What playing Souffs means....

[stephenj]

made me warm and fuzzy all over! great stuff!

[redwhiteblue]

The Heritage round. It means soooo much to the purists and the traditionalists. A game of rugby league against two old clubs. One of them has been there since day 1, the other is trying to win a premiership from what seems to be since day 1.

It means fanfare, a big crowd in hopefully a local arena near each team's base.

It means mutual respect and adulation, absolutely through clenched teeth.

It means clever puns and egging from the stakeholders like Crowe. Seemingly wise cracks. Talk of feuds and chequebook rugby league.

You know the usual comradre. We love this stuff....Dont we?

The players cherish these battles because theres a huge media presence and exposure. A special build up almost like a mini GF between these two. How fitting....one team has lost its last 5 GFs whilst the other hasnt appeared in one for over 40 years. How very proud they must be to be trning out like this.

Two unlikely candidates, proudly paraded in front of families of Greens voting citizens. With their little kids in their cute red and green mini jerseys or tricoloured $25 Target immitation Roosters Jerseys. Everyone drinking lattes, including the players. Everyone basking in the glorious duality of players like Coote.

Sharing a Garlos pie.

Singing Kumbuyah.

The statue of Clover Moore proudly straddling A Malvern Star right next to one of Artie outside the SFS.

This is what Heritage round means to people. This is what it is to the new commission...the new NRL.

A promoters dream.
This is what Heritage week is about and what it is headed towards in the future.


And this is what it means to me....



No respect for the filthy red and Green rag.

Complete contempt for the idiot owner with his bullshit stories and one eyed interpretation of the truth, truly departed from the actual reality. Void from the real world.

If I could adress each and every Rooster that is honoured to be in a position to give up their lives to just have a crack of collecting a vermin head, I would slap them 3 times.

Once for the disgraceful position we are in.

Twice for the disgraceful behaviour all in the name of getting yet another coach sacked becuase their precious little GenY carcases cant put up with a bit of ****ing starch.

And a third time to wake them the **** up and realise real life is not about earning more money than your pathetic soul deserves, banging playboy bunnies, pubs, lifestyle programs, glamour wags, reality shows, the footy show, nrl on fox or thinking your shit dont smell and you can do no wrong because you are a first grade footballer.

Real life is about every moment you breath, every moment youre eyes are open, wanting and desperately needing, to crush every bone in a Red and Green Jersey.

Real pride is about standing on top of their dead carcass, addressing their idiot owner and pointing out the scoreboard as the Roosters continue to not be a thorn in the side of Souffs, but a nine inch nail through their hollow deformed skulls.

Real Heart is knowing no matter how much the referees are going to cane you, no matter how much spit and infectious bile riddled with ungodly viruses from another world that the vermin supporters are going to hurl at you, and no mater how many illegal high shots Burgess and Co will be allowed to unleash on you, you keep getting up and you drive the stake even harder into their rotting zombie flesh.

Souffs are ****ed. Their club is ****ed. Their owner is ****ed, their history is ****ed, their salary cap is ****ed, their inetentions are ****ed, their existence is ****ed, their sponsors are ****ed,and Ingliss, Burgess, Taylor, Merritt, Reynolds, all of them, .....cant stop them from being.................****ED!!!

What this round means to each and every Rooster to the Core, is ensure, prevail, insist, deliver the blow that continues to label the entire myth that is South Sydney..........the lie........the cheats.......continue to render them all.......****ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are our severly handicapped little step brother.

This round is not a game. Its an execution. An erradication of a filthy lice ridden vermin pile of introduced disease.

This round is an opportunity, for the disappointing waste of sperm that wear our proud Coq bearing Jersey, to swiftly gain some self respect, the respect of a fan base prouder than these so called first graders, can ever be. Its an opportunity to kick start the final run to finish in a position that is much higher than the 12th they currently stand at, to make some ammends of a season wasted with juvenile and purile selfishness and unadulterated laziness.

And I gleeful cherish every open backhanded slap against the moronic heads of the following:
Pearce, Minichiello, BJ, Kennedy, Aubussen, Hargreaves, The young Moga, yes **** you too superstar, and even the guy thats just returned from injury, SKD. Wake up you dumbarse kiwi dropkick.

This game means the ****ing world to me.

And if you are worth a quarter of the dog turd I almost stepped on this morning on my way to a job that doesnt always guarantee me happiness, but it sure as hell doesnt make me a loser whore who drops his bundle because the boss wont let me play playstation, it will mean the world to you too.

I dont care what the media or the experts say about the Vermin form and roster. To me they are dead.

And after Monday, you will ensure this cliche becomes a reality.

Because no matter how ****ed your young half baked heads are, the truth remains you are Rooster mother****ers.

On game day, you will put in.
On game day, you will smash vermin heads like ripe rockmelons
On game day, you will gang up, stand as one and be inpenetrable
on game day, you will take a giant step in restoring some much needed pride and respect.
You ****ing pussies.

Go Easts.

Get thee to the dressing room on Monday night Melon...I'll even pay for your admission!

