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phantom eel

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Yeah part of me wants hayne at parra in #6 ... but the more it drags the more i couldnt give a flying f**k
NO part of me wants Hayne at Parra in #6 in the slightest... it would be a pure clusterf**k, with disappointment and recrimination all round. Don't tarnish your legacy Jarryd!

A very small part of me would like Jarryd at Parra in #1 - but only at the "right" price for the Club. Which let's face it, isn't going to happen when Hayne can get $1M for just doodling around in Japanese rugby.
 

ash411

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NO part of me wants Hayne at Parra in #6 in the slightest... it would be a pure clusterf**k, with disappointment and recrimination all round. Don't tarnish your legacy Jarryd!

A very small part of me would like Jarryd at Parra in #1 - but only at the "right" price for the Club. Which let's face it, isn't going to happen when Hayne can get $1M for just doodling around in Japanese rugby.
I think he's capable of doing a Lockeyer 1-6 conversion, it's really the only way we'll ever get any true value out of him, and it might extend his playing career a year or two, as being in the halves isn't as speed focused as fullback is.

It's also a new challenge, and he's all about that.. right?
 

Forty20

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Everyone is getting their knickers in a knot about this getting dragged out but remember, we have no official capacity to sign anyone currently.

There are unofficial reports of a whole stack of current players extending their deals along with Vave coming on board and yet there hasn't been a single press release to ratify any of them.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if there has been significant ground made unofficially to bring Hayne home but until our interim board find suitable appointments for the vacant CEO and Football GM positions our hands are tied.

As for the media, I have little doubt that Beavis is doing his best to keep Hayne highly visible but it is also in the media's best interests to keep selling uncertainty around Hayne's future. It certainly has quite a few around here buying into the narrative and chomping at the bit.

In the end, BA is the straightest shooter in the league. If he wanted no part of Hayne or felt he was getting toyed with he would have called it.
 

phantom eel

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And maybe BA has called it? His only quotes about Hayne's possible return have been luke warm at best, and hardly an endorsement that the coach would like Jarryd "brought home"?

Maybe BA is smart enough to know that club admin has the final say on recruitment... and he won't be a straight shooter on this until he has the backing of our hierarchy (now that we are starting to get one again) to tell Hayne and Beavis to go f**k themselves?
 

hineyrulz

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Everyone is getting their knickers in a knot about this getting dragged out but remember, we have no official capacity to sign anyone currently.

There are unofficial reports of a whole stack of current players extending their deals along with Vave coming on board and yet there hasn't been a single press release to ratify any of them.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if there has been significant ground made unofficially to bring Hayne home but until our interim board find suitable appointments for the vacant CEO and Football GM positions our hands are tied.

As for the media, I have little doubt that Beavis is doing his best to keep Hayne highly visible but it is also in the media's best interests to keep selling uncertainty around Hayne's future. It certainly has quite a few around here buying into the narrative and chomping at the bit.

In the end, BA is the straightest shooter in the league. If he wanted no part of Hayne or felt he was getting toyed with he would have called it.
Well said as usual 40, has Foran officially been given a release yet??? We can't sign anyone yet Max has barely got a groove in his chair. Everyone whinging about the Media but continue to get caught hook line and sinker by these merkins.
 

ash411

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Well said as usual 40, has Foran officially been given a release yet??? We can't sign anyone yet Max has barely got a groove in his chair. Everyone whinging about the Media but continue to get caught hook line and sinker by these merkins.
That's because they are always right, and know everything that is happening days before it happens.
 

strider

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All these shenanigans could very well be blown out of proportion by the media. We can't have selective hearing when it comes to the Telecrap etc. We can't be one day sledging News Ltd cos they are making shit up about the cap saga and then the next believing unsourced speculation about Toulon or the Lakers having interest in him.

Can I remind you that it was only July 11 that he was told that he was not on the Rio team ? Yet some merkins are losing patience with him ? You reckon that he should have signed already and 17 days is enough time ? LOL so do I, but the reality is that we have a new Admin and cap shit to sort out etc.
I have little doubt the media are probably trying to milk every article out of it ... but i also think jarryds past year or so has been f**kin painful to observe
 

BoneyBlake17

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I have little doubt the media are probably trying to milk every article out of it ... but i also think jarryds past year or so has been f**kin painful to observe

Yeah he isnt doing himself any favors atm. With all this super rugby stuff. The sooner he commits to something the better for all involved.

