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Rorters claim another Minor Premiership

macnaz

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They have secured their 4th MP in 6 years. Really is a lop sided comp when a club like this is continually assembling rosters like they do. Thank god we have the Broncs, Sharks and Storm also rorting or these merkins would give the Saint's premiereship record a nudge.
And to think they are adding Chrighton,Morris ,Hall ect and chasing Tapau as well ... the salary cap is a waste of time.
Its like having the Melbourne cup with weighted horses to make it an even hadicaped race only to have rich owners able to pay to remove the weight handicap from their horse.
A total f**king farce and the NRL could'nt give a shit.
 

Tiger Ted

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And to think they are adding Chrighton,Morris ,Hall ect and chasing Tapau as well ... the salary cap is a waste of time.
Its like having the Melbourne cup with weighted horses to make it an even hadicaped race only to have rich owners able to pay to remove the weight handicap from their horse.
A total f**king farce and the NRL could'nt give a shit.
..& they r chasing Munsters signature.Realistically there’s only ever 5 spots up for grabs re the top 8 coz the rorters melb & brisb have enormous advantages over teams like ours which ensures they very rarely miss qualifying.
 

Tiger05

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I hate these merkins. They are pieces of shit and the NRL should do something about it. It's easy to fix as well. Only accept the full dollar value of a player another team will pay. So if we were willing to pay 1 million for the Turd he should be on the rorters books at that amount.

Surely it's not that hard to stop the cheating.
 

Russell Coight

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They always talk about how even the Nrl is and there might be a surprise team here and there but when the whips come cracking it's the same teams winning the comp every year.

Either Melbourne, roosters and Brisbane. Looks like it'll be one of those 3 once again
 

macnaz

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I wish there was a way the fans could protest without it affecting their own clubs :( , letter writing and all that bullshit falls on deaf ears.
 

Vic Mackey

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Brad Fittler just said the Minor Premiers should get a Raise in the Salary Cap as players salaries go up in successful teams they shouldn’t be penalized.

Yes, that just happened.
 

Shredder

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What I actually find funny is how few real premiership they win....

Its called a MINOR premiership for a reason.

You cant win a premiership without a soul.
 

macnaz

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I always thought he was a f**kwit but its confirmed 100% now . But to be honest he is such an arse clown he would be just saying it because he knowns how supporters feel about the way the rorters buy the comp.. and would be having a good laugh with his snorter immortal watching the social media storm..
Like get f**ked .. is Tedesco or Cronk going to be worth anymore ffs!!!
They had already out paid the clubs they stole them from in the 1st place ..
 

gordsy

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Lol what a dickhead..
What about the sides that PRODUCE the players these merkins buy every year getting an increase .
To be fair we only graded half the guys that played against Souths the other night. That's the difference between the good teams and the shit teams. They sign Cooper Cronk, we resign Benji Marshall.
 

Das Hassler

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Cronk went there for the business opportunities after football ....he wanted in with Politis as much as they wanted him and no one else was going to get his signature no matter the speculation at the end of last season
 

Tigerm

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If that is what it takes to be up there, then why aren't we doing it. I thought we were done with signing potentials. Top players only want to sign with top clubs, start splashing the cash to become one.
 

macnaz

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What cash ? And if we had any the NRL im sure wouldnt allow us the freedom to use it like some clubs do.
 

Vic Mackey

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if we had any the NRL im sure wouldnt allow us the freedom to use it like some clubs do.

Yep

Remember when Benji was going to go and play a couple of games in Japenese rugby to supplement his income, then resign with us for less and the NRL didn’t allow it

Remember when Parra has Folou agreed but the NRL said it wasn’t his true value and he went to union?

Some clubs are allowed to do whatever they want, some arent
 

simmo1

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I'm probably alone on this one, but I reckon the Roosters would have gone even better with Pearce over Cronk. He's probably in the best form of his career over at Newcastle and has a few more years in him.

Cronk obviously brings a lot of professionalism and experience, but on the field Pearce has been the better player this year.
 

super_coach

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The only good thing, the Chooks have a terrible conversion rate when it comes to dollars invested to titles won. I just hope that trend continues in 2018. Really don’t care who wins except the Chooks.

As for Freddie’s idea, that you reward the minor premiers with extra cap space, what a brain dead idea. I know Freddie is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but what was he thinking
 

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