CAM SMITH

[coogeeboy]

If both Smiths get off then the good thing will be that the NRL will now be seen as what they really are.
A f@#$%^g joke.

 

[zakspiders]

i think fvktards would be an appropriate description of the nrl in this case.

found this over on leagueunlimited.

an interesting read.

David Gallop's weekend of shame...
Written by: Matt Starkey
September 22nd, 2008 12:20pm

I have always maintained that Rugby League’s ability to shoot itself in the foot is only marginally eclipsed by its’ ability to recover from said shooting … but I’m starting to doubt that now.

On perhaps one of the best semi-final weekends since the high watermark of the early 90’s we managed to add to the pantheon of administrative stuff ups that our great game has become famous for.

We could almost be called the Nationally Ridiculed League.

It started on Friday night when Channel 9 said they didn’t want to play the Warriors v Roosters match live from Auckland because A Current Affair and Two and a half men was on.

Gallop said no – I want it live; Channel 9 said too bad; fans said how come, I thought we had a contract?

The game went on an hour late.

Saturday night featured the Broncos and the Storm in Brisbane. Live in Sydney and Brisbane as you’d expect and considering it involved Melbourne one would have thought a live feed or perhaps a 1 hour delay to allow for the viewing of the AFL.

Nope. Coverage began at 12.10am Sunday morning with a full intro. The action began at half past the hour meaning the winning try hit the tube at around 2.30am. Again, the fans said, how come I thought we had a contract?

And now on Monday morning we have Gallop stifling a sponsorship deal with betting agency Betchoice for the Manly club because it’s in direct competition to the NRL’s exclusive contract with Tabcorp.

The feeling I get from people is that they’ve finished laughing at David Gallop and they now hate him and the NRL.

It seems a contract is worth the paper it is written on when it suits David Gallop, like now, and when Sonny Bill Williams walks out on his club. And when it doesn’t Gallop closes his eyes, puts his hands over his ears and runs around like a child screaming “I’m not listening!”

On the 5th of September, when a real man called Wayne Bennett stood on stage and farewelled the Brisbane crowd, he said a few short words, the most important being: “In my 21 years here, you've been absolutely wonderful. We've always played for you. It was always about the fans, you've been wonderful to the club.”

If only that was true of the NRL…

Whether it be a grapple tackle, the flaws of the salary cap, the lack of money in the game, the issues surrounding broadcasting or the myriad other grievances that we’re not happy with it comes down to one person alone – David Gallop.

As the CEO of the NRL I am confident he is not the man to continue in the job.

His negotiating skills are once again coming firmly into question and he should resign out of respect for the game.

I say again, what does this bloke do?

 

[Woody@goSharks]

thats bulls%$t, David Gallop's a legend and he has been through some pretty tough situations lately. He's the only person holding the NRL together at the moment.

 

[Nulla Boy]

thats bulls%$t, David Gallop's a legend and he has been through some pretty tough situations lately. He's the only person holding the NRL together at the moment.

Damn straight!A lesser person would of quit the position by now.Altho some decisions made annoy people,he does it because it's fair and in the best interest's of sponsors(who finance the game)and without them(and fans)the game would be nothing.He is a fan of rugby league and thats the type of person we need to run our game,someone who cares and makes decisions,even if they are tough and piss people off.Remember Moffett,what a dingbat,union scum!

 

[WillyInBris]

thats bulls%$t, David Gallop's a legend and he has been through some pretty tough situations lately. He's the only person holding the NRL together at the moment.

Surly your being sarcastic

I have been a supporter of Gallop for a long time but last week proved me wrong and Cogee and Buzz right .

We had a change in government I think its time for the same at the NRL.

Gallop has to go after what happened on friday night, it was a Joke.

 

[Megashark]

Haha, just read this article on Fox Sports where Mark Geyer and Johnny Sattler are expressing their outrage at Smith's grapple tackle charge!:

“It wasn't a grapple tackle,” said Geyer.

