Rumoured Targets 3

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Even if Brown ends up staying at the Eels (I think most likely)

IF the reports are accurate ( Big IF ) then it is unlikely he'd stay at the Eels unless he is one of the most loyal players in history.

The Eels arent budging on the current contract, which means Brown would lose 6 million to stay at Parra.

 

[Joel-22]

Not to get too off topic, but assuming we sign Brown - where do we play him? Could he play 7?

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Not to get too off topic, but assuming we sign Brown - where do we play him? Could he play 7?

Brown would slot into 7 if he's up for the challenge. He's too classy to play second fiddle. Hopefully Sharp can develop into a running threat at 5/8.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Whilst I prefer him at 6 I don’t hate the idea of Brown at 7 IF we come up with a suitable game plan for it to work. We can’t expect him to become a player that he’s not.

 

[mozza91]

1.3 million a year for Brown is salary cap destroying overs but a Ponga/Sharpe/Brown/Crossland or Arthur spine could be lethal as f**k.

 

[Apey]

I’ve heard the media laughing at us a bit for coming across as “desperate”, but I don’t really see what we have to lose by putting all our cards on the table and seeing what happens.

I guess the half glass empty view is that other managers can try to take advantage of us if we're vocal about our willingness to pay Brown 1.3M or whatever, but I suppose it's up to us to stick to our guns.

 

[Apey]

1.3 million a year for Brown is salary cap destroying overs but a Ponga/Sharpe/Brown/Crossland or Arthur spine could be lethal as f**k.

Yeah, that's it, I don't think Brown is a bad player at all and I can understand why fans want us to take the risk after so many years of mediocrity, but I hope we don't - not at 10 years anyway. You can hack overpaying for someone if it's a shorter contract.

 

[Woody90]

Yeah if no Brown you’re basically praying that Sharpe and probably Arthur too are good enough that he looks at Jack Cogger or whichever other competent systems halfback we end up with instead and says “yep all we need is this guy to steer us around and Fletch, Matt and I can do the rest.”

I don’t know about that. He’s got a lot of self belief so maybe he’d think, all I need is to be put in good positions. I wouldn’t bet my house on it though.

Not necessarily. To me when POS said “Brown or a player like Brown” is needed to take us to the next level, it tells me that if Brown doesn’t come he’ll keep searching. The one good thing about the club being so vocal about it is that if a good half isn’t happy at their club or with their contract, their managers know we’ve got money to splash.

FTR I think Sharpe has unlimited potential and a very good chance he reaches or surpasses Brown, but it seems the club is thinking of a Brown like player in addition to Sharpe, not instead of him.

If we did sign Brown and put him at 7 though, AOB would have to be prepared to completely throw the conservative “5 hit ups and a bomb” bullshit completely out the window. You can’t play that style with a spine of Ponga, Sharpe and Brown. You have to just be prepared for some unorganised chaos. I know Brown flopped at 7 last year, but I think it’s because the Eels were trying to get him play like Moses, and he just isn’t that type of player. Also their defence being horrendous obviously played into that but conceding that many points week on week can’t be blamed purely on your half.