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Except there's a salary cap, which means how much you give individual players directly influences the ability to get the best team on the field. And some of us aren't stupid so want to know how that's all being balanced. I mean, we could probably get Payne Haas if we offered him five million...

Back row forwards who start as forwards (ie excluding people like Luke Lewis and Wade Graham who initially play in the backs) often get started or start making an impact a bit later. Liam Martin didn't debut till he was 22. Briton Nikora was 21. Viliame Kikau was 21 (and about a fortnight away...

Saying we're relying on luck is more an observation of the state of the market than a strategy, to be fair. What he's saying is, basically, there isn't anyone who is or is obviously likely to be on the market who they think is a difference maker - which seems fair to me. Personally I think it's...

I'm not making any comment on anyone's effort or character. What I'm saying is every time we sign "the experienced pack leader we need" they turn out to be one or more of past it, crocked or not interested. I can't see any reason to imagine Asofa-Solomona would be any different.

If signing Russell Packer, Ben Matulino, James Tamou and David Klemmer as "the experienced pack leader we need" haven't taught you anything by now I'm not sure there's much else to say. "After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And...

Ok champ, whatever you say. Have a good weekend.

Mate it was just a fun post laughing at our shitty signings, you're the one who wanted to relitigate the whole thing. I was just trying to bring a little joy to everyone's life.

Why are you directing this at me? It's the other guy who seems to think when he got injured is a big deal. You may notice that I had him on my short-list of worst signings we ever made.

Even before it was announced in mid-April that McQueen would be joining the Tigers on a three-year deal from 2018 the 2014 premiership winner was talking with the Titans team doctor and specialists about the need for surgery. Due to turn 31 the day after the Tigers' Round 1 clash with the...

Wrong. He had neck surgery in August 2017, ending his season... for the Gold Coast Titans. We subsequently signed him on a three year deal. He spent the first 10 rounds of 2018 playing reserve grade for the Tigers before making the first of his 10 total first grade appearances in round 11...

This makes me start thinking about who the outright worst signing since 2012 might be. There are an awful lot of contenders, but my shortlist is: Adam Blair Probably the player we got most out of on this list, in the sense that he was at least a functional first grade standard footballer. It's...

It's one of those "nice idea, would never work in practice" things. You can pick so many holes in it I'm surprised there aren't photos of Kurt Cobain wearing it on stage. Mainly what would happen is a huge market growing for players with low points ratings. There's no way a points system would...

I like the idea that the whole hiring process has been conducted with extensive interviews and the candidate considering what's right for their career, then on day one they turn up to training and say HOLY SHIT IS THAT THE PLAYERS YOU HAVE I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BRISBANE BRONCOS and promptly...

I see you're still playing the "I don't unsrstand anything" game. I asked you a question: are you as stupid as your initial response implies, or just pretending to be so you don't have to engage with a sensible point. The latter would be disrespectful. See? Not that hard, really. Anyway I'm...

I only read the post you responded to, which was well thought out and insightful, and your response, which was either stupid or rude - hence my question. I didn't see anything in what you said that made me think checking out any of your other work would reward my time so I haven't seen any of...

Are you really this dumb or just pretending to be so you don't have to acknowledge someone else's good point?

That's not a failure of the salary cap, in that case: it's a club building something that players want to be part of. The purpose of a cap isn't to make winning random, it's to ensure that rich clubs don't have an unfair advantage over poor ones just by virtue of being able to pay them more...

We didn't have Taylan May when Galvin left so that's $600k. We also re-signed Doueihi. Let's say that was for $300k. Add that to what Galvin was already earning and you're well over a million.

Api 700k + Fainu 500k + Luai 1.2m + Bula 700k + Terrell May 700k + Taylan May 600k = $4.6m. If we upgrade and extend Bula we'll be close to $5m. What Melbourne are doing isn't cheating, it's having a roster full of cheap, first grade standard players beyond their stars. They aren't wasting...

The club can't be involved in sourcing TPAs. In all honestly actual, registered, above board TPAs are more or less meaningless nowadays. The NRL cracked down on them in 2017 and by 2022 the total value of TPAs was about 3% of the cap...