, the real heros to the Swans fans are players who have been battlers, who have struggled, but who have finally made it despite insummountable odds! Luffy was one, Saddington in some circles was another, now LRT has assumed the mantle of CULT HERO!

I don't know whether it is because he looks so unco out there. I don't know whether it is his Van der Graaf machine haircut. I don't know because he looks like the only surfer dude to never actualy be able to stand up on a surfboard property!

But Nolie is true, LRT is the TRUE cult figure! He is the new "God's gift to football!


As the song goes

"Suuuuuuper Super Lew
Suuuper Super Lew
Suuuuper Super Lew
Lewis Roberts Thompson"

JF

[Charlie]

I reckon he enjoyed his chant today. He definitely heard it.

[Charlie]

Originally posted by TheHood

Speaking of which, with a little guidance, some hours of video footage, could we turn Demps into the next Paul Roos? I reckon Demps has the same dimensions, speed and skill, just needs the confidence and work ethic and he is "Roooooos".

Dempster looks ready to take a half-back flank permanently. Hopefully he'll free Kennelly to go to the wing - as good as Dempster is playing he's not as damaging as Kennelly can be... at least not yet.

[Tuesday]

You know you've made it when you have your own song.
And now our very own Lew Bob Tom has his own song!
He must be as proud as punch!

And you're spot on there, Nolie. I love the anti-hero/the underdog/the roughie. And I do have as many discussions about the likes of Dempster, LRT, Voges and Kirk as I do about Hall, Goodes and Molly. In fact, I would probably have more.

There's something so encouraging about this so called 'blue collar' team: you don't have to have a team full of 'names' like the Wiggles. We can have a team of Boltons, Kirks, Buchanans and O'Keefes and it works.

I have a lot of time for these so called 'no namers' -- they are the foundation of the team. And they are worth discussing as there's much more to a team than simply flashy goalkickers. It also appears as though people on RWO know this.

[connolly]

Benny Mathews could be the real test for this interesting theory

[NMWBloods]

He seemed very pleased with himself after the game, acknowledging the crowd behind the goals.