Sick and tired of people selling to us that Balmain were good because as far as I can remember they came second in a grand final against some raider nuffies.
The current Balmain " team":-
Theyre are only good at lobbying cardigan-wearing local council people.
The future of the venture rests with the wests side and, not some working group of incense-burning, politically correct champagne socialists.
What next, benny elias wearing a lime poncho singing some tune from Mansuria "the dance of the komodo dragon?"
Steve blocker roach cooking up a storm of exotic Pitcairn Island fare ( makes a change from his Spanish quiches).
Kerry Hemsly running a Skoda or a moped dealership?
Nup, the orange ho's have all been fairly rooted by gentifrication.
They go an excursion to Campbelltown to see "how Australians live"
If you dig out your argument from your irrelevant MOTH style humour,
you will realise that you are inadvertently arguing Souths Sydneys' demise.
On the surface South Sydney and Wests appear similar, both impoverished
places in which no one would live by choice with a large junior base.
However, if you put aside the fact that Souths haven't had any success
since Adam was a boy, it is Souths and Balmain that are similar.
South Sydney = prime real estate to be capitalised upon once the poorer
classes have been moved on to Campbelltown. The slums of South Sydney
will only shrink, and the balmain basket weavers whom you so despise will
overrun your support base (lets face it, they are eying it off over the fence).
In the near future, Souths future will hinge upon the supporter base
that will be dispersed across Sydney and Australia, just like the
Balmain contribution to the joint venture, unless of course you trust
Russel.
Souths will never become strong again by clinging to their working class
roots and the fantasy about local juniors. Who cares where you get your
labour force just so long as you have plenty of dough, just ask Melbourne and Easts.
Souths, Wests and their local juniors! It is like taking candy from a baby for
Easts and co.