Watts

[Spanner in the works]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226013807931

Sydney Rooster Anthony Watts in booze blunder

THE Sydney Roosters are in crisis with the revelation another senior player has been involved in a serious alcohol-related incident.

New signing from the Cowboys, Anthony Watts, was forcibly removed from a Bondi Beach hotel recently in an incident that required security staff to call police.

No charges were laid but the hotel management phoned Sydney Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce the next day to lodge an official complaint with the club.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the club considered sacking Watts this week but decided against it because it would give the impression he was a scapegoat for Todd Carney's latest drama. Noyce last night denied the Roosters had attempted to cover up the Watts incident.

"It's about how you manage these things so people can learn from it," Noyce said. "There is no benefit in telling the world when a player is in a bit of trouble.

"I treat any incident with any of my players seriously and this one is no different.

"We are disappointed that it happened."

Watts, who is supposed to be in rehabilitation as he recovers from knee surgery, is expected to be given an official warning over his behaviour. Senior officials have been disappointed with his attitude since arriving at the club and gave serious consideration to terminating his deal.

The Roosters appeared to have shaken a reputation for off-field drama by rehabilitating the likes of Jake Friend, Nate Myles and Anthony Cherrington last year.

The latest incidents involving Carney and Watts has put the NRL under huge pressure to take action against the club.

Watts could not be contacted yesterday and his agent Sam Ayoub would not return emails.

Oh **** off Rothfield. It's a nothing incident and hasn't been reported by any other news sources except yours. It's an incredibly vague article with no real substance at all. No locations, names, police reports, comments from parties involved, witnesses etc etc. In fact, it's almost slanderous to say it's a club in crisis. In fact, no primary or secondary source of information that can be directly attributed to anyone, apart from a CEO quote which could have been take from anywhere. You know why no one is taking your calls? Because your a biased prick who can't be trusted by anyone any more. I'd say you sold out a source and have lost that trust that makes up the fourth estate. Supposed to be in rehab? You're supposed to be factual and unbiased. Rephrasing to inflame and sensationalise is not the mark of a man to be trusted or a capable journalist.

[ROC181]

I saw it on Channel 7 news. One day you have to stop shooting the messenger and wait for the facts. Will this be 2009 revisited? The rot HAS to stop NOW!!!!!

[supermario]

trust Rothfield to to jump onto something like this, i mean really !

Roc, no it is not good to have stuff like this happen, but like spanner said, there is no substance to this. just another platform for Rothfield to blow his trumpet.

on any one night there will be plenty of people getting kicked out of clubs, while not condoning actions that lead to it, it is not news worthy. the only reason Ch7 are reporting is because of Rothfields article.

I can just imagine what happened at the hotel
Bouncer: "right mate, you have to leave"
Watts: "Fine what ever, let me get my crutches"
Bouncer: "**** your crutches, get out now"
Watts: "i need them to walk dickhead"
Bouncer (on radio): "call the cops, we have a refusal to leave"

Very plausable.

I hope to god the Roosters take action against Rothfield, i want him burnt at the stake !!!

[fletch]

although the media is certainly hyping up the whole Carney/Watts indicidents, I would like to know why all our injured players Carney/Watts/Conn are all hitting the piss when the club has a policy regarding drinking during injury rehab, I can understand why Smith has got the shits at the moment there is a clear lack of discipline within players at the club.

[Guest]

Yes, Rothfield is a farkwit. He doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the rest of us, let alone have some sort of a public forum to voice an opinion.

BUT, regardless of whether Rothfield sensationalises it or not, it is very troubling that this kind of stuff is happening.

It is has to stop, and it has to stop now. Hopefully Todd's actions in going to AA, swearing off the booze (one can only hope, for his sake, he's serious), will help. Smithy has to stamp this out now. And Braith, you want a new contract, we all know you're a leader, well it's time to take charge.

2009 can not happen again.

[Guest]

trust Rothfield to to jump onto something like this, i mean really !

Roc, no it is not good to have stuff like this happen, but like spanner said, there is no substance to this. just another platform for Rothfield to blow his trumpet.

on any one night there will be plenty of people getting kicked out of clubs, while not condoning actions that lead to it, it is not news worthy. the only reason Ch7 are reporting is because of Rothfields article.

I can just imagine what happened at the hotel
Bouncer: "right mate, you have to leave"
Watts: "Fine what ever, let me get my crutches"
Bouncer: "**** your crutches, get out now"
Watts: "i need them to walk dickhead"
Bouncer (on radio): "call the cops, we have a refusal to leave"

Very plausable.

I hope to god the Roosters take action against Rothfield, i want him burnt at the stake !!!

congratulations Mario, you've just won the award for the most deluded, head in the sand supporter of all time

fantasising that it must have been because he wanted to get his crutches

lol

jesus christ Mario - get a freakin grip son

[elo]

More quality "journalism" from Buzz.

