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Overruled.
The issue i have with management is the lack of Footy IQ & smarts in the business.
@Legal Eel please explain what puffery is and how it might be used at a time of crisis re fans and sponsors.
I was shocked that their media release didn’t say “We are peanuts. We are f**ked” because media releases are about telling the truth.
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The whole process behind that just shows a lack of ruthlessness the club lacks to make the tough call.
The delay in the move and yep the unfortunate options, has given us salary cap room but a bare cupboard to recruit. An interesting time ahead as it seems that they are aware we need some strengthening but the timing is crap. See if any releases are at the level we need, not reserve graders or projects but the close to rep level .
Its a statement or representation designed to exaggerate or enhance the quality of a product - not intended to be relied upon.
I think he will be also, as I think we will make a couple more signings and be more competitive next year.
Well that’s a disappointingly, narrow minded legal opinion. I won’t be paying that tax invoice.
Walters underperformed the Broncos long term average. That's why he was sacked. After four seasons they had a big enough sample to know he was a dud. With all their recruitment/retention advantages, Broncos coaches should be averaging about 60% win rate ffs. They are a massive club.
It's got nothing to do with excuses, Brad Arthur outperformed every Eels coach since Smith, with a massive sample to prove it was no fluke.
I'm not so sure about your theoretical salary cap room. We have 29 players on the books for next year and have signed/re-signed plenty of players. JAC's club option won't be for penauts or he would never have agreed to it. JDB is also on a CO, not a cheap way to sign players. Plus a couple of top 17 players re-signed. Smith and Kautoga came in from outside the top 30, and I doubt they're on less than $800k between them. Kautoga alone is worth half a million, which would be on the cheap side for a bloke expected to play 80 minutes in the NRL every week. Finally, I'd say any spare cap space for 2026 was offered to Galvin and then TDS.
To be fair, the coaches sine Smith have set a pretty low bar in terms of performance...
$500k for Kautoga? FMD, he’s a fringe first grader. He’d genuinely be one of the worst edge forwards in the comp at the moment.
Speculation again, your honour!
His sample at Parra is too small to be meaningful. Career he is 44%, proving his partial season at our club was the outlier, no doubt due to inheriting the squad that Smith built.
Statistically he is around the middle, and given his age and lack of experience, he should be expected to keep improving. Only four edge forwards have made more line breaks than him this year (Nikora, Young, Lucas, Olakau'atu). He is very exciting.
If you don't like speculation, you're going to hate this post: https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/nrl-360-other-footy-shows.483106/page-323#post-16835094
