Carney is now a shark

[Guest]

Yes, good luck to Toddy Boy. He was absolutely beautiful to watch when he was on fire, hope he sorts himself out and maybe the Sharks will be the team that do it.

[Guest]

Yes, good luck to Toddy Boy. He was absolutely beautiful to watch when he was on fire, hope he sorts himself out and maybe the Sharks will be the team that do it.

Agree, Todd best of luck. Welcome IPO great signature.

[Guest]

I can think of only one reason for this signing, they wanted someone with a worse behaviour record than Paul Gallen.

Is Greg "Glassblower" Bird joining the merry band of miscreants?

[Guest]

what a fu cking bunch of reprobate losers down there beneath the mason dixon line in the shire

damien irvine is beyond a deadsh it as is the muppet show who play for him

[Guest]

Can't wait!

[crikey chris]

Northies just became his new 'local' lol.

That cockhead Rothfield was on 2ue this afternoon, spinning shit that he always liked Todd and nothing he did was illegal. A good fit for Crapulla, etc etc. Nothing of the constant hounding and TeleCrap harasement by his employer lol. The khunt is the ultimate hypocrite!

[Guest]

Northies just became his new 'local' lol.

That cockhead Rothfield was on 2ue this afternoon, spinning shit that he always liked Todd and nothing he did was illegal. A good fit for Crapulla, etc etc. Nothing of the constant hounding and TeleCrap harasement by his employer lol. The khunt is the ultimate hypocrite!

Chris, someone should tell Ratf*** that Todd Carney got a suspended sentence for his 2009 for his vandalism spree.

Carney's a moronic footballer, what's Phil's excuse?

[Guest]

The Carney supporter is noooo longer?

[crikey chris]

[QUOTE=John;161993]Chris, someone should tell Ratf*** that Todd Carney got a suspended sentence for his 2009 for his vandalism spree.

Carney's a moronic footballer, what's Phil's excuse?[/QUOTE]

Lacunar Amnesia lol.

The irony is that Todd's no.1 critic, is now his no.1 supporter!

[Guest]

The Carney supporter is noooo longer?

To misquote Ron Kovic: "It's just me and this vestigial penis mom!"

No...wait, let me try that again.

"If you don't love the Roosters then get the hell out."

[Guest]

what goes up, must come down. no?

[melon....]

what goes up, must come down. no?

Like your inflatable man doll.

[John Corey]

Just heard Rothfield on controversy corner getting interviewed by Ritchie. Ritchie did put it to him that he had back flipped and Rothfield was going on with crap saying he did not and Carney had not recently committed any crime. I commented on the papers Carney story today and called Rothfield a hypocrite. Didnt get published though of course.

[rooster_booster]

SIX months ago I wanted Todd Carney sent to jail.

Today I'm celebrating his arrival at the Cronulla Sharks.

Hypocrite? No way.

This is the perfect marriage with one desperate climbing into bed with another.

A club on the brink of financial ruin and a footy player who has brought new meaning to the words "last chance".

Carney needs the footy club to give his life direction as much as the footy club needs Carney to provide two points each week.

In February this year Carney was caught drink driving.

He blew .05 on his P plates, and correct, I wrote he should go behind bars, having found the paperwork from a court case in June 2007 when Canberra magistrate Maria Doogan warned the then Raiders star he would go to jail with one more traffic offence.

(The last time I checked, DUI was, in fact, a traffic offence).

Yesterday I was predictably bombarded on emails, Twitter and our website for changing tack and now applauding his move to Cronulla where I'm a season ticket holder.

With apologies to no one, here's how I see it.

I thought a short prison term - even a week or two - would do him the world of good and at least show him the flip side of his privileged lifestyle. Let him find out what it's like to be cramped into a small cell instead of earning $400,000 plus-a-year to be an NRL footy star, a lifestyle the average person can only dream about.

He eventually lost his licence but escaped a prison sentence despite the previous warning from a magistrate.

The NRL and the Roosters took no action despite a long list of prior offences. He got back on the grog and his season eventually went off the rails. Nothing illegal but certainly unprofessional behaviour.

And so he's now off to the Sharks - signed, sealed and to be delivered next week when training starts on November 3.

It's a huge risk but probably the club's most significant signing since Great Britain internationals Tommy Bishop and Cliff Watson came to the Shire in the seventies - the closest the club has ever got to premiership glory.

Will he recapture the form that saw him win the Dally M Medal and steer the Roosters to the grand final in 2010 or spend another 12 months partying?

Three weeks ago I spoke to Carney about his boozy lifestyle since being sprung with Nate Myles at Frank Paul Nu'uausala at 2am at the Courthouse Hotel while the Roosters were supposed to be on a alcohol ban.

"I'm not breaking the law by having a drink," he said. "If I sign with a club and they ask me to stop, I will."

Still, why would the Sharks take a gamble which no other club was prepared to take given the number of "last chances" he has blown?

Consider this: Reports of his likely signing has helped drive up membership sales up by 25 per cent from the same stage last year. In the betting markets the Sharks have firmed from $50 to $30 to win that elusive first premiership.

So far, so good.

The club that has been on life support for 18 months has finally secured a player who, alongside Origin skipper Paul Gallen, could deliver the first trophy to the Shire since the Amco Cup back in 1979.

A champion five-eighth who can turn ordinary players into great outside backs (ask Shaun Kenny Dowell or any of the other Roosters who benefited from his brilliance in 2010.)

The plain fact of the matter is Cronulla couldn't buy a player of Carney's ability if he didn't come with some baggage.

Will it end in tears? Will it end in a premiership fairytale?

Like Carney and his behaviour, it's impossible to predict.

So after bringing a mans life and career into disrepute. After successfully leading a hate campaign against a club with whom you have a clear vendetta. You are honestly trying to justify yourself? Not only is your paper's (ergo you) inluence on the game way too strong. You have also now really shown what type of man you are with this ridiculous article and your no stops charge for a Cronulla premiership. Well guess what Buzz. 44 years and counting. Atleast Todd has made a wise decision in moving to your good side where he will no doubt get the protection he wants at his new local Northies.

[Guest]

Thanks for the good oil Dylan. You seem like a kid who has an adundance of it.

Thanks mate