2012/13 Rumours Thread - Absolute nonsense spotted!
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He is listed as a centre, which would be a surprise to me as there is currently a contract ready for Stu to sign. Even if he had turned us down in the last couple of days (hypothetical!) I would be shocked if we were able to sign an alternative centre in the short space of time available.
Unless of course he can play as a winger too of course.
Unless of course he can play as a winger too of course.
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And so continues the Steelers cycle.
They haven't built the team - they seem to continuously mortgaged their future, and now the fan base expect it. What they need is someone to put up the white flag, go "sod it - we're going have a rebuilding season" and do it from the ground up.
With the losses Smith went into last season with, and the seeming spend this year, I would guess all of this season's Season Ticket money went into covering last season, and this season is spending big in the hopes that it'll cover it. I think this may be the beginning of the end of the Smith era.
They haven't built the team - they seem to continuously mortgaged their future, and now the fan base expect it. What they need is someone to put up the white flag, go "sod it - we're going have a rebuilding season" and do it from the ground up.
With the losses Smith went into last season with, and the seeming spend this year, I would guess all of this season's Season Ticket money went into covering last season, and this season is spending big in the hopes that it'll cover it. I think this may be the beginning of the end of the Smith era.
Finally I get to disagree with you 
Tony is a lot sharper than that and extremely capable. Also he has been around long enough to witness a great many of the fiscal mistakes made by previous Steelers 'future mortgagers'. I am not saying he can't make a mistake but I would actually believe that the way last season was run, the crowds they achieved and the ST sales this year mean that the team there could very feasibly be funding itself.
Which is scary.
As for the nelson comparison made - if Finner were to be able to continue the spending spiral he seems to be on that I think DC would be a better parallel. Grand Slam or job-hunting.
Tony is a lot sharper than that and extremely capable. Also he has been around long enough to witness a great many of the fiscal mistakes made by previous Steelers 'future mortgagers'. I am not saying he can't make a mistake but I would actually believe that the way last season was run, the crowds they achieved and the ST sales this year mean that the team there could very feasibly be funding itself.
Which is scary.
As for the nelson comparison made - if Finner were to be able to continue the spending spiral he seems to be on that I think DC would be a better parallel. Grand Slam or job-hunting.