Ben Hunt

[StMick]

How do you know?

I am just going on what Ian Millward said. He basically said the figures that have been floating around on Hunt are way off the mark and some seem to be coming out of the Broncos camp

p.s I know the people that want to believe Hunt is on 1 mil + will say of course Millward would say that so I guess it comes down to do you want to believe Millward or the media?

 

[Hutty1986]

How do you know?

You blokes seem pretty confident he's on a million-plus, please enlighten us

 

[blaza88z]

I am just going on what Ian Millward said. He basically said the figures that have been floating around on Hunt are way off the mark and some seem to be coming out of the Broncos camp

p.s I know the people that want to believe Hunt is on 1 mil + will say of course Millward would say that so I guess it comes down to do you want to believe Millward or the media?

I don't know what he's on but I do know that my club wouldn't have let him go without another club offering a substantial amount more than what we were prepared to pay. Hunt isn't in the Thurston category of elite halves but this a guy we've nurtured all the way to where he is now, we wouldn't be letting him go for peanuts, he's a good player.. I just don't think he's THAT good of a player.

Millward would be downplaying what the contract is, probably so realist Dragons fans don't start throwing their arms around in disbelief, I don't think he's on more than a million but he wouldn't be on less than 850k either. I don't know what he's on and neither does anyone else in this forum but from a Dragons perspective it has to be alarming that we could have retained him if it was around that million dollar figure, given we went out and got Jack Bird. Bird's contract was initially reported as 3 years for 2.1 mill, then later it was 4 years for 4 mill, so somewhere in between there is what we were able to spend, we chose not to on Hunt, be that because we don't value him or be that because the Dragons offer was significantly more, only Hunt and his management know the answer. I lean towards the latter, simply because he's a natural half whom we have had in our system since 2008, you don't devalue someone 9 years after you brought them into the grade.

Bennett has always had an opinion on Hunt too, back at the Knights he wanted to sign him to Newcastle, Hunt stayed.

 

[StMick]

I don't know what he's on but I do know that my club wouldn't have let him go without another club offering a substantial amount more than what we were prepared to pay. Hunt isn't in the Thurston category of elite halves but this a guy we've nurtured all the way to where he is now, we wouldn't be letting him go for peanuts, he's a good player.. I just don't think he's THAT good of a player.

Millward would be downplaying what the contract is, probably so realist Dragons fans don't start throwing their arms around in disbelief, I don't think he's on more than a million but he wouldn't be on less than 850k either. I don't know what he's on and neither does anyone else in this forum but from a Dragons perspective it has to be alarming that we could have retained him if it was around that million dollar figure, given we went out and got Jack Bird. Bird's contract was initially reported as 3 years for 2.1 mill, then later it was 4 years for 4 mill, so somewhere in between there is what we were able to spend, we chose not to on Hunt, be that because we don't value him or be that because the Dragons offer was significantly more, only Hunt and his management know the answer. I lean towards the latter, simply because he's a natural half whom we have had in our system since 2008, you don't devalue someone 9 years after you brought them into the grade.

Bennett has always had an opinion on Hunt too, back at the Knights he wanted to sign him to Newcastle, Hunt stayed.

Yep all valid points and as you said nobody knows.

It will be interesting to see what everybody is saying in three years time. He hasn't even put a dragons jumper on and everyone is already divided. Again i am interested to see how it all plays out.

 

[God-King Dean]

f**k, that is bad..

McCrone bad?

 

[Frank_Grimes]

I keep having this crazy thought that maybe if Brisbane had tried playing some football in the second half of that grand final, they would have won comfortably and this blaming of Hunt wouldn't exist.

I know, f*ck me, right?

To be fair the only people blaming Hunt for the GF loss around here were neutrals and a Dragons Troll account...

Hunt has actually been rather average this year, and this dropping is probably what he needs to get motivated to finish off the season stronger.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

biting down on Benny's g string should last a season at least

That's a visual I could've done without.

 

[JamesRustle]

Bennett has always had an opinion on Hunt too, back at the Knights he wanted to sign him to Newcastle, Hunt stayed.

Maybe the opinion is not reciprocated.

Hunt appears to be his own man, unlike Darius.

 

[DiegoNT]

2014
Broncos Fans: Ben Hunt is the best halfback in the comp right now
Everyone else: sure buddy

2015
Broncos Fans: Ben Hunt is great. Even though he cost us the gf, we wouldn't have been there without him
Everyone else: Ok Buddy

2016
Broncos Fans: Ben Hunt is better then Micheal Morgan. It should be him playing origin
Everyone else: sure buddy

2017
Broncos Fans: Ben Hunt is shit, he has always been shit. Nikorima is the future
Everyone else: ok buddy

 

[The Mad Hatter]

From reserve grade to SOO within a day.

Has there ever been a more meteoric rise?

 

[OldPanther]

Milf will be out 4 weeks at least.

 

[Diesel]

From reserve grade to SOO within a day.

Has there ever been a more meteoric rise?

Load up on NSW

 

[blaza88z]

Milf will be out 4 weeks at least.

He was in the shed without a sling, i'm no doctor but I know how discomforting a dislocation is and he didn't seem to be in any discomfort at all.. like I said in the other thread, we have 2 byes as well as Origin, we probably miss him for 2-3 games where he would have played

 

[TheFrog]

He was in the shed without a sling, i'm no doctor but I know how discomforting a dislocation is and he didn't seem to be in any discomfort at all.. like I said in the other thread, we have 2 byes as well as Origin, we probably miss him for 2-3 games where he would have played

It was probably a subluxation, where the shoulder pops out and goes back in. I had one of these years ago playing squash and finished the game. It didn't feel very nice but you wouldn't call it painful. The risk is that it could pop out again at any time. If there's an associated fracture its much more serious. May require surgery either way.

 

[mxlegend99]

Broncos still undefeated without Hunt... and Nikorima has proven he can do anything Hunt can do also.

But Hunt will be back with Milford out.

 

[RazorRam0n]

Broncos still undefeated without Hunt... and Nikorima has proven he can do anything Hunt can do also.

But Hunt will be back with Milford out.

Nikorima Marshall mead on bench calling it

 

[beave]

He was in the shed without a sling, i'm no doctor but I know how discomforting a dislocation is and he didn't seem to be in any discomfort at all.. like I said in the other thread, we have 2 byes as well as Origin, we probably miss him for 2-3 games where he would have played

 

[blaza88z]

After the game he wasn't, he took it off and the arm was by his side

 

[Walpole]

After the game he wasn't, he took it off and the arm was by his side

Best place for an arm.

 

[POPEYE]

If Milford can't play Hunt will go to bed with a smile, Daley will be upset and Benny will find another way to make games closer than they need be