"The NRL is an absolute joke"

[Striker]

Uh no, our promotional tool was the SOO and then our first premiership. Melbourne loves sport. Even you can't deny that.

IIRC you have already shown a lack of business savvy.

[Xman]

Uh no, our promotional tool was the SOO and then our first premiership. Melbourne loves sport. Even you can't deny that.

IIRC you have already shown a lack of business savvy.

SOO? Isnt that a different sport?

Success drives support and the Giants and SSuns will have theirs

[Stewie]

Melbourne loves sport, yes. But Melbourne does not love rl which many of them wouldn't even classify as a "sport" in the first place.

[Striker]

It's the same sport, X, you dimwit!!

The Giants and the Suns will have no success. That's my confident prediction with the Giants to go first.

Stew, if it hadn't been for Collins and Doyle et al you wouldn't be saying that because the truth would be obvious!

[Xman]

It's the same sport, X, you dimwit!!

The Giants and the Suns will have no success. That's my confident prediction with the Giants to go first.

Stew, if it hadn't been for Collins and Doyle et al you wouldn't be saying that because the truth would be obvious!

Yes yes, same sport, different comp. Melbourne dont associate the two because they take an interest in SOO and none in NRL.

The Suns and Giants success is inevitable. Teams with so many high draft picks will always succeed.

[Xman]

Well I can certainly understand the comment made by this NRL fan. Theyve had a horrible few weeks havent they?

Brewing player unrest over salary cap issues, and a possible players strike looming.

A brief celebration with the return of their star Izzy Falou, who then says no thanks and joins RU

A pornography scandal at the Titans

A comprehensive loss in their favourite popularity indicator - cummulative TV ratings

Have I missed anything?

Poor poor NRL. They must be desperate for March!

[Beaussie]

This guys acted like he left AFL because it was not about the money and had no passion for the game(AFL)...............spoke in the papers that he was willing to take a pay cut to return to NRL......Looks like this guy is another Money Bill Williams.

Yet fact remains you lot were desperate to get him back playing rugby league. Same with $BW who will now feature in your advertising campaigns.

Absolute joke indeed. The lot of you. Hilarious all the same to watch though.

desperate ?

we'd of welcomed him back for sure ......... but desperate to get him back

Yes, desperate indeed to get him back playing rugby league. End result, epic fail.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal Folau's camp issued desperate Eels officials a deadline for yesterday to come up with a package that would satisfy NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.

Aware that Folau was contemplating his options in rugby, Parramatta worked frantically with the NRL to devise a legitimate four-year offer.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6527789062

[Beaussie]

Fmd Bea, you started off with this

Yep, that what their fans think

Then you put a link in where it says

One fan tweeted:

Now I don't know much, but if it is one fan with this tweet, how can bearsey be saying fans?

Another fail Bea?

Try re-reading the article in context dumbarse.

There was an immediate backlash from NRL fans on social media blaming the ARLC for not doing enough to bring Folau back to rugby league.

[Xman]

IT'S hard to dislike Israel Folau but recent events indicate his nickname should be Dizzy, not Izzy. Clearly, he can't make a decision on his own when it comes to his sporting future. But to hold him purely responsible for what is nothing short of a farce that only the NRL can produce would be wrong. Salary cap auditor Ian Schubert and the officials who run the game can wear a large slab of the blame for all this negative publicity surrounding Folau. If the situation was reversed, the AFL would have treated a prize recruit from rugby league royally and a deal would have been done within 48 hours to ensure maximum exposure from a feel-good story. Instead, Schubert and others have effectively driven Folau into a spin and the next person who could be run out of the game before he gets a chance to return is the biggest footballing star in either rugby code, Sonny Bill Williams. If the NRL can't get its act together and realise the value Williams brings to the code - and if registration curve-balls are thrown at him - expect a similar result to the Folau debacle at the Eels. On the day Folau rung Andrew Demetriou to quit the AFL, he also called Ricky Stuart to tell the Eels coach he wanted to play with his mates and with his brother, John Folau, a Parramatta lower-grader. Folau also told Stuart he wanted to dump his manager, Isaac Moses, because he wasn't happy with the job he was doing. According to Parramatta sources, Stuart advised Folau to concentrate on getting his football career right first and to worry about a split with his manager later. Stuart is said to have told Folau not to dump Moses because it would bring extra legal headaches into his life. Parramatta insiders have confirmed Moses called Stuart in tears when he found out. Moses has since used the line ''I have to feed my kids'' as a justification for the way he has managed Folau and others recently. Moses also boasted that the media wouldn't be too harsh on Folau or his decision to dump the Eels. Clearly he misread that one. Folau failed to dump Moses and has now put the entire Parramatta club offside after they managed to come up with a very healthy $3m offer over four seasons. Stuart was asked to comment about his dealings with Moses and Folau, and simply said: ''I'm at a father-and-son camp, my focus is on that and not Israel Folau.'' There is no doubt the rudderless NRL played a part in Folau's decision, and take it as fact that there is talk of players boycotting the All Stars game, but it is very much a last resort. At this point the players are not fully united behind the idea but there is momentum and a plan in place to not play the game again. As one leading player told me: ''We've been backed into a corner and will do what it takes.'' The players realise the All Stars game generates plenty of money for charity and is a feel-good fixture. There would be a strong backlash against them. At this point if they were to boycott the game, they would still take part in any pre-game community events. Perhaps the players should consider targeting the first round of the competition instead of a match that raises money for charity.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... z2Dr5xHlM3

