It was the 80s mate there is no argument to this !!!!
1980 we won GF
1981 they won GF
1982 they won GF
1983 they won GF and beat us twice in semis
1984 we beat them in GF
1985 we won GF and also beat them in semi final
1986 they beat us in GF ..... only just
1987 Parramatta hibernation started...
I don't get that living near the training ground thing either. It all stemmed from young country kids being housed by clubs in places nearby training bases.
Willie Mason lived in the Eastern Suburbs while playing for us. Most people commute to work and have no major issue so long as you're not...
I thought Eastwood was good for us. Only went pear shaped at the end after a ridiculously stupid back ended deal and fair enough too he was entitled to that money.
Guess it will come down to game day scheduling, whether it's an earlier game on the same game day versus held on separate days. If the latter would be easy to sell season tickets separately and then offer a discounted add on if you wanted both.
Plus home and away different rounds so don't think...
I also think Crichton will be given a few weeks at fullback, most likely because he would have been promised the chance to play there when he agreed to join us. While it might also have been a statement for more money, he obviously had ambitions to play there as he did so during the World Cup...
The ones I don't get are the utilities like Hutcherson, Salmon etc. Okay with Mann but otherwise we need proper forwards who are specialists. We have plenty of backs.
Get what you're saying but they have a pretty stacked forward pack that chews up a lot of the cap so there will be players they have to shed as well. Plus they'll need more money soon for Blore (who I really rate) and Utokamanu.
Time will tell I guess. Just seemed to me to do things by instinct that I thought often ended up being the right option. Maybe I've got this one very wrong, after all I thought we could scrape into the 8 at the start of the season. Lol