[TDK]

i hear you melon, i feel your passion, ILL BE OUT THERE SCREAMING FOUR MY TEAM IN THE RWB ON MONDAY NIGHT! ILL GUARANTEE ILL Have no voice driving home, can our players guarantee they'll have nothing left in their tank at games end? on Sunday i play golden oldies at tg milner , ill be pretending the opposition is wearing red and green, ill be giving it my very best my very hardest! thats all i ask of our players!

I do feel your passion Melon but I'm a realist, and Come Monday night, its going to come down too, who has the better structure, less mistakes, better stats and better coached and Souffs unfortunately tick the boxes. Until Mr Smithe leaves the building, it will be the Roosters eating humble pie when we battle with our distant cousins.

[redwhiteblue]

I beg to differ. With Mr Smith as our coach, we have a pretty good track record against the ugly stepsisters.

[trewhella]

To the tune of little Peter rabbit


Rusty thinks he certain
To bring shame upon the chooks
He pays the Burgess brothers
In accounts that's off the books

He hangs out with toofless bludgers
Cause they admire his " good looks"


I think we all know what to do.....

Glory glory to souf Sydney
Glory glory to souf Sydney
Glory glory to souf Sydney

Bring back the CANOE!!

[Chester County]

Inspirational......

[melon....]

**** YES!!!

The hate that I feel for those toothless, hot dog smuggling, vermin carrnts is indiscribable.

I hated Russell Crowe before he bought lol@souffs, but **** me do I hate that **** with a passion now.

Russell "I don't do cheque book rugby league" Crowe has run the ink out of a thousand pens writing in that very farrken cheque book. I'd love to snap that ****ing thumb of his off and drive it fair up his fat, kiwi arse!

Lol@souffs' supporters are even worse. They genuinely believe in the absolute tripe that dribbles from their toothless farrken gums.

They will still tell you that we try to buy premierships despite the fact that uncle Rusty and aunt P.H.A.**** have thrown 100 squillion into their 25 man squad and buy houses for some pommy ****s scrag of a mother.

They'll still tell you that we have no jr's despite the fact they stole 90% of our area because they had a cry some 60 odd years ago.

They'll still tell you they're the most successful club in the league despite the fact there was a tyranosaurus roaming the redfern oval carpark the day they last had their hands on some silverware.

They'll tell you that they've got more members than anyone in the league despite the fact that they give them away to dead pommy ****s, dogs, goldfish and whatever other silly **** will take them.

They'll still get up every morning despite the fact that dole day is another 13 days away and they've got nothing to live for anyway.


You cardinal and myrtle ****s can smoke my red, white and mother****ing blue pole!

I'll see you scummy ****s on Monday.

Don't forget your farrken thermus.

See, unlike his golf buddy Adz, Greedz has the starch required.

Shameless mother****er.

[Guest]

remember Gus's article a few years ago?

The "Book of Feuds", commissioned by Souths co-owner Russell Crowe, will raise more than a few eyebrows among supporter groups. I love rivalry. Good stuff!

However, many will see this book as yet another attempt by the South Sydney club to rewrite history in its own words. I played one season for Souths and loved my time there. Along with many others, I fought hard for the club when it was threatened with removal from the NRL during the Super League war and, when wrongly removed, we again fought hard to have the Bunnies rightly reinstated. Not that we received any thanks for it.

Anyway, in response to the declaration of war by South Sydney on all opponents, I have devoted this week's column to an email I received from a well-known Roosters fan. It will give you some understanding of the depth of feeling between the neighbouring supporter groups.

Titled "Why I hate Souths", an extract reads as follows …

"There are as many reasons why Sydney Roosters supporters have such antipathy toward Souths. The main reason is the manner in which Souths have tried to manipulate public opinion and take a mortgage on rugby league history and tradition, calling themselves 'the pride of the league' and constantly attempting to portray themselves as a far more successful club than results show.

"These claims naturally rile Roosters supporters whose club has just as proud a history as their neighbours. We are the only club to have played in all 100 seasons of the NSWRL/ARL/NRL, won more matches (1009) than any other club and produced more internationals (73) than any other club. Together with 12 premierships, 14 runners-up positions, 12 NSWRL club championships and the only club to win 19 successive matches, it is a club not prepared to stand by and let Souths continually claim the high moral ground.

"The term 'league is strong when Souths is strong' has no basis. But this has never prevented Souths supporters and naive scribes repeating it. Any serious analysis reveals the game has been at its strongest over the past 20 years, a period in which Souths have regularly been cellar dwellers - they've played in no grand finals and just two final series.

"Prior to their brief finals appearance last season, the previous 15 years saw Souths never finish higher than ninth and in 12 of those years, they were lower than 12th, yet the game has not suffered as a result of Souths' continual failures. Their propaganda machine tells of their large supporter base, but even a casual glance at their home crowds over the past 20 years indicates that if these supporters exist, they do not attend Souths games. The rare home matches featuring a crowd over 15,000 during this period were invariably played with a co-tenant of the venue.


