Sandor Earl

[Wildcat777]

Would definitely take a chance. Does he have speed? We need some speed out wide!

 

[NT_Tiger]

As far as I know Sandor has been MMA training in Thailand and is rock hard and built like Arnie. Idris was eating hash brownies in Nepal and banging backpackers.

:roll Idris is the winner out of those 2 then! :stuck_out_tongue:

I can't fault this.

Go Jamal!

 

[Tweed_Tiger]

I am sure he feels like he has something to prove, looks fit and would come at a good price.

Sounds like a good option.

 

[Wildcat777]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

 

[magpiecol]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

You are assuming that we were interested in the first place.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

How does this guy know so much about our club?

He should stick to bashing us like the media. Because clearly they do :unamused:

 

[851]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

I consider him a winger, the storm have quite a few already there

 

[innsaneink]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

I consider him a winger, the storm have quite a few already there

That's what I was just thinkong

 

[Wildcat777]

Yes I agree. But Melb may consider to change this being they have enough wingers. He is big and bad enough for another position maybe? Was Luke Lewis once a winger? Bellamy is smart and thinks outside the box? Possibly? I don't know to be honest. To many factors I am not aware of to be honest, just my thoughts.

 

[Wildcat777]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

You are assuming that we were interested in the first place.

You are correct Magpie. I am. But looking at some of the posts we seem to be interested in everyone that is available. I would like to start on a few players that are obviously not. Not on big money for one but that could be tempted to make a change. As well all know it's a business and money talks. It's about time we employ this policy, as one would believe we do have a war chest. Now is the opportunity to catch a few fish, under the noses of a few clubs. Would be so so sweet. The opportunity is there. We just need to take it!!!

 

[Guest]

Just searching online. Seems like we could be a bit late! Would need to table an offer, but believe Melb is where he will be playing next year. Need to start being smarter than the competition.

He is not signed with Melbourne, he's simply training down there while running an F45 business. He's open to offers from any club and has no preference which club he ends up at (recent Fox Sports interview). I think we could look at worse players than him, it's clear he's learnt his lesson from listening to him recount how it all happened. He's still only 27 so has a few years left in him. He'd be a bargain buy, but I reckon one definitely worth looking at.

 

[Sabre]

Fall guy while Gallen and his mates took a 3 week spell at the end of a wooden spooner season.

Not saying he didn't get what he deserved, hardly thought it was fair he got hung out while Gallen got to lift the trophy though.

I have more respect for Earl owning up and copping the flak while everyone else got off scot-free.

Especially considering the circumstances.
Players were told they would be given discounted punishments if they owned up and provided any information - which in hindsight was just them admitting they had absolutely nothing.
Earl was the only one man enough to front up and admit he did the wrong thing. But he still copped a 4 year suspension and nobody else was ever caught.

 

[Cosimo_Zaretti]

Yeah sure he currently lives down in Melbourne with his g/f where they opened his own F45 franchise. He has been training with the Storm, but like he said in that interview, he has no contract for next season but he would love to return to the game to show what he has to offer. We would be made not to offer him at contract .. cheap, big, strong and fast winger/centre/fullback .. worth a punt.

So he got into mixed martial arts and bought a gym. That doesn't neccesaraly give me confidence that he's off the juice.

I still have mixed feelings on peptides. They're not really regulated and any compounding chemist can make them. Anyone can walk into an 'anti ageing' clinic to get these prescribed and be protected by medical confidentiality. They don't have the short term side effects of steroids and don't show up on a drug test.

So with this in mind their use is likely very widespread, and the Sharks and Bombers only got caught because they arranged the injections through the team doc. Whilst I understand the NRL and ASADA had to act on information recieved, it's problematic because they don't know how widespread the use of peptides actually is. Out of sight out of mind I guess

Which is why I feel the NRL's treatment of Sandor Earl was hypocritical when he was the only bloke copping a lengthy suspension on what's probably a very widespread problem.

My biggest concern is that we'll see a lot of ex footy players getting cancer in their 40s and 50s. There's not enough data on long term use, but anything that triggers rapid cell growth is a serious concern.

 

[DonnyBrasco]

Well, at least their hearts arent exploding like a lot of the old WWF fellas, the juice wasnt so sweet after all.