Just put up a team in the NRL section of all the players we have lost over the years... wow
Do you expect every player to play for 100k a year or haven't you heard of the salary cap before?
just like to add it was nice that 3 players who left last year won dally m's at their new club....
i dont care if we win the comp this eyar the retention and recruitment has been abysmal
just like to add it was nice that 3 players who left last year won dally m's at their new club....
i dont care if we win the comp this eyar the retention and recruitment has been abysmal
Why? He makes a pretty good point. And I must say, as a supporter of the team these 3 new players play for, I, for one, am happyYour a hard man to please.
Your a hard man to please.
the boys have played well over the past 5 weeks to scrape in by their scotums but the depth and skill mix of our squad isnt right, and the problem is we let players go to buy players who werent encessarily better. i thinkt he team could ahve been a lot stronger this year had we tried harder to retain players ennis and hannant, remembering players like boyd and stagg were released (i believe) afetr we had finished up signings last year. eastwood was also released to play in england and the dogs have gotten his services this year
last time i bagged administration this much was in 06 and we won the premiership after i declared bennet should go whetehr we win or not. i'd love to see another premiership and if we win it, it will eb downt o the deisre of the skill of the plaeyrs and the coach -not whoever is in charge of R & R
Does this mean you want henjak to leave whether we win or not? Also. this time around.
I remember reading an article about how a beaming Ben Hannant got the big money contract at the Bulldogs last year.
The gist of the article was pretty much how was grateful that the Broncos signed him up, showed faith in him, developed him into an Origin player etc.... and because of this he was offered big money to leave to another club.
This article pissed me off. We have done this with other players too such as Ennis. What's the point in developing them if as soon as they become a good player they just leave to get more money??
In the past we could rely on players wanting to stay in Brisbane but it seems like we can't anymore. I think this is more then just a Broncos problem. Players seem to be more 'greedy' these days and willing to go for more money.
Basically, the NRL needs to step in and create some kind salary cap exemption (or something like) for teams that develop players becasue it is just getting ridiculous...
That's why I didn't understand our recruitment drive in 07/08 in particular signing up Joel Clinton.
Surely we could've used his money to retain Petero?
I never had a problem signing Sims. The guy has serious potential and his younger siblings especially Korbin have serious promise.
Unlike Sims and Setu who have stepped up and show potential for significant improvement Clinton is mediocre at best. I am seriously off this fella being at the Broncos and can not see 275k / year of our cap wasted on him anymore. I would rather rely on Hala and Lui in 2010 and would be doing my utmost to offload Clinton if there are any eligible suitors out there looking for an honest prop at best.
speaking of kenny, hard toiler, but have you ever seen a prop smashed as often as kenny? i mean czilowksi (?) used to get hammered a lot and martin lang co[pped high shots, but kenny gets hammered at least once every week
shame taylor didnt decide to come into form before he signed with souths....
setu has stepped up in the last few weeks but overall he's been poor this year. i've liked what i've seen from te'o and i think he'll be better with another offseason with the team
There can't be a thread on retention without mentioning the elephant in the corner. Dave Taylor. Why on earth was he let go? The biggest mistake of the season.