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I think you completely missed the phrases "if he's able to recapture his form" and "backup to api". He'd be on a train and trial. So no, not straight into the team. He'd be the cheap option, but if not, we need to look at other ones out there. Hope is not working.

Latu is probably our 2nd-best #9. If you put him in the halves, then you have Hope starting and Madden in the NSW Cup or on the extended bench. It's not our best side. If we sign Manese next year and he's able to recapture his form, then we may have a better backup and allow Benji the luxury of...

Wouldn't be surprised if the algorithm assumed HBG was a health fund - they have also shafted their members for a decade.

Sorry to hear @ancient_magpie. Can't imagine how hard that would be. Please do keep your chin up and look after yourself.

In fairness to Woodsy, the club was a basketcase. The board and Jason Taylor created so many issues. But it's nice to hear him admit that the grass wasn't greener. Maybe supporters will start to lay off him a bit now - including myself.

Its ridiculous. Shaun is still interim CEO too. Its bloody june!

That better not be accurate. Way too much money and far too long for the calibre of signing. Let's hope this isn't the type of deals that have been happening with HBG since luai. Will drag us back into the hole we were in

This. Weren't the reports that he was a bad trainer and would turn up late? No way he fits into this culture.

The other advantage to Averillo is that he can slot in at FB - we need better coverage for Bula if he's down.

The leaks seem to have started to happen again since the old board took their seats back.

I've got two good mates who are Doggies supporters, so the banter last night was fun. Suggested to them that Curran was lucky to stay on the field.

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I'm hoping that the drop wasn't just the injuries, but just the general fatigue given our round 1 bye. With a few back PLUS the refresher from the bye - hopefully we can spark up again. Having our 3 main strike weapons with May, Doueihi and S Fainu out concerns me though.

How do we have cap pressure? We've freed up $1.2m in Luai. Have these run of signings been all overpaid as we were concerned about?

Oh man, I'd love that. He'd go great with PVL.

Not sure if it's been discussed, but what does everyone think about bringing manese fainu in when he is released? Given our challenges at 9 this year with api out, it's gotta be a strong consideration on a base wage.

I'm so sorry to hear mate.

Yeah, that comment made me a little sick. Do you hear the dogs, Parramatta or Penrith, feeling the need to thank their leagues club boards? Why would Shaun feel the need to make that statement? Maybe to stroke a few egos. It's the HBG members' and patrons' money. If you need to say thanks...

Thankfully, he's only one of one. We used to be stacked with bad contracts! We've got some other very average top 30 entrants (e.g. Will Craig), but they will clear out this year.

Let's also add that luais value isn't just him, it's the value he creates in team around him. I have no doubt that he drove a lot of the pre season standards and brought the energy we needed. Our early good start, along with the culture where the team wanted to stay, can be attributed in part...