Sydney is Red, White and Blue

[Lambretta]

I am overwhelmed by the excitement that I experience when I step foot in Bondi Junction. The love for the Roosters is everywhere.

The whole suburb?
Even Ruthven Street?
Or do the locals classify that as Queens Park and follow the Waratahs?

 

[betcats]

Would rather see the rosters win than cam smith and billy f**khead. Up the chooks.

 

[STORM.99/07]

Relax.

Don't take things so literally.

We're rugby league fans. We'll bitch and whinge about anything and everything, but when the time comes, we'll get the job done (i.e., sit down and watch the Grand Final).

Truth be told there's a lot of good times to be had come Sunday:

1. Might get to see Cooper Cronk cry (again);
2. Might get to see Cameron Smith cry (again);
3. Might get to see Billy Slater get suspended; and
4. Might get to see Billy Slater cry (again).

Personally, I'll be playing my favourite drinking game and having a beer every time Bellamy carries on like a pork chop in the coach's box swearing and putting his hands in his pockets like a bitch.

You be sure to enjoy your Sunday too mate.

I will enjoy.thank you.
I have never seen Cam Smith cry.
You probably won`t get to see the end of the game if you are having a drink on CB.

 

[myrrh ken]

Nothing wrong with going and having a cry. Especially if you suffer from depression.

Billy will tell you.

 

[Front-Rower]

You said it is an issue that there are certain teams that consistently make the top 8.

How else should that be interpreted?

Still can’t comprehend I see.

The salary cap does not work in its current state for its intended purpose even though the NRL state otherwise.

You can go even further to say that the stats presented are a fantastic argument for a reduction of teams rather than an increase as it becomes quite obvious that there isn’t enough talent to support 16 teams let alone another 2-4.

 

[SBD82]

Still can’t comprehend I see.

The salary cap does not work in its current state for its intended purpose even though the NRL state otherwise.

The intended purpose of the salary cap wasn't to even the playing field. (Although that is a byproduct that the NRL like to focus on).

The intended purpose was to ensure that the poorer clubs didn't send themselves broke trying to compete with the big money clubs.

 

[Front-Rower]

The intended purpose of the salary cap wasn't to even the playing field. (Although that is a byproduct that the NRL like to focus on).

The intended purpose was to ensure that the poorer clubs didn't send themselves broke trying to compete with the big money clubs.

That's partially correct, the NRL even state so themselves - https://www.nrl.com/operations/the-game/the-salary-cap/

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why have a Salary Cap?

The NRL Salary Cap serves two functions:

1. 1. It assists in "spreading the playing talent" so that a few better resourced clubs cannot simply out-bid other clubs for all of the best players. If a few clubs are able to spend unlimited funds it will reduce the attraction of games to fans, sponsors and media partners due to an uneven competition. Allowing clubs to spend an unlimited amount on players would drive some clubs out of the competition as they would struggle to match the prices wealthy clubs could afford to pay.

1. 2. It ensures clubs are not put into a position where they are forced to spend more money than they can afford, in terms of player payments, just to be competitive.

However, what they fail to mention is that it was supposed to work side by side with the proposed draft that Terry Hill challenged. The draft got tossed out but the salary cap stayed.

The issue with the salary cap is that it doesn't stop the "better resourced" clubs from out-bidding due to ease of access to TPAs.

 

[RedVDragon]

The rorters will renta crowd for the grand final and get smashed by the storm.

 

[wittyfan]

Zero buzz around the city so far for the GF.

 

[Perth Red]

That's partially correct, the NRL even state so themselves - https://www.nrl.com/operations/the-game/the-salary-cap/

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why have a Salary Cap?

The NRL Salary Cap serves two functions:

1. 1. It assists in "spreading the playing talent" so that a few better resourced clubs cannot simply out-bid other clubs for all of the best players. If a few clubs are able to spend unlimited funds it will reduce the attraction of games to fans, sponsors and media partners due to an uneven competition. Allowing clubs to spend an unlimited amount on players would drive some clubs out of the competition as they would struggle to match the prices wealthy clubs could afford to pay.

