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I don’t feel sorry for him. Hope he ends up playing a utility role in a lowly placed ESL club before he turns 22. Treacherous and self absorbed. Mitchell Moses like character without the talent.

I remember that game vividly. An absolute stinker from poor old Steve.

We have a much depth now as most clubs. If you take the starting fullback, hooker, halfback and second rower out of most teams they will struggle. It was the errors that caused the blowout though. No excuse for that.

He had no choice once Madden came on for Douhie. You can really only afford to replace one back.

Even in the first half when the score line was still close, Tigers were struggling to get any roll on out of their own territory. Part of it was errors - dropped ball, pushed passes, etc. - but the other contributor was poor service out of dummy half. Hope’s passes are fractionally slower than...

Ironically, it was the treacherous Ivan Cleary who made perhaps the worst signings. Big bucks for players who were either busted or middling first graders. Sheens got us our only premiership and only competitive period since then. I can forgive him some dud signings.

We will get the best years of Luai over the next season and a half. We don’t like that he’s choosing to leave before year 4 and 5 because it feels like rejection, but objectively it is a great outcome for all parties. We will have got 3 seasons from him arguably at the peak of his powers. That’s...

Are you suggesting the 20th team will be Myanmar?

He and Galvin shared a uber ride. Apparently Galvin wants to play for a coach that can improve his game and make him a better man.

A lot has changed in a short space of time though with regards the narrative about the tigers. Team on the up with a bullet, Benji factor with player environment, players improving within the system ( Pole, Twal) and players coming improving as well (KPP for example). We don’t need to pay overs...

And dragons all in on Drinkwater apparently

The worst of them are Read, Riccio, Weidler and Dobbin who are basically just mouthpieces for clubs and agents who throw them the occasional exclusive. At least Read can be funny.

Ash Taylor springs to mind. That ended well! I remember commentators saying Tigers would rue Luke Brookes leaving. How’s that turned out. If anything he’s been even less effective at Manly. Galvin will be the same. For all the hype, I could name 5 young halves already a level better than him.

Division 2 Superleague.

Let’s make a distinction between Galvin and Bula for a start. Galvin wanted out of the club for ages. Yes, Moses brought it to a head and used gutter tactics to orchestrate, but we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking he turned Galvin. He had already decided he was too good to be in a struggling...

No. You don’t have to deal with him. At least not on his terms. If players work out their managers behavior cuts off access to enough clubs, less will sign on with him over time. He’s not an honorable or honest man. Eventually every club that allows him to have too much influence over roster...

For the benefit of the international game beyond the pacific I would love this to a highly competitive series. Unfortunately, if John Bateman is considered one of the best 24 players England have available to select from, I fear they will have 50 put on them in every test. He is not even NRL...

He didn’t drink schooners. Vodka and orange was his drink of choice. The 15 is about right though. Hard to judge harshly the high shot. It’s the way the game was back then. Play on.

There is not a team in the comp that would pay Purdue or Nawaqanitawase more than Bula. Bula is probably fair value at around $800K per, the other two would be lucky to get within $50k of that.

No club has bought a premiership since the 70’s when Manly silvertails raided Western Suburbs and Roosters raided Souths. Most premiership clubs identify talent early and develop them into a winning squad. Buying a Monte Burns all star team hasn’t worked in the NRL era.