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Rather than turn every thread this week into Bulldogs v Roosters debates (as we see with Souths v Roosters), I thought i'd make a place where all articles can go in the lead up to the big clash. Heres the first one:
EXCLUSIVE
The Bulldogs must decide just how co-operative they want to be with the enemy ahead of Friday night's blockbuster against the Roosters after receiving an unprecedented request from Brad Fittler for his players to be allowed to train at ANZ Stadium this week.
The Sun-Herald can reveal the Roosters have fired off an official application to new Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg, who starts his new job in the hot seat tomorrow, to hold a session at Homebush Bay before the most bitter and eagerly anticipated game of the year.
The Dogs are under no obligation to oblige - and so far they haven't.
"Our position is that being the home club, we have no responsibility to say yes," Greenberg told The Sun-Herald.Controversial Rooster Willie Mason will battle against his former club for the first time in the clash. With the Dogs setting aside a selection of prime seats and corporate facilities for the Roosters, early dialogue between the clubs had been cordial, but Greenberg said the training request was a more complex issue that could be rejected.
"This is arguably the game of the year and our preparations come first," he said. "We haven't locked in our training schedules for the week and once we have done that, we may find that we are unable to squeeze the Roosters in.
"We are the home club and the home-ground advantage is there for a reason. If the Roosters want to come and train in our domain they might just happen to find that [Bulldogs coach] Steve Folkes and [assistant coach] Kevin Moore happen to have scheduled a coffee overlooking the ground at the same time."
Fittler's query was lodged by Roosters marketing manager Richard Fisk.
"We are investigating to see whether we can train on their ground," Fisk said. "We want to know if it's available. It will be very interesting to see whether they agree to it or not. There's been the joint promotion of the game with seating so far but this is a test for them about whether they're fair dinkum about co-operation."
NRL chief operating officer Graham Annesley said the Bulldogs were free to snub the Roosters.
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/roosters-want-to-train-on-dogs-turf/2008/03/29/1206207497314.html
IMO f**k the roosters. They would never let another team train on the SFS before a game, and they didn't ask Souths before Rd 1, as they knew they'd most likely get rejected. They're trying to make us look like the weak ones here. Good to see that Greenberg appears to have made up his mind on the matter, and it doesn't look like we're gonna let them train there. Roosters think they run the NRL or something :sarcasm: And as for Roosters using the whole "its a test for them about whethere they're fair dinkum about co-operation" that just proves my point about them thinking they run the NRL. We gave them some great seats at the game in an attempt to promote the game to the fans and its still not enough for them.
EXCLUSIVE
The Bulldogs must decide just how co-operative they want to be with the enemy ahead of Friday night's blockbuster against the Roosters after receiving an unprecedented request from Brad Fittler for his players to be allowed to train at ANZ Stadium this week.
The Sun-Herald can reveal the Roosters have fired off an official application to new Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg, who starts his new job in the hot seat tomorrow, to hold a session at Homebush Bay before the most bitter and eagerly anticipated game of the year.
The Dogs are under no obligation to oblige - and so far they haven't.
"Our position is that being the home club, we have no responsibility to say yes," Greenberg told The Sun-Herald.Controversial Rooster Willie Mason will battle against his former club for the first time in the clash. With the Dogs setting aside a selection of prime seats and corporate facilities for the Roosters, early dialogue between the clubs had been cordial, but Greenberg said the training request was a more complex issue that could be rejected.
"This is arguably the game of the year and our preparations come first," he said. "We haven't locked in our training schedules for the week and once we have done that, we may find that we are unable to squeeze the Roosters in.
"We are the home club and the home-ground advantage is there for a reason. If the Roosters want to come and train in our domain they might just happen to find that [Bulldogs coach] Steve Folkes and [assistant coach] Kevin Moore happen to have scheduled a coffee overlooking the ground at the same time."
Fittler's query was lodged by Roosters marketing manager Richard Fisk.
"We are investigating to see whether we can train on their ground," Fisk said. "We want to know if it's available. It will be very interesting to see whether they agree to it or not. There's been the joint promotion of the game with seating so far but this is a test for them about whether they're fair dinkum about co-operation."
NRL chief operating officer Graham Annesley said the Bulldogs were free to snub the Roosters.
http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/roosters-want-to-train-on-dogs-turf/2008/03/29/1206207497314.html
IMO f**k the roosters. They would never let another team train on the SFS before a game, and they didn't ask Souths before Rd 1, as they knew they'd most likely get rejected. They're trying to make us look like the weak ones here. Good to see that Greenberg appears to have made up his mind on the matter, and it doesn't look like we're gonna let them train there. Roosters think they run the NRL or something :sarcasm: And as for Roosters using the whole "its a test for them about whethere they're fair dinkum about co-operation" that just proves my point about them thinking they run the NRL. We gave them some great seats at the game in an attempt to promote the game to the fans and its still not enough for them.
