The Swamp II

[DragonBuck]

seems to me mergers have all but flopped, they were all promised they will become superclubs and spun shit to join in the first place.

ST GEORGE & ILLAWARRA
MANLY & NORTHS
BALMAIN & WESTS

In hindsight none of the clubs have become superclubs, all that happened was two clubs squeezed into one with the same salary caps as everyone else and i dont see double the memberships or sponsors compared to standalone clubs either.

Manly pissed Norths off and got stronger, Tigers are a mess, Dragons are now are mess and considered a Wollongong team, basically alienating itself from the Sydney market, i know its all been spoken about before but what the hell did we the Dragons gain by joining Illawarra? apparently players? big wup they wouldve been at Dragons anyway.

Personally i think mergers wouldve been ok had all Sydney clubs merged, to go half way it didnt achieve anything at all.

If we werent merged would we have 20k members all based out of Kogarah? i think we wouldve by now.

Anyway whats the chances of this (mergers and de-mergers) ever happening again?

I was under the impression this forum was for St George Illawarra fans?? If not and it is just for St George could you be kind enough to point me in the direction of the Illawarra forum??

Also, you are a f**king idiot if you think that St George would have all of the Illawarra juniors if Illawarra wasn't a part of the merger. Why would any Illawarra junior automatically pick St George over any other sydney based club? Merkin!!!

 

[Saintsified]

Listen up chomp, im saying we wouldnt be any weaker and ill stand by that, you illawarra heads would be well um er EXTINCT. Dragons gained very little except your losing ways.

 

[KiamaSaint]

Listen up chomp, im saying we wouldnt be any weaker and ill stand by that, you illawarra heads would be well um er EXTINCT. Dragons gained very little except your losing ways.

With all due respect, you don't know what you are talking about.

 

[Drain the Dragon]

Back in the early 1900s the entire Sydney region south of the Cooks River was known as the Illawarra suburbs.

It's simply a back to the future thing. St George and Illawarra were one and the same to begin with. An entirely logical course of events just brought it all back together again.

 

[Saintsified]

Back in the early 1900s the entire Sydney region south of the Cooks River was known as the Illawarra suburbs.

It's simply a back to the future thing. St George and Illawarra were one and the same to begin with. An entirely logical course of events just brought it all back together again.

Maybe so, but i would like to play all home games out of kogarah then, gong is a waste of time, never sellout....dragon fans in wollongong are a myth.

 

[DragonBuck]

Listen up chomp, im saying we wouldnt be any weaker and ill stand by that, you illawarra heads would be well um er EXTINCT. Dragons gained very little except your losing ways.

Yeah because the last GF win before '10 was when??? '79?? Yeah that must be Illawarra's fault with our losing ways........
Of course Illawarra juniors Morris, Cooper, Creagh, Hornby, Young, Merrin, Prior had absolutely nothing to do with our success in '10?

Would Illawarra be extinct?? Who knows. There is no real way of telling. The Illawarra side of the merger was looking pretty fragile a couple of years ago and they were funded by WIN. The same may have happened if push come to shove back in the late 90's. We will never know.

For the record..."chomp", the Dragons gained direct access to the richest rugby league nursery in the world. Hardly "very little" gained.....

 

[Saintsified]

the richest produced 11 in a row, chomp.

 

[Dakink]

Wow don't think I've read such drivel from a bigger tool for a Long long time.

 

[The Preacher]

I'm glad you said drivel rather than dribble, being from a big tool and all, Dakink.

 

[Pugzley]

Hahahaha. First trying to lobby to ban the shoulder charge and now this guy as your captain.

 

[Willow]

Hahahaha.

Hello Princess, haven't seen you for a while.

Still waiting for us in your mail box in St Clair?

 

[bottle]

Lol @ 'lobby'. You wouldn't know a lobby if it hit you in the arse. Evidence of any 'lobbying' you imbo?

You need to stop obsessing over the Saints and get out more, there are some quality night spots in and around St. Clair. So go comb your mullett, brush your tooth, put on your best Stubbies, singlet and thongs and head out to the Blue Cattle Dog or St. Mary's Leagues. You might be able to drink enough to spew up on yourself, or even pull some bush pig for a root. Quality night all 'round!

 

[Hutty1986]

Hahahaha. First trying to lobby to ban the shoulder charge and now this guy as your captain.

:lol::lol: One of the dumbest posts I've read for a long time. Who "lobbied" it exactly?

 

[Honkiest_Honky]

It is a bit of a travesty that the brains and money of your merger are not equitably represented on the merger logo.

To give so much but receive so little isn't fair.

Seriously, how difficult would it be to work in a steeler?

The current logo is an abomination, a menagerie of filth that represents most things bad in the NRL.

This is a much classier representation and gives Woolongong their proper recognition in this filthy merger.

You're welcome.

 

[saints4ever]

Bahahahhaha

 

[KiamaSaint]

This surely doesn't qualify for the "work for the dole" scheme?

 

[saints4ever]

I feel flattered that you've taken the time out of your busy day. I'm gonna print these out and put em on the fridge. You clever boy

 

[KiamaSaint]

On a serious note, there is actually some sort of police stand off in Wollongong at the moment.

 

[dangerousdave]

Yeah, 2 gunmen have locked themselves in the cinema complex at westfield warrawong

 

[jenninga]

Mate ,have you been in a coma for the last 13 years,i know it's the offseason but you don't have to be a d#*khead.