Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

guywolf said:
We really need Richo to come out and clarify our position moving forward. Pretty disappointing if we've only walked away with $165k from this whole debacle.
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Totally agree. The Bulldogs paid $500k for the transfer of a half that hadn't even played nrl. We are dealing with that same club and an established half that their gm knee buckles over. Surely you should be asking for at least $500k
 
Needaname said:
We need to train it into our program.
I’ve seen it happen in other games, what the player who is called out does is generally run backwards with their hands raised or by their sides as fast as they can until they are onside but providing a bit of a block for their teammates to get across to them.
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Yeah, that works too but when the ref has called them out early and they have time to back peddle. That’s the issue I had with the ref’s in the two instances mentioned. The players weren’t given thinking time and the ref effectively created the space.
 
Needaname said:
Hang on so if your offside and get involved in a try scoring tackle it’s immediate sin bin? I would think it’s a penalty?
So if the ref decides not to ref the game, but manage it by warning you for being offside and you still get involved it’s a sin bin. The refs should keep there mouths shut and blow the whistle!
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The controversial call outs seem to be more about not square at marker or standing too far back at marker. And no, it would not be a sin bin, it's a penalty or 6 again. We do often say just tackle him and cop the penalty, however the reality on the field is a large percent of tries are scored when teams get piggy backed up field with penalties or set restarts. As a player you hesitate ( especially late in the tackle count) when called out and you are cooked, you would expect cover defence to make the tackle and when they dont, you look like a complete fool.
 
hammertime said:
He'd be depth. So it would need to be the right price.
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Agree that he would need to take a fairly big hair cut, didn't Dolphins offer him something like $500-$550 a season and we said good luck and good bye.

Made some good hard runs at times but his ball security was not so good and generally out weighed anything beneficial that he contributed.

At the time no one could understand how or where he would get a start in that Dolphins NRL side and it turned out to be 100% correct.
 
TheClaws said:
The controversial call outs seem to be more about not square at marker or standing too far back at marker. And no, it would not be a sin bin, it's a penalty or 6 again. We do often say just tackle him and cop the penalty, however the reality on the field is a large percent of tries are scored when teams get piggy backed up field with penalties or set restarts. As a player you hesitate ( especially late in the tackle count) when called out and you are cooked, you would expect cover defence to make the tackle and when they dont, you look like a complete fool.
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It hgappened in last nights game, KPP caught in no mans land between markers and the defense line, called offside and allowed the dragons ball runner free passage leading to a try
 
innsaneink said:
It hgappened in last nights game, KPP caught in no mans land between markers and the defense line, called offside and allowed the dragons ball runner free passage leading to a try
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It’s happening in a fair few games this year, Hughes at Storm & Luai have done that same thing also. I thought that clubs got notified that if a player gets called off side at marker and makes no attempt to go back and tackles a player in a break chance they could be in the bin for professional foul.
 
Needaname said:
I think his 3/4 record of Knights playing finals will keep him at the club.
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I dunno, wasn’t Brad Arthur sacked only a season and a half after he took Parramatta to a GF? Not to mention Newcastle’s finals appearances have been pretty insipid, just scraping in and usually bundled out straight away. Clubs want results, I’ll be surprised if O’Brien lasts the season if the Knights’ poor form keeps up.
 
Flippedy said:
I dunno, wasn’t Brad Arthur sacked only a season and a half after he took Parramatta to a GF? Not to mention Newcastle’s finals appearances have been pretty insipid, just scraping in and usually bundled out straight away. Clubs want results, I’ll be surprised if O’Brien lasts the season if the Knights’ poor form keeps up.
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There allegedly is a $2m payout for AOB according to Knights' supporters.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Another one of our announcements (in addition to the Tony Sukkar club option activation) looks to be Heath Mason on a 1 year extension.

It was unwittingly announced in the SMH article tonight by his manager lol

“He’s on until the end of 2026. Heath loves the club and doesn’t want to be anywhere else,” Mason’s agent Matt Desira said.

“I’m actually excited to see how he goes in the No. 6 because he plays direct, and loves to dig into the line. I think he can dominate at NRL level.”
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Anywhere; EXCEPT FULLBACK please!
 
Ron Brodrick's Spirit said:
It's not even that hard.
Paul Vautin tells a story of how Kerry Packer offered to help him when he was on the board of the Northern Eagles.
Packer was offering to pay his players more and Vautin said yeah, but it's hard with the salary cap to which Packer replied "Haven't you heard of cash son?"
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Yep and ex Souths, Roosters, Wests, Manly, WestsTigers, Manly again player, who is now in Rugby League Heaven regularly received a sports bag full of cash at the Central Railway Meat Pie emporium called Garlo's during his first stint at Manly.
 
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