Just a circus atm
 

Avenger

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The pendulum has now swung back to us. I expect an announcement of his return soon. Phantom if he comes it's your shout.
 

phantom eel

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Av, you change your "gut feel" every second day! Even if I'm proven wrong, at least I've been consistent over the past two years.

But if Hayne signs to come back, I'll start a thread where everyone can lay the boot into me over the off season. :D
 

Gary Gutful

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The pendulum has now swung back to us. I expect an announcement of his return soon. Phantom if he comes it's your shout.

The pendulum has moved again. He won't be coming back.

The pendulum keeps moving but I am sure as shit he will be here soon. Get that into you Phantom.

The pendulum is broken. Just like our chances of getting Jarryd. I told you this would happen Phantom.
 

phantom eel

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For anyone still doubting my take on how Hayne/his manager actively court the media circus, there are some interesting quotes in this article.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...er-rugby-next-year-says-aru-chief-bill-pulver

From Bill Pulver re the media pics of the "secret" meetings...
“You’re a little concerned when there are media waiting outside a meeting that has been organised by them,” Pulver said. “I guess that was a little bit of an issue. But at the end of the day, there’s a chance he is signing up to play rugby in France. Certainly, the conversation I had was there was genuine interest in our game.”

From Bill Pulver re the stupidity of God leading Jarryd to walk out on 49ers to try and make the Olympics with Fiji Rugby 7s...
“We wouldn’t stump up any money – he can’t play for the Wallabies, sadly. Four minutes for Fiji in a London event pretty well ruled that out,” Pulver said.

Beavis and Hayne are just cowboys, riding the gravy train... stay well clear, Max and BA! Let him chase his coin over to Toulon.
 

ash411

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I doubt BA is silly enough to pay big money for Hayne, he hasn't seemed over fussed about whether he comes back or not..
 

phantom eel

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http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...k=6a0266c15b3cc2003afff85d54fc800b-1469715852

Rugby league might want Jarryd Hayne but the game doesn’t need him, writes Paul Malone
PAUL MALONE, The Courier-Mail
July 28, 2016 8:53pm

WHILE rugby league might desperately want Jarryd Hayne back, it does not need him.

While many in Sydney, to steal Paul Simon’s old line about Joe DiMaggio, are turning their lonely eyes towards Hayne, many of the rest of us couldn’t give a “woo hoo hoo’’.

Rugby league, the third most recent code of football Hayne has played, has plugged along OK, thanks very much, while the former Eels and NSW star had been playing NFL and Sevens rugby.

The NRL TV audience is up 18 per cent, factoring in Fox Sports, and Game One of this year’s Origin series drew a record audience, peaking at 4.42 million.

By Game Three, the Sydney audience was down more than 200,000 in that market, which went towards a theory you hear in Sydney that people are getting bored with Origin.

Last year, Origin had a record crowd at the MCG (91,513) and the NRL had its highest total attendance for a finals series with 353,087, when the Broncos were up and firing with two home finals.

Going into the weekend’s round, the 2016 premiership’s average attendance was 15,300, up from the year-end home-and-away average of 15,074.

Sydney fans would no doubt love to see Hayne play in the NRL rather than rugby at the NSW Waratahs.

Most of us would tune in to watch his first NRL match back and many of us would make a point of watching his fourth.

But his 10th NRL match back? It's just another game on television.


Another aspect of a Hayne return to the NRL would be how long he would be cooling his heels.

How long would it be before Japanese or French rugby union took his fancy?

Say what you like about Sonny Bill Williams but when he picked a club after his flight to French rugby, he committed to that team for a worthwhile amount of time.

If Hayne does step back from an NRL return, we’ll still have young, emerging stars like Suliasi Vunivalu, Valentine Holmes and Corey Oates — all at or near the lead of try-scoring lists.
 

Obscene Assassin

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Well said as usual 40, has Foran officially been given a release yet??? We can't sign anyone yet Max has barely got a groove in his chair. Everyone whinging about the Media but continue to get caught hook line and sinker by these merkins.

People getting shitty that Hayne hasn't signed so he must be looking for more money yet we haven't officially announced anyone as re-signed so why aren't they having shit flung onto them in the same way? It's almost as if we need someone in a chief executive position to sign off on these things.
 

hineyrulz

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People getting shitty that Hayne hasn't signed so he must be looking for more money yet we haven't officially announced anyone as re-signed so why aren't they having shit flung onto them in the same way? It's almost as if we need someone in a chief executive position to sign off on these things.
Windscreens O'Brien,Wicks,IDG haven't officially re-signed either, those merkins must be trying to screw us over for more cash as well.....
 

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