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I actually think you are looking to much at our top end and not enough at other cap waste. What were we paying Sullivan to play against us? How much was Staines and Naden on, could we not have got a min wager to do much the same as one or both of them? Rumours of Hunt and Seyfarth being at 600k...

I'm not saying we need to worry about depth or we should sign depth. I was giving my assessment of our entire roster and the state it is in.

I didn't say he did. I pretty much said the same as you. We've paid overs or near enough across the board for our best 17 which means not only is our best 17 not that good but we also can't afford any depth of any quality to supplement it. Compared to Sharks roster, sure they have a couple top...

Sorry mate, i can't see any way we are comparable to Sharks If we're talking pure value id say we're inverted. They're 1-17 is probably worth what our 1-17 are being paid and our 1-17 worth what theirs are being paid. Unfortunately that leaves them a good team with plenty of cap space for...

That is such an astute signing from the Dogs. Everything I hear about O'Sullivan is he is pretty much the best halves coach in the world and is able to coach young up and comers whilst playing alongside them. To have him in the system tutoring Woods and Galvin is a big win for the Dogs.

Under current rules and these terms, id happily take him. But it raises other issues around these situations. Should a player sacked by one club be able to go and simply sign elsewhere, given the behaviour clauses breached are the same at the new club? In this situation Roosters are losing a...

We certainly should, I believe they are all signed up long term however, so may not be easy.

I think Dragons are really building something. 2 X Couchman, Egan, Stewart, Halangahu are all going to have very good careers and is the making of a very strong pack in the future. Theres a few more highly regarded young forwards following them but it remains to be seen if they kick on should...

I think we are one of the more difficult to predict teams for whether or not we improve next year. You made some fair points in that our squad is essentially the same plus KPP and the side was very fortunate with injuries this year. So it's entirely possible if we are sitting middle of the pack...

Yeah. It certainly isn't consistent and as you say the first never happens without the second.

In most occasions when there is a striking charge the person instigating it is also binned, though typically the penalty goes to the team of the player that was struck. Would need to look in to it to list any actual times. Most recent incident I can remember however was about 3 weeks ago...

Yep. And sooner or later a club is going to work out that 20/40s are easier to execute, opens up opportunities for early shifts if opposition teams need to start defending them and are just as momentum changing.

I actually think Bula is a similar class of player. His speed, athleticism and size would all be quite similar. My criticism of Bula and why I agree he is not a million dollars player and not yet worth what we would be paying him is he hasn't got any other strings to his bow that other fullbacks...

He has no premiership rings. His form since returning has been excellent, particularly after so long out of the game. I am happy to say I was wrong as I didn't see it coming, he never played any good for Penrith in the centres previously (yes he had a very good season for them on the wing). I...

Something that you see often in junior reps that you never see in 1st grade is players playing different roles throughout a game. I think Crichton is the best defensive centre in the game. He needs to defend at centre. It will also reduce his work load a little being out there. He absolutely...

Or the most likely scenario he knocks us back and signs with Roosters for 500

Everything you have said here is indeed true. I however would suggest that it makes last off season a pass, not the actual season that followed.

If we could sign an elite lock (which I don't think there is any available, or even any pretty good ones for that matter) then I reckon all our forwards would suddenly look 10-20% better with someone that knows how to position them into contact. Our middles are currently shit but they're not...

They did in 2018. Storm had about a mil, Broncos 800k and very few others over 200k. Undoubtedly the overall numbers have grown since then, and Storm are probably no longer at the top given the players they had then but I doubt there is as big a discrepancy in legal 3rd party deals as people think.

Fair enough, he is a decent offloader which is a different style to most locks but I also think the team is better suited to him running hard and offloading after winning contact if the opportunity presents itself. I think his recent approach of meeting contact half hearted, turning and looking...