ACTION ALREADY FOR 2013
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@Spartan117 said:
Politoni is the back up 9 at this stage Spartan.
Fraze23
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@Goose said:
And he kicks goals extremely well too. If he gets the 7 jumper I hope he relieves Benji of kicking duties. Although I sincerely doubt this will happen…
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@Fraze23 said:
It won't happen unless Benji decides he does not want to kick anymore.
happy_tiger
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People are being very harsh on Farah picking on his kicking game especially seeing he was having groin issues
Try kicking with a crook groin
Lets see what his kicking game is like in 2012
Try kicking with a crook groin
Lets see what his kicking game is like in 2012
Properossi
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@happy tiger said:
It can only get better!
westTAHger
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must admit more focussed on 2012 season that what's in store for 2013.
we all desire for wests-tigers to be a dominat force this coming season.
first off win enough games to make finals, then take it from there.
we all desire for wests-tigers to be a dominat force this coming season.
first off win enough games to make finals, then take it from there.
@happy tiger said:
No one is picking on anyone. Farah had an ordinary kicking game last year for whatever reason. Full stop.
I am sick of using injuries as an excuse. Farah did himself and the team no favours by playing injured. If a player is not 100% then he should not be playing. I would rather have a fully fit reserve than a half fit first grader playing.
Farah has had an operation lately so he should be ok. Let's see how he goes this year.
By the way, we have lots of back up this year for every position, except, as far as I can see, for Farah. What happens if he gets badly hurt? Who will take his place in the short term and have we got anyone coming through who would take over in the long term?
happy_tiger
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@magpiecol said:
"Sick of using injuries as an excuse" Col
Farah has rarely missed a game through injury and always given a 110% every week while doing it
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I suppose Lawrence should of sucked it up also despite his dislocated hip as well and Benji should of ignored the pain through all of his shoulder issues as well
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@magpiecol said:
Pat Politoni, Chris Corby and Dean Parata are possible backups for Farah.
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@happy tiger said:
I don't think MagpieCol was saying that Happy, I think he was making the point that people have used Farah's back injury as an excuse for his poor kicking game.
fergiefurr
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So corby and Parata are both still with the club for next year? Find that interesting
@willow said:
Unfortunately Willow, none of these excite me at this point.
Corby and Politoni at various stages I thought were good prospects, but neither kicked on like I was hoping.
They could prove me wrong if called apon and I hope they do, ive underestimated so many players in the past, hope this is the case here.
happy_tiger
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@Goose said:
I still think that Fulton would be a good back up hooker and would probably be first in line
Could see Humble as a hooker as well
happy_tiger
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Col Farah didn't have many choices at the time when he was injured at the worst of it
Remember we had no Ellis ,Fulton,Lote, Lawrence,Lui etc when his groin was at its worse
Sorry Col misconstrued what your were saying
Remember we had no Ellis ,Fulton,Lote, Lawrence,Lui etc when his groin was at its worse
Sorry Col misconstrued what your were saying
tigerbenji
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I really think Fulton could be our back up hooker if Farah gets injured, he is smart enough & quick enough to play dummy half, & he also tackles well.
Tiger_Watto
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**<big>Cooper Cronk is open to offers after putting the Storm on hold</big>**
by: James Hooper From: The Sunday Telegraph January 22, 2012 12:00AM
THE asking price to lure Cooper Cronk away from the Melbourne Storm has been set at $850,000 a season by his management team. It would make Cronk the NRL's highest-paid player, eclipsing Storm team-mates Billy Slater and Cameron Smith and Cowboys skipper Johnathan Thurston.
South Sydney have been identified as the early favourite to sign Cronk should he leave Melbourne, with the old Storm connection of new coach Michael Maguire, Greg Inglis, Michael Crocker and Matt King a strong selling point.
The Storm hoped to have Cronk signed, sealed and delivered before the start of the season, but the representative halfback now intends to test his value on the open market.
With a substantial increase in the NRL's salary cap guaranteed once a new television deal is set, Cronk finds himself in a strong bargaining position.
As a proven marquee playmaker, the Melbourne halfback is a rare commodity. And if Parramatta are prepared to pay $550,000 a season for Chris Sandow, then how much is a playmaker with State of Origin, Test match and grand final experience worth?
On the Four Nations Tour of the UK last year, Cronk said he was in no rush to negotiate his next contract.
