Which club is it ?

[The Axe]

These days you will have AUSTRAC on your back pressing AML/CTF charges for brown paper bag payments. I know a player agent who thinks it’s so dumb and he refuses to do it as he is a trained solicitor as well as ethical.

Weren’t some big player managers charged about 2 years ago? What happened to them?

[theGman]

There's a new book about Olsen that's just been released, starting to read it now, it's really enjoyable so far.

I wonder if he talks about family life and his adult son's misadventures?

[rented tracksuit]

farmed barra can be a bit muddy, but still good.

Yeah it was from Vietnam but was still tasty!

[bondi.boy]

Yeah it was from Vietnam but was still tasty!

I gave up eating fish...too many dramas, too much confusion of sourcing, confusion as to where the fish is caught, then where it's sent for processing/packaging.

Except for canned sardines, I eat those.

[Parkway_Drive]

I thought the Bobby Goulding saying he got paid with brown papers bag story was out years ago, so its a meh from me.

Just like the having pokies up in Jupiters or somewhere else in or around Brisbane having names on them like Gordan Tallis.

Most if not all clubs were doing the dodgy back in the 80s and throughout the 90s.

[bondi.boy]

Before the salary cap clubs could pay players whatever they liked?
Had players working as doormen and cellarmen at licenced clubs on high wages?

City Ford?
Nick offloaded City Ford long ago?
When Nick first sponsored the Roosters with City Ford, it was fine to give a player a free car?
Fine to give a player free use of a car the company owned, for the length of the player's contract?
Employ players at the company, a company car part of the package?
Install a new kitchen in a player's home?

Then came the salary cap, player sponsors, 3rd party sponsors.

[rented tracksuit]

I gave up eating fish...too many dramas, too much confusion of sourcing, confusion as to where the fish is caught, then where it's sent for processing/packaging.

Except for canned sardines, I eat those.

I don’t care. I’ve been all over the world and guess what... fish come from water. It’s always been that way.

[Smee]

Without any hard evidence, this could be considered defamatory and libelous. On a side note, I went to function where a former queersland and Australian no. 6 spoke and he was proud to say that he and a fellow backrower were offered big money under the table by a certain club on the north side of Sydney harbour. Their contract with the QRL stated that their queersland club only had to match what was in their 'official' offer from the northern Sydney club, so they never played in the NSWRL comp.

[Roosterfarian]

A certain member of this forum used to run those very brown bags. Won’t name him but he is quite knowledgeable..

[Rooster1908]

A certain member of this forum used to run those very brown bags. Won’t name him but he is quite knowledgeable..

Old man rooster

[Hollus]

Tony Adams has been on a bit of a witch hunt of Nick Politis over the past 6-12 months.

Don't dismiss the inclusion of City Ford.

Plenty at the club have certainly started to notice.

Not sure what the back story is but expect more hit pieces from Tony over the coming months.

I’ve noticed that too. It’s becoming a bit tiresome, but he’s definitely looking to sick the knife in whenever he can these days.

[ism22]

There's a new book about Olsen that's just been released, starting to read it now, it's really enjoyable so far.

I heard him on the radio the other day... sounded good. Tempting to have a read.

Would definitely choose his book over Malcolm Turnbull's whingefest if you're considering reading a biography over COVID-19 season.

[The Brain]

They shouldve checked the back of the ss commodores a north of the border were buying back o15 years ago they would pay 80 grand and drive off with 80 grand in the boot

[Paddo Colt 61]

My recollection is that Bobby Goulding never played a game here. He arrived to all sorts of expectations but for whatever reason he left for home almost immediately. Speculation at the time had it that he was homesick. Others claimed that after less than a week he decided that he didn't like the look of the joint. Some of those Northerners can be overly impetuous and emotional like Ade Morley for instance - what a time bomb.

[The Brain]

My recollection is that Bobby Goulding never played a game here. He arrived to all sorts of expectations but for whatever reason he left for home almost immediately. Speculation at the time had it that he was homesick. Others claimed that after less than a week he decided that he didn't like the look of the joint. Some of those Northerners can be overly impetuous and emotional like Ade Morley for instance - what a time bomb.

He went psycho on the piss and funny staff ..even trashed the unit he was living in ....he had to go