Devon Head
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Sorry but comparing Cogger and Sezer is a weak argument. Until Cogger signed with Riff he was an absolute nuff who filled a role in an elite team which made him look much better than he is. Sezer has been solid his whole career and it's game managing experience we needed most not a gamble on bloke who failed at Newy, Failed at Dogs and didn't light up Super League.You could argue that we could have signed Keppie for around 450k and he would likely do a very similar job to what Klemmer could fit 300k more. Saving 300k for a prop would allow us more capacity to spend that cap money elsewhere.
I would certainly argue that Cogger is a much younger and far superior number 7 to Sezer at this stage of their careers.
Schuster would no doubt add an attacking threat as an edge back rower to any NRL club. Sure he’s not worth even close to the rumoured 800k that Manly are supposedly paying him, but I’d say we could have potentially got him for around 500-600k with Manly chipping in the rest to get him off their books.
With us being light in back row stocks, particularly ones that have a bit of x-factor about them, it could be strongly argued Schuster would definitely make our playing roster stronger.
Also comparing Klem, an Origin and National rep player with a bloke who's barely first grade standard is a fairly big reach. The differences between their salaries is a true reflection of the difference in their comparable abilities imo.