Surely not!

[The Preacher]

I dunno what you guys are complaining about, I think it'll be awesome !

Just imagine games at WIN/Sharks park. 40% of the crowd will be 16 year old lowies walking around the ground in their uggies.

Makes no difference to old married men, we just get called a "dirty old perv", and I hate having to face facts !!!

 

[Dave Q]

Sourpussys.

It would make for a fine side, three great venues, thousands of extra fans and extra marketing and product revenue. doshish slurrp.

And it would stop the Sharks from ever winning a premierhip in their own right ( which I would be sad about ...but you guys would be very happy about).

But what would this super-club be called?

The Illawarra Sharks.

What if the mighty red V ends up on the socks?

You Saints guys cant keep your eyes off other clubs can you?

The rakes of rugby league!

I'll put up a proposed team after origin tonight for your enjoyment- if I find the time.

The coach is a no-brainer anyway!

Gaz in black and blue!

Pffft! Awesome!

Then youse can sell it as a giant southern feeder team for the mighty rabbitohs.

 

[Willow]

Sourpussys.

It would make for a fine side, three great venues, thousands of extra fans and extra marketing and product revenue. doshish slurrp.

And it would stop the Sharks from ever winning a premierhip in their own right ( which I would be sad about ...but you guys would be very happy about).

But what would this super-club be called?

The Illawarra Sharks.

What if the mighty red V ends up on the socks?

You Saints guys cant keep your eyes off other clubs can you?

The rakes of rugby league!

I'll put up a proposed team after origin tonight for your enjoyment- if I find the time.

The coach is a no-brainer anyway!

Gaz in black and blue!

Pffft! Awesome!

Then youse can sell it as a giant southern feeder team for the mighty rabbitohs.

Dave Troll
The rumour is about the NSWRL Premier League.

 

[Southernsaint]

Poor Dave...

 

[Mr Angry]

Makes no difference to old married men, we just get called a "dirty old perv", and I hate having to face facts !!!

I got a shirt made.

"I am not perving, I am judging you"

I wear it with pride and love the looks I get.

On topic, what a strange idea, I mean I know it is a cost cutting measure, but geez..........

BTW Dave your mob should have merged with Saints and us with Illawarra.

I mean after all the whinging and fighting Souths did only to sell out to a different business man in the end.

 

[Dave Q]

Dave Troll
The rumour is about the NSWRL Premier League.

rats!

and dont call me a troll dipstick!

 

[Dave Q]

I got a shirt made.

"I am not perving, I am judging you"

I wear it with pride and love the looks I get.

On topic, what a strange idea, I mean I know it is a cost cutting measure, but geez..........

BTW Dave your mob should have merged with Saints and us with Illawarra.

I mean after all the whinging and fighting Souths did only to sell out to a different business man in the end.

It was a partial sale Mr Angry, not a stock sell-out!

Us members still hold the key assetts. You can visit Souths.com. au for the details.

The Saints dont turn us on Mr Angry.They are not sexy enough for us, hence no merger possible.

We might buy them one day though for some fun on the side!

Nah, too much history, we are happy to co-exist and continue to beat each other up every now and again to remind us all of the good old days.

Didnt your Mr Gow once set their jumper alight and then he ended up in intensive care?

It was a very bad idea!

 

[Willow]

At 4;16pm:

rats!

and dont call me a troll dipstick!

Last edited by Dave Q : Today at 04:37 PM.

 

[Willow]

"The Illawarra Sharks" = Mr T

"What if the mighty red V ends up on the socks?" = Mr T

"You Saints guys cant keep your eyes off other clubs can you?" = Mr T

"The rakes of rugby league!" = Mr T

"Then youse can sell it as a giant southern feeder team for the mighty rabbitohs." = Mr T again... with the added bonus of dragging the dunny boys into the picture.

 

[STEVE R]

Maybe you have the wrong Sharks in you heads?

I've heard that the Shellharbour Sharks were keen to be the feeder team for the Dragons. They play as the Shellharbour Marlins in the Jim Beam Cup.

That makes more sense to me than a merger of any sort of partnership with Cronulla.

Surely both clubs are smart enough to realise that! Then again, you have Doust and we have Pierce. Hmm... SH!T. We ARE all stuffed!!!

 

[Willow]

Didnt your Mr Gow once set their jumper alight and then he ended up in intensive care?

Scissors actually. And during this less than illustrious moment, he also took the time to lash out and with the fists...connecting with the great Barry Beath.

Poor old Peter Gow... it was the final straw in what can only be described as a tired and emotional career at the Swamp.

Elle MacPherson's dad.

Cronulla Sharks millionaire CEO Peter Gow, last year was found guilty in court of headbutting a Sydney City fan. This year he assaulted a St George Illawarra fan...

The fan he allegedly assaulted was former St. George and Australia player Barry Beath. Beath later said “It’s lucky someone restrained me because I might have killed the p...k.”.

Yep, interesting family.
Sister Mimi makes home made porn movies, Elle makes lots of moolah and the old man makes mayhem.

From this Blog

Ah...the memories...

 

[Willow]

Maybe you have the wrong Sharks in you heads?

