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If you think what I'm saying means I think everything is fine or I'm happy to be 13th there's no helping you. We came last three years running, including at least one where every team in every grade came last, and you're whining like a spoiled baby because we didn't win the comp this year. The...

I agree that this team probably isn't going to win a premiership. But then I'm the one who has been saying for literally years that the only way this club is going to be competitive in the long term is by developing its own talent from within. More to the point, we can't sign a bunch of players...

Given we've been about the most active club in the player market since this guy came in, incomings and exits, and most of the business he has done has been somewhere between pretty good and excellent, I'd have though he'd have earned the right not to have dribblers just assuming he hasn't got a...

Loving the implication that randon internet guy knows fundamental truths about NRL roster construction that have to date passed Shane Richardson by. Like you could grab a coffee with him and he'd end up saying: "You know what, Needaname - I'd never realised that. Thanks so much for passing it on."

This is also true and it relates to my point above. Long term, you can't be paying free agent wages to your 15th-25th best players - even those 200-300k salaries are double minimum wage and when so much money is going on your stars you need as many functional minimum wagers as possible. The only...

I keep reading that rugby league is much more about your weakest players than other sports - which, across the season, means everyone down to about number 25 or 26 in the roster. Simplifying, but if you have first grade standard players across the lineup and can survive the inevitable injuries...

<Looks at calendar> <Confirms it is not 2019 anymore> Nah.

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...