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    New salary cap limit

    So we have a new tv deal, so how much of that money goes to player wages. What should the cap for 2013 and beyond be. I have based numbers purely on the aust tv deal cash component. The current cap is 4.4 for the top 25 which totals at 70.4 million across 16 clubs. The current tv deal...
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    Jarryd worst last line of defense

    I am sorry but I have always felt that Haynes lack of urgency at the back was poor but it's been terrible this year. He makes Luke Burt look like a strong defender. He rarely makes a tackle and shows a lack of urgency coming across to cover kicks and to make cover tackles. He is generally in...
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    Why the edge is so bad

    They have barely played or trained together! Both left and right sides are totally new combos as defense and attack, none of the guys standing next to each have before.sandow, Roberts, tonga and Blair are totally new to the team. Matua and tonga did not have av proper off season. Loko would...
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    Games in regional centres

    I am hoping that as part of the next tv rights deal we will see an opportunity to see some more games played in regional or non league areas. It is an area that the afl are ahead if us, they are playing a fixture every year in cairns. There were 13 games last year that had less than 9000 turn...
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    City Contry Teams 2011

    Given it will be a genuine NSW trial in a number of positions, what are people's city country teams. Always make a few mistakes on this one. Test players will unavailable, that won't affect many nsw players. Perhaps Hayne (on name not form) and Gallen, perhap a front rower (learoyd Lahrs and...
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    What do we need to get back to the top?

    I guess the answer for most is simple. A quality half. To a certain extent I think that is true. A half with a strong kicking game and good organisation would be the first aquisition. The question is where do we get one. Thurston, Cronk, Prince, Pearce, Mullen, Campese, Carney, Lockyer...
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    Pat O'Hanlon??

    Hi all, a bit of talk about Tom Humble's absence, but was wondering if anyone could shed some light on how big Pat is going??
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    Hindmarsh??? and balance.

    I am amazed that NSW selectors don't seem to realise the need for balance in a pack. Nathan Hindmarsh has somehow gone from starting australian backrower to not good enough to make country bench. That means 10 backrowers have been picked in front of him. Now all those players are good players...
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    Hayne, needs to watch a tape of billy slater

    Look I am a huge Jarryd Hayne fan, he is freakish in some of the things he does. He has perhaps more talent than any other player in the NRL. But Jarryd I plead with you to get a tape of Billy Slater's game against the dragons or most weeks and check out the reasons why despite having more...
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    Expansion, where and when??

    Just thinking about the independent commission, and where expansion sits in the games future. I always felt the worst thing about the super league debacle was it derailed league at such a high point and at a time when we were equal if not ahead of the afl and had made such a postive move to...
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    More people watch nrl semi in melb than afl gf in syd

    Just thought this was anothe reason to celebrate league's great season. Yes we have a small percentage of idiots who have dragged our great games name through the headlines for all the wrong reasons, but the game keeps us coming back. So it was fantastic to see the ratings for the afl GF...
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    Get rid of the no seperation rule please

    I'm sorry but I have never been a fan of the so called "no seperation" policy in terms of awarding tries when a player is in possesion and after seeing that try awarded to Alex Glenn tonight I am very much sold on it being a dud law. Surely the original rule makers did not invisage that the term...
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    We Need Hindmarsh

    The more I think about NSW in game 1 and 2 the more I realise that we need Nathan Hindmarsh or a player like him in our side. NSW have lacked that type of player in their side, a player who will do everything in his power to win the game. When a loose ball comes QLD players go past NSW players...
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    Anderson's Clean out has begun

    I think the Brett Finch decision by Anderson signals the start of a clean out of players at the club. I think even before the season started you could tell by his comments that he wasn't totally happy with what he inherited and probably with good reason. I think Finch won't be the last of...
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    Too much faith in local juniors

    I tend to think we have placed far too much faith over the years in our own born and bred players. We spend many of our big dollars on the guys we have brought through the ranks. In particular guys who are true local juniors. I think this is born of two things: 1. The quality of our juniors...
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    Denis Fitzgerald, how to get rid of him??

    For a long time it seems many eels fans have groaned every time he opens his mouth. He runs his own agenda which seems seperate from what many eels fans want. Now I am generally a person who shows a great deal of loyalty and faith in players, coaches and administrators, much to the disgust and...
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    Todd Lowrie

    Look I think this guy has been justifiablly at times bagged and been symptomatic of our major problems with lack of bench thrust. But I'd have to say since his return to top grade a few weeks ago he has been going okay. I'd certainly currently have him ahead of the likes of Oake or Hauraki...
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    Clean out???

    Well I must say I have been a staunch defender of certain players and the coach. To be honest I still think the same way, I think Hagan is probably picking our best team. Our problem is our best team is not good enough. We came into the season massively overated. From the team that finished...
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    Salary Cap must stay

    Just a quick look at comps around the world tells you the salary cap must stay in place. The english premier league in the last 13 years 3 clubs have won every title, and only 6 clubs have made the top 3 in that time. The serie A 5 clubs have won in the last 16 years and 3 of those clubs...
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    The bench is poor

    We were going okay last night up until our bench entered the action. The phrase "maintain the rage" was not in existence. Some people have talked about wenty forwards, well we have 3 on our bench. Weller, Oake and Lowrie offer very little. I could handle one of them on our bench, but all 3...

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