The Rumours Thread

[jak]

He is on $500k at dogs apparently

is that real $dollars or uncle nick/gus $dollars

 

[Old Timer]

Dont know the answer to your last question but you dont either.
But travelling to and from the shire to Wollongong CBD is only 45 mins (Sutherland) and 1 hr (Cronulla) if they choose Sydney and play for us
It can take that long travelling across Sydney in peak hour depending where they live and which club they play / train

Would it be fair to say that if the Gong had such appeal as people attest to in this place and the commute was as easy as people say it is it shouldn’t be hard rattle off a few players names who live in the Gong and playing for Sydney based clubs seeing you have around 210 players at Sydney based clubs to choose from.

 

[TruSaint]

Who is Tony Iera

Cronulla fan.
I kid you not. Just checked his profile. Same avatar, same name.

 

[Old Timer]

So your basing the whole opinion of the Illawarra on the Steelers club….#dumbass

Not at all.

For all the Gong supposedly has to offer the Steelers lasted all of 17 years & won 3 spoons and left a shit hole of a club for the members.

If things are as great as you say they are down that way then why is it they attracted very little talent and ultimately folded?

The people of Wollongong and the Illawarra sent you broke and I dare say if not for the strength of St George and its rich legacy and fanatical supporters this franchise would have gone under long ago but the Illawarra has now managed to get it bent over and on its knees ready for a right royal you know what.

The Illawarra is incapable of standing alone because high quality NRL players have avoided it ad nauseaum and many of the best players the vast area has produced have chosen to play elsewhere and that is the very reason that Penrith & Cronulla got included in 66 and why the Steelers ultimately collapsed.







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[Crush]

For you that is true but you’re not a high quality 1st grade NRL player who has options.

TBH the proximity to Sydney is probably one of the stumbling blocks.

Newcastle & Canberra are that bit further away so some extra $$$$ in your contract make a move to their more palatable.

Living in Sydney and commuting and putting up wth the cross city traffic plus the Sutherland to the Gong sector which can be tiresome means that quality Sydney based players choose not to do it.

How many Sydney teams have players commuting from the Gong to them?

You may be surprised to learn that James Tedesco, DCE, Cameron Munster and Reece Walsh all live in Wollongong and commute daily.

 

[VodkaSaint]

Who is Tony Iera

No Idea
But I’m bloody hoping we have some signings news

 

[Old Timer]

You may be surprised to learn that James Tedesco, DCE, Cameron Munster and Reece Walsh all live in Wollongong and commute daily.

Yes of course how silly of me and I heard James Luai has started swimming lessons and will be moving there as well.

 

[BLM01]

Would it be fair to say that if the Gong had such appeal as people attest to in this place and the commute was as easy as people say it is it shouldn’t be hard rattle off a few players names who live in the Gong and playing for Sydney based clubs seeing you have around 210 players at Sydney based clubs to choose from.

You cannot compare Wollongong to Sydney in to what it offers just on size and population and having more of what young people like to do argument alone.
Of course if they get accomm in Sydney, play in Sydney why would they need to travel km's (its not time its the perception of distance there)
Your unsubstantiated no idea statements are
1. Wollongong is a shole
2. People of Wollongong and Illawarra region sent the ARL Illawarra Steelers football club broke (I suppose lucky both BOD's get off so lightly)
3. No players of note want to live and come and play for the St George Illawarra Dragons. Plenty of great names have since 1998.
STOP THERE
You need to stop living in what happened in the 80's and 90's as wrong as you are about that and using it as your basis for now. BTW it is 2024 in case its been that long since you have stepped out.
Blame our club for not attracting talent not categorise a beautiful place to live when you have not experienced it
Notice how no one is bagging Sydney. I grew up right next to you in Peakhurst before moving bush and could say a thing or too to categorise Sydney in 2024 but wont as it has its great spots too.

 

[RedVee]

Cronulla fan.
I kid you not. Just checked his profile. Same avatar, same name.

So he is toying with us

 

[TruSaint]

So he is toying with us

Yep,

 

[cussy]

Not at all.

