Don't be surprised

[Guest]

I liked what I saw of him at Parra and what he did for us in the few games we saw early last season. Its a shame he isnt getting a go to grow and develop in FG. I feel he is being wasted at our club.

Patch wont shout mate, he strikes me as the sort of guy who will hang around until its his turn before quietly slipping out the back door and doing a runner.

i reckon the tigers should go for him, i cant remember the last time they had a quality half back.
oh wait, the one time they did was with prince in 05

[Guest]

Hear we go, the same stupid line used all over again to try and taint the credibility of our awesome club. How may locals do shark bait have in their team???

Interesting that that word "develop" is used by many people who know nothing of the meaning. The way I see it we have developed most players in our team.

From our top 17:

RTS
mini
Bj
SKD
Tupou
Maloney
Pearce
Kennedy
Friend
JWH
SBW
Guerra
Cordner

Aubo
Tasi
Taka
Evans

The ones in bold are the ones who have made their debut for our club and have only played for our club in their entire career. None of them are LOCAL however can anyone say that we haven't developed them into First Grade players.

The only local boy in Canterbury's "Bred not Bought" club is reynolds.

You make a very good point but a few players Tupou and BJ don't meet your criteria as they came from Parramatta and St George respectively

[Guest]

You make a very good point but a few players Tupou and BJ don't meet your criteria as they came from Parramatta and St George respectively

yeah?
taka played for souths, tasi played for manly,guerra came from the storm what he is saying is that the bolded players made there debut for the roosters

[Headless Chook]

You make a very good point but a few players Tupou and BJ don't meet your criteria as they came from Parramatta and St George respectively

His point was that they made their NRL debut for us so BJ and Tupou fit that criteria

[Guest]

yeah?
taka played for souths, tasi played for manly,guerra came from the storm what he is saying is that the bolded players made there debut for the roosters

yep your right I missed the ones you mentioned as well

[Guest]

His point was that they made their NRL debut for us so BJ and Tupou fit that criteria

Actually the following is what he said

"The ones in bold are the ones who have made their debut for our club and have only played for our club in their entire career. None of them are LOCAL however can anyone say that we haven't developed them into First Grade players."

You can ignore the second half of the first sentence if you want but he did say it.

Anyway as I said previously the point he made is a good one and one I have used myself in the past.

[Vasco]

It's like Teabags turned all hard all of a sudden.

One of those "mines bigger than yours" moments.

Imagine the frustration at being a "45 year old virgin" fan??? Add alcohol and we shouldn't be too hard on the HobbitFarkers.

I always love the classic meltdown signs. The old "juniors" line is a great tell, when someone's run out of valid argument.

Just disappointed I missed the fun last night. With more of us on it would've turned into an old fashioned flame war.

I love the old juniors call.

[redwhiteblue]

I love the old juniors call.

The juniors call doesn't really work in this salary cap day and age does it? Even Souths, after stealing our territory, still import entire families from the UK now.

[stephenj]

still import entire families from the UK now. i love it no matter what souffs do we still find a way to give it to them! yes they finished higher than us last season , but this is a new season about to begin, they must be going through hell, no history, no grand final, no more rusty? no i still cant feel sorry furor them and believe it or not id rather have souffs in the comp than Melbourne! do i have to sit in the naughty corner now?

[John Corey]

How about the Roosters actually develop a junior for once instead of just going out and poaching players.

Where from you fool? Wedding Cake island?

The Roosters are victims of geography. Something out of their control.

[Guest]

still import entire families from the UK now. i love it no matter what souffs do we still find a way to give it to them! yes they finished higher than us last season , but this is a new season about to begin, they must be going through hell, no history, no grand final, no more rusty? no i still cant feel sorry furor them and believe it or not id rather have souffs in the comp than Melbourne! do i have to sit in the naughty corner now?

lol@souffs won as much as we did last season. Actually, we won more!

[Jacks Fur Coat]

The juniors call doesn't really work in this salary cap day and age does it? Even Souths, after stealing our territory, still import entire families from the UK now.

Yes good one RWB.

I'm not sure they neccessarily have to be alive either.

[Guest]

up up cronulla

[stsae]

up up cronulla

LOL, have you been Teabagged maaaaaaaaaate???

[redwhiteblue]

still import entire families from the UK now. i love it no matter what souffs do we still find a way to give it to them! yes they finished higher than us last season , but this is a new season about to begin, they must be going through hell, no history, no grand final, no more rusty? no i still cant feel sorry furor them and believe it or not id rather have souffs in the comp than Melbourne! do i have to sit in the naughty corner now?

Bring back the Bears and get rid of the Rorts. Then we can have Norths, Souths, Easts and Wests. I'll join you in the naughty corner now...