Ricky Stuart on ABC Canberra Grandstand after 11am

[greeneyed]

Don't forget ABC Radio Canberra Grandstand with Tim Gavel Saturday after 11am Saturday. You can listen live: http://www.abc.net.au/canberra

You can SMS the program with Raiders comments and questions on 0467 922 666.

Or you can call on 1300 681 666 (at the cost of a local call).

Or email Tim Gavel at gavel.tim@abc.net.au.

Or send Tim a tweet @TimGavel on twitter.

Ricky Stuart will be on the program. Tim would also like to hear your views on the Raiders' season so far, and priorities for signing and re-signing.

[-PJ-]

What did he say ?

[reptar]

GE can you tweet Tim to get him to ask Ricky what they uncovered about hydration during the week?

And then can you Instagram DM me what he said? Thanks in advance

[-TW-]

What did he say ?

Not much, it's 10.50

[-PJ-]

What did he say ?

Not much, it's 10.50

Should I wait a few minutes to find out how many halves were playing tonight ?

[Coastalraider]

GE can you tweet Tim to get him to ask Ricky what they uncovered about hydration during the week?

And then can you Instagram DM me what he said? Thanks in advance

????

[Matt]

What did he say ?

Not much, it's 10.50

Should I wait a few minutes to find out how many halves were playing tonight ?

Why wait?!? U know its 3

[Coastalraider]

What did he say ?

Not much, it's 10.50

Should I wait a few minutes to find out how many halves were playing tonight ?

Why wait?!? U know its 3

But why? There are only 2 halves spots I the field???

[greeneyed]

Ricky Stuart interview:

Josh Papalii in the middle? Gets more opportunity to get the football, higher workload in defence, greater load on him, has the strength to handle it. Good for us there at the moment.

Looking for a good start? You make some tackles, stop the attack, you get your chance with the football. We didn't do that last week, individuals were poor in defence and they've been made aware of that. Letting those soft three tries in last week, you're not going to get your chance with the football. You've got to stop the other team's flow.

Johnathan Thurston. One of the best in the world because of this talent, but also his calming influence on others, his confidence and his self belief. He's a real leader, they all follow him.

Consistency of the Raiders? There's been a number of things leading to inconsistency. A lot of it comes down to individuals and their choices/decisions. When you look at our best performances, you see everybody contributing to the performance, you find it hard to pick a man of the match. That's what we need.

Siliva Havili. For a boy who's played just a handful of NRL games, with limited minutes, I think he's doing a wonderful job filling in for Josh.

Soft deadline on contracts. Every player off contract has told me they want to stay, including Junior Paulo. But the issue is balancing the cap. We've got a great culture, players do want to stay, but it is a matter of what they're asking for, what their manager is asking for, and in some cases we can't meet it.

Junior Paulo staying? I don't know if he'll be at the club, you'll have to ask Junior's manager. I'm comfortable with the deep discussion we've had, but I won't be going into it publicly.

Is it true that the club was limiting contracts to two years? It was written in the media, but that's never been a directive from Don Furner or the board. All sorts of things in the media are written and are incorrect. I'm told we've offered a three year deal to Corey Norman, but nothing could be further from the truth. Luciano Leilua... has he signed with the Raiders? I don't know... I might get to work on Monday and find he's signed! So much in the media is just not true. It just wastes my time, having to answer questions like that.

Good weather. 27-28 C, should be 20 C tonight for game time. Weather has been better than we expected. Humidity might be the problem, but weather won't be an excuse. Hopefully we get a good game.

[-PJ-]

"Every player off contract has told me they want to stay, including Junior Paulo"

We now know these blokes are asking for too much $$$.

[-PJ-]

It's become quite clear Ricky doesn't know who the Lurker is...

Norman ??
LLeilua ??
Another Pom ??

[Neeeegz]

So he may get to work on Monday and find out a new player has signed ??? **** even does that mean ? Coach doesn't pick his squad ?

[-PJ-]

Monday morning at training.

Don - Hey Ricky, we've signed another player, he's a 6 or 7. Got him cheap. Play him next week..

Ricky - Its done Don.

[Neeeegz]

Monday morning at training.

Don - Hey Ricky, we've signed another player, he's a 6 or 7. Got him cheap. Play him next week..

Ricky - Its done Don.

Don - good work Ricky, I'm sure he can play big minutes at 9 too, never played there before tho

Ricky - that was exactly my plan Don, as you know our starting hooker just isn't fit enough to play more than 25 minutes...

[Raiders666]

So he may get to work on Monday and find out a new player has signed ??? **** even does that mean ? Coach doesn't pick his squad ?

He was taking the piss mate

[Coastalraider]

Monday morning at training.

Don - Hey Ricky, we've signed another player, he's a 6 or 7. Got him cheap. Play him next week..

Ricky - Its done Don.

