CAM SMITH

[fancyman]

camie smith said today, that he though their was nothing in it(in regards to his ilegal takle)
im so glad he said that i was worried he was going to get suspended.
wot a plonker

 

[peachey]

also cooper cronk defended smith, "grapples are apart of the game (yeah cause you wankers brought it in) and that smith wasnt aggressive in the tackle".

i am so over the storm, the crap they do, then try and defend it makes me sick

 

[XoltonJr]

bloody dirty team.... i so hope they do all that bull**** they do and we still smash them 13+ that would make my day.

 

[Super Impose]

Cam Smith is gone.If Melbourne are allowed to get away with that tackle, then it sends a clear message that it is officially open slather on attacking the head and neck.The other guy also should go for his chicken wing tackle.Poor Sam Thaiday copped a double bunger, a bit like what happened in the toilet cubicle a week before!!

 

[zakspiders]

i keep thinking -if that was gallen he'd have got 3 weeks.

i think the melbourne game will be firey anyway-remember last time we met.
there was no love on show that day.

imoa they are nearing the dogs in the pure hatred stakes.

 

[dier]

i think the melbourne game will be firey anyway-remember last time we met.
there was no love on show that day.

Dallas Johnson will be looking out for Bryan Norrie all day..

And if i was Brett White id be hiding...

 

[Parko]

i got bored

photoshop is fun

discuss

 

[brently]

great work, parko. the thing i loved most about the melb-nz game (apart from melb getting done) was bellamy's "i can't believe my team is getting penalised for sh!t i coach them to do" agony every time they copped a penalty in the butt. long overdue.

 

[sharkfest2008]

Cam Smith is gone.If Melbourne are allowed to get away with that tackle, then it sends a clear message that it is officially open slather on attacking the head and neck.The other guy also should go for his chicken wing tackle.Poor Sam Thaiday copped a double bunger, a bit like what happened in the toilet cubicle a week before!!

much agreed:nodlaugh :birdno cam smith!

 

[Rise_Against]

so is this who they could be missing

Lima
Smith
Manu
Crocker all at judiciary this week

Hoffman is carrying an injury??

 

[Smile Ricky...]

so is this who they could be missing

Lima
C. Smith
Manu
Crocker all at judiciary this week

Hoffman is carrying an injury??

Lima and Manu???? Why?

Dont forget Jeremy Smith's chicken wing too

 

[Woody@goSharks]

Strip Cameron Smith of his Test Captaincy
Permalink NRL Experts Blog
Garth Montgomery
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 09:23am

What an absolute farce it is for Cameron Smith to say there was ‘no intent’ in trying to rip off the head of Sam Thaiday.

The picture of Smith wrenching Thaiday’s head while Jeremy Smith has the massive Bronco in a chicken wing doesn’t even tell the whole story.

Cameron Smith’s intent was shown when he had Thaiday’s head in a good grip, then threw his entire body over the top of the big Bronco - while still holding his head. The effect on me as a viewer was sickening and confirmed in my mind that the Melbourne Storm is the dirtiest team in the NRL.

The Grapple has gone on for five years now and the NRL is destroying itself by letting it continue. Kids seeing the Australian Captain doing that can only think it’s okay.

I know Brazilian jiu-jitsu coaches who have knocked back lucrative contracts to train NRL clubs in applying these submission holds. Any Martial Arts instructor knows the damage these holds are designed to inflict, and to have 100+kg guys doing it without restraint is dangerous beyond belief.

It’s time to start sin binning players for this rubbish. The NRL needs to stamp it out and stop accepting it as a natural evolution of tackles. It’s got nothing to do with footy. And for the Storm coach and CEO to feign self righteous indignation every time their grubby club is pulled up for grappling is disingenuous at best.

Frankly it’s not enough to just charge Smith with this incident. To truly show all the players and kids coming up through the ranks that this is completely unacceptable, Smith should be stripped of his Test Captain status.

Bellamy trying to minimise this by saying it’s a body contact sport and accidents happen is a joke. Rugby League is not a fighting art. There is no place in footy for holds designed to cripple an opponent when a street fight hits the ground.

The Melbourne Storm don’t need to be such grubs. They have some of the best players in the world. Every time Slater or Inglis get the ball our collective heart rates quicken. This is a team worth watching when they play footy.

But the dirty play of yesteryear – the late high shots, the elbows, the gouging and fish hooking – have just been dressed up in fancy clothes by Melbourne Storm. The sophisticated grappling and submission holds are every bit as filthy and more so in this context.

I like grappling and mixed martial arts, and I like rugby league. But I don’t like seeing them together. I’ll go to bloody cage fights with mates, but I’d like to take the kids to a footy match.

Charge Cameron Smith, strip his Test captaincy and start sending off players before the game is completely destroyed.

 

[HaVoX]

Smith charged with contrary conduct :nodlaugh

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24383790-23214,00.html

 

[sharks195]

Good. Now we need to prove we deserve to be in the Grand Final.

 

[Shiredad]

The Melbourne Storm don’t need to be such grubs. They have some of the best players in the world. Every time Slater or Inglis get the ball our collective heart rates quicken. This is a team worth watching when they play footy.

Though interestingly, I thought they played a very clean first half in terms of grubby acts in tackles. And the scoreboard made a very telling point at half time - Storm were down badly.

.... which could also say a lot about the Bronco's defense.

 

[bort]

my theory has always been hell be charged and get off
so im at least half right
hopefully thats all

 

[sharkfest2008]

so is this who they could be missing

Lima
Smith
Manu
Crocker all at judiciary this week

Hoffman is carrying an injury??

omg x4-5 players out of storm bring it on!:lmao

 

[Sharkiiies]

HE GOT CHARGED!! woohoo even tho he will get off it

 

[footyfortress]

HE GOT CHARGED!! woohoo even tho he will get off it

Cam Smith got 2 weeks with an early guilty plea. I cannot see him getting off. perhaps downgraded to one week, but that would still be awesome...

Jeremy Smith, 1 week with guilty plea. May well get off...

 

[zakspiders]

my worry was that they were going to charge him with a 'grapple tackle' and he would of walked on a technicality.

now i'm just waiting for him to be exonerated.