Cameron Smith Watch

[taxidriver]

Lol - as if people give a f**k about a "launch". Once 8pm tonight comes around, Cam Smith's retirement will be forgotten and the focus will well and truly be on the 2021 NRL season.

Just 3 days ago Buzz and his DT/Fox League cronies took the attention away from the "season launch" to focus on why Cooper Conk was floating between two clubs.

Last season two Bulldogs players tried to f**k schoolgirls just before the season launch. I bet you didn't give a shit then, did you?

your man crush is clearly obscuring your ability to look at this with any sense

 

[MugaB]

your man crush is clearly obscuring your ability

My man crush is on Lats the REAL G.O.A.T!

 

[Lebbo73]

Never heard of the f**ker.

Is that what your shrink told you to say to try an end the nightmares?

 

[soc123_au]

Is that what your shrink told you to say to try an end the nightmares?

The nightmares will never end. I actually tortured myself last night & watched the gf replay with commentary from Bellamy & half a dozen storm players. I will say Brandon Smith is a funny prick.

 

[mave]

80 thousand fans boooooing this merkins head on the big screen, whilst his team got a record flogging in a GF, is still one of my most cherished NRL moments.

Thanks for the memories, Cam.

 

[King hit]

Full respect for his ability as a player and stuff but the salary cap rorts and pushing the boundaries of legal play just never made me a fan of him. Unlike Thurston for example who I felt was pretty fair just about all the time and is quite likeable.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

Cameron Smith is the greatest player ever.

And deserves fans to treat him that way.

 

[Valheru]

"After the way last season finished the timing felt right"

If that's the case one would expect an announcement not long after a season, not 5 months down the track.

I don't see how anyone could consider the assertion that Smith timed this purposely to maximise the spotlight on himself as any way controversial. Those fans that are in love with him should just own it, it doesn't take away from his on field achievements.

 

[Valheru]

Now the Storm want the rules changed so Cam doesn't have to wait to be named an immortal - https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/he...immortal-rules-for-smith-20210310-p579fl.html

That'll do me

Just wait until he gets an executive role in the NRL, you just know those 2 stripped premierships will be reinstated.

It would have top be $1.01 with the bookies.

 

[Generalzod]

Cameron Smith is the greatest player ever.

And deserves fans to treat him that way.

Deserves lol

 

[Knight76]

Some Melbourne social media influencer said above that there was no issue with Smith announcing his retirement at the unvieling of his statue.

But, it was also the unvieling of slaters statue and the merkin still went and made it all about him. What should have been an occassion to celebrate two Melbourne greats, was turned in to the cam smith show.

 

[Rugged Rigid Robust Roy]

Billy would have been proud that Cam chose that moment to retire

 

[Captain Apollo]

Some Melbourne social media influencer said above that there was no issue with Smith announcing his retirement at the unvieling of his statue.

But, it was also the unvieling of slaters statue and the merkin still went and made it all about him. What should have been an occassion to celebrate two Melbourne greats, was turned in to the cam smith show.

One reporter pointed out that Billy Slater did not get to say a word at the ceremony due to Cam.

 

[Captain Apollo]

 

[Rhino_NQ]

So i guess the other statue each them got are hidden away somewhere?

 

[Reflector]

Full respect for his ability as a player and stuff but the salary cap rorts and pushing the boundaries of legal play just never made me a fan of him. Unlike Thurston for example who I felt was pretty fair just about all the time and is quite likeable.

JT reminded me a lot of Joey. Amazing talent and a hell of a competitor, which meant sometimes they lashed out on field (Joey's elbow to Dykes' head, JT grubbing it up on Reynolds in the dying minutes of Origin 2 2014) or had an outburst (Joey hurling his mouthguard and going off at various refs, JT giving refs a spray and claiming there was an anti-Qld NRL conspiracy)

While this behaviour earned them their critics, it was more heat of the moment stuff and reflected their passion and competitive spirit, whereas with COVID Cam it was always pre-meditated, calculated, cynical and ruthless...

 

[ACTPanthers]

The nightmares will never end. I actually tortured myself last night & watched the gf replay with commentary from Bellamy & half a dozen storm players. I will say Brandon Smith is a funny prick.

I think you need a Greg Inglis in your life to stop that self-harm bro...

 

[Reflector]

...

All of us are going to die, just a matter of what our legacy is.

I hope Cam does something post-playing career to further underline his true character and it ensures people never collectively take a favourable view of him through the soft focus of nostalgia.

 

[King hit]

JT reminded me a lot of Joey. Amazing talent and a hell of a competitor, which meant sometimes they lashed out on field (Joey's elbow to Dykes' head, JT grubbing it up on Reynolds in the dying minutes of Origin 2 2014) or had an outburst (Joey hurling his mouthguard and going off at various refs, JT giving refs a spray and claiming there was an anti-Qld NRL conspiracy)

While this behaviour earned them their critics, it was more heat of the moment stuff and reflected their passion and competitive spirit, whereas with COVID Cam it was always pre-meditated, calculated, cynical and ruthless...

I will never cop how Thurston was allowed to say that bullshit and get an apology for it. He should’ve faced extreme fines for it. Especially since that was just after Toovey’s “investigation” rant which cost him 10 grand with Greenberg talking about how the integrity of the game must never be questioned.

 

[myrrh ken]

I hope we close this thread and never hear from or about the merkin ever again