Ben Hunt

[Tommy Smith]

100%, As I said with BH it's more optimistic caution than excitement. Won't be as bad as the Sandow 2.2 mill over 4 years or Hoppas 800k per year in 2011. No-one handles contract negotiations quite like the matta.

Don't forget the Watmough deal.

A 4-year, 500k a year deal for a broken down past his prime 32 year old.

That's the worst deal I can ever recall.

 

[Maroon4life]

It's a good signing for the Saints.

It's divided the broncos fans, I'm one of the fans that is glad too see him go, has obvious limits to his game that he's shown no improvement on.

Interesting to see who we target for 2018.

 

[Tommy Smith]

The salary cap would need to go up a hell of a lot more than $10m per season for even the best players in the game to demand more than what Hunt is on.

Only the top few players in the game are worth 10%+ of the salary cap.

You cant pay a solid player 10% of the salary cap while guys who are just as good or possibly even better earn half that. Thats the sort of thing that makes them look elsewhere.

Percentages are the key here to assessing a players value.

People are getting too caught up with the 1M per season price tag when in reality if a player is worth 750k under a 7.5M cap then he's worth 1M under a 10M salary cap.

It's all relative and equates to exactly the same value.

Imo Ben Hunt is definitely worth 10% of a club's cap. He doesn't have a great short kicking game but there are plenty of things he does do well - an excellent long kicking game, high involvement as he's always a threat and around the ball, and a great running game.

If the Dragons make some smart decisions - admittedly not likely with Doust - and surround Hunt with a couple of spine players that do have a good short kicking game then he'll thrive doing what he does best.

But if they don't surround Hunt with the right players to compliment him then he probably won't fulfill his potential at the club.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

I'm guessing you missed the "Some, and I repeat some broncs fans". Funny how any type of criticism directed at "some" broncs fans gets you on the offensive.

I missed where I typed that no other club has ever done the same thing, as this is about Ben HUNT that would have absolutely zero relevance (as you know). Had a tough week mate? you're a tad touchy.

Your omission speaks more than any actual statement could.

Probably one Broncos fan here has stated that he's not a loss and you deem it worthy of whinging about? Now THAT is touchy....

Congrats on signing a quality halfback who can definitely go even further.

 

[dogz08]

Interesting to see who we target for 2018.

John Folau maybe?

 

[_Johnsy]

Your omission speaks more than any actual statement could.

Probably one Broncos fan here has stated that he's not a loss and you deem it worthy of whinging about? Now THAT is touchy....

Congrats on signing a quality halfback who can definitely go even further.

No need to congratulate me Frank, I did SFA. The sentiment is appreciated though.

 

[Dummy Spit Johns]

It's a good signing for the Saints.

It's divided the broncos fans, I'm one of the fans that is glad too see him go, has obvious limits to his game that he's shown no improvement on.

Interesting to see who we target for 2018.

WTF?

One minute you say he's a good signing for saints, next minute your telling us he has limits to his game and it's not improving!

Well how the f**k is that a good signing then?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

WTF?

One minute you say he's a good signing for saints, next minute your telling us he has limits to his game and it's not improving!

Well how the f**k is that a good signing then?

Any improvement, no matter how small is probably good for the Dragons at this point.

 

[carcharias]

I can only remember one thing he has ever done on a footy field.

....and it wasn't a good thing.

 

[Nice Beaver]

I can only remember one thing he has ever done on a footy field.

....and it wasn't a good thing.

Well it wasn't a good thing for Brisbane.

For the rest of us it was a glorious, glorious gift.

 

[txta2]

Loser player for a loser club. Suck shit

 

[Charlie124]

I can only remember one thing he has ever done on a footy field.

....and it wasn't a good thing.

speak for yourself.

 

[Dummy Spit Johns]

Any improvement, no matter how small is probably good for the Dragons at this point.

10 years and waiting!
Any improvement is good no matter how small for the Broncos.

 

[Pedge1971]

Building something special and all that.

 

[Barkley]

10 years and waiting!
Any improvement is good no matter how small for the Broncos.

They are one step closer to winning the war.

 

[carcharias]

speak for yourself.

I'm actually serious.
I've seen him play but nothing he has ever done sticks out.
Well ...one thing does.

You know the old ancient proverb

A man can build the longest bridge, the highest tower , the grandest castle
....but suck one dick.

 

[BennyV]

I'm actually serious.
I've seen him play but nothing he has ever done sticks out.
Well ...one thing does.

You know the old ancient proverb

A man can build the longest bridge, the highest tower , the grandest castle
....but suck one dick.

Was it Suckrates, Gay-to or Conf**kcious who coined that proverb?

 

[carcharias]

Not sure
But it was a hell of a proverb

 

[Nightward]

Interesting to see who we target for 2018.

Probably big-money play for Keiran Foran or Ash Taylor.

Unfortunate in a lot of ways for the club but Hunt is obviously mentally scarred. Maybe getting out of the Broncos jersey is what he needs to put that behind him and get back to his best.

 

[TheFrog]

One minute you say he's a good signing for saints, next minute your telling us he has limits to his game and it's not improving!

A bit like the Panthers signing Petro a few years back. A player of undoubted quality, but surrounded by nuffies he took Penrith to one finals series in 4 years despite playing quite strongly. It is doubtful that Hunt is of the same quality.

For the rest of us it was a glorious, glorious gift.

If you could bottle it you'd be a billionaire.