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Never really rated Cant too small for a fwd not fast or agile enough for a back and his tackling is poor, can’t understand the signing, especially two years. We have better 2nd rowers in Cup who are still eligible for Flegg and will likely be even better next year.
And all this talk of Cap space and likely ext signing of Croker and Jones B and Hetherington staying
 
perverse

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Dr Dr Gimedanews said:
Ben Hornby would give Chad Townsend a run for most average have in recent memory to win a Premiership - he did have Soward, possibly the best boot in the game at the time
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Not possibly, I'd say *comfortably* the best boot in the game at the time and one of the form players of the competition. Boyd had a lot to do with it as well, but Hornby was an honest player that played a bit of Origin and for his country at least once too. Not a flashy or typical halfback perhaps, but a high quality player in his own right. A strong contributor and Dragons club legend.

But yeah, you need class in the halves to win a comp, I guess is the point. There's no shortcut or easy option for it, at least that's what history generally says is the rule. We don't have much class in our halves, and it's not easy to identify where we'll find it before Ponga is over the hill either. Pryce is very rough and raw, but as things stand at the moment he's our best shot in the next 12-24 months.

We won't get him, but if we're fair dinkum we'll be throwing all the weight we can muster behind an offer to Sam Walker. It won't surprise me one bit if Sam ends up signing the biggest deal in NRL history next year, such is the desperation across the comp for a class halfback.
 
perverse

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Dr Dr Gimedanews said:
Crossland is young and could develop into a class player/good enough.
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I can't see it personally, but he keeps pushing through the glass ceilings I put above him in my mind so who knows. What he does have, and no-one can take away from him, is heart.... and whilst ever rugby league is a sport of physicality, endurance and attrition - it's a quality that can carry you far.
 
Dr Dr Gimedanews

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perverse said:
We won't get him, but if we're fair dinkum we'll be throwing all the weight we can muster behind an offer to Sam Walker. It won't surprise me one bit if Sam ends up signing the biggest deal in NRL history next year, such is the desperation across the comp for a class halfback.
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won't happen, he'll re-sign at the Roosters for half the money and pride.
 
perverse

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Dr Dr Gimedanews said:
won't happen, he'll re-sign at the Roosters for half the money and pride.
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Maybe. Expect Brisbane to go all-in too. He's infinitely more likely to go to either of them, but regardless of all of that you've gotta be in the fight. Ponga wouldn't be here if we folded without trying. Pearce never would have come (and let's leave the Pearce discourse out of it y'all, I'm talking recruitment and optics, not on-field contribution).

We can't just say he won't come and not try. Yes, have a backup plan, and a backup plan for that backup plan and pursue all of those avenues, but if we don't go hard for Walker then we're not even trying to be successful. We can be cynics all we like (and I love being cynical), but we have to at least try to be successful.
 
Yosh

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Crossland looks like a great 14. His dummy half work is still the worst in the NRL. Serviceable but not adding anything to the team in attack.

He can play 6,7,9,13 and probably over for an injured centre as well. Perfect 14.
 
Rod

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Going back a bit now but Shane Perry was another of those halves, and lest we forget Sean Rudder.

Of all the talk about our overpaid guys I think Hetherington is the biggest error we made salary-cap wise. The others are at least defensible at the time they were signed, but when we signed Hetherington he was basically a walking suspension and needed a career lifeline. For what we're paying him and he barely even plays, it's the worst one for me.
 
macavity

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Rod said:
Going back a bit now but Shane Perry was another of those halves, and lest we forget Sean Rudder.

Of all the talk about our overpaid guys I think Hetherington is the biggest error we made salary-cap wise. The others are at least defensible at the time they were signed, but when we signed Hetherington he was basically a walking suspension and needed a career lifeline. For what we're paying him and he barely even plays, it's the worst one for me.
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We are constantly bashing the club for not signing athletes.

We finally sign an absolute top shelf athlete but forget he has a potato for a brain.

We then don’t play him.

I actually somewhat agree with his agent. I would start him next to Leo and have both Safs off the bench.
 
Dr Dr Gimedanews

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perverse said:
Maybe. Expect Brisbane to go all-in too. He's infinitely more likely to go to either of them, but regardless of all of that you've gotta be in the fight. Ponga wouldn't be here if we folded without trying. Pearce never would have come (and let's leave the Pearce discourse out of it y'all, I'm talking recruitment and optics, not on-field contribution).

We can't just say he won't come and not try. Yes, have a backup plan, and a backup plan for that backup plan and pursue all of those avenues, but if we don't go hard for Walker then we're not even trying to be successful. We can be cynics all we like (and I love being cynical), but we have to at least try to be successful.
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totally agree, refining the sales pitch along the way - every "no" gets us closer to a "yes"

The Knights have everything a club could want to be successful. We are still looking more Paramatta than Penrith but I'm hopeful we are starting to move in the right direction.
 
Knight Tales

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The Axe of Druss said:
Yes, would be very smart putting up a poster of 2 of your most important players worst playing memory in recent times

Do you get your psychology tips from Damir Dokic? Jeezus
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LOL. You actually thought I was serious. Nothing funnier than casual forums and social media. If you don’t openly explain yourself and the irony of what you post then it all kicks off.
 
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