Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Sheens saw more potential at 7 in Brooks than he did with Hastings
Pretty much the moment when Sheens lost me tbh..altho last seasons handling of Madge and premature release of key players guaranteeing the spoon had me well on the way...!
To be fair I think letting the players go early helped us secure players like Bateman and klemmer for this season and gave us money in the cap to offer mosses 1.4 million
 
I'd be trying to pick up Bennett for a few yrs after his dolphins stint. He can oversee Benj. What he's done for Redcliffe is amazing, considering the salary cap differences between his and the top teams.
Plus Tim's shit and needs to be another assistant at Canberra
 
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I think people are looking back on Williams time with the raiders through rose coloured glasses.

He is better than what we have at the moment, but is at a level I would describe as competent at most
Townsend and Deardan could probably be called competent rather than superstars but with the right squad around them (and the right coaching and structures) competent in the halves is enough to be at the pointy end of the table.
 
Braydon Trindall
George Williams
Dean Hawkins
Jonah Pezet
Joseph O’Neill
Lewis Dodd
Brad Schneider
Thomas Duffy
Jamie Humphreys
Ronald Volkman
Ethan Sanders
Jack Cole
Sandon Smith
Thomas Weaver

I don’t care which one we sign, just sign one. Please. all either off contract or stuck behind players at other teams. any one of them would be an improvement.
 
I'd be trying to pick up Bennett for a few yrs after his dolphins stint. He can oversee Benj. What he's done for Redcliffe is amazing, considering the salary cap differences between his and the top teams.
Plus Tim's shit and needs to be another assistant at Canberra
Throw the chequebook at Bennet or Bellamy to be a coaching director type role similar to Gus Gould. Could help Benji (getting his assistant’s right will be crucial) and add some credibility to our brand and signing potential.
 
To be fair I think letting the players go early helped us secure players like Bateman and klemmer for this season and gave us money in the cap to offer mosses 1.4 million
Wld have got them anyway...all(except Gildart) finishing up at the end of last season..Sheens just accelerated their departure leaving us with...nothing!
Well..a spoon..
 
Braydon Trindall
George Williams
Dean Hawkins
Jonah Pezet
Joseph O’Neill
Lewis Dodd
Brad Schneider
Thomas Duffy
Jamie Humphreys
Ronald Volkman
Ethan Sanders
Jack Cole
Sandon Smith
Thomas Weaver

I don’t care which one we sign, just sign one. Please. all either off contract or stuck behind players at other teams. any one of them would be an improvement.
Even Adam Clune as he’s experienced, not too old and if nothing else knows how to play with a bit of structure and has a half decent kicking game,
 
So, we could've paid 500k for 1 year and be rid of him, but instead we pay him $1m to basically sabotage our season. 😂😂😂 awesome decision making by WT. Run by peasants
No it would have been 2 years, so up to a million dollars for Knights to take Brooks off us, and that's assuming it is a deal the Knights agreed to.

Don't forget Brooks' salary is reported to be back-ended, so whatever he's earning now, he earned less in the first years of the deal.
 
No it would have been 2 years, so up to a million dollars for Knights to take Brooks off us, and that's assuming it is a deal the Knights agreed to.

Don't forget Brooks' salary is reported to be back-ended, so whatever he's earning now, he earned less in the first years of the deal.
Curious to know where the 500k/year figure came from
 
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No it would have been 2 years, so up to a million dollars for Knights to take Brooks off us, and that's assuming it is a deal the Knights agreed to.

Don't forget Brooks' salary is reported to be back-ended, so whatever he's earning now, he earned less in the first years of the deal.
They wanted him even in the off season just past. It was for 1 year
 
No it would have been 2 years, so up to a million dollars for Knights to take Brooks off us, and that's assuming it is a deal the Knights agreed to.

Don't forget Brooks' salary is reported to be back-ended, so whatever he's earning now, he earned less in the first years of the deal.

I don't see how Knights could even ask us to chip in for a 2nd year (24) when Brooks wasn't contracted to us.

I'm sure (not certain) we could have got Brooks to Newcastle for 2023 with us chipping in, but then that's it. No chipping in a 2nd year.
 
I got the feeling in the Press C Sheen's know Brooks is done... Needs to work it so the club doesn't look bad offloading him. I hope he understands the member will be cheering if they offload him and not to worry

In the media it will probably be a damned if you do or damned if you dont resign him. So in saying that the club surely must be aware of this and we wont hear either way until we sign his replacement assuming we dont sign him again.

Other than that Brooks signing elsewhere we'd obviously hear something, we all know the media love to pile in on us and we don't half give them ammo to do it.
 
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