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Fufu Andronez

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Lol who are these 3 quality forwards and where does the club expect they will come from?

Quick look at off contract players this year and there doesn't really look like many quality attainable players
 

jaseg

Juniors
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They way they're being ignored, I wouldn't blame them for leaving. Both are quality players (and off contract?).

Pat was at Manly previously also, wasn't he?
 
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They way they're being ignored, I wouldn't blame them for leaving. Both are quality players (and off contract?).

Pat was at Manly previously also, wasn't he?

Yeah he played 20s with Jake Trbojevic and a couple of others so would still have mates there. Presume they are off contract , not sure though
 

Iron Lion

Juniors
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Im serious guys, if this rumor is true and the Warriors lose the Sipley Brothers then In probably finished with the Warriors. I cant watch over 5 years now of total crap served up week after week where our 'hardworking' undersized forward pack gets served up like flat pancakes for every team in the NRL to Squirt their dessert sauces over.

Sipley brothers both 116kg, both roll though opposition packs, both dominating in reserve grade ball in hand and both should be getting NRL game time already. Warriors bottom of the table should have these guys signed up.

This would be the straw that breaks the back. I would call Kearney and Jim Doyle geniuss from this point if true.
 

BLN2

Juniors
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Don't worry guys, we've re-signed Sao, so all is good in the fringe prop department :confused:
 
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Im serious guys, if this rumor is true and the Warriors lose the Sipley Brothers then In probably finished with the Warriors. I cant watch over 5 years now of total crap served up week after week where our 'hardworking' undersized forward pack gets served up like flat pancakes for every team in the NRL to Squirt their dessert sauces over.

Sipley brothers both 116kg, both roll though opposition packs, both dominating in reserve grade ball in hand and both should be getting NRL game time already. Warriors bottom of the table should have these guys signed up.

This would be the straw that breaks the back. I would call Kearney and Jim Doyle geniuss from this point if true.

straight swap for watmough and matai???
 

KeepingTheFaith

Referee
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Adam Blair rumour won't go away despite it being squashed more than once.

Kahu offered 500k a year over 4 years. Sounds a bit out there to me but that's what was reported.

Rumour that we've signed NAS has now surfaced.
 

jaseg

Juniors
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Adam Blair rumour won't go away despite it being squashed more than once.

Kahu offered 500k a year over 4 years. Sounds a bit out there to me but that's what was reported.

Rumour that we've signed NAS has now surfaced.

Those first two rumours actually make me genuinely angry.

Kahu is fine... but at 500k/year? No. Nonononononono. Dear god no. Half that - at most. Even that's probably too much... he's a bad centre, an average backup fullback (we've just signed one of those) and a decent winger who isn't a metre eater (we have CNK for that role, and he's kind of good at it) - better wingers are available out of reserve grade at or close to the league minimum. That's like half a Folau.

And Blair isn't good. Bennett being able to get something (relatively little) out of him doesn't make him worthy of our squad - he'd struggle to even make our 17 right now, I'd say. His price tag would be stupid too.

The last one has serious upside... still wary (because I don't really trust us to develop him much further, and he's still very raw), but a very, very high ceiling on that one.
 

Cold Roses

Juniors
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David Long reporting that Blair is going to stick with Brisbane.

I have to admit, the prospect of James Graham mentoring Gavet, Vete, Lisone and the Sipleys makes my mouth water.
 

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