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Anyone know much about this kid?
Elijah-Shane Tapau - Other Eels site says we signed him up
Given how much football he played at the Cowboys I’d say he was signed as their number five outside back. For us the equivalent (this year) was someone like Dunster or Russell. Next year it’ll likely be Harper. Lumelume isn’t even top 30. We used him because it was an emergency. The fact it was round one doesn’t mean he was first choice. Injury crises can happen any time, including in the preseason.
We understand how difficult managing the salary cap is, but the unbalanced and short of numbers roster is symptomatic of the recruitment teams attention to detail. BA is one voice and the rest of them can set things up, no mention of our team looking at Young, Farnsworth , Averillo, Crichton and others when they became available in 2022.
Half the kids have the surname Arthur’s
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Gutherson and Matterson would also be on big money, even if Gutho was cheap when we first got him.
Gutho actually earns his money though.
We don’t know that. There’s a maximum price even the best player is worth, and if you’re paying more than that then you’re paying too much. Personally I think our squad is pretty good. If we’re overpaying for some merkins it is well covered by the ones who must be on unders.
I’m inclined to agree. Gutherson gives phenomenal output, and seems to be getting better with age.
I didn’t say that. We have recruited some big earners and we have also retained some who came to the club cheap. The point is the amount of highly paid players you can fit under the cap is necessarily limited, and I’m certain we have hit our limit. This is why we signed Harper instead of Farnworth.
You say this but it’s been the case for decades, including at the end of Fitzgerald’s reign. I think professionalism let better structured clubs overtake our pokies driven success after the mid-80s. Look at the Roosters and Panthers (and Manly until recently): Big success despite f**k all supporters. Souths also have a huge fanbase and they were kicked out of the comp. They were only successful when a couple of very rich men bought them.
