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Jonathan Thurston is an obvious one - cowboys paid overs to a player who was coming off the bench after a hand full of games Another spine player is Ponga - knights went all in Raiders have done it with Tapine - obviously not a half but still successful It's the reality of a smaller market club I t...

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I didn’t watch the game but I have seen the highlights and it is baffling to me people are saying Schiller should be dropped for Hoppa on the basis of defences Schiller let in 2 “soft” tries The first I can live with, he made the right read but just didn’t commit fully. That ball was dying to go 90...

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That’s it!
The coaches get paid too. This is a young player performing extremely well in areas that can’t be coach and struggling in very correctable areas

So coach him up. Help him improve. He’ll naturally improve with experience anyways.

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I didn’t watch the game but I have seen the highlights and it is baffling to me people are saying Schiller should be dropped for Hoppa on the basis of defences Schiller let in 2 “soft” tries The first I can live with, he made the right read but just didn’t commit fully. That ball was dying to go 90 ...

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Pumped to watch the highlights Obviously haven’t seen the whole game and my chats aren’t happy with some Schiller errors and defensive reads But young inexperienced players have to work through that sometimes. NRL Twitter posted a few of the tries and I just now those aren’t points if Hoppa or Cotri...

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Also following updates from you idiots
From a rooftop bar in Hanoi, c’arn the milk!

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I’d kill a man for Wayde Egan
God he’s improved out of sight over the last 18 months
Exactly the type of player we need to try and find at 9.

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The worry I have is that we have a glaring need at hooker and some very very talented kids We need a 2-3 year bridge and I’m extremely worried Stuart think Levi is good enough for that. He’s not and where I think Colk is 1000% correct, if we are planning on a spine that includes Strange, Sanders and...

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They’re not going to take chances The club is betting on a strategy and he’s a core part of it I do hope that the work they’re doing with the squad right now and the upgrades being done still afford them the opportunity to continue to press for a high quality player like Fifita if they become availa...

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Thirdly, I disagree that the rebuild has been going on for no more than a month. We have been rebuilding since Hodgson and Williams left to be honest. It is neither here nor there but we have been in decline for a couple of years now and ostensibly throwing juniors in. Some like Timoko have worked ...

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Andrew Johns has suggested St George use the money from releasing Lomax to buy Sanders. John’s has said he has been watching a lot more Jnr football over the past couple of years and if he was to buy anyone it would be Sanders. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk From what I’ve seen he and Pezet are...

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It’s not feasible for our club to be able to sign Reynolds/Maloney/Api level players When has this club ever signed an established superstar level spine player? Then we should pack it all up if it’s too hard. Maybe relocate to a better location (btw I’m just joking here). Penrith isn’t an attractiv...

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It’s not feasible for our club to be able to sign Reynolds/Maloney/Api level players

When has this club ever signed an established superstar level spine player?

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I disagree colk. You point to our lack of star power as an indication that our future is bleak, and dismiss the prospect that we have 3 of the most promising junior spine players in our roster as any sign we will improve. Presumably you think the club should have signed better, experienced players,...

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Yeah I agree with gangers there
If the player gets up and plays the ball it’s probably a sin bin only. Or penalty sufficient as we saw with Laui last week but consequences matter

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How terrible was the decision to bin Radley for a hipdrop I don’t think it was that bad of a call Once you leave your feet in a situation and surrender control like that you’re going to leave yourself at the mercy of unfortunate circumstances I don’t think it was a classic hip drop but you’ve just ...

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That was gutsy as all hell from the roosters
Nothing but respect for that performance

Funnily enough if they played better in the opening 20 with 13v13 they win easily

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I think Galvin’s situation is much murkier They’ve paid top dollar for a LH in Laui, they’ve over paid a young bloke in Fainu who is a right half and Galvin doesn’t look like a primary kicker to me so far but it’s way too early there too. We know Luai isn’t a good primary kicker though I said it a f...

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Strange is not someone to build a team around imo. Galvin could be. My hope is that together with Chevy and the Colonel, maybe even add Savage to that, they form a formidable unit These guys are 3 and 4 games into their NRL careers respectively. I think it's a bit early to say what they or can't be...

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Certainly cant complain about that. Good business to lock in a young star in his prime.

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Wanting to bring back a hard voluntary tackle rule is such a peak 'old man yells at clouds' issue that i cant even be mad at people about it. After some thought about it, i didn't like the tactic to bomb on the try line, pile numbers in and force a drop out, I didn't like that it resulted in players...

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Expect a Donta Smith extension to come soon.
Eagles have an absurd amount of cap space right now. Wondering if they're trying to roll over a lot next year when the cap is a little tighter than they're used to

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Well TR, Is it a walking clock?

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T_R wrote: ↑April 4, 2024, 9:36 pm How do you think he'd look in red?

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Great. He'd look good in any colour.
Including lime green.

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That’s what I mean! It seems like he loves the club, he is the best player in cup… what’s the bloody issue!?!? There’s a small part of me that thinks it’s age related and just trying to perfect his game in cup in preparation for a long career but even then, I don’t completely get the logic - mere o...

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David McWilliam’s (who should be president of planet earth) latest pod presents a pro Palestinian case for those trying to wade through the propaganda and discusses how this mess plays out. Great listen . Ive listened to this podcast a bit recently largely on the recommendations of this thread and ...

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What the hell? How was that tackle completed?!? Agree but that's how the game is Last week a player surrendered , no one touched him and ref told him to play it. It's become a joke It shouldn’t happen. They should be penalised. I dont know that we need the voluntary tackle rule back as such, though...

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Great game
Very fun
Broncos lose
Everyone wins!

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I mean **** the Broncos so the Reynolds knee injury isnt somehting ill lose sleep over but it does suck for this game
Excellent game of footy so far

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If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract. We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t kn...

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So is Lomax , he has been released at end of year Well yeah, it doesn’t make a heap of sense then. The article does say they agreed to a termination but then that he cant move for less because he is contracted. I’d guess the article might be wrong. I think it's part of the NRL salary cap rules now ...

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IBG wrote: ↑April 4, 2024, 5:59 pm Send Parra Cotric and Guler for Sanders this year... kill two birds with one stone... frees up a spot and money for Mooney too. (I know this won't happen)

Guler to the Bulldogs makes so much sense for all involved that I’m angry it hasn’t happened yet

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Of course we want to keep him It’s never been in question for me that we want to keep him The question is can we achieve that given the pathway we’ve presented to him thus far? I have my doubts. But I’m I think he’s got superstar potential and we should do whatever it takes to keep him. Including pr...

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$500k is not that much in the context of an $11.6M salary cap. I know there are a few intricacies to the cap so it's not as simple as $11.6m/30 = $387k, but I would argue that any player who is clearly top 13 should be worth $500k +/-. Benchies should generally be worth less on average and then sal...

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What is this "massive amount of money" rhetoric that we are accepting as fact though? What's the story there? Just stuff you hear around the traps... but you're a bit niave if you think he's coming here for peanuts. There is a reason the club is very confident he's coming and that's proba...

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