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Quade Cooper knocks back Parramatta Eels offer to switch to NRL and sticks with Union

parra pete

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Well, Hay does need a win...

touche`...Too good last weekend.
We couldn't handle your big forward pack after Mosese (MoiMoi) broke his leg..they got 25 minutes break with just 14 minutes left on the clock.
Good luck in matches against Tigers on Sunday..We here in Hay have a close bond with Yenda and I know our supporters will be behind the Blueheelers in its quest for the double..Good Club, good blokes and passionate about your footy..:clap: :clap:
 
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just my gut feeling but i think either he hasnt decided yet or he's coming here and waiting until after the bledisloe cup to announce it if he was going to re-sign with them they wouldnt wait a second he would have a contract in front of him so fast the corners would be scorched lol i also think whatever deals he has in front of him from both the aru and the eels are their top offers or close to it so if as others have said he was just using us to get a better deal from the aru its there in front of him so why hasnt he signed yet?
 

boxhead

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The EELiminator and others post good points, I agree it doesn't make sense that the ARU would wait this long to announce his signing, if he had signed they wouldn't delay it. However, I also agree with Stagger that it's next to no chance of happening.
 
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The EELiminator and others post good points, I agree it doesn't make sense that the ARU would wait this long to announce his signing, if he had signed they wouldn't delay it. However, I also agree with Stagger that it's next to no chance of happening.
as far as im concerned until he signs with the aru we are still in with a chance even million to one shots come off sometimes ask any lotto winner lol
 

Twizzle

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well the event still hasn't sold out as far as I'm aware, I believe there may well be about 15000 tickets left and the Cooper announcement could be a fire starter for a late walk up.

not if he is signing with us
 

Avenger

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Whilst there is no announcement from the ARU there is always hope. One thing is for sure. He is an unbelievable talent.
 

Twizzle

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Any *information* you can provide for us there Twiz? :D
:sarcasm:

I got nuthin

just saying they wont save an announcement that he is gonna sign with us till just before a Bledisloe

if he was gonna sign with the Wallabies, then it would make more sense
 

Avenger

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Is this the last one versus the All Blacks for the Bledisloe ? How does it work again, best of 3 or something ? I can never keep up.
 
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I got nuthin

just saying they wont save an announcement that he is gonna sign with us till just before a Bledisloe

if he was gonna sign with the Wallabies, then it would make more sense
thats my gut feeling too if he was staying with them they could announce it anytime if anything it would help the wallabies knowing he was staying on and to be honest if he is coming to us i would rather he waited till after the bledisloe if it was announced days before it i would be annoyed that he showed such disrespect to his current code and team mates just before a big game
 

boxhead

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If he doesn't announce his re-signing with the ARU before this match, you would think the media would be jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth.
 

parra pete

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I can't believe the pessism that abounds on this forum.
Can anyone EXPLAIN to me why they don't think Cooper has already signed with the Eels - or that he is not going to?

A poem for the pessismists

SAID HANRAHAN by John O'Brien

"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.


The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.


"It's looking crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."


"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.


And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."


"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.


"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.


"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."


"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak -
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."


A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.


"We want an inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.


"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."


In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.


And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.


It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'-Bourke.


And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."


And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.


And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.


And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.


While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.


"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."
 
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I can't believe the pessism that abounds on this forum.
Can anyone EXPLAIN to me why they don't think Cooper has already signed with the Eels - or that he is not going to?

A poem for the pessismists

SAID HANRAHAN by John O'Brien

"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.


The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.


"It's looking crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."


"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.


And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."


"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.


"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.


"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."


"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak -
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."


A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.


"We want an inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.


"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."


In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.


And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.


It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'-Bourke.


And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."


And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.


And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.


And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.


While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.


"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."
how long have you been sitting on this gem waiting for a suitable occasion pete?
 

strider

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maybe he just wants to finish off the union season (winter) before signing/announcing anything?

i have never ever believed he will come .... if union wasn't interested maybe he would, but of course they are and they have just as much money to offer him as we do and he doesn't have to move cities to take their money
 

caylo

Bench
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maybe he just wants to finish off the union season (winter) before signing/announcing anything?

i have never ever believed he will come .... if union wasn't interested maybe he would, but of course they are and they have just as much money to offer him as we do and he doesn't have to move cities to take their money

He was ready to leave for canberra for the same money why wouldnt he come to sydney?
 

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