Wow Bulldogs sign Kikau

[Bondicigar]

Trent Barrett now has a good gym with new facilities as well as a good playing roster.
What or who is he going to blame next year after another failed campaign?

[ism22]

https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/nrl-202...2-9510ffceb85b. Why didn't we have a crack at him

Love this bit...

> It's highly unusual for a player to be photographed in a new team's colours while still being contracted elsewhere. Souths drew ire from rivals way back in 2007, when Craig Wing was paraded in front of banners saying 'Welcome Home' and posed for pictures with Russell Crowe after re-joining his boyhood club halfway through the season while still a Roosters player.

[ism22]

Burton, Naden, Hetherington, Kikau all Penrith boys, I can see Gus also signing a few up & coming Panthers players. I know they make out that Gus & Penrith parted amicably but Im sure Gus would hold a bit of a grudge about the way I Cleary was rehired without his knowledge & then being given the punt once Ivan arrived.
The Dogs have still got to get quality at 9,7 & 1 before they will be contenders but believe me they will have a top notch 7 & 9 by 2024.

'I woulda scored Wayne Bennett if they'd kept me'... lolz.

[ism22]

Dooogiiiiiiz!!!! [Thrust thrust thrust thrust]

[Thirteen]

Trent Barrett now has a good gym with new facilities as well as a good playing roster.
What or who is he going to blame next year after another failed campaign?

They will blame Flanagan cause he’ll still be a shit and slow footballer.

[Vasco]

Good on them.
I love it when the Dogs are a top 4 side.
They still need a halfback or hooker & it wouldnt surprise me if they also sign for 2023 either Jerome Hughes or Brandon Smith

Prefer them down the bottom of the ladder.

I haven't forgotten the 2002-2004 era.

[The Brain]

Good on them.
I love it when the Dogs are a top 4 side.
They still need a halfback or hooker & it wouldnt surprise me if they also sign for 2023 either Jerome Hughes or Brandon Smith

From what I read the other day that Melbourne will not be offering him a deal after his current contract as it appears he will be going to dolophins

[Monaco's Fan Club]

A heavy forward pack

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Price, Mason, SBW, Anasta, Myles, Perry, Thurston.... all were discovered at a young age, developed and made their debuts at the club- thats a formula for success.

Trying to put a quality team together from just imported first graders doesn't work in most cases (unless they are on peptides!).....anyone who remembers the Roosters of the 90's will remember that very well

My point was that all those players were brought to the dogs club from elsewhere. None were local juniors. The dogs fans from that era would claim that their players were bred not brought. Yet many of the mentioned players were not local juniors, so they were "brought" into their system. Which as you mentioned is the key for success. But those fans would disregard the fact their players weren't locals. Which contradicted their bred not brought cries

[Thirteen]

From what I read the other day that Melbourne will not be offering him a deal after his current contract as it appears he will be going to dolophins

Dolphins have signed Anthony Mundine as an assistant to Bennett. Hughes wants to play under him.

[Mickie Lane]

I would

The League would only have Roosters supporters left following the game (20,000 supporters) which wouldnt be good & all the other clubs would start a new comp because playing in a comp that only 1 team wins every year would have no appeal.
Thank yourself lucky that the NRL has different Premiers because without different teams winning the comp there would be no comp.

[Mickie Lane]

Prefer them down the bottom of the ladder.

I haven't forgotten the 2002-2004 era.

I think it was 2003 & the Roosters beat the Bulldogs at the SFS to go into the GF. That game is up there with the Roosters v Newcastle in 2000 to go into our first GF in 25 years & the Roosters v Manly 4-0 game. I have only seen 2 better games of footy then those 3 games & that was the 2018 GF & the best of all the 2018 Prelim against a red hot Souths team.
I get a really good feeling when I see a red hot Chooks team play & just beat a red hot Manly, Dogs, Broncos, Souths or Melbourne, I get high from it.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

The League would only have Roosters supporters left following the game (20,000 supporters) which wouldnt be good & all the other clubs would start a new comp because playing in a comp that only 1 team wins every year would have no appeal.
Thank yourself lucky that the NRL has different Premiers because without different teams winning the comp there would be no comp.

The game survived the dragons 11 straight seasons of dominance, but I see your point. Ask most fans from any club if they want their team to win every season and you'll probably hear them all say they want their team to win it every year

[Mickie Lane]

The game survived the dragons 11 straight seasons of dominance, but I see your point. Ask most fans from any club if they want their team to win every season and you'll probably hear them all say they want their team to win it every year

You're 100% right but if they really thought about it they would get my point.
Im happy to see the Roosters pretty much always be a top 5 team & winning 2 or 3 comps every decade. Keeps it all interesting that way. I could handle 4 years in a row of the Roosters winning the comp but then I'd like another team to win it so it gives everyone a break from the Chooks winning it. Another thing most supporters of other teams who I know always rib me about the Roosters being cheats, sometimes I defend the Chooks & say thats not right other times I just shake my head but if the Chooks won the comp even 4 years in a row the conspiracies would be deafening.

[ism22]

My point was that all those players were brought to the dogs club from elsewhere. None were local juniors. The dogs fans from that era would claim that their players were bred not brought. Yet many of the mentioned players were not local juniors, so they were "brought" into their system. Which as you mentioned is the key for success. But those fans would disregard the fact their players weren't locals. Which contradicted their bred not brought cries

People like to run a story that we win games by cheating the cap in order to buy in top notch players from elsewhere.

IMO the story's become more and more stale as fans have come to the realisation that it's a professional sport, there's a cap and you can buy whoever the fark you want. It's really not a big issue that clubs buy marquee players. If somebody's club hasn't bought any marquee players then I think fans would have seperate issues with that.