Bulldogs disrupted by Dragons, chief executives lend helping hand
July 29th 2008 10:25
Brett Morris rubs salt into the wounds of all Bulldogs supporters
The events of the past three days are enough to make any Bulldogs fan go crazy.
Last night, they got slayed by the Dragons 30-0 in a game Canterbury were never going to win. No sympathy was shown by Nathan Brown's men as they went about disposing of a side clearly experiencing difficult times.
Dragons coach Nathan Brown will take pleasure in the fact his side was dominant enough to end the contest at halftime. Young centre Josh Morris scored a hattrick of tries to show the value he will bring to the Bulldogs next season.
While the shock departure of Sonny Bill Williams still lingers in our thoughts, the Dragons yesterday played fast football to effectively end the Bulldogs disasterous season in 2008.
Right from the opening whistle, the Dragons had their hands on Canterbury's throat. After forty minutes of football, the Bulldogs snapped and lost all life in a game that once again yielded a medioucre crowd.
It is a shame to see such a proud club like the Bulldogs suffer the way they have this season. Scandals seem to be the norm at a club with a rich history of premieship success and player toughness.
They have lost arguably their biggest drawcard in Williams. The Kiwi forward has been thrown off the atlas and cast into a void heaver than Godzilla's back.
Let it be known it is a mistake that the Bulldogs will not repeat again.
What has been suffered is something not easily piped down. The Bulldogs have been wiped out both on and off the football field.
While the hype at the club will die down somewhat, the scars the they have suffered will be forever etched in history.
At this very moment, all NRL chief executives will unite and discuss all the tricks and the trade that comes with stopping the exodus of players heading to Europe.
Many arguments will come and go. Switches in key decisions will be made.
In the end, the only way for the NRL to stop digging its own hole will be to increase the salary cap.
This proposal will be raised despite all the inequities surrounding the idea. Some teams, particularly in Sydney, will have to suffer for the long term survival of the game.
In order for clubs such as the Bulldogs to remain breakage free, the NRL must dwell into all possible sources and increase the salary cap.
If the NRL avoids making sacrifices, clubs will face self destruction and the competition that has lasted a century will go unstable to the point of collapse.
Let's face it, the French make making millions look easy. Everywhere one turns, lucrative offers are being made to players of the highest order in the toughest competition in the world.
Names such as Willie Mason, Frank Pritchard, Billy Slater and Greg Inglis have been thrown up as possible targets in the emerging power that grows in Europe.
Clubs in Europe will not throw up peace treaties to the NRL. They are looking to twist the arms of the NRL and take control of a code with nothing in common in terms of the money players recieve compared to French competition.
As the NRL gears up for its greatest battle since the Super League war, their opponents overseas will show no remorse.
The stature that is Sonny Bill Willliams will be protected by French authorities. They too will get their hands dirty, pound for pound, for a Kiwi in a running battle with the law.
Matter of fact, do not be surprised if the French win the argument over the playing future of Williams'.
Knowing the French firsthand, they are not retarded people. They will have ideas capable of allowing Williams' to honour his three million dollar contract with Toulon.
Whatever is bound to happen, all of France, Belmore and the Nrl will be hooked by the occassion.
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