"The big issue is that Souths fans believe they're somehow different and superior to all other league fans. They claim they stick through thick and thin when no one else would (they don't), and they've put up with so much more than everyone else (they haven't).

"Many Roosters supporters resent the way their own junior teams, who participate in joint competitions with Souths, are treated by the administrators of those competitions. Others were sickened by the way Souths turned on the Roosters, who could have killed off Souths forever had they turned their backs on clubs like them and joined Super League. Despite the Roosters' support for Souths throughout the Super League war, after Souths were dropped from the NRL they tried to push players negotiating to join the Roosters to instead join Super League clubs like the Bulldogs, who were instrumental in their demise in the first place.

"Local Sydney league boundaries were based on local government boundaries when clubs were formed back in the early 20th century. Souths' boundaries were based on the municipalities of Redfern, Botany, Alexandria, Mascot and Waterloo, while the Roosters' boundaries were those of the eastern municipalities of Paddington, Woollahra, Vaucluse, Randwick and Waverley.

"Many of these councils have since amalgamated, as demographic changes affected the inner and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Randwick Council has a western boundary of Anzac Parade and incorporates all those eastern suburbs east of Anzac Parade, and these suburbs like Randwick, Coogee and Maroubra were all part of the Roosters' territory from 1908 to 1929. Does anyone living in those suburbs then or now not claim to live in the eastern suburbs?

"But in 1929 a number of clubs led by Souths and Balmain helped change the NSWRL constitution so that instead of needing 75 per cent [of the vote] to remove a team from the competition, only 50 per cent was needed. Once the constitution was changed, Balmain, with Souths' help, moved to kick foundation club Glebe from the competition. Roosters fans can't miss the irony in this, given the events 70 years later.

"Soon after, these same clubs changed the constitution back, to protect themselves from future expulsion, so 75 per cent of the vote was again required to remove a club from the then NSWRL. As part of the deal to remove Glebe, Balmain took over Glebe's territory and Souths annexed that part of the Roosters territory east of Anzac Parade and south of Alison Road. The Roosters were as a result left without much of their natural territory, and a large future source of young talent. This was very relevant because for many years you needed to reside within your team's boundaries to play for that club.


"Souths won seven of their 20 premierships with a significant part of the Roosters' territory, while the residential rule was in place. The two players in recent years that Souths have so resented playing for the Roosters, Craig Wing and Braith Anasta, due to their alleged status as Souths juniors, did in fact play their junior football for clubs in the eastern suburbs, which was original Roosters territory, and should still be.

"Again in 1983 after Newtown were excluded from the competition, Souths were again all over the carcass of another foundation club, moving swiftly to grab Newtown's territory and denying the Roosters' attempts to reclaim its former territory as part of a much needed realignment of boundaries.

"Does anybody remember Souths expressing any opposition to the NSWRL's unsuccessful move to exclude Wests from the competition in the early '80s or to Newtown's exclusion in 1983?

"The fact is that Souths, like many clubs with such a long history, have plenty of skeletons in the closet, and when given the power and opportunity, have acted ruthlessly in their own self-interest without any regard to the wellbeing of other traditional clubs or the game itself.

"As a result, their continual whingeing and rewriting of history has grated on many league supporters, but, in particular, those of the one club that feels it has just as much right to celebrate its history as any other."

Wow! Some feuds have a long history!

I would suggest to Roosters coach Brad Fittler that he should immediately recruit this fan and put him in the front row next Friday night in the season opener against Souths. That way he will have at least one Roosters player who understands the importance of this local derby.

[melon....]

remember Gus's article a few years ago?

**** I hate Souffs.

[Guest]

Souths will belt us Monday nite for sure - up comes our third half century of the year. But don't worrry because Politis will give SBW 1 mill to stuff our club up even more.

[Guest]

remember Gus's article a few years ago?

**** I hate Souffs.

I hate Christmas because it's red and farrken green!!!

[Guest]

Souths will belt us Monday nite for sure - up comes our third half century of the year. But don't worrry because Politis will give SBW 1 mill to stuff our club up even more.

You can get farrked too, you toothless ****!

[melon....]

No it was the one Before rnd 26 2007 Done by Bruce Lee It was aimed at darque It was a classic But this one has outdone it

My personal favourite was about being not only thiorn in their side bu t anine inch nail driven right through there hollow deformed skull

So it wasnt me after all.

[Guest]

You can get farrked too, you toothless ****!

wow - thanks for those kind deep words!!! / sounds like you really know me well.

[Guest]

Get of your high horses it's not 1975.
Souffs are in the top 8 and 6 positions ahead of us. That's disgraceful considering where we were 2 years ago.
lol@souffs all you want but right now until 2013 when Maloney, Oldfield and hopefully SBW+ a new coach comes its lol@Roosters tagged the transit lounge and one of the most hated clubs in the NRL why do so many people hate us not like we made a cap breach or anything. Why do so mAny Doggies supporters hate us and the Lebos keep making fun of us!