1. 2. It ensures clubs are not put into a position where they are forced to spend more money than they can afford, in terms of player payments, just to be competitive.

However, what they fail to mention is that it was supposed to work side by side with the proposed draft that Terry Hill challenged. The draft got tossed out but the salary cap stayed.

The issue with the salary cap is that it doesn't stop the "better resourced" clubs from out-bidding due to ease of access to TPAs.

yes an no, if the NRL are to be believed tpa's make up only a very small % of players salaries. More likely players are choosing clubs which give them a greater chance of success which then leads to greater chance of rep honours. And so we have a self perpetuating cycle as players want to go to the successful clubs and so those clubs remain successful. Then throw in the difference in off field spending which clearly gives advantages (when is the football cap due to start?) and we see the haves and have nots.

Probably only Manly that are bucking the trend (unitl this year at least) who clearly haven't got two pennies to rub together yet have managed to put out decent teams for the last few years, and Eels the other way who are spending squillions and cant seem to get a return on that expenditure in the win column.

 

[tumbidragon]

GO! The team that isn't Melbourne...

 

[adamkungl]

Lol @ the cry babies in this thread.

You can propose any cap system, any restriction, any TPA monitoring you want and the 3 most successful teams would still be
Storm
Roosters
Broncos

Over basketcases run on chook raffles that somehow manage to owe the NRL money, play out of a ground unfit for park footy, cheat and still come last, sign Sticky as coach for 40 years, etc.

 

[bad boy bubby]

I tend to think that Sydney is more "anti-purple" than pro "red,white and blue"

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Everywhere I go, in my red, white and blue French national colours, I feel the love, the Remi Casty love, for the Sydney Roosters.

 

[butchmcdick]

Gentle Bondi Boy Lies To Himself And Says That His Roosters Still Have A Chance On Sunday



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Even though his birth certificate says he was born under a boree tree some seven miles from the Betoota City Limits, a polite, smooth-palmed Diamantina expat has looked himself in the mirror this morning and told lies.

Since 2013, Connor Halleford has called the beachside Sydney suburb of Bondi home.

His youth in our state’s great South West is a distant memory; so distant that he’s turned his back on the Cowboys and has let his soft heart be stolen by the Sydney Roosters.

Never the less, the lie he told himself this morning, just after he brushed his comically white teeth, was that the Roosters still have a chance of beating the Storm this Sunday now that Billy Slater has been cleared to play.

The 31-year-old spoke to The Advocate this morning via telephone where he continued to lie to himself repeatedly.


“We are probably actually equal favourites at the moment,” he said.

“We’ve got the home ground advantage and Latrell Mitchell is the greatest player in the whole competition. Cooper Cronk is on the bench. It’s like Friday Night Lights except we’ll win,”

“It doesn’t matter that Billy ‘Protected Species’ Slater is playing, [Boyd] Cordner will neutralise him all game. Do you think I sound worried? Ha!”


Our reporter did think Conor sounded worried but admired his ability to stay positive in such a dark time for himself.

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/hum...t-his-roosters-still-have-a-chance-on-sunday/

 

[Lambretta]

Zero buzz around the city so far for the GF.

but but but Albert says Bondi Junction is abuzz with excitement
(I went there yesterday........ it wasn't)

 

[Lambretta]

Everywhere I go, in my red, white and blue French national colours, I feel the love, the Remi Casty love, for the Sydney Roosters.

You have a Semi for Remi, that about sums it up

 

[JB04]

Zero buzz around the city so far for the GF.

Saw a traffic sign saying NRL GF Sunday just past the Harbour bridge. That’s all I’ve seen. Still, would rather Cordners butt chin hold up the trophy than Cams butt chin #Chooks

 

[Lambretta]

I am currently walking through the CBS to soak up this Red, White and Blue City. I will report back once I have gone 5ks.

As my ACL is f**ked this is no easy task. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I will

 

[mozza91]

The excitement is palpable across Adam’s 15 split personalities.