“I'm probably an expert on the judiciary because I spent 34 weeks on the sidelines because of them.

“I copped that because I sailed close to the wind on many occasions.

“But for a player like him (Smith), who's a real ornament to the game, who never plays outside the rules, to miss a preliminary final and maybe a grand final, it's just not rugby league.

“Let's get rid of the carryover points, the discounts, the loadings, it's all crap.

“If someone keeps offending and coming up before the judiciary, keep increasing his time on the sidelines until he gets the message.

“It deterred me. It didn't stop me doing it, although in retrospect it was the wrong way to play.

“But for a cleanskin like Smith, to have something he did in round one come back to bite him like it could, the system is all wrong.”

Sattler agreed with Geyer that there was “nothing” in the Thaiday tackle that warranted suspension.

“He's not a dirty player at all, he's a very talented player,” the South Sydney grand final hero said.

“This is finals football. They're killing our game by over-refereeing it. It's not a game for sissies.

“This loading is absolute crap.

“It's an embarrassment. We've got players taking the field in a heavy contact sport under fear that if they slap someone across the face they could miss a big game.”

Geyer said it was a sad situation for league that players now “scream like a girl” whenever the Storm tacklers are near the neck or head.

“Players might as well start to wear skirts,” he said.

 

[brad]

its pretty outragous that the melbourne viewers had to wait till 12.30 to see their team play a SEMI FINAL match. gallop doesnt run the game, c/u/n/t/s in the media do and its ruining the game

 

[bort]

how can they say he has a clean skin when hes been charged with the same offence before?
if he doesnt want to get suspended he should stop trying to pull heads off
id be upset if i was a melbourne fan but i dont think he deserves to be suspended just because im a sharks fan
it wasnt a pretty bad looking tackle and could have easily done some serious damage
saying something in round 1 shouldnt count is ridiculous
round 1 counts for as much as every other round
can a team that didnt make the 8 by 1 prem point claim the fact they lost in round one and team8 won is irrelevant and they shouldnt get prem points for that win?
if it was gallen theyd be saying rub him out and they are all lying if they claim otherwise

"Let's get rid of the carryover points, the discounts, the loadings, it's all crap.

"If someone keeps offending and coming up before the judiciary, keep increasing his time on the sidelines until he gets the message.

^how dumb can you be? thats what the carry over, discounts and loadings are for you fvcktards

 

[WillyInBris]

^how dumb can you be? thats what the carry over, discounts and loadings are for you fvcktards

:lmao:lmao:lmao

 

[Vichyssoise]

Regarding Geyer and Sattler's brain explosion...

“But for a player like him (Smith), who's a real ornament to the game, who never plays outside the rules, to miss a preliminary final and maybe a grand final, it's just not rugby league."

I'm sorry to say I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the whole thing and immediately logged in.
Amongst the utter drivel those two manages to spout, it has to be the most outrageous comment. I don't watch Melbourne games too often (I can't stand them), but I've watched their two finals this year and Smith is getting away with murder at every opportunity.
What a pair of old farts! In the same situation, with a different offender, I'm sure they'd be jumping all over the poor lad complaining the judiciary is joke because punishment in not harsh enough to deter players from their dirty tactics.

I hope the Smiths get what they deserve. But I doubt it... Actually, it might be better if they didn't. That would surely fire up the boys and spark a few fire works. I wouldn't mind seeing Ross or Gallen dish out some punishment.

Anyway, rambling over. I'm not quite sure I'm making much sense. It's time to go to bed.

 

[ETisGOD]

Actually, it might be better if they didn't. That would surely fire up the boys and spark a few fire works. I wouldn't mind seeing Ross or Gallen dish out some punishment.

The funny thing is that is Smitg gets off this it sends a message to the clubs left in the finals chase that the grapple tackle is A OK. Melbourne will continue to get away with murder using these tactics with Smith to be the main offender, however refs will turn a blind eye.

