We are zero chance of getting Luke who I just read has te-signed with the Ciwboys or Finefueki.
Both will stay with Cowboys long term, we have to make our recruitment targets more realistic.
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Both will stay with Cowboys long term, we have to make our recruitment targets more realistic.
Pascoes_barber
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It never ceases to amaze me how people on here can't comprehend that players do not stay at their peak forever.
Pearce went to North Shore. Played him in high school MCC. Him & Foran were the halves from year 10 to 12. In year 10 they have a bloke on the wing called Matt Shirvington. They were unstoppable.
Wildcat777
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Pass….. would have about as much impact as Staines. I would target someone that would terrorise his opposite number. Look for another “TEPPANYAKI”
GNR4LIFE
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They learn pretty fast when they get here
Angus Crichton now is still 3 X Seyfarth
GNR4LIFE
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Lomax isn’t even that good. It’s not a good sign if are being pushed out to the wing at the Dragons.
weststigerman
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Then we're getting value for once because Seyfarth would be on about a quarter of what Crichton is on.
It’s interesting because they have a major logjam forming something will have to give for them - can’t see one of them wanting to be a bench player for a few years.
You could be right, but the way I see it we will be struggling to attract anyone who is a top 17 regular at their current club.
That’s not the end of the world as there is plenty of quality who are not currently on their teams top 17, they are the players we should be targeting contracted or not.
That’s not the case though.
We managed to lure Papa, Api, Klemmer, Olam, Bateman, Fainu and Luai. It’s clear we can attract players now. We were close on AFB as well.
The key is the right players and balance whilst ensuring the development squad supporting them can develop.
Halbrowne61
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Never at Knox, Barker boy then Marist Bros.
rugbygoated
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also has the connection with api and bula in fiji camp
Api is his cousin.
Connections wouldn’t be an issue.
I doubt he will want to leave the Panthers anyway & we won’t exactly be making world shaking offers for him (well hope we won’t).
Good to dream.
AdelaideTiger
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Knew it was one of those two. Thanks for the correction
The thing is, you have absolutely no idea if that's true or not. He missed a chunk of last season with mental health issues and some pretty frightening rumours about what might be behind those. When he did play last season, he scored once in 13 games (yes, that's not the only stat that matters but it's not nothing that his try scoring rate has gone from one in two or three games in 2020-21 to one in four then one in 13), he's been left out of the round one team by the Roosters and he's a small back rower in his late 20s with the accumulation of injuries that implies. Maybe he's still good but you absolutely cannot definitively say he is given there are more red flags flying than a military parade in the USSR.
What you mean is: Angus Crichton in 2021 was 3x Seyfarth. Now, he might still be but equally he could be 1.5x Seyfarth or 0.5x or 0x. You've no idea. What you can be 100% sure of is that he'd be 3x Seyfarth's salary. The idea that we might end up with Crichton and Bateman chewing up $1.5m a season between them for the next three years is frankly terrifying. Paying Bateman that amount of money for that long is why we have to play Seyfarth in the first place.
For the last time (ha ha): players are not who they were 3-5 years ago.
GNR4LIFE
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No way Bateman sees out the next 3 years. I’d go as far as saying this could be his last year before he goes back home.
Roar_Power
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Isn't he being paid $800k per season?
GNR4LIFE
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Not sure. But I’m sure a SL club will pay him whatever he’ on here
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