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NOT ON: Gorden Tallis is baffled that Anthony Watts and Todd Carney were not watching their team play on Saturday.
WHY weren't Todd Carney and Anthony Watts in Gosford watching their Roosters teammates play instead of sitting in a Sydney pub?
What does it say about how much they genuinely care about their club?
It's one-in, all-in if you're playing footy and if you're fair dinkum about your teammates and your club.
It's bad for team culture to have players not there supporting you, especially when they'd rather be sitting in a bar.
I can understand when it involves interstate travel; it's important injured players stay behind to help recovery.
But Gosford is an hour up the road from Sydney, and instead of going to support their club, Carney and Watts preferred to go have a drink in a Coogee bar.
That's not teamwork, that's selfish behaviour, and I believe every one of the Roosters players who were busting their gut against the Broncos is entitled to be filthy.
So too the fans who paid their hard-earned cash to go and sit in the pouring rain to watch their team.
They were willing to do that, but their star player wasn't, and then these players have the audacity to wonder why everyone is on their back.
We've all stuck up for Todd in the past because he's a good guy, but he should repay the people who support him by doing the right thing, and this wasn't the right thing.
I'm not here to be a schoolteacher but it gets under my skin when players don't respect a game that's been around for more than 100 years. He's done the hard yards, does he think that's enough now, one good season?
When he was super-strict on himself, he got great rewards for it. How good did he play last year? Wow. Doesn't he like winning Dally Ms, playing grand finals or playing for his country? That's not a bad reward.
Everyone is an individual, but we're talking about the standards Todd set himself last year.
I just get disappointed. It was such a great story, the last thing anyone wants to see is it come unstuck. To me, it's like Todd is not getting enough advice, and he's surrounding himself with the wrong people.
Teams are only guaranteed 24 games a year - surely it's not that hard to go along and watch and support your mates. You should want to do that.
Justin Hodges was always at Broncos games when he was injured all last year. Anthony Watmough was there at Manly last Saturday as he served a suspension.
Given what Todd has been through, he should be thinking: "I want to be good for the club, I'm out injured, I should feel guilty I'm not playing, I should hang around and support my team."
Maybe it wasn't the club policy at the Roosters for Carney and Watts to be there, but in any case, good principles are even more important.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-play-in-gosford/story-e6frepbf-1226041130371
