Junior Paulo to depart Raiders at end of 2018
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Junior Paulo to depart Raiders at end of 2018
Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
James Graham reportedly earns $600,000. Jake Trbojevic is pocketing a handy $700,000. Matt Gillett finds himself on $750,000. And now Junior Paulo could join the NRL's richest forwards.
Canberra are facing an uphill battle to retain the off-contract prop with his former club Parramatta tabling a stunning four-year deal worth a reported $2.4 million.
Read more: http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/n ... a5fhf0jqoh
Interesting sub-plot to tomorrow’s game between Canberra and Parramatta. Raiders have basically given up on Junior Paulo. They believe he has been offered a deal by Eels and another club, possibly Cronulla. Figures astounding - 4 years, $2.7 million. https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/ ... 9489801216
FIRST @7NewsSydney tonight: @TheParraEels have made an offer for their former prop and local product Junior Paulo to come home . . . And they would love to have him back before June 30. https://twitter.com/josh_massoud/status ... 3762278400
James Graham reportedly earns $600,000. Jake Trbojevic is pocketing a handy $700,000. Matt Gillett finds himself on $750,000. And now Junior Paulo could join the NRL's richest forwards.
Canberra are facing an uphill battle to retain the off-contract prop with his former club Parramatta tabling a stunning four-year deal worth a reported $2.4 million.
Read more: http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/n ... a5fhf0jqoh
Interesting sub-plot to tomorrow’s game between Canberra and Parramatta. Raiders have basically given up on Junior Paulo. They believe he has been offered a deal by Eels and another club, possibly Cronulla. Figures astounding - 4 years, $2.7 million. https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/ ... 9489801216
FIRST @7NewsSydney tonight: @TheParraEels have made an offer for their former prop and local product Junior Paulo to come home . . . And they would love to have him back before June 30. https://twitter.com/josh_massoud/status ... 3762278400
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Hes not worth half that..
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
He will need to evolve his game if interchanges end up being cut to 6
He would need to be able to play 50-60 straight before being worth even close to that
He would need to be able to play 50-60 straight before being worth even close to that
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
I think we could cover him in the middle with Papa and take our chances with Knight, Gubb and Hunt.
Not sure what we'd do with the money if he leaves early. Any unhappy Parramatta halves?
Not sure what we'd do with the money if he leaves early. Any unhappy Parramatta halves?
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Makes me sad. When he came I remember reading him say something along the lines of “I’ve found a home here in canberra”. Was our best forward last year and has so much potential. He was a big part of our late 2016 success. Will be very sad to see him go. Hopefully he sees out the season.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
I look forward to him going else where, being whipped into shape and playing origin.
Then we will look at our out of shape forward pack and wonder why we missed the 8 again.
I’m sick of this same old story.
Then we will look at our out of shape forward pack and wonder why we missed the 8 again.
I’m sick of this same old story.
Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
He is seriously heavy this year. Much heavier than at any other time at the club. He's also a naturally tubby man. If we kept him I worry he'd become our Williams.
Let Parra have two of them and sink to the bottom and stay there
Let Parra have two of them and sink to the bottom and stay there
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
He isn't worth that and frankly we should never have purchased him to begin with.. particularly with Vaughan, Barnett and TPJ in our squad... Ricky has got this soo wrong imo.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
He'll seem fine in a side where he's the only big (literally) dog on the field as the more agile players can cover up his weakness. For his sake I hope he ends up at Parra. But in no way is he worth the dosh they're talking about.-TW- wrote:He will need to evolve his game if interchanges end up being cut to 6
He would need to be able to play 50-60 straight before being worth even close to that
Seems this puts to bed the dropping players just because we're not re-signing them theory.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Firstly when i hear it from junior or the raiders i will believe it
Secondly massoud wants to be the next danny wiedler!
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
I tend to agree letting them go in hindsight for Junior was the wrong call, but that’s the beauty of hindsight.FROG wrote:He isn't worth that and frankly we should never have purchased him to begin with.. particularly with Vaughan, Barnett and TPJ in our squad... Ricky has got this soo wrong imo.
When Junior came here he was one of if not the in form props in the comp. I remember Parra towelling us up earlier in the season in 2016 and Junior killing it.
Then his debut for us where he steamed rolled Burher. Sadly since 2017 he lost his mongrel to do the tough stuff and wanted to be a ball distributer.
Money well saved IMO
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
If he goes, I would like to see canberra bring back Dave Taylor to replace him.
Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
I think his original signing was genius and basically triggered the 2016 run but we obviously cant carry Boyd and he with the way the game is going and Boyd is probably 1/2 the price.
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
I wish player salaries were made public so we could compare player production to their pay. And compare players in the same position by wage. Jack De Bellin is a gun 80 minute middle player who would probably not be on more than $500K. I think Junior is a very good player but not at $600K plus.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Haven’t you heard ?KingDynamite wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 7:55 pm I look forward to him going else where, being whipped into shape and playing origin.
Then we will look at our out of shape forward pack and wonder why we missed the 8 again.
I’m sick of this same old story.
Play one good game in 5 weeks and we all have no reason to question or comment ?
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
I’m still at a lost how he won Mal Meninga last season ?T_R wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 8:00 pm Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Almost like a token prize to beg him to stay
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Players vote and its quite cliquey if you believed the rumours last year. Plus they seem to prefer forwards.scotchberry wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 9:22 pmI’m still at a lost how he won Mal Meninga last season ?T_R wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 8:00 pm Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Almost like a token prize to beg him to stay
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
I think Boyd shows better potential long term. He is quicker and seems to have a bigger leg drive post contact than what Junior does. Boyd also seems capable of being able to stay upright in tackles better and harder to take down than Junior and can develop that offload in time.
