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Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:32 pm
by The Eagle
LESStar58 wrote:
The Eagle wrote:
i thought it was winding down around 2005-2008
could be wrong tho but i know they had it at some stage
You know sweet fark all! You could be wrong.... and are.
Ribot was campaigning for cap concessions around 2001-2003 and was constantly turned down. He quit as CEO in 2004 in the fallout from neglecting to report an alleged sexual assault to the NRL.
I actually read it from the Terrorgraph a year or 2 ago,blame the source not the reader
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:29 pm
by Bourbon Rat
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
I guess even Ben Franklin thought the print media was beneath notice
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:57 pm
by TC
The Eagle wrote:
Brett Finch was overrated anyway all his ever done that ive seen as good (Like you see from Slater,Stewart etc) was a 44metre drop goal
WOW!
Yep, agreed! And he's the
second most highly rated player Storm have bought since their inception year. Says how good the club's development has been, doesn't it.
And of our 5 superstar homegrown players (Slater, Smith, Johnson, Cronk and Inglis) only one (Inglis) was ever regarded as a recruiting coup.
All the rest have been home grown, fringe first graders and rejects.
Compare that to the Roosters (say) and their long list of purchases.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:20 pm
by The Eagle
TC wrote:
The Eagle wrote:
Brett Finch was overrated anyway all his ever done that ive seen as good (Like you see from Slater,Stewart etc) was a 44metre drop goal
WOW!
Yep, agreed! And he's the
second most highly rated player Storm have bought since their inception year. Says how good the club's development has been, doesn't it.
And of our 5 superstar homegrown players (Slater, Smith, Johnson, Cronk and Inglis) only one (Inglis) was ever regarded as a recruiting coup.
All the rest have been home grown, fringe first graders and rejects.
Compare that to the Roosters (say) and their long list of purchases.
OR Sam Burgess's transfer fee not being put in the cap but Fuifui's kids having to pay to watch his home games,Gallop has his head up his ass
JWH from roosters $250k was a bit steep for a toyota cup player
I feel sorry for you guys because you made talent,you didnt buy it,was all completely grown at the Storm
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:33 pm
by TC
The Eagle wrote:
OR Sam Burgess's transfer fee not being put in the cap
Yeah, how does that work? And like Burgess is
really only getting 1 million over 4 years. I guess gallop's philosophy now has to be "don't look unless you find something else"
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:50 pm
by LESStar58
The Eagle wrote:
LESStar58 wrote:
The Eagle wrote:
i thought it was winding down around 2005-2008
could be wrong tho but i know they had it at some stage
You know sweet fark all! You could be wrong.... and are.
Ribot was campaigning for cap concessions around 2001-2003 and was constantly turned down. He quit as CEO in 2004 in the fallout from neglecting to report an alleged sexual assault to the NRL.
Source?
I actually read it from the Terrorgraph a year or 2 ago,blame the source not the reader
BREAKING NEWS: Israel Folou set to sign with an AFL side tomorrow
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:38 pm
by Cowbell-Mark
Turn on fox sports news now and it is the main "News Alert"
"Fox sports news understands Folau will sign with team
GWS Tomorrow."
Wow...
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Israel Folou set to sign with an AFL side tomorrow
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:11 pm
by Storm Spirit
at least when it doesn't work out....he can re-sign with the Storm in 3 years time
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:51 pm
by PurpleBlooded
Izzy set to sign for Greater Western Sydney tomorrow.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 10:40 pm
by PurpleBlooded
Has been confirmed that it will happen, from Footy Classifieds on Channel 9.
3 year deal.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:48 pm
by CaptainKlutz
The Announcement will be today 2:00 pm.
Gallop has run the game into the ground so far that we are unable to keep our most valued stars.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:30 pm
by mrpc
$6m over 4 years - for someone that has never actually played the ping pong game.
IMHO let him go, drain their coffers of every last dollar, be crap at their game, making a mockery of their administration, and come crawling back in five years time.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:46 pm
by PurpleBlooded
mrpc wrote:
$6m over 4 years - for someone that has never actually played the ping pong game.
IMHO let him go, drain their coffers of every last dollar, be crap at their game, making a mockery of their administration, and come crawling back in five years time.
While they sign off on a billion dollar TV deal.
The NRL could learn somthing from the AFL admin.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:06 pm
by CooperCronk
I agree with FinchyBoy.
Signing Izzy is a promotional tool for GWS to try and capture new supporters to afl in NSW and more importantly, capture future younger kids to try their code and why wouldn't they, the money on offer is double what the nrl has on the table.
Re: Big name NRL player, fielding AFL offer
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:13 pm
by mrpc
FinchyBoy wrote:
While they sign off on a billion dollar TV deal.
AFL doesn't rate on TV in Sydney, so I can't quite see the link between signing Folau and the value of their TV deal. They were expecting that kind of money before the signing, and I expect it won't have changed after this afternoon.