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  1. aqua_duck

    Short flat ball Pearce to Fitzgibbon

    I could somewhat understand it if he were passing to sbw or Cordner but Fitzy ain't them
  2. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 11 vs Bulldogs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

    I don't think any young halfback is a near to sure bet. Most of the better halves of the past decade have been guys who initially weren't high rated, guys like JT, Cronk, Keary, Walker, DCE, Maloney etc weren't highly rated juniors in fact not one of them made the Australian schoolboys team. I...
  3. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    He's not worth $5 mil in any market but if that's the price they needed to pay to get him then so be it and as I've mentioned a thousand times his salary was 100% cap exempt. At the end of the day if a group of very wealthy owners want to build the sport in a new market and are willing go spend...
  4. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    You obviously have no ****** clue about the ins and outs of the Folau deal, Folau was going to sign a 2 year deal with ridiculous backloading where he was going to get $100k the 1st year and like $800k the 2nd year, it's a completely different kettle of fish. I think at this point there's no...
  5. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    I really don't understand the point you're making, the super league has a built in marquee player exemption, it's not a cap discount as you're suggesting. Also I wasn't aware you surveyed every one in Canada, for the record the Canadian rugby union team attracted a crowd of 30,000 when they...
  6. aqua_duck

    David Fifita is a Titan

    Not sure how you play 2 middles exactly, it's like playing 3 centres, they tried Murray on the edge and he wasn't nearly as effective. I think Arrow will be part of the prop rotation but not sure how much value he gives you in that role
  7. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    The rule is in place to stop those dodgy TPA's you're talking about and in the case of Folau's parra deal ridiculous backloading of contracts. The values they come up with are always minimums rather than what the gold coast titans might pay for that player
  8. aqua_duck

    David Fifita is a Titan

    Lowe is an edge backrower and Arrow is a middle, completely different positions
  9. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    No but as I explained previous that's not how the market rule works nor is it the reason the rule is in place. Market value concept isn't and has never been about prevent players taking unders but rather to stop teams using dodgy tactics like TPAs and backloading to unfairly assemble a team. In...
  10. aqua_duck

    David Fifita is a Titan

    He's been good but not as good as he was last year. I'm not exactly sure where he fits in at souths given they realised Murray wasn't an edge forward and have moved him back into the middle. Not sure how much value south's are going to get out of Arrow as an out and out front rower in a rotation...
  11. aqua_duck

    David Fifita is a Titan

    And it sends a statement that they're no longer satistified with being the Broncos' ugly step cousin. Getting Fifita is important for them to send a statement to the Broncos who were used to getting first dibs on the best young talent from south east QLD. Also the great thing with getting Fifita...
  12. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    With the greatest of respect are you thick? He signed a contract where his salary was completely cap exempt and under circumstances where he had to relocate to the other side of the world, in any case like I said before market value isn't based on what a team pays for you in a completely...
  13. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    Which top level player with similar marketability was putting their hand up to move to Canada? This is what so many people cannot grasp, he's not paid $5 mil a year for his playing ability alone, he's being paid that mainly for marketability and promotional value. Canada is an entirely new...
  14. aqua_duck

    King Sonny Bill may return to the NRL... Which club should he join?

    Again you're ignoring the fact that it's a different market with different circumstances and most importantly different cap structure, you're also ignoring the reason they came up with the market value rule. 100% of SBW's contract is exempt from the cap, you simply cannot apply a hard fast rule...
  15. aqua_duck

    Rumoured Targets 3

    Probably a combination of rotten luck and body made of glass, none of those injuries have happened at full speed
  16. aqua_duck

    Rumoured Targets 3

    From what I've read it's the worst injury in sports outside the freak career ending ones. Apparently it's a 12-18 month recovery and even after that time it takes a while to get back to pre injury level mobility and explosive power which is a massive issue for a player like Watson who relies on...
  17. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 11 vs Bulldogs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

    Yep and if it was just yesterday, it's a skill thing, he's never had a great short kicking game even at the roosters, it's just gotten worse now
  18. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 11 vs Bulldogs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

    I think you do have a point but my gripe is regardless of circumstances his short kicking game is diabolical not just for a top line halfback but for any 1st grade level spine player imo, in the 6 games I think I've count over 20 kicks that have gone dead or straight into the opposition, it may...
  19. aqua_duck

    Match Discussion: Round 11 vs Bulldogs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

    In regards to Pearce I still think he can be a good halfback in the NRL but IMO he's the wrong halfback for this team. Pearce cannot be the primary playmaker and more importantly the primary kicking option, he played his best footy with a dominant 5/8th next to him in Carney and Maloney. Mann is...
  20. aqua_duck

    Short flat ball Pearce to Fitzgibbon

    We're dead set in love with that play, it's like they think Fitzy is SBW circa 06

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