Remembering the Anderson Era

[Knightmare]

Loyalty. Passion. Pride. The three qualities the Knights are built on.

I thought the three qualities were drug cheating, in house marital affairs and drunken assaults?

Nope. Some clubs have three qualities like losing, whoring themselves out to SuperLeague and changing their jersey every time you wake up! :shock:

 

[Knightmare]

The only ARL game I watched in 97 was the second half of the grand final. What a boring comp the ARL was.[/quote]


LOL! :lol: God I'm a dickhead, I've only just realised, after 6 years, how spot on you are! The SuperLeague comp was way better, the competition was so much more even with great, traditional teams like the North Queensland Cowboys, the Adelaide Rams, the Western Reds and the Hunter Mariners. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time in the Grand Final as well, what a gripping game it was as the Broncos thrashed Cronulla 38-6. I had no idea who was going to win that one!
In comparsion, the ARL comp was a s**t boring comp, I agree. The teams were all no-names with f**k all history or tradition like the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly, St George, Balmain, North Sydney etc.
The Grand Final was a yawn too. Manly and Newcastle were tied up 16-16 with 10 seconds to go then Joey sent Albert over in the corner to win the game for the Knights. I could see that was going to happen right from the start.

 

[Booyah]

Manly and Newcastle were tied up 16-16 with 10 seconds to go then Joey sent Albert over in the corner to win the game for the Knights. I could see that was going to happen right from the start.

Same. :lol:

 

[King of the Hill]

LOL! God I'm a dickhead,

Too right, see you later!

 

[Aries]

The only ARL game I watched in 97 was the second half of the grand final. What a boring comp the ARL was.

In comparsion, the ARL comp was a s**t boring comp, I agree. The teams were all no-names with f**k all history or tradition like the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly, St George, Balmain, North Sydney etc.

Lets see what happened since... (Teams in the order you named them)

Souths: Got kicked into oblivion for 2 years... still struggling to get off the floor! Struggling to this day to be in the NRL!

Manly: Sold out and joined North’s in a dead end joint venture, only to save their own arses... still struggling to do so... Struggling to this day to be in the NRL!

St George: No longer exist in the NRL... EXTINCT!!!
They sold out and joined Illawarra to become St George/Illawarra... still struggle to do anything since...

Balmain: EXTINCT... Sold out and joined Western Suburbs, once again, both to save their own arses from oblivion! Struggling to exist in the NRL!

North Sydney: EXTINCT!!

Great examples of "HISTORY" Knightmare ;-)
They are all "history" or close to it...

So, that's your examples of why the ARL was better than Stupid League, is it? :lol:

 

[King of the Hill]

Aries kicks ass!

SL tried to expand the vision of rugby league and the only reason it failed was due to the inertia and backwardness of clubs like St George and Wests etc who through their own short sightedness would prefer to see their own dead clubs live on through some perverse joint venture system than see the game grow interstate and internationally.

Super League held all the aces, and if I was Uncle Rupert, I would never have invited them back!

 

[Aries]

Aries kicks ass!

SL tried to expand the vision of rugby league and the only reason it failed was due to the inertia and backwardness of clubs like St George and Wests etc who through their own short sightedness would prefer to see their own dead clubs live on through some perverse joint venture system than see the game grow interstate and internationally.

Super League held all the aces, and if I was Uncle Rupert, I would never have invited them back!

I agreed with your first line SS

Too bad you editted the rest in though ;-)

My opinion about SL lays in what I called it in my post...

I didn't watch any games in 97, from either comp... Foik Rugby League and that crunt that caused the war in the first place, is basically how I felt at the time. I also swore I would never EVER watch another game of it untill they put the comp back together... Thankfully I didn't have to wait long...

I'll stop further comments on that subject here, as it will spiral into an SL v ARL thread... and THAT is also "HISTORY"...

 

[coolumsharkie]

:shock: Yeah thats right!!!... the Preston thing was 'off the show'.....
almost like he was being discriminated :evil: ......and not to mention the way he handled Treister and Graham....mid season???? That was the end of my interest in the footy for last year,only mild interest for me after that.

 

[beerboy]

Loyalty. Passion. Pride. The three qualities the Knights are built on.

I thought the three qualities were drug cheating, in house marital affairs and drunken assaults?

Nope. Some clubs have three qualities like losing, whoring themselves out to SuperLeague and changing their jersey every time you wake up! :shock:

at lest we dont wear the old Adelaide Rams Jersey

 

[Macca]

Albert didn't even score in the corner! :lol: Joey went blindside then passed inside to Albert who then scooted infield towards the posts and nearly finished up behind them. Geez, and your a Knights fan. No wonder you call yourself Knightmare. :lol: :lol:

 

[Shark]

Yeah, and haven't they treat Albert well ever since! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Quint]

Albert didn't even score in the corner! :lol: Joey went blindside then passed inside to Albert who then scooted infield towards the posts and nearly finished up behind them. Geez, and your a Knights fan. No wonder you call yourself Knightmare. :lol: :lol:

Bingo!!!
Game ,set and match.