NRL a sham!

[Raiderdave]

Yet fact remains you lot were desperate to get him back playing rugby league. Same with $BW who will now feature in your advertising campaigns.

Absolute joke indeed. The lot of you. Hilarious all the same to watch though.

desperate ?

we'd of welcomed him back for sure ......... but desperate to get him back

Yes, desperate indeed to get him back playing rugby league. End result, epic fail.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal Folau's camp issued desperate Eels officials a deadline for yesterday to come up with a package that would satisfy NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.

Aware that Folau was contemplating his options in rugby, Parramatta worked frantically with the NRL to devise a legitimate four-year offer.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6527789062

the only one desperate was Izzy ..... to get away from Victorian Rules & the Midgets
he chased Parramatta ..... not the other way round you half wit

the NRL showed complete integrity by not just rubber stamping his return without first seeing if it ... compromised the comps salary cap rules , good on them for again showing they treat all their 16 clubs equally where the salary cap is concerned =D> =D> =D>

yes .. the NRL has rules Bearsy
the VFL it seems ... with allowing some clubs to cheat theirs Legally ... & allowing others to cheat it illegally but effectively let them off with no punishment .. another in here
don't have rules .... or change them to suit the situation .... FMD wot a farce
what a low scummy ... dirty .. corrupt sport it is

[Xman]

Just like you the NRL and eels were desperate for Falou to join. Shame he didnt hey? I suppose you can't help incompetence!

He's made the nRL look very silly, including fans like you!

[Raiderdave]

Just like you the NRL and eels were desperate for Falou to join. Shame he didnt hey? I suppose you can't help incompetence!

He's made the nRL look very silly, including fans like you!

he's made himself look very silly .... he doesn't appear to know what he's doing ... he is all over the place
sadly .. another side effect of being involved with the VFL along with looking sickly & weak pyhsically is he is now damaged goods

the NRL & Parramatta have dodged an expensive bullet here

[Striker]

Oh you idiot! The Storm won the premiership in it's second freaking season!! And we made the finals in our first!! We won our first four games in our first season!! Where's that in the promotional tools for the Giants and the Suns? Nowhere!!

The Giants need a poster boy. Without one they are doomed to fail.

[Stewie]

Oh you idiot! The Storm won the premiership in it's second freaking season!! And we made the finals in our first!! We won our first four games in our first season!! Where's that in the promotional tools for the Giants and the Suns? Nowhere!!

The Giants need a poster boy. Without one they are doomed to fail.

And look how quickly the novelty of a new nRL team in Melbourne wore off after that. Within 5 years they were averaging below 10,000 crowds. Start up success is not good because the fans wouldn't have experienced what it's like to lose and to be a bad team before they win, so it can create a fan base that takes winning and making finals for granted. This just spells bad news for when the club has a bad period and doesn't make the finals for consecutive years.

[Striker]

I'm not going to repeat the REAL reason why our crowds are down, Stew! It's not what you think it is! Let us into Etihad and keep the nazi security away and you'll be eating your words! Last year's SOO crowd at Etihad is the back up!