"Obviously you want to play for as long as you can, (but) I'm not one that's going to try and start hanging on for every last breath once I start losing the passion," Cronk said. "Everyone knows their time. I'm still 28, so I've got at least five years left.
"I'll play footy, I'll enjoy a holiday and then I'll sort out what I have to do."
South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson refused to be drawn on whether the Rabbitohs were interested in Cronk. However, Melbourne chief executive Ron Gauci confirmed Cronk's agent Chris Orr had indicated before Christmas his intention to test the interest from rival clubs.
Questioned about the $850,000 price tag, Gauci said: "We're certainly aware of what numbers are out there and we feel our intelligence is fairly accurate."
Gauci urged NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert to scrutinise the third-party elements of any offers from rival clubs.
"It's always hard to tell when everyone is negotiating, but from our point of view he's an integral part of our team and we're going to do whatever we can within the rules of the game to keep him," Gauci said.
"From our point of view, all we ask is that the salary cap auditor monitors the third-party payments that will be used to entice him. And there's no doubt they will be used to entice him.
"We're hoping that Cooper's experience with the club and history with the players around him will come into play when he considers his future. We very much see his future at Storm, hopefully he sees it the same way.
"The impression I get from the conversations we've had before Christmas is that he would rather take the field and know what he's doing rather than have this drag out."
Orr said he was unable to comment on negotiations until he sat down with Cronk in Melbourne later this month.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/cooper-cronk-is-open-to-offers-after-putting-the-storm-on-hold/story-e6frexnr-1226250270089
by: James Hooper From: The Sunday Telegraph January 22, 2012 12:00AM
THE asking price to lure Cooper Cronk away from the Melbourne Storm has been set at $850,000 a season by his management team. It would make Cronk the NRL's highest-paid player, eclipsing Storm team-mates Billy Slater and Cameron Smith and Cowboys skipper Johnathan Thurston.
South Sydney have been identified as the early favourite to sign Cronk should he leave Melbourne, with the old Storm connection of new coach Michael Maguire, Greg Inglis, Michael Crocker and Matt King a strong selling point.
The Storm hoped to have Cronk signed, sealed and delivered before the start of the season, but the representative halfback now intends to test his value on the open market.
With a substantial increase in the NRL's salary cap guaranteed once a new television deal is set, Cronk finds himself in a strong bargaining position.
As a proven marquee playmaker, the Melbourne halfback is a rare commodity. And if Parramatta are prepared to pay $550,000 a season for Chris Sandow, then how much is a playmaker with State of Origin, Test match and grand final experience worth?
On the Four Nations Tour of the UK last year, Cronk said he was in no rush to negotiate his next contract.
"Obviously you want to play for as long as you can, (but) I'm not one that's going to try and start hanging on for every last breath once I start losing the passion," Cronk said. "Everyone knows their time. I'm still 28, so I've got at least five years left.
"I'll play footy, I'll enjoy a holiday and then I'll sort out what I have to do."
South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson refused to be drawn on whether the Rabbitohs were interested in Cronk. However, Melbourne chief executive Ron Gauci confirmed Cronk's agent Chris Orr had indicated before Christmas his intention to test the interest from rival clubs.
Questioned about the $850,000 price tag, Gauci said: "We're certainly aware of what numbers are out there and we feel our intelligence is fairly accurate."
Gauci urged NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert to scrutinise the third-party elements of any offers from rival clubs.
"It's always hard to tell when everyone is negotiating, but from our point of view he's an integral part of our team and we're going to do whatever we can within the rules of the game to keep him," Gauci said.
"From our point of view, all we ask is that the salary cap auditor monitors the third-party payments that will be used to entice him. And there's no doubt they will be used to entice him.
"We're hoping that Cooper's experience with the club and history with the players around him will come into play when he considers his future. We very much see his future at Storm, hopefully he sees it the same way.
"The impression I get from the conversations we've had before Christmas is that he would rather take the field and know what he's doing rather than have this drag out."
Orr said he was unable to comment on negotiations until he sat down with Cronk in Melbourne later this month.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/cooper-cronk-is-open-to-offers-after-putting-the-storm-on-hold/story-e6frexnr-1226250270089
matty_tiepie
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Good player but 850K i dont think so. 600k tops is what he is worth IMO.
GNR4LIFE
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The only team who'd be desperate enough to sign him for 850K would be Souths
