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That was two or three years ago at least. He's now perpetually either injured or suspended, and plays shorter and shorter stints during the brief periods when he can get on the field. The Storm are desperate to find some dumb arse club stupid enough to take him off their hands. We only just got...

Well we need to go and find it then - in our catchment or someone else's. It's the only way this club is ever going to have sustainable success.

Imagine having to reply on juniors - we could end up in the same situation as Penrith or Canberra. Who'd want that! Much better to build a roster around pricey free agent signings, like the Titans.

Honestly, who cares. Could Sullivan be the difference between Souths coming 13th and 12th next year? I guess he could, sure. Are we better off with $150k of dead cap or $550k of Bud Sullivan on the roster? Categorically the former. Does "winning" this particular trade have any meaningful impact...

You're seriously saying you'd rather have had Sullivan turning out in reggies all year than free up some cap room that could be used to sign a player who came on the market mid-year? A player like, say, Taylan May? FWIW, I agree that Sullivan got a tough break: he was signed with the prospect...

I agree with you except to add that he's quite obviously already well into the decline phase. He's not been the same player for Melbourne over the past couple of seasons, the idea that he's suddenly going to revert to 2022 form and fitness upon leaving is wishful thinking of the highest order.

NAS is yet another of the players people on here think we should sign because they think it's half a decade ago. The guy hasn't played a full season since 2022. We are finally almost clear of dead weight contracts for players who are obviously past it. This guy would be a massive step back.

I haven't watched a huge amount of Knights football of late but I feel I have to ask if we're at all worried about Kai Pearce-Paul? It's hard for anyone to perform when a team is swirling around the drain but when I do see them he doesn't seem to be standing out even if a pretty putrid outfit...

Yeah the injury thing has been bothering me - as in, if we're even somewhat unlucky with injuries next season it could make it tough to take the next step forward. That said, my suspicion is that most of the roster activity from here is going to be about shoring up players 18-25 on the list -...

Fans always think of the narrow losses and believe they were "that close" to being much higher up the ladder. But that's not really accurate for the Tigers. Our for and against is by far the worst of the top 12 teams and while it's easy to remember the tough losses we've also jagged some...

The idea that players leave the Tigers and immediately get better is such bullshit. There are a few who everybody basically knew were going to be good, left and then continued developing as expected - Moses is the obvious one, this is where Galvin and Utoikamanu will go if they realise their...

I think 9th is actually very unlikely. There's going to be a logjam of teams on 28 points and if we're one of them we'll be right at the bottom of it due to for and against. Any less than 28 and we won't be close to 9th, any more (which involves winning all four remaining games) and we'll...

The argument is: - While Doueihi had a career game last week he has a track record going back to his time at Souths of being a mediocre half most of the time. The likelihood that the 'real' Adam Doueihi is what we saw last week versus the rest of his career in the halves is pretty tiny. - While...

It's not 2019 anymore, though. Asofa-Solomona will be 30 by the time next season starts, he's missed more than half this season and hasn't played a full season since 2022. Signing him on any money at this stage is a huge, massive, red light flashing risk - he could easily be a guy who barely...

Is he really on that much money? Surely props who only play 20-30 minutes a game aren't that expensive, even if their impact is significant.