“You can have results or excuses,” Arnold Schwarzenegger once said. “Not both.”

Preach it, Arnie. Preach.

And while you’re at it, get on the phone to fellow Hollywood megastar Russell Crowe and pass on this wisdom because, at his beloved South Sydney of late, there haven’t been many results but plenty of excuses.

The Rabbitohs will forever have a chip on their shoulder. It’s in their DNA. In the woodwork. They’ll always play the battler, even though they’re owned by an Oscar winner and two billionaires in James Packer and Mike Cannon-Brookes.

But, as my therapist regularly tells me, it’s easier to play the victim than be accountable for the shitfight of your own making and that’s where Souths find themselves now.

For the past eight months, the finger of blame has been pointed at everyone else, from Sam Burgess to the well-worn conspiracy that every reporter in the city just writes what the Roosters tell them.

Jason Demetriou is under pressure.Credit: Getty

When an issue pops us, it’s usually met with whataboutism: what about this club, that coach, those players?

But there’s officially trouble in paradise when the club fingers the Triple M social media department for fullback Latrell Mitchell’s potty-mouthed interview after the loss to the Broncos last Thursday night.

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21.03.2024

“You can have results or excuses,” Arnold Schwarzenegger once said. “Not both.”

Preach it, Arnie. Preach.

And while you’re at it, get on the phone to fellow Hollywood megastar Russell Crowe and pass on this wisdom because, at his beloved South Sydney of late, there haven’t been many results but plenty of........

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