For all the Gong supposedly has to offer the Steelers lasted all of 17 years & won 3 spoons and left a shit hole of a club for the members.

If things are as great as you say they are down that way then why is it they attracted very little talent and ultimately folded?

The people of Wollongong and the Illawarra sent you broke and I dare say if not for the strength of St George and its rich legacy and fanatical supporters this franchise would have gone under long ago but the Illawarra has now managed to get it bent over and on its knees ready for a right royal you know what.

The Illawarra is incapable of standing alone because high quality NRL players have avoided it ad nauseaum and many of the best players the vast area has produced have chosen to play elsewhere and that is the very reason that Penrith & Cronulla got included in 66 and why the Steelers ultimately collapsed.


Bro - i was always a St George supporter. Again your ignorance is showing more and more- so you are basing everything about the Illawarra on the football team…so dumb




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[Overseadragon]

Nothing wrong with a beaten up old Datsun, JubileeJeffro. I had a 180B back in the day. Sunroof, mag wheels and a CB radio. I was the envy of the western suburbs. It even had a little knob you pulled out and the accelerator pedal went down. Bit like a manual cruise control. Ah, those were the days.

180b sss yes triple carbys nearly got killed in it was 3yrs off work 6operations oh yes I remember my Datsun

 

[Gareth67]

Just on Gutherson and his possible reluctance to travel to Wollongong as he resides near the Northern beaches , I am sure that he could quite easily rent his property out for the duration of his contract .

As another member ( ? ) mentioned during the week the Dragons will move heaven and earth to ensure that new signings and their families are well provided for when moving to the Wollongong district .

But I suppose it would depend upon whether or not his children are settled into their schools or still at an age where a move South would not affect them too adversely.

 

[Mojo]

Just on Gutherson and his possible reluctance to travel to Wollongong as he resides near the Northern beaches , I am sure that he could quite easily rent his property out for the duration of his contract .

As another member ( ? ) mentioned during the week the Dragons will move heaven and earth to ensure that new signings and their families are well provided for when moving to the Wollongong district .

But I suppose it would depend upon whether or not his children are settled into their schools or at still at an age where a move South would not affect them too adversely.

He has one 3 year old daughter.

 

[maestro1]

I think Wendall Sailor lived in the Gong when he was at our club. His son Tristan went to Edmund Rice College. Jeremy Smith lived in Towradgi when he played here. As did Paul Vaughan, Mick Weyman, and I think Jacob Liddle moved down here as did Tyson Frizzell, Widdop.

 

[cussy]

I think Wendall Sailor lived in the Gong when he was at our club. His son Tristan went to Edmund Rice College. Jeremy Smith lived in Towradgi when he played here. As did Paul Vaughan, Mick Weyman, and I think Jacob Liddle moved down here as did Tyson Frizzell, Widdop.

Yes to all- Widdop lived in Thirroul. Vaughan Shellharbour. Sailor Wollongong.

 

[redv13]

Excluding Sydney, you’d have to be an absolute sad sack of a person if you had an issue living at either Wollongong or the Central Coast. The lifestyle at both are fantastic with much less of the hustle and bustle of Sydney

 

[TheRev]

if Gutho continues to use the travel excuse, then he's a dick and should nick off.

Its in guthos hands.. If he wants an extra 1-2yrs locked in.. He will have to come up with a plan to make it work.. He can keep his family on the beaches or they can move for a bit.. Nothing is easy, but we're not interstate..

I'm not sure he has other options.. The Roosters would give him 1yr I reckon (not at fullback tho) or he can stay put at Parra and take his chances.. Or he can tell ryles where to go, and come to saints.

 

[RedVee]

Don’t Suli and Fifita commute from Manly? He’d have some company on the trip at least.

 

[raydragon]

Don’t Suli and Fifita commute from Manly? He’d have some company on the trip at least.

The best part about Sydney is the harbour bridge in your review mirror on your way out. there are some great places to live and bring up your children down the coast that's not far from the gong so you have to live in Wollongong.