The old "transit lounge" paradigm continues; Easts really are a turd of a club.
The thing is: for all of the advantages they hold they are woeful underachievers - they're two premierships this milleniumm have come off the back of Canterbury's salary cap shermozzle and SBW - a once in a generation athlete.
They have an appalling culture based on egotism, glory-seeking, greed and revelry. You can bet your sweet bippy that there will be some sort of attrocity involving the Bondi boys at some point in the year - like dry-humping a dog or bashing a girlfriend or defecating in a hotel corridor.
The fact that they have no fans goes a way to restoring my faith in humanity, because what person with any shred of character would support such a plastic pantomime of a club.
They've had the Eastern Suburbs to themselves for over 100 years and yet have bugger-all local juniors, instead they gouge south-west Sydney and the Central Coast and then blame Souths for annexing a few junior clubs decades ago - clubs that would probably be playing Rah-Rah or Aussie Rules if they were left under Easts care.
They're not gonna win the premiership this year - they could buy the Queensland Origin team and still wouldn't win it - it'll go to a team built on work ethic and playing for each other not paychecks and partying.
