Tidus_Raider said:Is there anymore parts to that report DJ1?
DJ1 said:Tidus_Raider said:Is there anymore parts to that report DJ1?
I was going to put together the next series dealing with the start of the war from player signings up to the court ruling which overturned the initial ARL victory and allowed the commencement of the SL in 1997.
It will take some time and motivation as there are over 500 pages in the court documents.
I'm steering clear of the various books and autobiographies which are re-writing history and simply looking at what has been sworn to under oath in a court of law.
dodge said:Balmain_Boy said:Raider_69 said:Cliffy GC said:mate ure club only went because that fat fool of CEO you had was so far up ribots date it wasnt funny. Dont be fooled SL hurt canberra look at the death of players u lost to help other SL clubs, Death, Walters etc.Raider_69 said:how long are you people going to harp on about SL
FFS, build a bridge and get over it. How are we ever going to be able to put it behind us and move on if people keep gibbering on about it
ohh but i guess my opinion dosnt count because im "superleague" scum :roll:
i know super league damaged my club, i know super league damaged alot of club and the game itself, but that era is OVER and has been for the best part of a decade, i think its about time people moved on and got over it.
You aren't superleague scum. Your opinion doesn't count because you didn't lose nearly as much as some of us supporters did. THAT'S why.
Do you want a f***ing medal for it? I mean, seriously, you're a whinging bitch. Your opinion doesn't count because you're a bitter twisted negative fool who, 5 years on from the merge and 9 years on from the war, still can't move on and find something else better. The attitude you take says to me that you think League sucks. Therefore why are you on this board still posting about it?
God you f**king "my team isn't what it was in 1995" whingers really need to wake up to yourselves. If the game has dents is usually because of your disgusting attitude towards it. Frankly we're better off without supporters like you.
Bulldogs, NRL, forever!
Big-Steve said:[quote="DIEHARDI find the behaviour of the traitor clubs against fans of loyal clubs and victims of mergers nothing short of disgusting. So much good will and tradition was destroyed. They shouldn't get over it, no one should. We should always remember.
Cliffy GC said:When you talk post SL and people doing wrong Whitaker doesnt get much attention and he should because he made some large stuff ups, he gave way too much away at the comprise table, lets not forget the ARL had the supiror product and he let clubs die or merge.
I cant get my head around this, the bloke played for balmain spilt blood for that club yet he was prepared and be a part of its demise as a Stand alone club, ill give you the hot tip if ARKO had of been CEO of the NRL in 1999 Manly would have merged with no one.
nqboy said:The other interesting point for me is that the ARL were already working on a plan to reduce the number of teams in Sydney by merging, relocating, relegating or excluding them. This point hasn't been addressed by fans of traditional clubs in these forums.
What an opportunity missed.
According to DJ1, they would also have known that ARL Arko had missed a huge opportunity to catapult RL into the big time. That and the Old Boys Network that Arko pandered to would have sore motivation for regional clubs, at least, to look elsewhere.Balmain_Boy said:They must have known by 1996 what they were doing was not good for the game.
So how do you reconcile the similarities btw the ARL and News Ltd when deciding that one is pure evil ("Superleague Scum") and the other is not?Rex said:nqboy said:The other interesting point for me is that the ARL were already working on a plan to reduce the number of teams in Sydney by merging, relocating, relegating or excluding them. This point hasn't been addressed by fans of traditional clubs in these forums.
What an opportunity missed.
Mate we addressed it with our feet, and our voices.
The ARL only tried with two clubs St George and Easts and they were roundly defeated, humiliated and destroyed by the Saints fans, who invaded the pitch, held rallies, ran tickets etc.
Until a real, acceptable offer was on the table - there was always going to be hostility and no buy-in.
C'mon we're talking the ARL. They couldn't save themselves let alone manage culture change.
Superleague played fans for fools too. A merger between St George and Cronulla .... Anyone watching football for a second would know that was never going to happen.
nqboy said:So how do you reconcile the similarities btw the ARL and News Ltd when deciding that one is pure evil ("Superleague Scum") and the other is not?Rex said:nqboy said:The other interesting point for me is that the ARL were already working on a plan to reduce the number of teams in Sydney by merging, relocating, relegating or excluding them. This point hasn't been addressed by fans of traditional clubs in these forums.
What an opportunity missed.
Mate we addressed it with our feet, and our voices.
The ARL only tried with two clubs St George and Easts and they were roundly defeated, humiliated and destroyed by the Saints fans, who invaded the pitch, held rallies, ran tickets etc.
Until a real, acceptable offer was on the table - there was always going to be hostility and no buy-in.
C'mon we're talking the ARL. They couldn't save themselves let alone manage culture change.
Superleague played fans for fools too. A merger between St George and Cronulla .... Anyone watching football for a second would know that was never going to happen.
Rex said:DJ1 said:Tidus_Raider said:Is there anymore parts to that report DJ1?
I was going to put together the next series dealing with the start of the war from player signings up to the court ruling which overturned the initial ARL victory and allowed the commencement of the SL in 1997.
It will take some time and motivation as there are over 500 pages in the court documents.
I'm steering clear of the various books and autobiographies which are re-writing history and simply looking at what has been sworn to under oath in a court of law.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. But Can you please post a reference to what you post. While its interesting to read, it is not the court transcripts as you say, but an interpretation.
And everyone knows History is Written By The Victors.