Don - good work Ricky, I'm sure he can play big minutes at 9 too, never played there before tho

Ricky - that was exactly my plan Don, as you know our starting hooker just isn't fit enough to play more than 25 minutes...
and our Mounties hooker with first grade experience is only playing 80 minutes every week.

Fixed

[RedRaider]

"Every player off contract has told me they want to stay, including Junior Paulo"

We now know these blokes are asking for too much $$$.

They are blowing smoke over Sticky. Keep picking me Stick and I'll continue to tell you how wonderful you are and what a fabulous culture we have and how much I want to stay. But all those clubs (who have the same cap limits) think I'm worth so much more. Call the players and the player managers bluff.

Negotiations begin with 'This is what we think your contract value is based on your current form. Justify why you think you should be paid more than that'. Why on earth do the Raiders have a 'soft' deadline. Is it because we are 'soft' in every other way? Pick a time frame and have nothing 'soft' about it. Either accept our offer by (Say 30 June) or we will look elsewhere to cover your current position and our negotiations with you and your Manager stop at that date. Then stick to it.

The Club has the money. They want the money. The Club is in the position of either accepting or declining, but they should be putting their position strongly first. Then it becomes a negotiation with the onus on the player to 'prove' why they are worth more. One more thing. The Club should be keeping themselves below the cap by a fair margin - say $3-400K. This allows room if an outside player is needed urgently.

[Schifty]

I don't want to be too cynical, but I can't see any player saying "No I want to GTFO of here" when asked if he wants to stay....

[greeneyed]

I'm sure the players would like to stay. On massive overs!

[Roger Kenworthy]

"Every player off contract has told me they want to stay, including Junior Paulo"

We now know these blokes are asking for too much $$$.

They are blowing smoke over Sticky. Keep picking me Stick and I'll continue to tell you how wonderful you are and what a fabulous culture we have and how much I want to stay. But all those clubs (who have the same cap limits) think I'm worth so much more. Call the players and the player managers bluff.

Negotiations begin with 'This is what we think your contract value is based on your current form. Justify why you think you should be paid more than that'. Why on earth do the Raiders have a 'soft' deadline. Is it because we are 'soft' in every other way? Pick a time frame and have nothing 'soft' about it. Either accept our offer by (Say 30 June) or we will look elsewhere to cover your current position and our negotiations with you and your Manager stop at that date. Then stick to it.

The Club has the money. They want the money. The Club is in the position of either accepting or declining, but they should be putting their position strongly first. Then it becomes a negotiation with the onus on the player to 'prove' why they are worth more. One more thing. The Club should be keeping themselves below the cap by a fair margin - say $3-400K. This allows room if an outside player is needed urgently.

Yup. A culture where there is zero accountability for performance and you get paid the same amount as competitors for your work, I'm sure plenty are happy to stay.

[gangrenous]

Don, I’ll coach the Raiders for you mate. I’ll even accept half of Ricky’s salary as I have no quals.

[dubby]

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[Lucy]

Don, I’ll coach the Raiders for you mate. I’ll even accept half of Ricky’s salary as I have no quals.

I'll assist with hydration.

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[Lucy]

So he may get to work on Monday and find out a new player has signed ??? **** even does that mean ? Coach doesn't pick his squad ?

This is so bad.

Like really, really bad.

Like terrible.

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[Green eyed Mick]

So he may get to work on Monday and find out a new player has signed ??? **** even does that mean ? Coach doesn't pick his squad ?

This is so bad.

Like really, really bad.

Like terrible.

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Maybe he is taking a swipe at the board for their reported cap on some player's contracts.

[greeneyed]

It was a joke, you idiots!

[gangrenous]

[Lucy]

I know it was a joke.

I was referring to Neeeegz ridiculous call that is known for something we are no longer allowed to mention by name. But it starts with the same letter that starts off the name of the moderator Dubby and ends with "ubby".

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[Zip Zip]

Did anyone text in and ask why Garvey isn’t getting a crack? Or why his bench rotation is so strange? Or why Blake Austin is still in the team?

I only ask because I know Gavel isn’t ever going to ask those questions.


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[Raider of d Lost Ark]

It was a joke, you idiots!

Hahahaha


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[Raider of d Lost Ark]

Did anyone text in and ask why Garvey isn’t getting a crack? Or why his bench rotation is so strange? Or why Blake Austin is still in the team?

I only ask because I know Gavel isn’t ever going to ask those questions.


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I’d really like to know the answers to the last 2 questions please


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[greeneyed]

Did anyone text in and ask why Garvey isn’t getting a crack? Or why his bench rotation is so strange? Or why Blake Austin is still in the team?

I only ask because I know Gavel isn’t ever going to ask those questions.


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I’d really like to know the answers to the last 2 questions please


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Zip Zip... maybe you should text in the questions!

[Zip Zip]

I would have if I knew prior!


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[greeneyed]

There's always next week!

[Zip Zip]

I’ll set a reminder. Odds they get asked?


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