TSP
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He could have been off him, but I think Adam left for extra years and more money.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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He would be a leader at the club. It's exactly what we need. There no leaders at club at present. There is no substitute for experience. He played in GF only 2 years ago.
$400k is almost exactly the salary cap divided by 30, in other words a completely middle of the road first grade player. The 15th best guy at your club - a rotation prop or an unspectacular starter in any other position. If Bateman is that just overpaid by $200k we really have no need to get rid of him. Unfortunately he is very definitively not that, hence why we're all desperate to get rid of him.
851
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Agree, a back up at best, if we can offload him, do so
clontarfkid
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We paid half of Mybes $800k to move to the Dragons..for a cple of years too....so it wldnt be a first...
We need a better pack....now!
BTW..Mybe wld have to be the most fortunate player ever in the NRL re disparity between $$ and actual performance...!
We need a better pack....now!
BTW..Mybe wld have to be the most fortunate player ever in the NRL re disparity between $$ and actual performance...!
TSP
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He’d be outstanding.
But unless we snare decent forwards, then all bets are off in terms of any meaningful progress next season.
Unfortunately Richo can’t disclose who we are talking to for fear of interference.
Interesting watching SGI bulk up with used goods. Classic Flanno.
The speed of the game played properly, young legs are attractive, actually I’ll rephrase that.
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tigertragic
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Madge was one of a long list that saw brooks as our 7. Unfortunately he had no one else and he didn’t have a rep 7 son
Dennisspicer1
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BAGNF05
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The Brooks hate remains strong.
He’s gone, we’re still shit and as recently as the weekend just gone he was impressive in a rep game, off the back of a finals series.
Could of been a few other factors.
He's a captain not a leader!
Entire career has been mediocre in my opinion. Has talent but seemingly no desire to improve, or will to win. Enjoys the title of " NRL Player", nothing more.
BAGNF05
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We bought a fringe first grader from lowly Newcastle, who was given a bigger role but eventually became a fringe first grader here, always surprises me how we think we can change players. People point to his game when we beat NQ by 60, I think maybe they just had an off night.
Yeah. Unlike WT to not extend & upgrade him on that one inexplicable performance.
TSP
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He’s a fair player, but definitely not a leader.
He’s never looked totally comfy at the press conference after yet another flogging.
Sadly, he could be the most unsuccessful rugby league captain in the games history.
Not blaming him mind you.
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TSP
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Well we’ve wrecked his % wins!
He was another victim of Ivan’s footy cancel culture and the word on the street is that he came for the cash.
The panther cancel culture is that unless you’re in with the Ivan, off you go.
And frighteningly, it’s worked!
He doesn’t even look happy being captain despite his wonderful talents.
Dennisspicer1
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user118245
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Swear it’s every weekend I see gutho with his hands on his hips blaming others when he’s taken on the responsibility of not only fullback, but captain. Maybe I miss stuff and I’m blinded by these moments, but don’t think we should even be entertaining this idea of gutho, especially with our forward pack
crazycat
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i don't blame Pascoe for signing McQueen...
Actually yes I do a little. He should have been on the watch for such a signing.
I am still a little unclear if it was a Taylor call or a Cleary call.
From memory the injury happened as we were about to sign McQueen. We could have dropped him cold and maybe made it into the 8.
It shows the culture of our club who sticks by players and really puts the effort in. Contrasted with clubs like the flight deck which treat players awfully, yet get a lot more loyality. ... i don't get it.
The Chad
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I don't think it's any particular dislike of To'a, to be honest.
I think what we have here is To'a, Doueihi, Naden, Faataape & to a lesser extent Staines & Feledy all fighting out for what, really, should be 1 or 2 players spot.
If our starting centres next season are Olam & Bird, and your back-ups are Faataape & Doueihi, or Naden & To'a, or any other combination of 2 of the 4- you have good depth.
When you have 4 guys on relatively similar playing status, fighting for 2 back-up/fringe spots- you start thinking about value. To'a & Naden are the 2 most expensive of the 4. Makes sense that these would be the guys you look to move on.
The only thing that changes that is if one of them is scheduled to start- but then you still need to shift at least one of them. This isn't even taking into account low-cost Feledy being held back from playing time.
And that raises the bigger issue- a fringe 1st grade player is being relied upon to start. Of the 4, Doueihi is probably the most talented- and versatile. For mine, he's easily the better value player.
