@ said:@ said:@ said:Only the Tigers would get into a bidding war with a Reserve Grader…
If he goes to Cowboys, who will that squeeze out thats worth looking at?
agree - buy reserve graders get reserve grade results waste of money
You can't build a team exclusively by signing other people's first-grade players - you couldn't stay under the cap. There are lots of examples of players that were on the outer at a club for one reason or another who went on to be very good elsewhere, so saying all reserve-grade signings are rubbish is patently stupid. Especially when you're talking about someone like Lolohea, who basically everyone acknowledges is a first-grade talent who may be lacking in application. This isn't signing some career reggie who's never sniffed first grade, you know.
Here you go:
- Leilua (unwanted BY THE KNIGHTS for goodness' sake)
- Rapana (out of the game completely, signed via reserve grade)
- Tapau (not being used by the Bulldogs when the Tigers signed him)
- Austin (not being used by the Panthers when the Tigers signed him)
- Cheyse Blair (unwanted by Manly)
- Brenko Lee (not featuring for the Raiders)
This is literally off the top of my head. There must be dozens of them.
…yes and im willing to bet none of the above were offered $500k plus a year to move clubs from reserve grade apart from Austin who was a first grader at the time. big difference