OFFICIAL Jack Bird #299

Rock Hopper Steve said:
Doesn't surprise, it looks like whatever reason he was on the nose for last season hasn't been resolved over the off season.

Hope we are looking at an upgrade to bring in, might be part of the reason to move him on.
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There does not appear to be anyone of proven quality left to recruit, someone could pop up, but unlikely.
As you say it’s quite obvious Bird is on the outter and based on that probably wouldn’t be in NRL contention even if he refuses to leave.
This leaves us very short on NRL experienced depth, particularly in our forwards.
It likely means we are again putting a lot of faith in our younger emerging players to step up and either demand regular NRL game time or be capable back ups when required.
It can be a good thing that our younger emerging players know there are not too many blockages in their NRL path, but it could become very bad if our younger emerging players do not prove they are up to NRL standard very quickly.
 
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Vicious said:
There does not appear to be anyone of proven quality left to recruit, someone could pop up, but unlikely.
As you say it’s quite obvious Bird is on the outter and based on that probably wouldn’t be in NRL contention even if he refuses to leave.
This leaves us very short on NRL experienced depth, particularly in our forwards.
It likely means we are again putting a lot of faith in our younger emerging players to step up and either demand regular NRL game time or be capable back ups when required.
It can be a good thing that our younger emerging players know there are not too many blockages in their NRL path, but it could become very bad in our younger emerging players do not prove they are up to NRL standard very quickly.
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There was a bit of a sniff that Blore wanted to come back to Sydney for personal reasons I would take him, bit mechanical but could do a job.

But you know the Storm, stingy pricks always want something in return, even less chance of that happening now with no return in sight for Katoa.
 
Oldman said:
Maybe the BIRD will just stay in the cage until all the food (contract money) runs out.
And you can’t really blame him for that.
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Suppose it depends if he's comfortable with life after football, might have something lined up.
But if there's still fire in the belly, he could extend his career in the old dart by 2/3 seasons on handy money.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Suppose it depends if he's comfortable with life after football, might have something lined up.
But if there's still fire in the belly, he could extend his career in the old dart by 2/3 seasons on handy money.
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Personally don’t think any clubs in England would want him
 
I’m not going to be as flippant to say I forget he still even at the club. However, he has not been on my radar at all when thinking what our best 17 will be.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
There was a bit of a sniff that Blore wanted to come back to Sydney for personal reasons I would take him, bit mechanical but could do a job.

But you know the Storm, stingy pricks always want something in return, even less chance of that happening now with no return in sight for Katoa.
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I agree that Shawn Blore is a good player, but very robotical and I am not sure he is as good as what we now have.
We should be ok for edge back rowers providing both Sam Fainu and KPP run the ball with purpose each and every game and providing our fringe players keep improving and provide capable backup when required.
We could still do with better quality leg speed through the middle with our ball carries and we could definitely do with better line speed when defending.
Hoping a fit and motivated squad will see better quality leg speed with our ball carries happen and we have to hope a better focus and mindset improves our line speed when defending.
One player I would keep tracking is Ray Stone as I think there is a chance he doesn’t get much game time with the Dolphins early in 2026 purely because they have a lot of competition and depth at 13.
If that happens there could be some chance of an early get out for him to sign elsewhere and you would think his aggression and high energy would offer us a point of difference that we have often been lacking over the past few seasons.
 
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