You can keep making your case all you want, but eventually we will tire of it and just flick you from the site.
With that said, the most simple analogy for your argument is "If your friends jumped off the harbour bridge, would you do it too"
So saying other teams have pulled some dodgy deals here and there, justifies cheating and being caught?
If they are doing it we should too? Is that right?
I mean I understand where you are coming from, that other teams do it to, like the Roosters and Broncos, they both seem to have fairly loose applications of the salary cap. Sure there is no denying they have been able to put together some incredible teams, that doesn't mean I want Manly to go do the same, and it certainly wouldn't justify it.
The key difference in what your mob have done, and what the others are doing, is actually a lot worse.
For one you were caught, the reason you were caught was both complete and utter incompetence and blatant disregard.
There is bending rules and there is systematically and deliberately breaking them over several years.
I pity the Eels fans, but if it were Manly I wouldn't be going around crying foul and pleading my very weak case to opposition fans, I would cop it on the chin, say that sucks, have a lot of anger at those in charge and then hope that the people left were intelligent enough to cop the punishment and allow the club to get on with rebuilding, say like Melbourne did.
Whilst I am on it, I hate Melbourne and love the rivalry, but I respect them for the way they went about proceedings after being caught. They didn't whine, they stood together, took the punishment, expressed their disappointment and got on with it, and they are competitive again, almost immediately.
Now, if I were an Eels fan, what would really really irk me, and I mean I would find it almost impossible to digest, is that despite systematically cheating, you failed to actually do anything with that cheating. Your recruitment was so bad that you paid extra money and cheated to create some of the most forgettable teams in football history and had to endure Sticky as coach. I can almost feel sorry for you there, thats just heartbreaking.
I say almost feel sorry for you, because I can't feel sorry for you. You show the same stupidity and misplaced arrogance as the people that got your "great" club into this in the first place. Which means I can only conclude one thing, you kind of deserve the situation in which you find yourself. You can continue to try to justify things all you want. The NRL is going to help you out of the hole, the same way they helped Titans out of the hole they got themselves in, Why, because the perceived need to have you to secure the game, a foolish notion, when fans are fairly inconsequential to the TV networks.
It's fairly evident that the NRL is interested in having Parra do well this year, despite the issues that have occurred. I would say you will be playing for points on Friday too, and good luck to you, but please spare me the hard luck story, finger-pointing and hollow justifications, they have no power here.
You see, my wifes family are all Eels supporters, its a hard pill to swallow, but you know what, they all treated the incident with dignity. Copped it on the chin, were disappointed but laughed it off. They didnt try to justify anything and they didnt try to make excuses. As a result, I just empathised with them,told them it sucks and hard luck and just got on with it, it was quite nice seeing a pack of westies acting rationally, you should try it. However you may want to start with this http://www.dictionary.com/ just to get you somewhere toward comprehension......Good day to you, you poor Eels supporting soul
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