Ben Barba

[Demps]

the Bulldogs would have to be close to the cap if not over it

Rubbish. They would have plenty of room to play with. Next year who will be eating up their cap space. James Graham, Michael Ennis, Josh Morris, Frank Pritchard, and?????? compared to other teams they'd have plenty of room to work with.

add greg eastwood, aidan tolman. chris keating and trent hodkinson

they wouldnt be on little salaries either

I think Beastwood is on a relatively small $$ contract.
He told Kev that he was homesick & was willing to take a pay cut to come back to Australia to play for the Dogs.
He likes it in Sydney, unlike home boy Hannat.

 

[MightyMaggy]

Not a big Barber fan Great backing up game but lacks of bit of solidity defensively . He will get found out .

At the risk of getting a heap of abuse, I think that Barba "gives away" as many points as he scores in the games I have seen him play more recently.

 

[Marshall_magic]

the Bulldogs would have to be close to the cap if not over it

Rubbish. They would have plenty of room to play with. Next year who will be eating up their cap space. James Graham, Michael Ennis, Josh Morris, Frank Pritchard, and?????? compared to other teams they'd have plenty of room to work with.

add greg eastwood, aidan tolman. chris keating and trent hodkinson

they wouldnt be on little salaries either

Keating and Hodkinson wouldn't be on that much, they're just average NRL halves. Tolman's contract might nudge 200k, but I doubt it. In my opinion there are clubs with more creative acountants than the Doggies.

 

[Spartan117]

Hodkinson is on a Mint.

Dogs are getting desperate , Thats why they are treating Andrew Ryan so badly and hoping he will go to England at the end of the year.

As to Ben.

We have no chance

 

[hadds75]

I dont care but can we just please SIGN any fullback!

Have a look at the list of fullbacks below, we have the worst fullback in the competition (Brown, moltzen or mckinnon - no disrepect meant). look how important these guys are below to there side, compared to the role ours plays. all these guys are dominant players in there attack. in order give me any of these:

1) Slater
2) Dugan
3) Stewart
4) Boyd
5) Gordon or Coote
6) Hayne
7) Beale
8) Zillman
9) Locke
10) Gidley
11) stapleton
12) barba
13) Minichello
14) Bowen
15) Wesser

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Hodkinson is on just shy of $300K, not sure about Keating.

I thought Eastwood was on a good wicket, but he's paying his transfer fee personally isn't he?
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[Demps]

I dont care but can we just please SIGN any fullback!

Have a look at the list of fullbacks below, we have the worst fullback in the competition (Brown, moltzen or mckinnon - no disrepect meant). look how important these guys are below to there side, compared to the role ours plays. all these guys are dominant players in there attack. in order give me any of these:

1) Slater
2) Dugan
3) Stewart
4) Boyd
5) Gordon or Coote
6) Hayne
7) Beale
8) Zillman
9) Locke
10) Gidley
11) stapleton
12) barba
13) Minichello
14) Bowen
15) Wesser

Hayne should be a little higher I think…
& The Sharks first choice fullback is Nathan Gardner, not Stapleon right?

 

[tig_prmz]

It's amazing how many good fullbacks are in this comp.

We are blessed to have so many in the NRL alone.
Include Hodgo in SL, Hunt in AFL and Patten in SL as well, wow thats more than 15 quality fullbacks I would say.

 

[benjibrotown]

Ben Barba is something special, but as many have stated we are NO chance of signing him. I do think that signing a quality fullback should now be our number one priority.

 

[hadds75]

I dont care but can we just please SIGN any fullback!

Have a look at the list of fullbacks below, we have the worst fullback in the competition (Brown, moltzen or mckinnon - no disrepect meant). look how important these guys are below to there side, compared to the role ours plays. all these guys are dominant players in there attack. in order give me any of these:

1) Slater
2) Dugan
3) Stewart
4) Boyd
5) Gordon or Coote
6) Hayne
7) Beale
8) Zillman
9) Locke
10) Gidley
11) stapleton
12) barba
13) Minichello
14) Bowen
15) Wesser

Hayne should be a little higher I think…
& The Sharks first choice fullback is Nathan Gardner, not Stapleon right?

Ah yeah you are right on both fronts. Regardless anyway, you look at the quality of those fullbacks, particularly the first 10, and you see the role they play in there sides.