point taken, but how many of them left purely for the money? Lyon walked out because he was homesick and thought England was closer to wee waa than parra, Kingston I'll grant you who had to leave due to a stupid rule, not sure about the reasons behind gallen and williams, but i got the impression Inu and Mateo were on the outer with the club. Players also leave for opportunity
Lyon walked out, but big $ could have brought him back. And if we had cheated in 01 with the cap we might have won that one as well.
All the others left simply because the $ was better elsewhere. Same reason we lost Ian Hindmarsh, Clinton Schifcofske, Brett Hodgeson, Jason Caylss, Pat Richards, Andrew Ryan........
actually they could win it with that team.. if they had Bellamy coaching.. maybe.. talthough here's no Cronk, Smith or Slater or anyone as up to par as those 3 guys..
We would have beaten you by 20 in 09 with that team. You only just beat us anyway, and you had $1 million more talent on the paddock AND a dodgey referee!!!!!!!!
but they couldn't afford that team so even without a salary cap they couldn't have kept that team together. Watering down the comp to the lowest common denominator is not a good thing imo.
Dumb as dogsh*t. Parra's finances are fine - you used to carry on about us signing the Canterbury 4 which you cannot do without wealth you stupid brainless pommy git.
The lowest denominator would be admitting a club that whinges about travel expenses after 5 weeks, knifes you in the back after 6, and drops dead 2 years later.
no but I would rather a comp where mediocrity wasn't rewarded. Set the bar at the middle, not at the bottom.
You loved Superleague though.
In a life where mediocrity wasnt rewarded, you wouldnt stand a f*cking chance.