Fifita Gone

[mightyrooster]

Have y'all read the *rubbish* in a news dot com dot au article just now...boy, they're giving it to uncle Nick by the semi trailer load.
'More ruthless than a mafia boss'...etc.
How horrible it was what he did to Fifita...pulling his contract offer.
Then Latrell Mitchell bobs up quoted as saying he was "kicked in the teeth" when Roosters pulled his $800,000 contract offer.
etc etc etc.

I'd phone Uncle Nick and give him my *love* for what he's done for our club and fans over the decades...but I don't have his direct line.

Maybe someone could start an "Uncle Nick Appreciation" thread...and forumites here who can remember the ins and outs of the debacle that was the Latrell Mitchell contract dramas could tell all.

That’s the Dane Eldridge guy BB. Someone started a thread on him if you want to check it out.

[Juggler]

I agree with you regarding Spencer, but I’m absolutely certain neither May nor Collins are or will ever be anything like JWH. Don’t get me wrong, both are great at what they do, but they just don't have that Alpha gene that JWH has always had. It’s not something you can learn, you either have it or you don’t. I reckon by this time next year we will truly understanding the gaping hole that he’s left behind.

Agree that jwh will be a loss but he has been there less this year and last year than in the past. Where we will miss him is off the field.

[Headless Chook]

That’s the Dane Eldridge guy BB. Someone started a thread on him if you want to check it out.

Yeah he's an absolute flog with a patholigcal hatred of the Roosters and anything to do with our club.

[JAF]

Agree that jwh will be a loss but he has been there less this year and last year than in the past. Where we will miss him is off the field.

And leading the team victory song!!

[Tennessee Tornado]

Yeah he's an absolute flog with a patholigcal hatred of the Roosters and anything to do with our club.

I’m pretty sure he’s a roosters fan but he writes satire / parody articles. Don’t take him seriously.

This is his bio

Dane Eldridge is a warped cynic yearning for the glory days of rugby league, a time when the sponges were magic and the Mondays were mad. He’s never strapped on a boot in his life, and as such, should be taken with a grain of salt.

[Chook2]

Interesting
in robbos coaches part he got hammered on the Fifita
said he was disappointed and confused but laughed it off saying he was glad for the cooling off period so he didn’t come down and not want to be there
was keen to work with Fifita
said he doesn’t expect Fifita to pick up the phone and call him - what a coward
Angus critchon and he have talked and keen to get something in place still
apparently the sitili being asked to look elsewhere was false (I’m still okay to move him on as he is outside the 17 and on good coin)
also that we may look at someone but not Rush into in otherwise wait until the following year
might mean we front load contracts for 2025 and have a larger cap for 2026 and stack it

[Inflictor]

What odds Fifita scores a try and kisses the Titans emblem Pearce style.

FFS

[milanja]

What odds Fifita scores a try and kisses the Titans emblem Pearce style.

FFS

They went straight past him for knights first try.

[A Country Member]

What a farken joke the nrl is becoming.
10 in the bin for nuffin

[A Country Member]

When Trent Robinson woke up just after 5am on Wednesday to a text message suggesting David Fifita was getting cold feet about joining the club, he let out a rueful chuckle.

“[I] thought, ‘Oh well, that’s footy’, and moved on,” Robinson said. “It was pretty simple. I had a chuckle to myself about the circus that our game is ... and went back to work.”

After being left at the altar by one of the game’s most damaging front-rowers, Robinson spoke for the first time on Friday about Fifita’s stunning backflip to stay at the Titans next year, spurning a $3.3 million, four-year offer to move to Bondi Junction

I particularly like how the reporter referred to Fifita as a front-rower.

I suspect that’s where Robinson was going to play him. And also probably the reason he reneged on the deal.

[The Lip]

Wow we dodged a bullet with this guy. Even though Titans are up 12/0 v sharks and have had all the ball their guy has been MIA. I know he can be extremely destructive but his effort is only there when he feels like it.

[Swamptrout]

Thats always been the criticism of him.

[The Marshall]

Yep
Dave Taylor mark II