Rumours and Stuff

[lucablight]

I think we will be good in 2022. No idea about 2023. Need to see the side.
I wouldn’t be too concerned yet. We do not want to put to much money into our spine and be useless everywhere else.

I would let Jnr walk after 2022. Start the rebuild. Does anyone remember back in the late nineties when Parra lost a heap of experienced guys and then all these young kids come from nowhere. I think we pushed the Broncos in the finals after finishing 7th or 8th.

Penrith lost far better players when they let DWZ,WAQA,RCG,Maloney,Tamou all go in recent times.

When Penrith lose good players they make a grand final and eventually win one. If we lost our good players chances are we’d struggle to advance if we made it to the finals and the apologists would be saying we lack finals experience. That’s how it seems to work with us.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How the Bulldogs will be salary cap compliant for 2023 after Mahoney signing

In a huge blow for the Eels, the star No.9 has decided to reject a three-year extension from the club to link with their arch-rivals from 2023. But how will the Bulldogs fit him in?

www.smh.com.au

Chammas reporting Bulldogs offered 650k over 4 years as opposed to. 550k over 3 years by the Eels. I don’t see the Bulldogs offer as unreasonable at all for a spine player who is only 23.

The figures reported in the media are designed to benefit the media.

 

[Noise]

Trolley Boy working wonders!

 

[TheParraboy]

Those last couple of club statements now are laughable

Will see another soonish?

 

[lucablight]

The figures reported in the media are designed to benefit the media.

You mean when the media reports Papali’i was paid 600k it’s true but when it reports Mahoney was paid 650k it was made up to craft a narrative?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don’t think the Bulldogs paid overs either if the reports are to be believed

Why would you believe them?

 

[Gazzamatta]

Our Centre Of Excellence should be producing some excellent talent, soon. When they do, it will be all about keeping them.

*Rhinos

 

[lucablight]

Why would you believe them?

Why would you believe that the Tigers paid the overs figure of 600k then? Should we only believe something if it suits our pre conceived ideas?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Do you think the reported amount that the Bulldogs paid at 650k over 4 years for a 23 year old spine player is overs? Are we swimming in elite hookers to the point where it’s not a vital position for us to cover?

I don't believe any of the figures and I also don't think there are many elite dummy halves in the comp. Mahoney is top five and he's not elite. I think our pack makes him look good.

 

[lucablight]

I don't believe any of the figures and I also don't think there are many elite dummy halves in the comp. Mahoney is top five and he's not elite. I think our pack makes him look good.

If you don’t believe the figures then you’re just blindly believing the Dogs blew our offer out of the water without any evidence to hold that position other than what you want to be true.

 

[Soto]

Im guessing this spoils our development. Fergo, Rheed, Ice, Marata, Hippy all gone. Please dont tell me Rankins been shown the door. I couldnt take it.

Dont forget Oldfield...we're f%d

 

[TheParraboy]

2022 tactics/goals:

Play Mahoney 80min every week - Free Chinese meal if he plays well as incentive

Make 3rd week of the finals

He goes to Dogs 2023 battered and injury prone when there, loses interest in the game

Brad Arthur in 2027 (yes he is still here) signs Mahoney on base contract, and only then Reed becomes the premier hooker in the game as we chase that elusive premiership, window open again.

 

[hindy111]

We have a good side for 2022.

We will have cap space for the following season to open up or cheque books

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Pou, you keep wanting to have your cake and eat it too. We’re either a strong club with a lot of players on unders who we’ll lose because of our success or we don’t have many great players and should be able to keep this merely above average side together. You can’t have it both ways.

We lost by two to the premiers in an elimination final. We're not a top four team but easily top eight. If your only points on the continuum are premiers and shit then we're shit. Personally I see it as a lot more granular than that.

This year we were a 10% chance of winning the comp. Next year we're a 15%-20% chance. That might be as good as it gets for a club like ours, but plenty of teams have won premierships with only a 20% chance. You just need some luck in the day. Stay patient. The problem for our club is that since 1986 we've been a 0% chance of winning the comp most years. You're conflating our current strength with that, probably because you only see the premiers/shit binary. Do you look at each year's premiers in hindsight and think they were the only team that could've won it? If so you're wrong.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Or Rheed gets a few injurys and fails to ignite The Dogs so Gus starts shopping him around after declaring "Rheeds going nowhere ". Not such a stretch I reckon.

 

[Noise]

We have a good side for 2022.

We will have cap space for the following season to open up or cheque books

Has a team ever had 3 of its top 17 players sign with rivals over 12 months prior all at once? It could potentially be 4 with Paulo. They already have a foot out the door and some of them haven’t even begun pre season.

 

[hindy111]

Or Rheed gets a few injurys and fails to ignite The Dogs so Gus starts shopping him around after declaring "Rheeds going nowhere ". Not such a stretch I reckon.

If it wasn't for Corona Rheed would of also missed over 2 tha in 2020.
Not suggesting he is injury prone but in 3.5yrs he has had 2 quite serious ones.

I'd also batter him now for 80mins a game and no rest unless its a finals game and it may benefit us.

 

[Eelogical]

Good to see eve defenders out in force, and Pou rubbishing Mahoney already. He’s here for another 16 months these new rules are really tough on poor Pou.

How do you figure 16 months?

 

[hindy111]

Has a team ever had 3 of its top 17 players sign with rivals over 12 months prior all at once? It could potentially be 4 with Paulo. They already have a foot out the door. and some of them haven’t even begun pre season.

Penrith lost Capewell,Burton, Kikau,Momorski,May so that is 5.

 

[Incorrect]

In all seriousness, I have to spare a thought for the coach.... Unless he has made it known to the retention committee that he's not overly fussed in keeping Rheed and he was keen to bring in someone else soon (which I think is unlikely), I would imagine he would be seething that the team charged with keeping some of the building blocks of our future success have allowed it all to be pulled apart so quickly and easily...