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yeh raiders wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:39 pm
gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:33 pm
yeh raiders wrote:
gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:30 pm Cronk with broken collar bone? Bloody hell?!
Scapula I think he said. Just phenomenal and put that one down in the history books and one of the greatest ever.
Ah yes you’re right. Was the scapula.

Fair dinkum, tough bugger
I reckon I put that ahead of the likes of Sam Burgess’s broken jaw. He’s already on the field, pumped with adrenaline and warmed up.

Cronk had to put up with it all week, had to manage it, had to convince his coach to roll the dice, get warmed up and last 75 minutes.
And actually pull it off. Don’t forget if they lost he probably would have been the easiest scapegoat. He pretty much played that game like a General barking orders.
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‪Guess that’s the Roosters’ salary cap sombrero?


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Haha yeah as Gus said... 12 players and 1 coach.
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greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
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Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:45 pm Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Should’ve thought about that before being a ****.
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dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:38 pm
greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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I can't be bothered looking for it, but there was an article saying they actually have a good amount of local juniors.

I mean, who do we have that are Canberra locals?
They might have a few juniors, but they cherry pick star juniors and NRL players to win comps. Full credit to Politis for doing it, but it's not a good situation for us.

As for us 50% of our players come from the ACT and Country NSW over the last 15 years. Cotric is the only ACT player at the moment since we were forced to recruit more after 2013/14.
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greeneyed wrote:
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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13 of their 17 players tonight debuted with the club. If you look at our team in the last round 9 of 13 and two of those in Whitehead and Hodgson played a long career in super league before moving here.

Roosters don’t have a large junior base but the argument that they don’t develop players is totally false.
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gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:42 pm
yeh raiders wrote:
gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:33 pm
yeh raiders wrote:
gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:30 pm Cronk with broken collar bone? Bloody hell?!
Scapula I think he said. Just phenomenal and put that one down in the history books and one of the greatest ever.
Ah yes you’re right. Was the scapula.

Fair dinkum, tough bugger
I reckon I put that ahead of the likes of Sam Burgess’s broken jaw. He’s already on the field, pumped with adrenaline and warmed up.

Cronk had to put up with it all week, had to manage it, had to convince his coach to roll the dice, get warmed up and last 75 minutes.
Completely agree.

Gutsy gamble by him and the team to go into that and pull it off.
I 100% agree.

Btw speaking of gambling did anyone hear the story how NRL will look to tighten how sides are named because gambling companies were unhappy about not knowing until an hour before kickoff if Cronk will play :roll:
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Pigman wrote:
greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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Great team
Well coached
Well run organisation
Aggressive and competent defence
Fergo aside, all likeable and entertaining players

They’re everything we’ll never be. What’s not to like?
Go chooks!
If only we could dump and replace our most expensive player with two players each worth more.

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Jason wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:38 pm
dubby wrote:
sprintman wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:34 pm Very poor compared to the AFL yesterday. The NRL have to up their game and quickly
What was poor?
As a contest tonights GF was horrible compared to the AFL final yesterday, but you can have every game being amazing.


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Some good footy played tonight. I just hated the teams.

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greeneyed wrote:
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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I think that you'll find it's more about the Storm losing than the Roosters winning
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Finite wrote:Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Absolutely, booing is only acceptable at Lang park during Origin, amirite

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RTW wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:47 pm
greeneyed wrote:
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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13 of their 17 players tonight debuted with the club. If you look at our team in the last round 9 of 13 and two of those in Whitehead and Hodgson played a long career in super league before moving here.

Roosters don’t have a large junior base but the argument that they don’t develop players is totally false.
They won in 2013 by recruiting a trio of star players, they won this year by recruiting two superstars. The edge they have is not buying everyone, it's that they are able to buy a few of the very best.
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yeh raiders wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:46 pm
Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:45 pm Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Should’ve thought about that before being a ****.
One day I might be as cool as you, but hopefully not...again they boo the refs. Refs were almost perfect...why booo?
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edwahu wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:47 pm
dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:38 pm
greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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I can't be bothered looking for it, but there was an article saying they actually have a good amount of local juniors.

I mean, who do we have that are Canberra locals?
They might have a few juniors, but they cherry pick star juniors and NRL players to win comps. Full credit to Politis for doing it, but it's not a good situation for us.

