The Sharks and the Future

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Got brought up in the game day thread.

Was thinking about the "Sharks" brand, and thought, what makes the Sharks, the Sharks?

Are we battlers like the Rabbits? Are we snobs like the Roosters? Are we a family club like the Bulldogs? Are we wankers like the Dragons?

What are we? What makes us different, what is our identity?
Honestly I loved our identity when were the villains, it suited us and it was reflected in how we bashed, toughed it out and belted teams with Flanno. No one else had that..

Similar to a Manly us against the world but even better.

Now it’s like we’ve gone back to the Lowes, Vanilla identity

We don’t have style or presence just bland
 

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Why would we want our club to appeal to just one demographic?
 

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Honestly I loved our identity when were the villains, it suited us and it was reflected in how we bashed, toughed it out and belted teams with Flanno. No one else had that..

Similar to a Manly us against the world but even better.

Now it’s like we’ve gone back to the Lowes, Vanilla identity

We don’t have style or presence just bland
and most opposition fans and media still hate us now. At least Flanno's mob gave them something to hate us about. We might earn some respect back.
 

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Honestly I loved our identity when were the villains, it suited us and it was reflected in how we bashed, toughed it out and belted teams with Flanno. No one else had that..

Similar to a Manly us against the world but even better.

Now it’s like we’ve gone back to the Lowes, Vanilla identity

We don’t have style or presence just bland
Thanks for the constructive response mate. Some people here remind of those old folks that just hate any sort of change.

Being the so-called "good guys" isn't a thing in rugby league. Especially in a game when you literally have to the bash the **** out of your opposition.
 

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Thanks for the constructive response mate. Some people here remind of those old folks that just hate any sort of change.

Being the so-called "good guys" isn't a thing in rugby league. Especially in a game when you literally have to the bash the **** out of your opposition.
Agree with this. Most people or fans hate the clubs that are successful. Why? Because they are jealous.

It’s like that with Penrith, they get labelled as arrogant and classless. Storm, still get labelled cheats and grubby. Roosters, the salary cap sombrero. We were the grubs and asada cheats.

Who cares what other fans or the media think, we get enjoyment out of our own team winning as does every fan.
 

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Agree with this. Most people or fans hate the clubs that are successful. Why? Because they are jealous.

It’s like that with Penrith, they get labelled as arrogant and classless. Storm, still get labelled cheats and grubby. Roosters, the salary cap sombrero. We were the grubs and asada cheats.

Who cares what other fans or the media think, we get enjoyment out of our own team winning as does every fan.
Why do you think opposition fans are all so excited sharks haven’t won a final for a bit

Many of their teams haven’t even played one

We’re on the verge of being one of those teams
So they like seeing us fail

Most of the neutrals cheer against us every game so they can keep crowing ‘Sharks are pretenders’

Same as why the media loves narratives like sharks haven’t beat a top8* team, and why that got lapped up
 

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Why do you think opposition fans are all so excited sharks haven’t won a final for a bit

Many of their teams haven’t even played one

We’re on the verge of being one of those teams
So they like seeing us fail

Most of the neutrals cheer against us every game so they can keep crowing ‘Sharks are pretenders’

Same as why the media loves narratives like sharks haven’t beat a top8* team, and why that got lapped up
Yeah some great points you raise there

Although we do have a bit to prove, hopefully this is the year we do it. Then they can start hating us for another reason, which would be more enjoyable 🦈
 

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Agree with this. Most people or fans hate the clubs that are successful. Why? Because they are jealous.

It’s like that with Penrith, they get labelled as arrogant and classless. Storm, still get labelled cheats and grubby. Roosters, the salary cap sombrero. We were the grubs and asada cheats.

Who cares what other fans or the media think, we get enjoyment out of our own team winning as does every fan.
Actually I used to like Penriff. It wasn't their success that turned me off them but how the players started to rub in the opposition's face after scoring tries or after the other team made mistakes etc.

Agree with your comments though.
 
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Actually I used to like Penriff. It wasn't their success that turned me off them but how the players started to rub in the opposition's face after scoring tries or after the other team made mistakes etc.
Yeah same here. They seemed to have toned it down a bit this year.
 

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Penrith youngin s behaved like the Bronco's youth spankers ,these last few years , but Panthers still got the job done .
However they have tempered their ways

BUT. at least Panthers like the Broncos have had to be transparent and release great players to comply with salary cap .

Roosters, Bulldogs .. maybe , maybe not
Hate them BOTH.. SMELLY FISH
 
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Thanks for the constructive response mate. Some people here remind of those old folks that just hate any sort of change.

Being the so-called "good guys" isn't a thing in rugby league. Especially in a game when you literally have to the bash the **** out of your opposition.
All good brother, you know what you’re talking about and I understand exactly what you are trying to say
 

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well the reason as money and leverage
we had none of either and had to sell it all to the developers so that we could survive. we lost control, and there was no money in it for them, to build in stadium upgrades etc.
in the end the club survives, we won a comp so its a net positive, however we have painted ourselves into a corner as to where we play and the space to grow.

at the current site, if we can't get the funds to completely re do the ET stand (you would basically want the new big stand at WIN Stadium in that spot and then re do the southern end to make that bigger ..seats at the front etc) then they really are stuck for what they can and cant do
There is absolutely no reason why the hills had to be destroyed though. Idiotic
 

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There is absolutely no reason why the hills had to be destroyed though. Idiotic
well, there the loss of control right.

replacing them with nothing? criminal.

they wont do anything in front of the new restaurant now either because they have skin in the game there so its essentially more corporate seating

for the love of ****, please do something in front of the big black wall.

and then theres the DOUBLE sets of stairs down into the ground which i bet will be blocked off for atleast standing on on game day.
it is an actual joke whats gonein, im not disputing or denying
but we lost that control and thats that
 

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Thanks for the constructive response mate. Some people here remind of those old folks that just hate any sort of change.

Being the so-called "good guys" isn't a thing in rugby league. Especially in a game when you literally have to the bash the **** out of your opposition.
Can't we be the baby-faced assassins?
 
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