 

[Knightmare]

Albert ran in FROM the corner, then went in to score. You Sharks fans should make sure you never read "Never Say Die" by George Piggins, because it tells the TRUTH abouot the SuperLeague war, and the shameful way the clubs who defected (including your own) behaved during the whole ordeal. SuperLeague was never about expanding the game or any of the other bullshit that was spat out by the spin doctors. It was soley about Uncle Rupert selling a game that wasn't his, for the purpose of making huge dividends via pay TV money.
The only reason clubs like Cronulla, Penrith and Auckland passed the 'criteria' :roll: was because of a seriously flawed system, and HUGE amounts of money given to them unfairly by News Ltd. Balmain and Souths (in particular) were screwed over in a big way, and in a FAIR criteria should never have been kicked out or forced to merge. Had Norths gone to SuperLeague, they'd still be alive today for sure, but they were too big to sell their soul over like that. News Ltd. couldn't force them to join SuperLeague but they sure forced them to jump inot bed with Manly.
Although the Sharks joined SuperLeague, I must say their conduct wasn't as disgraceful as that of Canterbury or Brisbane, who got the ball rolling for 'the war' in the first place. I don't hate your club, either, I just find it amusing that a club who still has an empty trophy cabinet after 36 seasons (and counting) can laugh at other clubs who've actually tasted Grand Final sucess.

 

[King of the Hill]

When it comes down to it, the Sharks had the money, they had the stadium, they had the team to exist on their own. They had the foresight to see that the ARL was going to create a lot of strugglers out of the clubs that existed. Uncle Rupert was generous to the clubs in his stable - as the ARL should have been. But they were notoriously tight fisted.

I've spoken to one of the top refs who said the ARL were a bunch of tightasses. Refs used to get paid $500 per week. They'd been campaigning for ages for a decent wage. When Super League came in, the pay was bumped up to $1500 overnight. They were capable of paying this previously, but didnt want to. They didnt have a vision or a real plan for juniors. Super League injected massive amounts of capital into a sport that was becoming stale.

I thank my lucky stars the Sharks joined Super League. From the very start it was a success for Cronulla. It was a brilliant idea for the Sharks to be a part of it. And I wish it was still around. Phil Gould may have been made redundant by now. You cant tell me a joke of a club like South Sydney should still exist.

 

[wittyfan]

Although the Sharks joined SuperLeague, I must say their conduct wasn't as disgraceful as that of Canterbury or Brisbane, who got the ball rolling for 'the war' in the first place. I don't hate your club, either, I just find it amusing that a club who still has an empty trophy cabinet after 36 seasons (and counting) can laugh at other clubs who've actually tasted Grand Final sucess.

At least we get behind our team no matter what. After Joey Johns was injured during the 2002 Final Series, they couldn't sell a ticket in Newcastle to see the Joey-less Knights take on (and get smashed by) the Roosters. Brisbane would have wiped the floor with Newcastle if they had of been a "Super Bowl" in 1997.

 

[coolumsharkie]

:shock: Yeah thats right!!!... the Preston thing was 'off the show'.....
almost like he was being discriminated :evil: ......and not to mention the way he handled Treister and Graham....mid season???? That was the end of my interest in the footy for last year,only mild interest for me after that.

WTF happened here???????? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Knightmare]

Although the Sharks joined SuperLeague, I must say their conduct wasn't as disgraceful as that of Canterbury or Brisbane, who got the ball rolling for 'the war' in the first place. I don't hate your club, either, I just find it amusing that a club who still has an empty trophy cabinet after 36 seasons (and counting) can laugh at other clubs who've actually tasted Grand Final sucess.

At least we get behind our team no matter what. After Joey Johns was injured during the 2002 Final Series, they couldn't sell a ticket in Newcastle to see the Joey-less Knights take on (and get smashed by) the Roosters. Brisbane would have wiped the floor with Newcastle if they had of been a "Super Bowl" in 1997.

I was there till the end in 2002, as were many other busloads of Knights fans (you had to be there to see it). What about the Sharks fans in early 2002, booing Anderson and Noddy then by the end of the year they're all touting them as saviours. You can't accuse Knights fans of being thin-skinned and then not include Sharks fans.
I agree with SS that before Uncle Rupert came, Arko and Quale had let the ARL salary cap and it's finances go to the dogs, if they'd managed that better maybe clubs would never have jumped. Souths deserve a spot in the League, they're the most successful team in League's history and one of the oldest.
I'm sure IF Newcastle HAD joined SuperLeague, Manly fans could say they WOULD've thrashed Newcastle in the Grand Final too. But it didn't happen, so you can't say Brisbane would have, either. We'll never know, unfortunately....

 

[wittyfan]

I agree with SS that before Uncle Rupert came, Arko and Quale had let the ARL salary cap and it's finances go to the dogs, if they'd managed that better maybe clubs would never have jumped. Souths deserve a spot in the League, they're the most successful team in League's history and one of the oldest.

Souths are only there as a short-term PR exercise by the NRL. They won't be there in five years.

 

[PJ]

Manly fans could say they WOULD've thrashed Newcastle in the Grand Final too

Manly fans can say that, they just didn't have the same Chemist

 

[Macca]

Joey sent Albert over in the corner to win the game for the Knights

Albert ran in FROM the corner, then went in to score

Which one is it? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mate all teams have their fans that jump on and off the band wagon as they please, I doubt that many of the posters here are those people, though.

Johnsy being out certainly dents your chances and your ticket sales. Same as the Sharks poor start to last dented ours.

Fans like us should be rewarded for sticking with our side through thick and thin, and as a season seat holder we are to some extent.

I was disgusted by those so called Souths fans that marched in protest up George St. 80000 of them can screw up the traffic in Sydney for a day yet only 10000 or less show up to games. The yuppies and do gooders that jumped on that bandwagon have certainly disappeared along with George Piggins.