[Guest]

congratulations Mario, you've just won the award for the most deluded, head in the sand supporter of all time

fantasising that it must have been because he wanted to get his crutches

lol

jesus christ Mario - get a freakin grip son

Go suck off Rothfield you ****ing halfwit. You bang on about being a Roosters supporter but not one word against afterbirthhead and his agenda against us. You're a ****ing troll, piss off.

Chook.

[Guest]

Go suck off Rothfield you ****ing halfwit. You bang on about being a Roosters supporter but not one word against afterbirthhead and his agenda against us. You're a ****ing troll, piss off.

Chook.

dear oh dear chook

you're getting all wound up

his blogs are designed to create controversy

he says arguable things on purpose to stir shit up

if you want to spend all day complaining about that and buying into his debates, good for you

I don't

that doesn't make me a troll chook

[supermario]

congratulations Mario, you've just won the award for the most deluded, head in the sand supporter of all time

fantasising that it must have been because he wanted to get his crutches

lol

jesus christ Mario - get a freakin grip son

Me get a grip, dude seriously, take you hand off it.

you know as well as i do, rothfield will take any sort of situation, sensationalise it and twist it to suit his own agenda.

Now did i say the crutches situation was the gospel truth......No (my name is not phil Rothfield), i said it was plausable. As we can tell in the article from rothfield, there are no details, or sources, it lacks any substance.

All it refers to was that watts was kicked out of a hotel and police were there.

I don't give a shit what he is trying to do with his blogs, they are sensationalist garbage, and this crap is damaging to everyone except the tellucrap.

The tellucrap is going the way of the Sun newspaper in England, pure drivel and agenda driven crap.

Don't give me this crap that my head is in the sand, this is BLATANT propaganda aginst the Roosters and you know it.

[Guest]

Me get a grip, dude seriously, take you hand off it.

you know as well as i do, rothfield will take any sort of situation, sensationalise it and twist it to suit his own agenda.

Now did i say the crutches situation was the gospel truth......No (my name is not phil Rothfield), i said it was plausable. As we can tell in the article from rothfield, there are no details, or sources, it lacks any substance.

All it refers to was that watts was kicked out of a hotel and police were there.

I don't give a shit what he is trying to do with his blogs, they are sensationalist garbage, and this crap is damaging to everyone except the tellucrap.

The tellucrap is going the way of the Sun newspaper in England, pure drivel and agenda driven crap.

Don't give me this crap that my head is in the sand, this is BLATANT propaganda aginst the Roosters and you know it.

Mario, your sitting their dreaming up any reason as to why Watts did nothing wrong

much more likely than your absurd crutches fantasy is that Watts was actually being a drunken prick.

you're quick to point the finger when a souths player or a player from any other club steps out of line, but when it's a roosters player you slip straight into delusion mode

what you should be annoyed about is why someone like Watts, who's at a new club, and is injured and going to miss 1/2 the year, is out being a drunken prick and giving Rothfield and co all the ammunition they need

your anger should be directed at Watts, not Rothfield

[supermario]

Mario, your sitting their dreaming up any reason as to why Watts did nothing wrong

much more likely than your absurd crutches fantasy is that Watts was actually being a drunken prick.

you're quick to point the finger when a souths player or a player from any other club steps out of line, but when it's a roosters player you slip straight into delusion mode

what you should be annoyed about is why someone like Watts, who's at a new club, and is injured and going to miss 1/2 the year, is out being a drunken prick and giving Rothfield and co all the ammunition they need

your anger should be directed at Watts, not Rothfield

Your assumption is that he is being a drunken prick. Can you point to the facts that show he was a "drunken Prick"???

Can you show evidence of blood alcohol tests that confirm your assumption???

[Guest]

dear oh dear chook

you're getting all wound up

his blogs are designed to create controversy

he says arguable things on purpose to stir shit up

if you want to spend all day complaining about that and buying into his debates, good for you

I don't

that doesn't make me a troll chook

It's called being passionate about your club. I'm a member and I'm passionate about defending my club against what farkwits and trolls write about it. You have leapt to the defence of Rothfield in every article he has published about the Roosters. You are not a Roosters supporter you are a troll.

Chook.

[Guest]

Your assumption is that he is being a drunken prick. Can you point to the facts that show he was a "drunken Prick"???

Can you show evidence of blood alcohol tests that confirm your assumption???

no Mario, I said it was much more likely that he was being a drunken prick than your dreamtime story about wanting to get his crutches

but you're too far gone Mario

you're like a parent who can't believe their holier-than-thou child is capable of doing anything wrong

totally deluded

a new player comes to the club (a guy who's been sacked before for drunken behaviour), gets himself ejected from a pub and has the police called, tarnishes his new clubs name on the eve of a new season, and all you can do is moan about the journalists reporting it and dream up deluded fantasies

I know you'll sit there now and type some some silly response, but mate, you're completely missing the point

[Guest]

It's called being passionate about your club. I'm a member and I'm passionate about defending my club against what farkwits and trolls write about it. You have leapt to the defence of Rothfield in every article he has published about the Roosters. You are not a Roosters supporter you are a troll.

Chook.

that's a pathetic response Chook