Tom Shines
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Why would he come here for that ? It would be a waste of time even making that offer…that’s what you may number 25 in the squad ..not number 16
Roster Breakdown: 2024-2029
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Why would he come here for that ? It would be a waste of time even making that offer…that’s what you may number 25 in the squad ..not number 16
clontarfkid
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1 year at $350 with 1 year club option...nobody in NRL will pick him up at whatever age he says he is,so its either us or ESL
I am concerned about hiring other clubs bench players,particularly late in their career like Bailey and Mann
But we need a better "balance" (cough! )in this squad,so as to speak,without being branded the R word
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Tom Shines
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They paid bloody Bird $400k 😂
Our current depth for 2027;
1. Jack Attard
2. Tino Tavana.
3. Max Taotua
4. Patrick Herbert
5. Junior Tupou
6. Javon Andrews
7. Jock Madden
13. ???
12. Phoenix Godinet
1. Ethan Roberts
10. ???
9. Jared Haywood
8. ???
This is currently much worse depth than this year.
We probably don’t lose much when replacing Turuva with Tavana, but that’s not saying much.
I love Tavana’s attitude and love his effort and anticipation to at least try and contest every high ball, but he is short and has very limited speed past 30 metres which makes it very hard for him to compete against the attributes that most opposing wingers now possess.
Tupou was good yesterday and if he continues to play with that intent he will at least challenge Makasini for the left wing starting spot.
Attard is a decent prospect given more time to develop, but has not done enough to be confident he will be a NRL quality back up in 2027.
Herbert has shown he will rip in and do his best, but is small, slow and a long way short of an NRL quality centre.
Max Taotua has always shown promise and is a big imposing figure at right centre or potentially right wing, but he has had an average type of season dropping back from NSW Cup to Jersey Flegg early in the season and not doing enough to earn a recall. He continues to be a threat with ball in hand, but is a defensive liability even at Flegg level, so how can you be confident of him being NRL ready in 7 months time? He has not shown near as much as Solo Saukuru who we have not yet bothered to re/sign.
We should have decent depth in our halves as it’s hard to tell which of the 4 contenders will be our best NRL pairing at this stage, but it also doesn’t guarantee we will have enough quality in our halves.
The signing of Jayden Brailey looks to have improved our hooker depth along with the emerging Jared Haywood.
We have no genuine back up 13 currently signed and no genuine NRL 13 either.
Our two back up edge back rowers are Ethan Roberts and Phoenix Godinet.
Ethan has a big frame and has shown some good signs with ball in hand, but needs big improvement on his defensive reads
Phoenix is a player with good potential and good work ethic, but he has struggled to nail down a starting spot in our Jersey Flegg team this season and does not look to be even close to NRL level just yet.
Mitch Taotua who is Max’s twin brother has been much more impressive during his Jersey Flegg appearances and a few NSW Cup appearances this season, so it’s ironic that his lesser performed twin brother has been given a top 30 position.
We currently to have no depth props signed which is a major concern and we desperately need to recruit one or two that are performed and not simply rely on what we have within, unless one spot goes to Tony Sukkar who I think has deserved it.
1. Jack Attard
2. Tino Tavana.
3. Max Taotua
4. Patrick Herbert
5. Junior Tupou
6. Javon Andrews
7. Jock Madden
13. ???
12. Phoenix Godinet
1. Ethan Roberts
10. ???
9. Jared Haywood
8. ???
This is currently much worse depth than this year.
We probably don’t lose much when replacing Turuva with Tavana, but that’s not saying much.
I love Tavana’s attitude and love his effort and anticipation to at least try and contest every high ball, but he is short and has very limited speed past 30 metres which makes it very hard for him to compete against the attributes that most opposing wingers now possess.
Tupou was good yesterday and if he continues to play with that intent he will at least challenge Makasini for the left wing starting spot.
Attard is a decent prospect given more time to develop, but has not done enough to be confident he will be a NRL quality back up in 2027.
Herbert has shown he will rip in and do his best, but is small, slow and a long way short of an NRL quality centre.
Max Taotua has always shown promise and is a big imposing figure at right centre or potentially right wing, but he has had an average type of season dropping back from NSW Cup to Jersey Flegg early in the season and not doing enough to earn a recall. He continues to be a threat with ball in hand, but is a defensive liability even at Flegg level, so how can you be confident of him being NRL ready in 7 months time? He has not shown near as much as Solo Saukuru who we have not yet bothered to re/sign.
We should have decent depth in our halves as it’s hard to tell which of the 4 contenders will be our best NRL pairing at this stage, but it also doesn’t guarantee we will have enough quality in our halves.
The signing of Jayden Brailey looks to have improved our hooker depth along with the emerging Jared Haywood.
We have no genuine back up 13 currently signed and no genuine NRL 13 either.
Our two back up edge back rowers are Ethan Roberts and Phoenix Godinet.
Ethan has a big frame and has shown some good signs with ball in hand, but needs big improvement on his defensive reads
Phoenix is a player with good potential and good work ethic, but he has struggled to nail down a starting spot in our Jersey Flegg team this season and does not look to be even close to NRL level just yet.
Mitch Taotua who is Max’s twin brother has been much more impressive during his Jersey Flegg appearances and a few NSW Cup appearances this season, so it’s ironic that his lesser performed twin brother has been given a top 30 position.
We currently to have no depth props signed which is a major concern and we desperately need to recruit one or two that are performed and not simply rely on what we have within, unless one spot goes to Tony Sukkar who I think has deserved it.
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If you break down what is available to pay the playing roster based on a 12 million dollar salary cap, it roughly averages out as 650k for each player in the starting 13, 400k for players 14-17 and 160k for players 18-30.
So if you look at it that every player that is being paid above 650k means others on the top 13 need to be paid less than 650k to compensate.
So if you look at it that every player that is being paid above 650k means others on the top 13 need to be paid less than 650k to compensate.
Where is the graph for our roster?
Hasnt been updated for a few months
Hasnt been updated for a few months
magpies forever
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Thanks JB. Looking at the list with 5 current players unsigned- I'd say of Sukkar, Murray, Broederlow, Mason & Afoa, that Sukkar and Afoa are the only ones worth re-signing. Murray and Mason are disposable, Broederlow hasnt really come on. Think Sukkar has been waiting for World Cup to finish before deciding but think / hope he re-signs, Mason is apparently on positive WT views to re-sign but lord knows why. Afoa hasnt provided any public views on staying or going. If staying, I hope Mason, Broederlow and Murray are KOE based contracts, not NRL.
I would say Sukkar only on minimum wage, Afoa didnt want it enough..... Broederlow NSW cup contract and yer the rest no good.
TigerBurnsy
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Afoa is just too dumb for my liking,
I don't like that all three hookers are off contract at the end of 2028.
Curly_Tiger
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Looks like 26 for 2027 at the moment am I right
26 agrees to ZT who claim Tom Dearden is on $750k so maybe not an entirely reliable sauce 😄
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