The sad thing however is that is Cronulla decide to give a bit back and Gallen and co even go near the head, the ref will be all over them. Typical NRL garbage all over again... One rule for some, and another rule for others. :rant

 

[jugulator]

LOL if they charged him with a grade 1 makes you think a grade 3 would be ripping his head clean off his shoulders and kicking it into the crowd- A grade 5 charge would be performing a sex act on the decapitated head -My point is you cant sugar coat this tackle! it was bad and deserves 4 weeks -Wayne Mckinnon received 3 weeks for spitting!Not good but not life threatening -Mad as hell and Mathew Johns is nothin more than a Craig Bellamy lapdog-smart ass big head hes become.Listen to the commentators all bow to the storm and defend cameron smith -it sickens me that these clowns get to trumpet their own agendas-Listen to the fair minded fans -they know whats going on

 

[IronShark]

What is really aggravating me in this whole issue is the way that all the commentators who have been whigeing all year about grapple tackles and how dangerous they are and how the NRL must crack down on them and blah, blah, blah - are all now coming out and saying what a joke it is that Smith has been charged and that there is no way he should be suspended.

I mean, COME ON! You can't have it both ways guys. Just because it is now finals time and everyone wants to see the best players on the park doesn't mean the NRL should turn a blind eye for the rest of the comp. Looking at replays of the tackle, I really dont see how they have a leg to stand on. Smith clearly has Thaiday under the chin and reefs his head back, against Thaidays momentum, to pull him over backwards. There was clearly no need for the action as Thaiday was falling forward to the ground and was no chance of breaking the tackle.

Let's get fair dinkum Gallop, if this is not a grapple tackle then it's no-holds barred - literally.

 

[bort]

because cam wasnt actually charged with a grapple tackle he will only get (i think)
93 (carry over)
93 +20% (charge and other offence loading)
= 204 points, only just making 2 weeks


so he only just misses round 1 next year

 

[zakspiders]

dont forget trial games and aussie rep games.

 

[The Celt]

David Gallop, hard done by?

Originally Posted by Woody@goSharks
"thats bulls%$t, David Gallop's a legend and he has been through some pretty tough situations lately. He's the only person holding the NRL together at the moment."

For the league's Centenary year it is more like Gallop's annus horibilis culminating in a deplorable show of leadership involving the finals. With the Broncos looking at having a home game in week one, where? Suncorp was booked out forr Friday and Saturday. The next weekthe Bronco's game and Easts game, had things fallen as they were expected to- Suncorp booked for A League and SFS booked for A League. Luckily for the NRL, the results didn't pan out as expected. Had Easts won last weekend, the Sharks would have had to play the game on Easts home territory. Then we come to last week with the Warriors game on delay for channel 9. I agree with others here, when is a contract not a contract, David. There are two other free to air stations would like the league as well as the ABC and SBS.

On the grapple tackle, when this first reared its ugly head, it should have been outlawed. It didn't take the league long to ban the flying wedge did it, but then again that wasn't the NRL.

Enough of my rantings.

 

[peachey]

thats bulls%$t, David Gallop's a legend and he has been through some pretty tough situations lately. He's the only person holding the NRL together at the moment.

gallop is a muppet of news ltd, all his interviews are piss weak umms and ahhs and 'its a balancing act'..this league would be in a better position if someone better was in his job and news ltd werent in the game

 

[Megashark]

gallop is a muppet of news ltd, all his interviews are piss weak umms and ahhs and 'its a balancing act'..this league would be in a better position if someone better was in his job and news ltd werent in the game

The game might also be short of a dollar or two if News Ltd weren't in the game!

 

[peachey]

maybe, but the TV rights and other rights wouldnt be undersold, as news ltd sells the rights to themselves and take no bids from any other network..and the game would be an independent body and have more room to move..

while news ltd are here, this league wont grow to its full potential

 

[scott17]

cam smith.... is a ****ing dirty cheating fvck