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Fifita

wibble

Bench
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Can't blame him.... We don't value or have faith in our juniors. Disgrace !!!

Well no one should value untried players at $300k a year for 3 years. We should have (and still should) given him a shot at first grade so we can see if he might be worth more, but I can't believe he'd actually been offered so much.

If he has, take it and run, and good luck to him. No team will get any where throwing that money at players without first grade experience on a consistent basis.
 

Card Shark

Immortal
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32,237
Peachey's spark coulda turned the tide tonight.
No one there
With any flair.
(Hey, that rhymes, Popper).

I know we offered him reasonable $ but we should go over & above to keep our best juniors, to build some camaraderie in the joint / junior league.

It can't be too inspiring for a youngster.
 

Card Shark

Immortal
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No team will get any where throwing that money at players without first grade experience on a consistent basis.

Well they identify the best young talent, buy it & turn it into a first grader.

They back their own judgement, coaching but most of all , have faith in the youngster.
 

webShark

Guest
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I know we offered him reasonable $ but we should go over & above to keep our best juniors, to build some camaraderie in the joint / junior league.

It can't be too inspiring for a youngster.

Just like Peach greedy bastard. At least he had a position which makes it worse.

Morris and IDG were dire tonight but makes no difference. 3 tries in NSW Cup sends no message. Let's face it we are broke. I doubt the point of putting any cash into the nuthouse. Our crowds will be 6-7k soon.

Let's relocate ASAP and let some other poor locals experience despair. Even our diehards can see the writing on the wall. What odds us for the spoon? Injured Gall,disinterested Fifita and not selected Lichaa or Brown.

Shall we exile Lichaa to reggies too? Looks like we will retain NSW Cup anyway.

Even Beau will stop talking us up soon. Oh,I forgot we have no coach or sponsors. So far no player ASADA sanctions or lost lawsuits.
 

Ads

First Grade
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5,169
Watching fifita tonight I just did not care. Strange emotion to have as I normally lose it during games. Go, stay, whatever.
 

Special K

Coach
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19,520
Reports are we got 50k away from the dogs. After tax that's not much... I guess he just didn't want to be a Shark. Ouch
 

taipan

Referee
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22,500
Been following the club for yonks.
The same old gets thrown up"lost S Rogers to the Dragons",M Rogers to union"Ferguson to the Raiders"Peachey to Souths"Peachey to Penrith""Fifita to the dogs and Lichaa" etc etc.
The predictable response "It's the end of the world'That's it for me""the club is stuffed".

How about we chill out ,and yes I hate losing decent players to other clubs or codes,and realise in reality we follow a club more so these days than an individual player.

We lost yesterday by playing fairly ordinary(especially Fifita) to a team,that won by an intercept.Out team was minus Lewis,Carney,Toupu,Ryan,whereas the Tits had a full complement.
Losing Carney is a big minus for any game.

The world hasn't fallen in.Support the club, yes criticise the players if they don't perform,we have had enough crap thrown at us for the last 15 months to fill a sewer treatment plant.We are resilient(been knocked down more one cares to remember),we own our ground,the Shire loves the team ,support the club not skewer them.

Negativity breeds more negativity.Funny when we get a win,then the whining stops.

If Fifita has gone as reported than we must have $800,000 pa to throw around,despite at present no front sponsor and ASADa still hanging around.I reckon Glenn Stewart from Manly who not only can offload but is also a backup merchant would be a good buy.Retain the best of the u20s. Why not chase Hoffman from the Donkeys,he wants out.

Here endeth my rant.
 
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taipan

Referee
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22,500
Rant 2
I would be going to Fiji and look over the talent in league and union,and pick up a couple of flyers.One of the things we lack is decent pace, with players who are also prepared to run through a brick wall if they cant get around it.
Look at these guys at Parramatta,Penrith and Tigers.
 

DJShaksta

First Grade
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7,226
Rant 2
I would be going to Fiji and look over the talent in league and union,and pick up a couple of flyers.One of the things we lack is decent pace, with players who are also prepared to run through a brick wall if they cant get around it.
Look at these guys at Parramatta,Penrith and Tigers.

We can't give talented juniors a run, what makes you think we'd think about talent scouting in Fiji??
LoL
Remember Coach Sharp from a few days ago when talking about Lichaa.
"He's a good young player but this is a game for incumbents"
 
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