South premiership in next 5 years?

[Doomednow]

Souths can win one and good luck to them. At least it won't be f**king Melbourne.

I'm so happy I never got sleeve tatts.

 

[t-ba]

The window will close when players need upgraded contracts. As much as Souths can use the new cap money to entice them to stay, Sh*tter clubs will have more room to move.

There are only two current teams who have been relatively speaking perpetual contenders for the good part of a decade. One of them was systematically cheating the cap and the other stumbled upon the DCE-Foran halves combination by good recruiting (more like the sheer dumb luck that the Dogs threw the Kitchen sink at Hodko leaving us with no choice but to use DCE!).

History is littered with great sides that never got a premiership. Look at Norths in the 1990's for an example of an extremely unlucky football side.

 

[neutralsupporter]

They don't have the class to win a premiership

 

[Liddell]

The window will close when players need upgraded contracts. As much as Souths can use the new cap money to entice them to stay, Sh*tter clubs will have more room to move.

Salary cap wise, we're in a pretty good spot. Reyonlds, Sutton, Inglis, Burgess and Luke are all locked in long term.

Crocker, King and Asotasi, who would all be on decent coin for little or no return are off contract this year.

 

[Owen Da Saints]

True. Here's something to tide you over - had it tonight, fantastic!

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INGREDIENTS (To Make 2)Metric
ImperialOkonomiyaki Flour 1 cup
Water (or Chicken stock) 160ml
Eggs (or Egg substitute)2
2 (or 1/2 cup)Cabbage, cut into 3cm x 2-3ml strips 300g
Green Onions, thinly sliced diagonally 2 stalks
Tenkasu (Tempura bits) 30g
Bacon, cut into 8cm (3") pieces 6 strips

OPTIONAL

Raw shrimp cut into approx 1cm (1/2") chunks 100g
Bonus: Chinese sausage, cut diagonally1-2 links
Bonus: Beni Shoga (Pickled Ginger) 30g

TOPPINGS

Kewpie Mayonnaise


Okonomi Sauce Aonori (Seaweed Flakes)

Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes)

PREPARATION:
1.In a large bowl, whisk together Okonomiyaki Flour and Water until smooth
2.Add Eggs, Cabbage, Onions, Tenkasu, Ginger, Shrimp and Sausage and mix, but don't over mix.
3.Oil a griddle that has been heated to 200C (400F) and add Okonomiyaki mixture divided into two pancakes.
4.Using a spatula flatten and form pancakes until around 1.5cm (3/4") thick - approximately 30cm (12") across.
5.Add Bacon pieces to cover top of each pancake.
6.After about 3 minutes, flip over pancake (bacon side down) and cook for 4 minutes.
7.Flip pancake again (bacon side up) and cook for 3 minutes or until firm and well browned.
8. Remove to plate and drizzle with Kewpie mayonnaise, okonomi sauce and sprinkle with Aonori and Katsuobushi.
9.Eat quickly before someone near you takes your portion.

Good timing !
I'm off to Japan again in 4 weeks.
Can't wait to eat this again !
oishii !

 

[Springbokfly]

No.

 

[BunniesMan]

The window will close when players need upgraded contracts. As much as Souths can use the new cap money to entice them to stay, Sh*tter clubs will have more room to move.

The thing with shitter clubs is they generally waste their money on the wrong players while well run clubs ensure they only pay the right players big money.

Salary cap wise, we're in a pretty good spot. Reyonlds, Sutton, Inglis, Burgess and Luke are all locked in long term.

Crocker, King and Asotasi, who would all be on decent coin for little or no return are off contract this year.

This is an overlooked factor. Our cap is in a good position. We have very little excess fat so to speak. Our longterm money is in key players. We have wasted money coming off the books this year.

Good clubs manage to get the most value out of their space.

Meanwhile other clubs are paying marquee money for the likes of Soward and Benji. Players who IMO will not be marquee players in a premiership contending team.

We've managed our cap by not paying overs to keep every player. We let Sandow and DT go and have found better replacements.

Our spine and the Burgess brothers are locked in long term. As long as we have them as a core we'll be able to lose others and bring average players in who will perform around that core.

 

[RedVDave]

If Souths don't win it this year then they will next year IMO very, very good side.

 

[thorson1987]

The window will close when players need upgraded contracts. As much as Souths can use the new cap money to entice them to stay, Sh*tter clubs will have more room to move.

There are only two current teams who have been relatively speaking perpetual contenders for the good part of a decade. One of them was systematically cheating the cap and the other stumbled upon the DCE-Foran halves combination by good recruiting (more like the sheer dumb luck that the Dogs threw the Kitchen sink at Hodko leaving us with no choice but to use DCE!).

History is littered with great sides that never got a premiership. Look at Norths in the 1990's for an example of an extremely unlucky football side.

Dude, don't f**king remind me.

Far too much heartbreak for a young kid to cope with.

 

[Red Bear]

The window will close when players need upgraded contracts. As much as Souths can use the new cap money to entice them to stay, Sh*tter clubs will have more room to move.

There are only two current teams who have been relatively speaking perpetual contenders for the good part of a decade. One of them was systematically cheating the cap and the other stumbled upon the DCE-Foran halves combination by good recruiting (more like the sheer dumb luck that the Dogs threw the Kitchen sink at Hodko leaving us with no choice but to use DCE!).

History is littered with great sides that never got a premiership. Look at Norths in the 1990's for an example of an extremely unlucky football side.

 

[t-ba]

I loved Norths as a kid. Second side, on the tree every second weekend, mainly because it was a 30 minute walk away (Ok, more like an hour, but still).

I sat through 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

I know I should respond to the cop, but it wasn't that long ago that Souths were a side ran by geniuss, and Easts have gone from a brilliantly run club, to a rabble, to a brilliantly run club again.

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

I loved Norths as a kid. Second side, on the tree every second weekend, mainly because it was a 30 minute walk away (Ok, more like an hour, but still).

I sat through 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

I know I should respond to the cop, but it wasn't that long ago that Souths were a side ran by geniuss, and Easts have gone from a brilliantly run club, to a rabble, to a brilliantly run club again.

Here is to the hope that the Bunnies can emulate the Roosters half way.

 

[Lambretta]

I'd put him as our worst player over the last couple of weeks. Handed the Cows a try last week. There's a number of up and comers in NSW cup I'd love to see have a chance and if Evro gets suspended I think it'll make us a better team.

BM - he was being sarcastic

My 0.2c worth (that's point two of a cent btw) is that Souths are a great side and look like the team most likely to upset the Storm and take the Premiership.

I'm fully aware there are no guarantees in this thing and some of the best sides have missed out in previous years (Dragons in 2009, Storm in 2006, Roosters in 2003, Eels in 2001) but Souths will go damn close if they don't manage to win it.

Yes, they'll struggle if Reynolds and Inglis get injured, but those two aside, the vast majority of their players are covered fairly well by their squad. Short of a catastrophic injury crisis or Ian Schubert valuing Russell Crowe's Hollywood value at $1million placing Souths over the cap I just can't see them missing the top 4 this season.

 

[Lambretta]

History is littered with great sides that never got a premiership. Look at Norths in the 1990's for an example of an extremely unlucky football side.

Blame the Roosters in 97 for one of those failures

Norths were leading by a mile and a half in a finals game during normal time only to be chased down and the scores were finally levelled for a tie. Then Norths were soundly thrashed in extra time. They just couldn't believe they'd been chased down and lost their heads.

 

[God-King Dean]

Is this the year?

No.

 

[bottle]

Bahahahahahahahah @ GKD.
You should know betterer.