As for us 50% of our players come from the ACT and Country NSW over the last 15 years. Cotric is the only ACT player at the moment since we were forced to recruit more after 2013/14.
I agree the cap ain't working.

But you can't complain they cherry pick others then admit we do the same.

What's wrong is the NRL won't admit the cap is flawed, won't address the TPAs, won't investigate brown paper bags, will feed us **** and tell us it's sugar
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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gergreg wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:50 pm
Finite wrote:Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Absolutely, booing is only acceptable at Lang park during Origin, amirite

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And it just got a whole lot worse seeing Blake Ferguson rewarded with a premiership.
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dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
sprintman wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:34 pm Very poor compared to the AFL yesterday. The NRL have to up their game and quickly
What was poor?
All of it. Exceedingly poor
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Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:50 pm
yeh raiders wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:46 pm
Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:45 pm Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Should’ve thought about that before being a ****.
One day I might be as cool as you but hopefully not...again they boo the refs. Refs were almost perfect...why booo?
I've never booed anyone, but I don't mind them booing Smith, because he's a grub, a cheat, a media love child and a Stain on the greatest game of all.
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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sprintman wrote:
dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
sprintman wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:34 pm Very poor compared to the AFL yesterday. The NRL have to up their game and quickly
What was poor?
All of it. Exceedingly poor
Nonsense. The Roosters played a flawless first half.

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greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:52 pm And it just got a whole lot worse seeing Blake Ferguson rewarded with a premiership.
Yeah that sucks. Made bearable by the fact he's going to Parramatta next year
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Matterson off the bench for roosters, but I’m sure most on here would prefer him over Williams in the halves
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dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:50 pm
edwahu wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:47 pm
dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:38 pm
greeneyed wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
edwahu wrote:"the cap works" - the NRL, probably
Yep, can’t see why any Raiders fan is happy with a Roosters win. It just underlines how the NRL rules favour the wealthy teams. They bought a premiership, they do little development. Let’s say generously that they “effectively use TPAs”. They’re a blight on the league.


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I can't be bothered looking for it, but there was an article saying they actually have a good amount of local juniors.

I mean, who do we have that are Canberra locals?
They might have a few juniors, but they cherry pick star juniors and NRL players to win comps. Full credit to Politis for doing it, but it's not a good situation for us.

As for us 50% of our players come from the ACT and Country NSW over the last 15 years. Cotric is the only ACT player at the moment since we were forced to recruit more after 2013/14.
I agree the cap ain't working.

But you can't complain they cherry pick others then admit we do the same.

What's wrong is the NRL won't admit the cap is flawed, won't address the TPAs, won't investigate brown paper bags, will feed us **** and tell us it's sugar
We get to cherry pick after they have cleaned the orchard out of everything edible
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gergreg wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:53 pm
sprintman wrote:
dubby wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:36 pm
sprintman wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:34 pm Very poor compared to the AFL yesterday. The NRL have to up their game and quickly
What was poor?
You missed the point completely
All of it. Exceedingly poor
Nonsense. The Roosters played a flawless first half.

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Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:50 pm
yeh raiders wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:46 pm
Finite wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:45 pm Man I hate booing! That’s bs on Smith.
Should’ve thought about that before being a ****.
One day I might be as cool as you, but hopefully not...again they boo the refs. Refs were almost perfect...why booo?
I definitely disagree with booing the refs. And regardless, they’ve been particularly good in the finals.

Smith deserves every bit of criticism he gets.
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Pigman wrote: Fergo aside, all likeable and entertaining players
Warea-Hargreaves?
Friend?

Hmmm...
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greeneyed wrote:And it just got a whole lot worse seeing Blake Ferguson rewarded with a premiership.
Look, it's an imperfect situation, in an imperfect world. But on the bright side, the Storm were pantsed in a typical grubby performance.
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Roosters dominated from the outset. Deserved winners.

Amazing they can keep a side full of rep players under the cap.
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gangrenous wrote: September 30, 2018, 9:56 pm
Pigman wrote: Fergo aside, all likeable and entertaining players
Warea-Hargreaves?
Friend?

Hmmm...
Mitchell?
Napa?

Unlikeable.
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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