SBW will not be a chook.

[Guest]

The recent re-signings of our 2nd rowers means we are NOT getting SBW. Please stop with all the "My team for 2013" threads and including SBW in the team. I believe we were chasing him previously but now we have moved on from all this drama he has put our management through. Publicly announcing higher bids on himself by other codes/clubs. I believe our club has seen the light by re-signing young promising back rowers that will be our future along with other players we re-signed. They will be the Roosters future!

It only gets better from here.

[Guest]

The recent re-signings of our 2nd rowers means we are NOT getting SBW. Please stop with all the "My team for 2013" threads and including SBW in the team. I believe we were chasing him previously but now we have moved on from all this drama he has put our management through. Publicly announcing higher bids on himself by other codes/clubs. I believe our club has seen the light by re-signing young promising back rowers that will be our future along with other players we re-signed. They will be the Roosters future!

It only gets better from here.

You're stating this as if it's a fact.

Can you confirm your source please?

[Geohood]

If I were to put money on it, I'd say he will still be joining us.

[Guest]

I agree, SBW more than likely will not be here. Based on the actions of the club signing players faster than ever before, it would be fairly evident of their intentions ( I could be wrong).
My source : My Brain

[player 1]

yes i agree, judging by the spate of re-signings of young guns, AND as correctly pointed out the pubic announcement by his management of higher bids (Uncle Nick hates that kind of Dutch Auction shit - remember Ryan Cross?) I am now more confident than ever we will not have Anthony Mundine and co as part of our entourage. I can live with it. How about you?

[player 1]

And Just Juice was not stating it as if a fact. He said "I believe..", and like Bernie and I he is using his "brain" as a source.

[alex0063]

If I were to put money on it, I'd say he will still be joining us.

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Agree he most likely be here we Re-signed our young player but we lost Carney Watts Myles Anasta That could buy you 2 SBW with that money and with Cap increase HE WILL BE HERE.

But Could be Wrong

[player 1]

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Agree he most likely be here we Re-signed our young player but we lost Carney Watts Myles Anasta That could buy you 2 SBW with that money and with Cap increase HE WILL BE HERE.

But Could be Wrong

I know, we let a lot of players go without a major signing, so I thought he was on the way but now I have my doubts. He does have a history of being a disloyal dickhead, maybe, just maybe, our club is wising up.

[Guest]

Big NO to SBWalkout!!!

[Guest]

Not signing SBW is a great move and shows the club may finally be past the transit lounge days of the past five years.

[Ray Stehr]

If he wasn't coming we'd know about it by now.

[Guest]

And Just Juice was not stating it as if a fact. He said "I believe..", and like Bernie and I he is using his "brain" as a source.

Read the first sentence again.

[Guest]

If I was a betting man I would say that he is almost certainly still coming. Remember people SBW can also play in the centres.

[Hawkeye]

If he wasn't coming we'd know about it by now.

Yes see thats the thing for me, if we are re-signing all our players because SBW is not coming ...then why wouldn't management just come out and say he's not coming ? there is no need to be hush hush.

Whilstever ever management are silent on the matter, then to me that means they believe he is coming or they belive they are still a chance of getting him !

[Spirit of 66]

I think he is still a planned purchase:

- Re-signing our youngsters is a way of re-assuring the fans ahead of the SBW signing i.e. getting Sonny-Bill does not mean losing the players we have developed;
- We need a marquee signing. Maloney is good, but he's not a sponsor catcher. I recall in the days before we signed Freddy, the word from the Roosters' board was that their strategy to get back on top included the signing of "a champion player". I think they're leaving room for one now too.
- When you compare our roster to Canterbury, Souths, Manly and Melbourne, we should have plenty of money to spend under the cap;
- Signing SBW may bring Mouth Mundine into our universe, but it will also attract good players.

P.S. I watched that freakish kid Shek play on the weekend - can you imagine the damage he might do to oppositions in a couple of years waiting for offloads from SBW? It would be Fairfax and Beetson all over again. I'm excited.