Harry Grant

[Jedi_Tiger]

offer Harry a tamalolou type deal 900k a season for 6 or 8 years
move liddles 350k on from 2022
have simpkin as the understudy

 

[GNR4LIFE]

offer Harry a tamalolou type deal 900k a season for 6 or 8 years
move liddles 350k on from 2022
have simpkin as the understudy

Ahh so we’re back here. Ignoring the fact he has a contract for 2 more years.

 

[JayT]

Simpkins biggest game was for Wynum Manly a year ago. I hope people are right but it seems a bit wild to expect he will take over Harry's spot just fine hah.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

offer Harry a tamalolou type deal 900k a season for 6 or 8 years
move liddles 350k on from 2022
have simpkin as the understudy

Ahh so we’re back here. Ignoring the fact he has a contract for 2 more years.

contracts are worth nothing mate and smith has not retired yet.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Simpkins biggest game was for Wynum Manly a year ago. I hope people are right but it seems a bit wild to expect he will take over Harry's spot just fine hah.

he doesn't have to take over and be as good as Harry Grant he just needs to be better than liddle which is likely and its a win for us. He may not be Harry but he might end up the best option we have moving forward.
Drums are beating Simpkin is good like the drums were beating regarding harry

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Do people actually think he played origin because of us? Really?

I guess it’s because we were able to offer him a first grade spot so he could actually show his talents in the top grade, but that’s about it really. He could’ve gone to any team, been just as good and be playing Origin. It’s his precocious talent and the Storm system that has made him the player he is, we just were able to showcase it for all to see.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

offer Harry a tamalolou type deal 900k a season for 6 or 8 years
move liddles 350k on from 2022
have simpkin as the understudy

Ahh so we’re back here. Ignoring the fact he has a contract for 2 more years.

contracts are worth nothing mate and smith has not retired yet.

They’re worth something to Melbourne. Look at JAC.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

offer Harry a tamalolou type deal 900k a season for 6 or 8 years
move liddles 350k on from 2022
have simpkin as the understudy

Ahh so we’re back here. Ignoring the fact he has a contract for 2 more years.

I said before the GF from the contact I had we would not get JAC and the money offered would go towards Harry for 2022 so we will see.
Contract mean nothing as we have seen with Matterson and now Josh A

 

[tbones10]

We all knew that Harry would play State of Origin, we all knew that there would be calls to get him back, deep down even the simpletons know that it won't happen.
We now live in the age of Liddle and Simpkins, as the Tigers number 9, get used to it, may the best hooker win

 

[crazycat]

Credit has to be given to Madge and team for Harry. He was Melbourne’s 3rd string hooker. Madge got him fit and played him all year with our tactics. So credit has to go to the tigers for him playing SOO this year. He is worth a million dollars a year. You could build a team around him. He still wouldn’t confirm if he will be playing at Melbourne next year and wouldn’t answer when asked. If cam is going around again I would throw a crazy 5 year contract at him.

He came here unfit?

He looked pretty fit for Melbourne in the preseason trials

How many games did he play?

I’m not sure, but he looked fit. He didn’t seem to get fitter because of us.

Good to see he got match fit to play 80 minutes in one preseason game for Melbourne.

Yep, that’s why the Storm are the benchmark.

Well done to the storm for harry having an amazing year in the tigers system. Definitely nothing to do with Madge and team.

If it hadnt been for the amazing swap deal made between Storm and Tigers to have Harry come to us ,I guarantee he wouldnt have played origin this year..

There are some on this forum that cant give credit where its due...sad...

So.what did we get out of it in the end?
We assist Melb in winning the premiership... We assist the Grubbiest team.in history keep the Grubbiest cheat of all time play for another season and help them win a comp.
We assist storm in their development of a future origin mainstay
We.didnt get anywhere near the same return in this deal... Just more pain for the fans in "what may have been"

We got heaps.
Take Harry out of our season and were maybe 13th.
We got a great 9, we did not capitalize.
Lets not look at our one bright star of 2020 and blame them for the darkness.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Credit has to be given to Madge and team for Harry. He was Melbourne’s 3rd string hooker. Madge got him fit and played him all year with our tactics. So credit has to go to the tigers for him playing SOO this year. He is worth a million dollars a year. You could build a team around him. He still wouldn’t confirm if he will be playing at Melbourne next year and wouldn’t answer when asked. If cam is going around again I would throw a crazy 5 year contract at him.

He came here unfit?

He looked pretty fit for Melbourne in the preseason trials

How many games did he play?

I’m not sure, but he looked fit. He didn’t seem to get fitter because of us.

Good to see he got match fit to play 80 minutes in one preseason game for Melbourne.

Yep, that’s why the Storm are the benchmark.

Well done to the storm for harry having an amazing year in the tigers system. Definitely nothing to do with Madge and team.

If it hadnt been for the amazing swap deal made between Storm and Tigers to have Harry come to us ,I guarantee he wouldnt have played origin this year..

There are some on this forum that cant give credit where its due...sad...

