Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

supercoach said:
It will disappear under the carpet. Cheeses court case will probably drag on and by that time everyone would have moved on. Also if Radley is signaled out what about the others in the group. Uncle Nick did not seem to concerned about these issues a few years back
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Shot himself in the foot whilst trying to have a dig at Souths and the "weak" way they handled the Latrell photo when he was leaning over the table. Now the chickens have come home to roost (pun intended) messages basically confirming Radley asked for and received cocaine....its pretty black and white once you figure out what language they are speaking. Also believe uncle nick made them hold the story until Rorters season was done.
 
TheEnz said:
Shot himself in the foot whilst trying to have a dig at Souths and the "weak" way they handled the Latrell photo when he was leaning over the table. Now the hens have come home to roost (pun intended) messages basically confirming Radley asked for and received cocaine....its pretty black and white once you figure out what language they are speaking. Also believe uncle nick made them hold the story until Rorters season was done.
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Yeah dodgy as.

Surely Smith gets his contract terminated. This is Ryan Tandy all over again. Hate to say but this guy is spiralling and needs help otherwise he will be dead soon from his own doing. The guy is like Charlie Sheen - good doco on Netflix by the way.

As for Radley, he will need to retire soon. Docs will make a call on him.

Avoid both at all costs please.
 
mtd#2 said:
I don't actually know the terms and conditions , is that how it works? I would have thought that retirement is retirement.. i can't imagine it being like insurance underwriting with exclusions etc
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If past concussions are a pre-existing condition...no player could medically retire and if there is a way to diagnose at risk players than they should not be allowed on the field...ever again. This is not as straightforward as a dodgy shoulder or knee.
 
Tom Shines said:
I thought there was an insurance policy that is funding these retirement payouts ….
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The payout is for players that cannot see out their contract as they are medically retired. The club takes out insurance for this. It's only for whatever years and dollars are left in your contract. The insurance company will not pay out preexisting conditions and more importantly the NRL will not let you exclude the salary from your cap unless you can prove it is a new, career ending injury.
 
Wezt said:
I could also see him going to the Rabbitohs but the optics would be so bad for the club if they have multiple junkies in their team
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Can't see Souths as an option at all. They have way too many 13s. Murray and Hubner plus it is Tallis Duncans preferred position. Brandon Smith will probably spend some time as a 13 during games and Keaon has also played there. David Fifita will take up cap space once he moves there.

The only Sydney teams that would be after Radley would be us, Dragons and maybe Manly and Parra.
 
Canadian Club said:
Can't see Souths as an option at all. They have way too many 13s. Murray and Hubner plus it is Tallis Duncans preferred position. Brandon Smith will probably spend some time as a 13 during games and Keaon has also played there. David Fifita will take up cap space once he moves there.

The only Sydney teams that would be after Radley would be us, Dragons and maybe Manly and Parra.
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Manly will be working out their new coach.

It's probably a good time to sign players. They would be foolish to be signing names with Siebold on the chopping block and surely he will be chopped soon.

Parra it really depends on how big a fan Jason is... If Parra is bidding it means there is some value in him.


I am just a bit wary. The guy is a high effort/high intensity player. Definately if fit... buy.
But he has had so many headknocks and we may be left with a paperweight if he can't take the field. ..??

Getting Josh Reynolds/James Tamou vibes, but could be wrong and he may have something to prove on the field... lets hope so.
 
Enmore_Tiger said:
The details from the text messages in the Chammas article are damaging.... plus you can see why May didn't totally fit in there, his English was too advanced.
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Yep the txt message says
“You sorted ‘US’ good”, so all of the golfing group comes under a cloud.

But there will possibly be only one fall guy at the roosters who ‘may’ be able to walk away without any financial loss.
 
Would be keen on Radley. He's someone players don't want to run at.

Ball playing lock, who runs hard, hits hard and has played plenty of hooker so can give Api a spell too.

Only contingency would be for the club to investigate if his previous concussions would rule him out of a future medical retirement due to concussions. If NRL clears it then I would be all in.
 
Roosters have a kamikaze style of defensive and attacking technique. It gets them results however it also delivers a large number of concussions...think Cordner, Friend, Radley and Teddy has had his fair share. walker has also had more than he should with his number of games. Perhaps in a different system with different structure Radley may be able to temper his technique and prolong his career.
 
Why has radley been playing 12 the last few games. Is it to reduce him tackling the big blokes and getting head knocks or is it that chooks think he’s done

I like that he can play hooker and 13.
Buyer beware though
Without a conviction he will be off to UK I’d expect
 
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