Hodgson vs Liddle

[Guest]

At the moment the Raiders are holding firm on Hodgson thanks to Starlings' ongoing troubles, which is nothing new, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hold onto him at the risk of losing their preferred 9.

 

[Lee's fedora]

I think the deal gets done with a player swap liddle to raiders Hodgson to tigers with us unfortunately paying more of the money due to the swap

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Neither is trust worthy enough to drop the other. If you have the option, you take both. Otherwise, one goes down, you’re left with Simpkin. If you keep them both and one goes down, you still have the other. And if all 3 are fit, Hodgson at lock could be an option. If we signed Hodgson though and he goes down again, it would be Matt Ballin all over again. Some will say Liddle is injury prone too, but at least he’s ours, we’ve developed him. Different to going out and signing a guy in his 30’s with 2 recent ACL’s.

Do I hear Ballin, McQueen, Reynolds, Packer, Matulino?

Throw all them in too. He’s the exact kind of signing that has failed 50 times over.

Except the length of potential contract is significantly less than the above players which may mitigate the risk? (Apart from ballin whom I can’t remember how long his contract was for) the others were 4 years?? And personally I thought we got ok mileage out of Mats.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Neither is trust worthy enough to drop the other. If you have the option, you take both. Otherwise, one goes down, you’re left with Simpkin. If you keep them both and one goes down, you still have the other. And if all 3 are fit, Hodgson at lock could be an option. If we signed Hodgson though and he goes down again, it would be Matt Ballin all over again. Some will say Liddle is injury prone too, but at least he’s ours, we’ve developed him. Different to going out and signing a guy in his 30’s with 2 recent ACL’s.

Do I hear Ballin, McQueen, Reynolds, Packer, Matulino?

Throw all them in too. He’s the exact kind of signing that has failed 50 times over.

Except the length of potential contract is significantly less than the above players which may mitigate the risk? (Apart from ballin whom I can’t remember how long his contract was for) the others were 4 years?? And personally I thought we got ok mileage out of Mats.

Well there’s talk Hodgson might sign for 3 years, so I wouldn’t go off too early on that.

 

[Lee's fedora]

Hodgsons deal is a 2 year with a Club option for a 3rd

 

[TonyTiger]

It's leadership in a key position rather than the position itself being a high priority. We desperately need someone to take control on the field and Hodgson fits that role ahead of anyone currently on our roster

I’m normally the first one to bag out an ageing acquisition but not this time - Hodgson is just the tonic we need!

 

[bptiger 0]

Which nursing home will Hodgson be kept at , during the week before games , we don’t need a bloke his age , it didn’t work with BALLIN it won’t work with Hodgson

 

[Spartan117]

Hodgsen Is a Leader on the Park which we really need, Hoping his body is up to two more years.

I dont want to loose Simpkin over this

 

[Lee's fedora]

Liddle for Hodgson seems like the play here hopefully it gets done cause were in desperate need of a leader

 

[bigsiro]

We need someone like Hodgson for his experience and guile. Even Hodgson at 32 is better than Liddle. The latter is just not in the same ballpark.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Hodgsen Is a Leader on the Park which we really need, Hoping his body is up to two more years.

I dont want to loose Simpkin over this

And many don't want to loose Liddle over this!

 

[sparci]

Theres so many liddle fans god damn, whats he done thats impressed you so much? He's the same calibre as jeremy marshall king over at the dogs

 

[TigerSJ]

I’d love to support Liddle, and while he’s a WT i will continue to, however I believe he has not shown nearly enough as a top shelf dh in the NRL at this point. Unfortunately there are a number of areas he has been below par in and if I’m being honest i am disappointed that he hasn’t shown us more. I am no longer convinced that he has the stuff we need and as much as Hodgson may be a risk injury wise, he is a proven performer in the areas of the game we are desperate to fix.

 

[TYGA]

I believe Simpkin is better than Liddle and this gap will widen due to age. The question is really does Hodgson improve you over Liddle right now and at what cost. I say he does and his injury history and age will likely mean he’s on a cut price deal subsidised by Canberra. Otherwise they should bite the bullet and sign Api Korisau he’s a better player than all of them.

 

[jadtiger]

I believe Simpkin is better than Liddle and this gap will widen due to age. The question is really does Hodgson improve you over Liddle right now and at what cost. I say he does and his injury history and age will likely mean he’s on a cut price deal subsidised by Canberra. Otherwise they should bite the bullet and sign Api Korisau he’s a better player than all of them.

No chance of getting Api,stop reading murdoch media it is all agenda and speculation.

 

[2041]

It's leadership in a key position rather than the position itself being a high priority. We desperately need someone to take control on the field and Hodgson fits that role ahead of anyone currently on our roster

I’m normally the first one to bag out an ageing acquisition but not this time - Hodgson is just the tonic we need!

"After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick."

 

[2041]

Hodgsen Is a Leader on the Park which we really need

I thought we had Tamou for that.

 

[TonyTiger]

Hodgsen Is a Leader on the Park which we really need

I thought we had Tamou for that.

We thought Tamou was RTS from the Warriors when we signed him ... turns out it was RETURN TO SENDER

 

[twentyforty]

When will the club stop this nonsense of trying to buy leadership packaged in a retirees body?
Why aren’t we looking / fostering leadership internally ?
Sheens is a start.