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    The Sydney Roosters’ signing of Joseph Suaalii is, for many, problematic.

    Once again the old ‘salary sombrero’ has allegedly been placed on Trent Robinson’s now-expectant head.

    Depending on who you listen to, Suaalii could be earning $10 million dollars per month, with every last dollar paid in a brown paper bag.

    Further, the signing also solidifies the fact that the Chooks are destroying the very fabric of rugby league by both stealing promising juniors and buying their way to a premiership.

    What this tired narrative forgets is that the majority of their recently triumphant players have either been developed and nurtured by the club since they were kids or fine-tuned from good NRL players into superstars.

    The obvious exceptions are Cooper Cronk, James Tedesco and, to a lesser extent, Angus Crichton. Let’s not forget, even Luke Keary was playing on the bench at Souths when Nick Politis nabbed him.

    To further this notion, let’s take a closer look at some recent premiership-winning players.

    Boyd Cordner, Jake Friend, Latrell Mitchell, Joseph Manu and Daniel Tupou all arrived as teenagers and are now superstars.

    Sio Siua Taukeiaho arrived from the Warriors as a winger that nobody knew and is now a superstar, while Jared Waerea-Hargreaves arrived as a decent but largely inexperienced front-rower from Manly and is now one of the best props of the last 20 years.

    Before them, there was Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – widely considered one of the best players in the world – who was developed so well that the Warriors saw it fit to offer him $1 million a year. How dare they!

    What fans (of other clubs) need to appreciate, is that players want to play for the Bondi club. They see what’s happened to the players listed above and they want to follow in their footsteps.

    Further, and somewhat bewilderingly, they want to win premierships. Three trophies in the last seven years makes the club an attractive destination.

    Those within the game will tell you that the Tricolours (and Melbourne) set themselves apart by implementing standards, systems and processes that demand excellence and diminish mediocrity.

    Robinson is an incredibly gifted coach – you don’t win three premierships in your first six years if you’re anything less than stellar.

    The counter argument is that he’s been given everything he wants by a club who are rolling in it financially. Yes, Uncle Nick is wealthy – extremely wealthy – and yes, the club is well resourced, but so are the Broncos and, well, they haven’t won’t a comp in nearly 15 years.

    What is also grossly under appreciated is how good the Chooks are at managing the salary cap. Watch closely every year and you’ll see them quietly let go two or three players on whom have received maximum return of investment – think Dylan Napa, Blake Ferguson and Zane Tetevano.

    The club is also superb at keeping the cap in shape. Think back to when Cooper Cronk and Mitchell – well over $1.5 million dollars worth of talent – left at the end of 2019 and were replaced by Kyle Flanagan and Josh Morris, two players who certainly wouldn’t have broken the bank.

    Flanagan has now moved on, likely to allow young gun Sam Walker to assume his place in first grade, and you can bet your bottom dollar that (for the next year or two at least) Walker won’t be breaking the bank either.

    All of this allows the club to put more money where it’s needed – namely upgrading the likes of Keary, Taukeiaho and eventually Tedesco.

    What helps even further is that players choose to stay for unders. Nearly every notable Roosters player who has come off contract in the last few years received bigger offers to go elsewhere. And yet, with the exception of RTS, they’ve all stayed. Yes, Latrell also moved on (apparently for less than what Easts offered), but that was down largely to a desire to play fullback, which was never going to happen while Tedesco was at the club.

    So as we look forward to 2021, you can bet your bottom dollar that the Sydney Roosters will be there or thereabouts again. They might even get an exemption from the NRL to play Joseph Suaalii in Round 1 – and he’ll probably score a freakish, headline-grabbing try.

    And the rest of us battlers will sit back and dwell on the fact that life can be so unfair, while Uncle Nick and the boys sip champagne and eat caviar in the corporate suites behind us.

    Those dirty rotten cheats!

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    Go the Mighty Roosters.

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    • #3
      That just made my day.

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      • #4
        good piece but not everyone thinks that way - one guy left the comment:

        The angst is well founded. Rooster strategists are into some questionable stuff. Using media to unbalance other teams is becoming a trend. TPJ started on fire in 2019, then the papers were raging with a supposed huge offer from chooks and he went off the boil, dressing room had ego issues, Broncos were affected and he hasn’t been the same since. Same happened with Fifita this year – huge Easts interest that never eventuated – and those that couldn’t sense the Easts involvement in the Rugby ‘offer’ to Suaalii at the very beginning are blind. I saw this outcome when news first broke of his issues with Souths. Mostly people naturally have disenchantment with ‘winning’ teams/individuals who flout/bend rules and good form to win, hence resentment for Storm, chooks, guys who dive, penalty hunters, guys who rub sandpaper on balls….

        apparently all the reports about us signing anyone off contract are part of our sneaky plan for world domination...

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        • #5
          You can't even discuss this topic with the rank and file fans of other clubs, they just refuse to concede that the Roosters might be playing by the rules and just doing things better then their club. There were even comments on a link about us signing Adam Keighran referring to us having no cap, salary somebrero etc. We release, SBW, Tuipolotu, Flanagan and Poasa and we sign a cast off from the Warriors, but we're somehow rorting the cap.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Headless Chook View Post
            You can't even discuss this topic with the rank and file fans of other clubs, they just refuse to concede that the Roosters might be playing by the rules and just doing things better then their club. There were even comments on a link about us signing Adam Keighran referring to us having no cap, salary somebrero etc. We release, SBW, Tuipolotu, Flanagan and Poasa and we sign a cast off from the Warriors, but we're somehow rorting the cap.
            Not to mention Hall and Aubusson. LOL.
            A great piece , thank you for posting.

