Rumours and Stuff

[The Predictor]

Pou is wasting his talent on here....

Should be a politician, or a lawyer or something...

His probably all 3, that would explain fkn plenty!!

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Wouldn't surprise me if the cowboys go after Blake Mozer now Robson is gone.

We seem stuck on the Jayden Brailey train with the Knights not budging.

Could Ryley Smith make the jump up to first grade within 12 months. Sounds like he is one of the fittest in the club.

I’ve made my thoughts on Mozer pretty clear. Might be hard to pry him away from Brisbane and yep now the Cowboys might well be an attractive option for him. I’m just hoping he’s on our radar. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t to be honest. Obviously landing him is another thing altogether.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Pou is wasting his talent on here....

Should be a politician, or a lawyer or something...

Employ him in the joint

He is smarter then half the muppets at Parramatta head office.

 

[Tiger5150]

Employ him in the joint

He is smarter then half the muppets at Parramatta head office.

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Employ him in the joint

He is smarter then half the muppets at Parramatta head office.

Then he will reinstate Brad Arthur

 

[Incorrect]

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Tax isnt part of the P&L

Absolute rubbish. According to whom?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Grow up seriously

We don't need you to troll the forum on every little issue.

Until you can admit the NRL isn't a level playing field you will remain frustrated at our results, year after year after year.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Don't worry - we have 'em covered with 100M income and $20M profits!

As you know, you are wasting your wisdom. Halfwits tend to just change what they mean by the word instead of admitting they learnt something...

We are bigger than the Broncos now?!? f**ken hell that is awesome. When did that happen?!?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Why did we low ball Mahoney is probably the more appropriate question.

At the end of 2021 we might've been under some salary cap pressure.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Even the coach knew his own son had limitations.

So there in fact was no nepotism after all?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

To simply it you can say that all clubs have the same resources (salary cap) as every other club, some have more TPAs (Broncos), some have more staff, and some have more intangibles (like the Roosters). We now have fulltime staff from HM up (which apparently we didn't previously), putting more money into women's teams and, from reports, have a coach with a vision and a plan (unlike previously apparently). Proof will be in the pudding next year on how we go but you'd have to say that we are now a well resourced team and on that metric alone should improve next year. BUT, will a well resourced team, such as ours now, win a premiership? Over the you...Pou.

I reckon we've had more resources since 2019 than in any period before it going back to the late 80s. Results since 2019 support this, but it's only six years. A very short amount of time in the context of judging the resources of an NRL club.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It’s ok. Everyone knows you argue both sides, whichever one fits your narrative for the day.

Why would anyone only form an opinion based on part of the facts? 'Both sides' is the best way to look at anything.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have to say, the neurodivergent theory makes a great deal of sense.

Either that or you are just the saddest bastard on Earth.

There is always a third theory and the one to which I subscribe - you are a troll who just takes contrary positions so that you can argue with people for days one end and rub yourself raw to it...

Playing the man again? How sad

 

[Poupou Escobar]

As Ive said many a time, he has ruined this sight for me, not speaking for anyone else, I have him on ignore and still dread at the sight of his profile name…..yikes

*site

 

[lucablight]

I showed you how. The Cowboys being the most valuable doesn’t say anything about whether they spend the most on football operations.

No but directing those resources to improve the chance of winning competitions could become unsustainable and lead to a loss of value in a sporting business. This is one of the stated purposes of salary caps and other mechanisms such as FIFA’s financial fair play regulations.

I never said anything about them being cheap or hiring minimal staff. That’s hyperbole you made up. They just don’t need to get involved in a financial arms race of diminishing returns to increase their chances of winning a Super Bowl. If they are satisfied with their chances of winning in a given year then that is enough for them. Sustainability is a core tenet of business.

I told you it assumed a level playing field, and I’m sure we agree that it isn’t, just like in the NRL. But to work out how many competitions a team should expect to win in a given time period you need to start with the average, which is one in the number of teams in the competition. Anything else is just sports nerds fixating on outliers.

Yep, sports nerds fixating on outliers.

Their decision making resources may indeed be poor, just as ours have been for most of the past 38 years. But if they had more financial resources they would get better people wanting to be involved.

You will also find that there is a strong community around the governance structure of some clubs (including ours) and these communities can be very insular and uninviting to quality operators who might be able to make a difference. It’s why Max Donnelly included provisions to exclude the community of Parramatta Leagues club powerbrokers from the board of our NRL club. Spagnolo’s recent EGM was an attempt to get this community back in control. The Tigers likely suffer from the same outdated community link. Clubs need to serve their fans, but as customers. They shouldn’t be running the club, including influencing the decisions of the club’s executives.

You’re moving the goalposts. Your entire argument for years has been about how some clubs have more resources and now it’s not related to that but how much they’re willing to spend on football operations.

Now you’re arguing that any club that is worth a lot but isn’t having relative onfield success isn’t spending money because it might not be in their best financial interests as a business. This is entirely adhoc and you haven’t demonstrated this at all. How can you show that this is what is happening as opposed to a rich club not making the right off field decisions?
As an example do you think Manchester United ability to spend dried up after Alex Ferguson left or have they just not made the right off field decisions to continue having onfield success?

 

[Lemon Squash]

Pou I don’t know you personally bro but I think for your own sanity you need to take a break from this site…. It ain’t healthy

I read a lot on here, I don’t see a need to post that often and I actually do agree with SOME of what you say from time to time, but your need to respond and critique every point someone makes does just come off as trolling… That or a compulsive disorder.

 

[hineyrulz]

Pou doing what he does best

 

[Happy MEel]

So there in fact was no nepotism after all?

Oh I’m sure he recognised it, he just played him in first grade anyway. Nepotism at its finest.

 

[Gronk]

Now where’s that gif of Bart Simpson repeatedly getting an electric shock ?

There is little point whinging that the scammers on Pont Neuf took your money, again. No sympathy.