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Which is why he should be paid on what he is worth to the club. I just posted my reasoning in the AD thread. But in short: It is what he doesn't do off the ball that is his limiting factor. I'm not saying he is a bad player at all. He has done some great things but the offer he has been given...

So we pay AD 500k for 2 years , and better options come along , and we have another Sullivan issue where we are paying half a mil for a dude to lead the KOE cup team around . You get it!

That is typical AD play though - if he is on the ball he can be fantastic. It is what he doesn't do off the ball that is his limiting factor. Rewatch last weekends game and focus on him off the ball - the difference between the left and right side line speed is telling. Luai and his edge is...

Benji has made it very clear who our long term 7 is going to be. As a short term 13/14 AD has a job; he can step in as required as Latu develops. Latu will have had a full off season to develop and will be fighting for a spot with a genuine half in Madden.

I think Bud is $500K; Galvin's offer was never tabled so we only have Richo's word - which could well have been a little porky to bend someone else's cap out of shape. $700K is a lot of coin for an unproved 13 and while AD played well yesterday he has never been consistent and there are still...

For 2026 Luai is our 6/7, Latu and Jock Madden are the other half and AD will probably be 13 if we don't have a Terrell May fall out of a tree over the off season. This gives Luai and Latu/Jock an off season to bed down the combination with the better performer of Jock and LAtu winning the...

He has the ability - and when he puts his mind to it he can be good on both sides of the ball. He can just be so bloody lazy at times. Even yesterday, in a good game, he was disinterested in defence at times. If it is in his lane - he is fine. It is the effort areas that bug me - one minute he...

We've been through that experiment, he is not a 5/8 or a half. He is a servicable subsititute. He may make a 13 with an off season and an attitude adjustment to his role in defence, dirty hit ups and the kick chase. AD is a good clubman, much like Twal and Seyfarth (but with more upside than the...

I think Benji has shown us his plan for the rest of the season. AD and Latu will share the position and 13 depending on the situation.

Benji is pretty clear on who the long term 7 will be. He was also clear that there is no plan to rush Latu's development. I personally would have preferred him to play most of this season in Cup to develop his game as a half. He certainly hasn't set the world on fire recently but he has the...

As long as we don't get sucked into paying overs for a 14. His value is in his ability to provide depth. He had some great plays off a couple of fortunate moments in the game on the weekend off the back of a few good games. In all the postions he can fill he is servicable - he isnt getting us...

Just finished rewatching the game with the emotion of the live game taken out of it. We won the game off our defence and energy. AD was MoM but the forwards made it happen. they dominated the Dogs pack, moreso in defence than attack. But there was enough momentum provided to allow our halves to...

I think the completion rates stat says most of it. We handled the conditions better, Benji made some last minute changes to the squad that suited the conditions better and the heavy track made it tough going for the Dogs who rely on a swarming defence. Having said that, we had more energy and...

That it was, but it shows that the thinking is there. Execution was a bit out but the diffcult part was selling the story to Critta and having Sam back against the grain to have a go at the weak link in their defence on that side - Galvin. It wasn't perfectly executed, but it was the perfect...

Yes and No. He has certainly been in the frame and hs performed well in the last few weeks. In some of thise earlier games, even thouhg he played well and made some good defensive reads at centre he also loked at the ball on the ground instead of putting a body on it, failed to chase once a...

I have been a critic of AD, but today he had a great game and his performances over the last few weeks have been OK. He has, for the first time in a long time, shown he is willing to compete. If he can keep it up I may change my mind on his prospects. My big concern though is what happens to...

Got the bye - so time to recover

I got your point but if we are showing a profit this year Richo is starting to turn it around - but probably by lean staffing as we clearly haven't got more through the doors through our performances. I think what you are saying highlights what Richo is trying to get after more corporate $ to...

Your question perked my interest so I did a bit of digging and this is what I found. The sources are from all over the shop so it may not be comparing apples with apples, but if you look at what they generate and what's contibuted it is significantly more that our staff are playing with so we...

I think it all depends on how glass half full or empty you are. I hung my hat on 12th due to our lack of depth and a developing coach. We simply had (have) too many starters that are top 30 material but would be playing KoE at most other clubs. They need to be playing KoE for us to provide...