Angus Crichton - the 3 clubs that want him

[Mark from Brisbane]

Looks like the money the Roosters have 'freed up' recently via Nikorima etc has done the trick...

https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2017/12/18/crichton-to-move-in-2019/

Money they’ve “ freed up” , nah, $85k on the cap and a $915k TPA.

This game is nothing but rigged as all **** now.

The Rorters will virtually have a compete representative team, with half a representative team in reserve and about two Neville’s just so they can say they are giving some local
Juniors a go.

FMD this is making me angry

 

[master blaster]

The NRL is a friggen joke.There is no way The Polaris should be on both the NRL and roosters board, again one of my favourite sayings, it has to be a conflict of interest. Yeah they have got rid of a couple of players, but they are never investigated, and again,its blatantly obvious who they want to succeed and who they dont. Its a F........n joke. My mate and me were discussing just this the other day that Polaris will never lose, he will have the best of everything,lawyers, barristers etc etc etc, but one thing they have and will never go away is the every now and then someone will get done for drugs culture or other misdemeanours

 

[The Who]

So, the three most in-demand players in the NRL - Teddy, Cronk and Crighton - have all gone to Easts.
Surely the majority of NRL supporters will now realise that George Orwell, that well-known rugby league writer, was correct when he said: "All clubs are equal, although some are more equal than others."

 

[Ryan]

Money they’ve “ freed up” , nah, $85k on the cap and a $915k TPA.

This game is nothing but rigged as all **** now.

The Rorters will virtually have a compete representative team, with half a representative team in reserve and about two Neville’s just so they can say they are giving some local
Juniors a go.

FMD this is making me angry

Ridiculous mate. I can't believe they can afford Crighton, on the top of Tedesko, Keary, Cronk and many others.

 

[SeaEagle21]

$1M a season? He’s good don’t get me wrong but that’s just stupid money.

 

[Mitch]

So essentially it is as below for them this off season:

Losses: Gordon, Guerra, SKD, Connor Watson, Pearce, Kane Evans and Nikorima

Signings: Cronk, Tedesco, Crichton (2019, although don't be surprised to see him released).

Re-signings: Keary, Friend, Issac Liu

 

[Narrabeen Laker]

Uncle Nick or Saint Nick ? Their cap is like Santas sack - a bottomless pit of money that never runs out

 

[GuthosHalfBrother]

Look at the bright side. With all the money they have, they have a **** coach

 

[Lord Eagleton]

Its the 3rd party deals. So its not surprising they can attract more quality players because of all the business connections of the Roosters board (Politis, Bouris, the guy that used to be David Jones CEO, is Packer still there? etc)

He is likely taking say, 500K on the sombrero + say, 400K in 3rd party deals. Its not officially cheating because the NRL allows this grey area to exist (even though we all know it effectively creates an unfair competition and clubs can use it to cheat.....unofficially)

 

[tookey]

Hopefully they will now lose Cordner for 2019 as he is being chased big time by cash up titans and knights

 

[The Who]

Hopefully they will now lose Cordner for 2019 as he is being chased big time by cash up titans and knights

If so they just replace him with Money Bill.

 

[anthonyb1965]

$1 million from half a season of form? Huge gamble and an even bigger rort of the system!

 

[Deleted member 24974]

$1M a season? He’s good don’t get me wrong but that’s just stupid money.

One million is throw away money to the Roosters.

 

[CBreeagles]

Hopefully they will now lose Cordner for 2019 as he is being chased big time by cash up titans and knights

There are rumours Cordner has a knee injury that keeps coming back and the Roosters wouldn’t mind losing him because of it.

 

[The Who]

There are rumours Cordner has a knee injury that keeps coming back and the Roosters wouldn’t mind losing him because of it.

That would be regarded as a career-ending injury for Easts so they would get Cap dispensation.

 

[Ralphie]

The rort will continue until the Cap is completely overhauled to an independent valuation system. That will of course never happen because those that would need to make the call have a vested interest in the status quo.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

At the end of the day, what do the ’rewsters have to show for it? A lousy four titles since Manly entered the comp in 1947.

 

[Blowfly]

Roosters are suckers!

While they sign average players like Cronk, Tedesco & Crichton, Manly is picking off the cream of the NRL like Croker, Gosiewski & Sipley!

Easy to see why we might be over the cap! #corrupt #rort #Iamdone

 

[Ben]

To be fair the Chooks have let go a lot of talent to free up cash. But on the flip side it's probably a smoke screen to cover up dirtier deals being made. The NRL needs to scrap 3rd party deals or at least cap it.

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

it's just going to be even more funny when they win the minor premiership but flunk in the finals every year for the next few.

you can buy all the stars you want, but if you want real cohesion in the squad, you need to have that development angle, and years of combinations. When you just stack with what you think are 'the best', that's when you get issues arising, juniors don't see a pathway so they scatter, and if you are lucky, things fall in place and you might snare a title, but you can't sustain it over multiple years in my mind. Short term gain, long term pain.