Round 16 2014: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v Brisbane Broncos Friday 28 June 7:40pm @ Suncorp Stadium

Tank said:

I've given up even arguing at my local pub. I basically turn up and bend over. I can no longer defend this mob

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DANGA HATCH said:

I'm trying to keep this rubbish from my kids because i want them to come to the game with me. The rest of the family are slowly dragging them to the Dragons. I have been smashed by everyone at work all this week, how can I expose my kids to this?
I can't remember a year where I have hardly talked footy at home. The kids and I have always ripped out the Sharks song every time we have a win. I think that they don't even know the foots on.

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CRONULLA SET FOR SHARK CULL
Sharks
June 27, 2014Facebook60Twitter16
CRONULLA are set for a mass clean-out in the coming months after their failure to make an impact on this year’s premiership.

With the Sharks having a dismal season, the club is in the market for new talent and several established players are set to make way.

Experienced hooker Isaac De Gois has already left to take up a two-and-a-half year deal at Parramatta, winger Beau Ryan has retired while veteran prop Bryce Gibbs and hooker John Morris are also set to hang up the boots.

Long-serving winger Nathan Stapleton is off to French rugby while fullback Nathan Gardner, halfback Daniel Holdsworth and centre/winger Jonathan Wright are likely to move on.

Centre Blake Ayshford, signed from Wests Tigers this year, has already been told he can look around for other offers.

Boom young hooker Michael Lichaa is another heading for greener pastures, having signed with the Bulldogs.

Chief executive Steve Noyce admits the Sharks will have to make changes for next season.

“We are currently assessing our options and dealing with the balancing act that is the salary cap,” Noyce says.

“We are looking at recruiting and we have (suspended coach) Shane Flanagan coming back to take charge again in 2015.

“It’s been a tough season with injuries and other distractions.”

There have been positives, however. Key forwards Andrew Fifita and Wade Graham have signed new deals and classy youngsters Fa’amanu Brown and Valentine Holmes have also extended their contracts.

The Sharks are in the market for outside backs, headed by Roosters centre Tautau Moga. They’ve also secured the signature of Bulldogs skipper Michael Ennis. Noyce has a positive message for Sharks fans, despite what is shaping as a season to forget.

“The thing about football is that it is cyclical,” he says.

“You go through good times and you go through bad times.

“A few years ago Souths were out of the premiership . . . now they are one of the most powerful clubs in the NRL.

“The Dragons won the comp in 2010, now they are in a rebuilding phase too.

“Things will turn around – it’s just a matter of time.

“We know we will succeed because everyone is pushing in the same direction and we have a great fan base and a great junior system.

“All we can do right now is do our best to deal with what is in front of us but everyone is confident that the future is bright.”

- TONY ADAMS

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Sharkii Fr3ak said:

another try? ffs !

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