I've heard that the Shellharbour Sharks were keen to be the feeder team for the Dragons. They play as the Shellharbour Marlins in the Jim Beam Cup.

That makes more sense to me than a merger of any sort of partnership with Cronulla.

Surely both clubs are smart enough to realise that! Then again, you have Doust and we have Pierce. Hmm... SH!T. We ARE all stuffed!!!

Good perspective Steve.

Something as simple as that wouldn't surprise me in the least.

The rumour I heard from two weeks ago actually came from a (Cronulla) Sharks supporter who I think lives on the south coast. It often happens that these things get blown out of proportion.

Is it worth a phone call? I doubt it.

 

[Dakink]

Dave Your a troll.


With the Sharkies - Cronulla kind - get lost.

Shellharbour species would be a boon. I love the feeder club idea.

 

[Follow Me Up To Carlton]

I heard this rumour a couple of weeks ago but I kept it in the file of the same name.

Except the version heard is that its the cash-strapped Sharks who need it and pushed for it. They're a million in debt and the club's gross profit was quite low.

Interesting. Any more info about their alleged debt?

And does anyone know what ever happened to Anderson's action against them?

 

[Follow Me Up To Carlton]

As for the people saying never never never, dont kid yourselfs. You will accept whatever the club does after the fact and in time will come to defend it. I can already picture the arguments, geography, we have a lot supporters down there, was once considered St George territory, many great players from the region.

 

[Follow Me Up To Carlton]

First the Steelers uniform, now a potential Scum PL team.

The club's grip on my sporting loyalty would slip even further...

This would be worse then the Al-Nakba, The Great Catastrophe.

I refer offcourse to the signing of Nathan Long.

 

[Southernsaint]

As for the people saying never never never, dont kid yourselfs. You will accept whatever the club does after the fact and in time will come to defend it. I can already picture the arguments, geography, we have a lot supporters down there, was once considered St George territory, many great players from the region.

I also look forward to the first Cronulla Heritage Day...

 

[R2K]

I heard this rumour a couple of weeks ago but I kept it in the file of the same name.

Except the version heard is that its the cash-strapped Sharks who need it and pushed for it. They're a million in debt and the club's gross profit was quite low.

Remember, Sharks and Newtown merged in the seconds, so they're no strangers to this.

I'd be interested if it was in the Red V. But I might jump the fence if they ran out in that black and blue cloth.

Willow, why would you be interested?

 

[Willow]

Interesting. Any more info about their alleged debt?

And does anyone know what ever happened to Anderson's action against them?

No secret that Sharks have been battling to make ends meet for decades.

Most recent story was in the papers a little while ago... hang on....

Here tis...
Sharks on the edge

6th May 2007:

THE Sharks are $1 million in the red and facing another financial crisis after it was revealed a federal government grant was used to bolster the club's coffers.

The Sharks, who have faced a number of financial difficulties in their 40-year existence, are reeling after paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars to axed coaches.

The grant, supported by the Sharks' No.1 ticket holder Peter Costello, can be used only to revamp the club's ground. It can't be used to pay off debts or wages.
Neither can the $194,942 interest accrued while the grant sits in the Sharks' St George bank account.

The Sun-Herald documented the Sharks' financial woes in September.
The just released football club's annual report confirms:
 The leagues club showed a low $44,000 profit.
 The leagues club's annual grant to the football club had increased by $300,000 to $1.8 million.
 The money paid to the football club's staff - coaches, players, management - increased by $1 million in 2005.
 Match-day revenue in 2006 dropped by $300,000.
 The football club had to borrow another $600,000 from the bank.
The leagues club's report was just as alarming:
 In just two years the Sharks Group had turned a $1 million profit into a $1 million loss.
 The club paid $300,000 in poker machine tax. That figure will increase next year.
 The leagues club plans to borrow $800,000 to construct "smoking decks" for when the government bans smoking in all licensed premises.

[excerpts]
Full story: link


This follows up a report a few months earlier where the Sharks No.1 ticket holder, Treasurer Peter Costello, was declaring that the Sharks were 'debt free'.

Here: http://www.treasurer.gov.au/tsr/content/transcripts/2006/045.asp


To quote former Sharks coach John Lang:
"The Sharks have no influence and no money... They have spent half their history staving off bankruptcy"
- John Lang

 

[Dave Q]

"The Illawarra Sharks" = Mr T

"What if the mighty red V ends up on the socks?" = Mr T

"You Saints guys cant keep your eyes off other clubs can you?" = Mr T

"The rakes of rugby league!" = Mr T

"Then youse can sell it as a giant southern feeder team for the mighty rabbitohs." = Mr T again... with the added bonus of dragging the dunny boys into the picture.

No, its still not trolling for mine because it lacked any intent Willow.

But this is not about me, ( a topic we are all sick of!) its about the merging issue and that miscreant Gow.

Must be intellectually disabled to slice up another clubs jersey.

But I still think the sharks as a club are OK, they are very good hosts at Shark Park, well mannered and kindly ( is that comment trolling?!!).

So we should have a big reconcilliation thread.

Who's in that lads?

Who wants to build a bridge and unite in the name of the league?