Boyd also seems to bleed green and seems to always be giving his best
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Are okay - I wasn’t aware players voted. I can imagine most clubs would be quite cliquey in that caseedwahu wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 9:23 pmPlayers vote and its quite cliquey if you believed the rumours last year. Plus they seem to prefer forwards.scotchberry wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 9:22 pmI’m still at a lost how he won Mal Meninga last season ?T_R wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 8:00 pm Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Almost like a token prize to beg him to stay
Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
In 2016 Junior was playing some slightly longer minutes and also was ball playing when he was kind of forced to. Then lst year he was covering for Boyd a lot, I thought. This year he doesn't seem to be putting in the effort. Not quite a FPN or a "that Kiwi bloke who was great and then eventually so underwhelming my senior brain has forgotten his name - ah yes Bronson Harrison" but getting there.
Don't know what the money we spent on Junior was but there will be more mobile props on a lot less. Sure our attack may lack one crash ball specialist (and to be fair a forward with soft hands) but our defence might be a bit more laterally mobile...
Don't know what the money we spent on Junior was but there will be more mobile props on a lot less. Sure our attack may lack one crash ball specialist (and to be fair a forward with soft hands) but our defence might be a bit more laterally mobile...
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
Paulo hasn’t wanted to be here for almost twelve months now, and it’s been pretty obvious to most
Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
I’d have him at around 500k but I think Big props are not worth big money.
Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
He was playing longer minutes in 2016 and going well. I must be one of the few on here who likes Junior Paulo. He came back from the World Cup with the skin fold of a mattress. Despite what Sticky says about training being as good as match play for fitness, the more game time he gets the better I think he will go. I think the 'reported offers' may be 'reporter guesses'. Time will tell if Sticky's affinity with players is a one way or a two way street.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Because he was the best of a very crappy lot..someone wins the Menninga award every year.scotchberry wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 9:22 pmI’m still at a lost how he won Mal Meninga last season ?T_R wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 8:00 pm Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Almost like a token prize to beg him to stay
"We won't be awarding the Mal Meninga medal this year cuz no one deserves it" won't happen.
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
Yeah, nah.
It had to go to Cotric or Rapana last year. Anything else was bull dust.
It had to go to Cotric or Rapana last year. Anything else was bull dust.
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
I don't agree.
For years the game had 2 replacements and props played 80 minutes. The likes of Brent Todd and Sam Backo!
The game will slow down with less replacements, which is the whole idea. To bring back attrition, to offset the rampaging plethora of big guys rubbing the skilful guys out of the game.
He'll go to Parra, we'll get Glasby.
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
Imagine offering this guy that amount of money, ha. Really doesn't bother me if he leaves.
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I hope we don’t try to compete with whatever ridiculous price Parra are willing to pay.
I hate the way he moves, or his lack of movement. Needs to lose a lot of weight.
I hate the way he moves, or his lack of movement. Needs to lose a lot of weight.
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Re: Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
But whose going to play 5/8 for us now?
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I thought one of our wingers deserved it. Or Smelly-PJ- wrote: ↑April 14, 2018, 7:06 amBecause he was the best of a very crappy lot..someone wins the Menninga award every year.scotchberry wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 9:22 pmI’m still at a lost how he won Mal Meninga last season ?T_R wrote: ↑April 13, 2018, 8:00 pm Absolutely wasted his potential in Canberra and should move on. Will be forgotten as a Raider very quickly.
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Almost like a token prize to beg him to stay
"We won't be awarding the Mal Meninga medal this year cuz no one deserves it" won't happen.
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The fitness levels of players today across the 17 players is a lot different to what it was back in those days thoughdubby wrote: ↑April 14, 2018, 8:05 amI don't agree.
For years the game had 2 replacements and props played 80 minutes. The likes of Brent Todd and Sam Backo!
The game will slow down with less replacements, which is the whole idea. To bring back attrition, to offset the rampaging plethora of big guys rubbing the skilful guys out of the game.
He'll go to Parra, we'll get Glasby.
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Parramatta Eels table huge offer for Canberra Raiders prop Junior Paulo
Things started going pear shape last year with Paulo when he decided to start playing like a half back. Not sure if it was Ricky’s decision or not.
He bought this passing game in which was terrible, playing first receiver out of the scrum and passing to the backs.
He then went back to running straight (but not hard) and developed this lunge stop thing, where he braced for impact, lost his momentum and stopped with no post impact metre’s.
He offers no offload ability and now plays 30 minutes a game.
I’m looking forward to his departure
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He bought this passing game in which was terrible, playing first receiver out of the scrum and passing to the backs.
He then went back to running straight (but not hard) and developed this lunge stop thing, where he braced for impact, lost his momentum and stopped with no post impact metre’s.
He offers no offload ability and now plays 30 minutes a game.
I’m looking forward to his departure
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Re: Raiders give up on re-signing Junior Paulo, either going to Eels or Sharks
Lol, agree. And we will pay Glasby significant overs. That would be the most Raiders thing to happen.dubby wrote: ↑April 14, 2018, 8:05 amI don't agree.
For years the game had 2 replacements and props played 80 minutes. The likes of Brent Todd and Sam Backo!
The game will slow down with less replacements, which is the whole idea. To bring back attrition, to offset the rampaging plethora of big guys rubbing the skilful guys out of the game.
He'll go to Parra, we'll get Glasby.