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Gary Gutful

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Chiefy's latest scoop.

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If anyone has a twitter account, ask him if the NRL Exec's and leadership and referees will be subject to disclosure of their bank and phone records in the same fashion they are proposing the integrity unit to have same access to that of the players? Officials are surely as susceptible to corruption as players.
 

Poupou Escobar

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He does have a point about grand finalists, at least in recent years. But over those years there are still a bunch of teams with significantly higher or lower win rates than 50%
 

JokerEel

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He does have a point about grand finalists, at least in recent years. But over those years there are still a bunch of teams with significantly higher or lower win rates than 50%

Storm
Roosters
Broncos
and until recently Bulldogs have made the 8 last 7 years..

The Roosters had 3 Minor prems in a row.. Had to rebuild for 1 year and are back again...
 

Bazal

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He does have a point about grand finalists, at least in recent years. But over those years there are still a bunch of teams with significantly higher or lower win rates than 50%

Just goes to show there's a lot more involved in making (and winning) a Grand Final than just lobbing up in the top 4...the number of people on here who think that just being in the top 4 regularly should guarantee a side bulk premierships (see "Brisbane aren't successful" arguments) is a joke, tbh.

That being said there is no doubt that the sides that have the advantages are the sides consistently making the top 4 and competing for the premiership. But there is more to it than the perceived advantages as well. Melbourne and Brisbane are excellent at identifying and developing juniors, for example, and the advantages they get mean it's much easier for them to keep those juniors. That's the big part Parramatta are missing, we supply a hell of a lot of quality juniors into the NRL system but lack the advantages needed to keep them in the face of big offers from the rest of the competition.

Of course winning things and being a successful side also helps. So does not sacking coaches every two years and having a stable off field hierarchy. So we've got no one to blame but ourselves in many ways.
 

hindy111

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Does anyone see Brisbane or Roosters not making top 8 for say 4 yrs?
Or even only 3 from 7 years? No way.

Melbourne will drop off. They had the best 9 ever and one of the best fullbacks and halfbacks games seen. No team will ever have that spine. Let alone for 10yrs.

Parra and Panthers look like they are sorted an be strong for a while.

A lot of other teams look like they are a 50/50 for finals.

Warriors look like in a mess. And sharks i feel are in dangerous waters.
 

Gronk

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So western force received the tap on the shoulder that they are out. Today Twiggy Whathisname met with the ARU and put $50m on the table as an inducement to keep the Perth team in the comp.

Nice to have a sugar daddy like that in your corner !
 

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