Todd Carney gone

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Todd Carney is joining the Catalans Dragons, the club that Mick Potter used to coach and that Trent Robinson used to coach, which is also the club that produced the Sydney Roosters' try scoring freak prop Remi Casty. Todd Carney has signed a three year contract. He may even be offered the captaincy.

https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/rugby-league-carney-signs-catalan-deal-191745393--spt.html

He will be joining Willie Tonga, Michael Oldfield and the diminutive French dynamo full back Morgan Escare in forming what will be one of the two most potent attacking back lines in Super League.

 

[Michael Bishop]

What an awesome back-line. :sarcasm:

 

[LeedsRhinos]

I called this when he got punted from the Sharks, Catalan were the only viable option in Super League and no one in the NRL would take him.

Good place to live and less of a drinking culture than England and Australia and having to learn the language will give him something to do.

 

[Twatface Magee]

He better learn to like wine

 

[Stinkler]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the great Ben Pomeroy play for them too?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

He's Super Leagues problem now.

He better learn to like wine

He's already used to the taste of piss, he should be fine.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Carney must have consulted with Trent Robinson, who coached him in 2010 at the Sydney Roosters (Trent was assistant coach), in the year that Todd won the Dally M.

It will be interesting to see how he goes trying to learn French. He will have 7 or 8 team mates who speak English as their native language, but as five eighth he will have to communicate with the other 18 French players, not all of whom can speak fluent English. I don't see how they can make him captain with the language handicap. Better to have someone like Olivier Elima, who is bilingual, as captain, and get someone like Jason Baitieri (French born and also fluently bilingual) to push Toddy to work hard on his French.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the great Ben Pomeroy play for them too?

You are right about Pomeroy playing for them but not about Pomeroy being great. He is probably the slowest centre in Super League. With Willie Tonga coming over, Pomeroy might not get a first choice selection in the centres in 2015, because the bullocking French centre he now partners, Vincent Duport, is a more powerful attacking player than Pomeroy, and faster.

See Duport set up Escare's first try, and Pomeroy plodding up field after an intercept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1fk2fLYXZY&list=PLwB7MMiiXnVQNFQFSgP03VDe-1pC5QF0e&index=5

 

[Twatface Magee]

try scoring freak prop Remi Casty.

Two tries; try scoring freak.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Two tries; try scoring freak.

Remi should have three tries to his name because he scored a legitimate try last weekend that was wrongly denied as a double movement.

Most props don't score any tries, and others get just one a year.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Remi should have three tries to his name because he scored a legitimate try last weekend that was wrongly denied as a double movement.

Most props don't score any tries, and others get just one a year.

Sorry to inform you of this but disallowed tries don't count towards stats.

 

[goodplayer]

British Super League

carney

Sacked Cronulla five-eighth Todd Carney is poised to sign a four-year deal with Catalans Dragons which play in the British Super League Club.

The 28-year-old has had contracts at three clubs terminated — Cronulla, Sydney Roosters and Canberra.

ITS EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE ,, NOT BRITISH ,, NOT ENGLISH OK

http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2...ay-for-british-club-catalans-dragons/?cs=3761

 

[deal.with.it]

They play in the British Super League Club?
Wonderfully worded

 

[goodplayer]

thats right , its NOT British super league or English super league,

ITS EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE

 

[expansionist]

Todd Carney what a coup - thats just what a game struggling for attention in France needs.. a completely unreliable #&^%wit.

At least it means i dont have to worry about the next time he embarrasses our great game locally

 

[goodplayer]

dont worry. its a 4 year deal

 

[goodplayer]

england clubs can, might vote toddy carney out of EUROPEAN SUPERLEAGUE. they taking the piss surely ?.

todd can get man of steel 2015, play for france or england, 2017

 

[roughyedspud]

the RFL have let carney in but with severe conditions...like

The conditions include the placing of a £50,000 bond which will be payable should Todd Carney breach RFL Operational Rules or be convicted of a criminal act.

lol

 

[Storm13]

lol what a joke.

 

[goodplayer]

no golden showers at the bar then toddy

try and stay off the piss aswell, keep out of trouble, cause this is it now, piss this chance away. you'll end up back in country nsw or qld bush football