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            • #7
              True! Yet Roosters sign one or two players and they will yell and scream. Meanwhile their own team will probably sign more (and often one of ours into the bargain!)

              But you can't argue with stupid.

              You can't argue with blinkered, ignorant hate.

              You can't argue with jealousy.

              You can't argue with those who want to find an easy excuse for the lack of success of their team.

              The information is out there - they just don't want to know.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by zac View Post
                good piece but not everyone thinks that way - one guy left the comment:

                The angst is well founded. Rooster strategists are into some questionable stuff. Using media to unbalance other teams is becoming a trend. TPJ started on fire in 2019, then the papers were raging with a supposed huge offer from chooks and he went off the boil, dressing room had ego issues, Broncos were affected and he hasn’t been the same since. Same happened with Fifita this year – huge Easts interest that never eventuated – and those that couldn’t sense the Easts involvement in the Rugby ‘offer’ to Suaalii at the very beginning are blind. I saw this outcome when news first broke of his issues with Souths. Mostly people naturally have disenchantment with ‘winning’ teams/individuals who flout/bend rules and good form to win, hence resentment for Storm, chooks, guys who dive, penalty hunters, guys who rub sandpaper on balls….

                apparently all the reports about us signing anyone off contract are part of our sneaky plan for world domination...
                It is hilarious some of the things some people actually believe. Now Uncle Nick is controlling what Rupert is putting in his papers. FFS.

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                • #9
                  I love it!!!!!! EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THE HATE MAKES ME SMILE , BANTA AT WORK IS CRAZY FUNNY ! RED FACES EVERYWHERE!! if i was a supporter of another club i would be jealous to

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                  • #10
                    Footy for many fans is emotional, not logical.

                    That's why clearly and blatantly false slander against clubs and players stick.

                    Storm = Cheats
                    Roosters = Salary Cap Rorters
                    Rabbitohs = Toothless
                    Dragons = merged team with no heart/soul/history
                    Manly = Silvertails
                    Broncos = got the biggest geographical catchment

                    .....are all examples of either false, totally irrelevant to on field performance, or are outdated and not relevant one iota to the clubs today.

                    But, a lot of fans take fake/disproven shit seriously in the NRL.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Steakface View Post
                      Footy for many fans is emotional, not logical.

                      That's why clearly and blatantly false slander against clubs and players stick.

                      Storm = Cheats
                      Roosters = Salary Cap Rorters
                      Rabbitohs = Toothless
                      Dragons = merged team with no heart/soul/history
                      Manly = Silvertails
                      Broncos = got the biggest geographical catchment

                      .....are all examples of either false, totally irrelevant to on field performance, or are outdated and not relevant one iota to the clubs today.

                      But, a lot of fans take fake/disproven shit seriously in the NRL.
                      Apart from the Roosters the rest are 100% true.
                      Plus Dogs, Manly, and Eels also cap cheats.
                      Souths, Eels and Panthers are NRL pets.
                      And Sharks are a bunch of druggos.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Snapn1 View Post
                        I love it!!!!!! EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THE HATE MAKES ME SMILE , BANTA AT WORK IS CRAZY FUNNY ! RED FACES EVERYWHERE!! if i was a supporter of another club i would be jealous to
                        I'm at the age where I don't bother emailing these articles onto work colleagues anymore (we all work from home anyway so it's not as much fun) but I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it today.
                        Like I keep saying, which workplace would you like to be a part of? A successful one where you have an excellent chance of doing well at your chosen profession where you will be given guidance, a generous salary to give you a good start in life at a young age and a chance to do what you love or go somewhere where there is a high turnover of staff and management, negative experiences and a so so work environment with not much to show for it by age 30 apart from bumps, bruises and a busted knee.
                        Now I am off for a walk wearing one of my many Roosters grand final T-shirts..many many to choose from..
                        "Be good enough to forgive people but don't be stupid enough to trust them again."

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ccfc bondi View Post
                          True! Yet Roosters sign one or two players and they will yell and scream. Meanwhile their own team will probably sign more (and often one of ours into the bargain!)

                          But you can't argue with stupid.

                          You can't argue with blinkered, ignorant hate.

                          You can't argue with jealousy.

                          You can't argue with those who want to find an easy excuse for the lack of success of their team.

                          The information is out there - they just don't want to know.
                          If they don't follow the Roosters, they can't be that bright anyways...
                          "Be good enough to forgive people but don't be stupid enough to trust them again."

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by BUDDY View Post

                            Apart from the Roosters the rest are 100% true.
                            Plus Dogs, Manly, and Eels also cap cheats.
                            Souths, Eels and Panthers are NRL pets.
                            And Sharks are a bunch of druggos.
                            You are just being biased.

                            You've written nothing to indicate where i am incorrect.

                            You've proven my point perfectly.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by redwhiteblue View Post

                              I'm at the age where I don't bother emailing these articles onto work colleagues anymore (we all work from home anyway so it's not as much fun) but I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it today.
                              Like I keep saying, which workplace would you like to be a part of? A successful one where you have an excellent chance of doing well at your chosen profession where you will be given guidance, a generous salary to give you a good start in life at a young age and a chance to do what you love or go somewhere where there is a high turnover of staff and management, negative experiences and a so so work environment with not much to show for it by age 30 apart from bumps, bruises and a busted knee.
                              Now I am off for a walk wearing one of my many Roosters grand final T-shirts..many many to choose from..:cool:
                              if you're over 50, and you were a roosters jersey game day, you've got grand final t-shirt to wear every day of the week. tough life

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