So.what did we get out of it in the end?
We assist Melb in winning the premiership... We assist the Grubbiest team.in history keep the Grubbiest cheat of all time play for another season and help them win a comp.
We assist storm in their development of a future origin mainstay
We.didnt get anywhere near the same return in this deal... Just more pain for the fans in "what may have been"

We got heaps.
Take Harry out of our season and were maybe 13th.
We got a great 9, we did not capitalize.
Lets not look at our one bright star of 2020 and blame them for the darkness.

What’s the difference between 13th and where we actually finished?

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

A positive is Harry as good a player as he is, is not bad mouthing the club or Maguire in the media which is good for us at least

 

[TheDaBoss]

This is 1 player u can pay overs for....

 

[GNR4LIFE]

We all knew that Harry would play State of Origin, we all knew that there would be calls to get him back, deep down ***even the simpletons know that it won't happen.***
We now live in the age of Liddle and Simpkins, as the Tigers number 9, get used to it, may the best hooker win

I don’t think they realise if somehow he does choose to leave Melbourne (Which won’t happen. Smith has even said he wouldn’t jeopardise the Storm losing Harry and B Smith just so he can play another year) he becomes a free agent with every club in the game after him. He doesn’t automatically come back to us.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Not saying that Grant is not good, but seeing this guy running around on the first day of preseason is a great thing for both him and the club. Personally just love the work of Liddle off the ground at the ruck, with a crispness of pass that matches any other. If Simpkin is good enough and can also play a role, even better.
.

 

[tbones10]

Credit has to be given to Madge and team for Harry. He was Melbourne’s 3rd string hooker. Madge got him fit and played him all year with our tactics. So credit has to go to the tigers for him playing SOO this year. He is worth a million dollars a year. You could build a team around him. He still wouldn’t confirm if he will be playing at Melbourne next year and wouldn’t answer when asked. If cam is going around again I would throw a crazy 5 year contract at him.

He came here unfit?

He looked pretty fit for Melbourne in the preseason trials

How many games did he play?

I’m not sure, but he looked fit. He didn’t seem to get fitter because of us.

Good to see he got match fit to play 80 minutes in one preseason game for Melbourne.

Yep, that’s why the Storm are the benchmark.

Well done to the storm for harry having an amazing year in the tigers system. Definitely nothing to do with Madge and team.

If it hadnt been for the amazing swap deal made between Storm and Tigers to have Harry come to us ,I guarantee he wouldnt have played origin this year..

There are some on this forum that cant give credit where its due...sad...

So.what did we get out of it in the end?
We assist Melb in winning the premiership... We assist the Grubbiest team.in history keep the Grubbiest cheat of all time play for another season and help them win a comp.
We assist storm in their development of a future origin mainstay
We.didnt get anywhere near the same return in this deal... Just more pain for the fans in "what may have been"

We got a glimpse at what we have been doing wrong.
We saw a hooker play the game they way it is now, not what how it was played 10 years ago.
We saw a hooker not afraid to overcall a domineering playmaker, for the team's sake, not ego.
We saw how an energetic number 9 sets up both attack and defence.
We saw a selfless number 9 continually set up his runners for the team, not not to get tackled
We saw that there is more to the hooker arsenal than a chip.
Thanks Harry, loved your work mate,

 

[mikey]

He is Qld only hope for creativity

He and Munster certainly cruelled us 🙁

 

[happy_tiger]

I've got my concerns for the health of Harry .....he was struggling with his hand at times and I wonder whether that was a pec injury as well

The way he defends will take a toll on his body ..he won't be playing when he is 38 lets put it that way

 

[Devon Head]

As per NRL.com Grant is contracted to Melb until end of 2022 with club option for 2023. Tigers have a while yet before they can even attempt to negotiate a deal unless Smith plays on at Melb next yr. Best and most realistic hope is Simpkins delivers on early predictions. The kid has massive wraps so fingers crossed.

 

[happy_tiger]

Credit has to be given to Madge and team for Harry. He was Melbourne’s 3rd string hooker. Madge got him fit and played him all year with our tactics. So credit has to go to the tigers for him playing SOO this year. He is worth a million dollars a year. You could build a team around him. He still wouldn’t confirm if he will be playing at Melbourne next year and wouldn’t answer when asked. If cam is going around again I would throw a crazy 5 year contract at him.

He came here unfit?

He looked pretty fit for Melbourne in the preseason trials

How many games did he play?

I’m not sure, but he looked fit. He didn’t seem to get fitter because of us.

Good to see he got match fit to play 80 minutes in one preseason game for Melbourne.

Yep, that’s why the Storm are the benchmark.

Well done to the storm for harry having an amazing year in the tigers system. Definitely nothing to do with Madge and team.

If it hadnt been for the amazing swap deal made between Storm and Tigers to have Harry come to us ,I guarantee he wouldnt have played origin this year..

There are some on this forum that cant give credit where its due...sad...

So.what did we get out of it in the end?
We assist Melb in winning the premiership... We assist the Grubbiest team.in history keep the Grubbiest cheat of all time play for another season and help them win a comp.
We assist storm in their development of a future origin mainstay
We.didnt get anywhere near the same return in this deal... Just more pain for the fans in "what may have been"

Hopefully Liddle bled him dry for "between the ears" info to make him a smarter hooker Ink and lets hope Momo brings back the magic elixir for our backline to defend 300 % better