Rumoured Targets 3

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Not sure how I feel about this...

 

[Knight Tales]

Anyone else think BA is almost a given to be assistant next year? With his son and a kid he basically developed from day dot now part of the set up.

 

[Apey]

I think this is a bad idea that's going to come back to bite us. Hope I'm wrong.

Be curious if we ever find out the ins and outs of the contract. The money is one thing, 10 years is the worrisome part.

 

[Alex28]

Good mates with AOB as well.

I think Dylan Brown is a good footy player - potentially great footy player. Great runner, great defender, but can he kick, and can he transition from a 6 to a 7?

We have our 6 - Fletch could be something amazing. Interesting times.

Good on the club for having some ambition and making a big move.

 

[ryan.a87]

Will be interesting if we can keep players like sharpe, Lucas and best when their contracts are up

as desperate as we are for a halfback, I hope it’s not at the expense of one of them

 

[Woody90]

I think this is a bad idea that's going to come back to bite us. Hope I'm wrong.

Be curious if we ever find out the ins and outs of the contract. The money is one thing, 10 years is the worrisome part.

Definitely has the potential to be a horrible signing and we’ll be the laughing stock of the league for the signing, just as we were when we signed Ponga.

Tbh though, I’m also kind of like f**k it. At least the clubs trying something. It could be a bust but if he doesn’t work out we’re in no worse off position than we are now.

To me the biggest risk to signing Brown would be the potential opportunity loss of signing someone greater, but nobody better is going to come along and he has a lot of potential upside. He’s still so young. To be getting him out of the Eels will either make him or break him. Time will tell

 

[Woody90]

Will be interesting if we can keep players like sharpe, Lucas and best when their contracts are up

as desperate as we are for a halfback, I hope it’s not at the expense of one of them

On the other side of the coin though they’re not going to stick around if there’s literally no hope of ever making a GF because our most experienced half is Jack Cogger.

 

[mozza91]

Already gone up to around 14 million over 10 years. Like Ponga I’m expecting the media to continue to add an extra 100K every few weeks or so.

 

[Apey]

Definitely has the potential to be a horrible signing and we’ll be the laughing stock of the league for the signing, just as we were when we signed Ponga.

Tbh though, I’m also kind of like f**k it. At least the clubs trying something. It could be a bust but if he doesn’t work out we’re in no worse off position than we are now.

To me the biggest risk to signing Brown would be the potential opportunity loss of signing someone greater, but nobody better is going to come along and he has a lot of potential upside. He’s still so young. To be getting him out of the Eels will either make him or break him. Time will tell

I reckon if you put it to anyone that we're essentially trading Hastings (800k) and Brailey (600k) for Dylan Brown for the next couple of years, the deal suddenly makes a lot of sense. My problem is what it's going to look like in 5 years.

Hopefully I can come back and bump this post before then as Premiers, lol.

 

[perverse]

Everyone is already carving us up on socials and having a good laugh about it, which is actually giving me more confidence that we've done the right thing. The average Rugby League punter has a lower IQ than the number of schooners they can throw back on a Saturday. They all laughed we when signed Ponga, and then again every time we re-sign him.

 

[The Predictor]

Good mates with AOB as well.

I think Dylan Brown is a good footy player - potentially great footy player. Great runner, great defender, but can he kick, and can he transition from a 6 to a 7?

We have our 6 - Fletch could be something amazing. Interesting times.

Good on the club for having some ambition and making a big move.

Definitely not a 7, that was proven last year with Parra having to play Arsi at 7

 

[TooheysNew]

Definitely not a 7, that was proven last year with Parra having to play Arsi at 7

You seem to have taken this really personally.

 

[Woody90]

I reckon if you put it to anyone that we're essentially trading Hastings (800k) and Brailey (600k) for Dylan Brown for the next couple of years, the deal suddenly makes a lot of sense. My problem is what it's going to look like in 5 years.

Hopefully I can come back and bump this post before then as Premiers, lol.

Tbh I’m not super worried. Contracts aren’t worth the paper they’re written on these days - if in 5 years we’re like f**k we need to move him on, he’ll still only be 29-30.

There’s also a chance in 5 years time when the cap goes up he’s actually on less than what he could have been.

 

[Woody90]

Definitely not a 7, that was proven last year with Parra having to play Arsi at 7

Not a 7 with the way the Eels have tried to make him play. Knights first choice halfback this year was Tyson Gamble who’s also a 6 first.

 

[Ozzi_78]

Wow. What’s ponga on? Is that 2.6 combined?

 

[perverse]

Wow. What’s ponga on? Is that 2.6 combined?

2.7, Ponga is on around 1.4m

I don't get why people are getting so mindblown about this. There's going to be a lot of young halves getting this sort of money soon. The length of the deal is the headline, not the amount.

It's not uncommon for a team to tie up a lot of their cap on 2 or 3 key spine players. Why is everyone so surprised when we do it?

 

[Knight Tales]

KP
Fletch
Brown
Crossland

Looks a lot better now:

 

[perverse]

KP
Fletch
Brown
Crossland

Looks a lot better now:

I think they'll be hoping Matt Arthur comes through in the next couple of years to complete the set, to be honest. Phoenix will be in and around the team somewhere, but we'll be needing more direction from hooker if we're running with Sharpe/Brown in the halves.

 

[Woody90]

KP
Fletch
Brown
Crossland

Looks a lot better now:

They have the potential to be an amazing spine, fast, eyes up players, natural footballers (well maybe not Crossy lol).
My biggest concern tbh isn’t Brown but AOB. That spine can definitely work and be amazing but he needs to let them play their natural games. Absolutely cannot return to AOB ball with that spine. Can AOB do that? Time will tell. I mean they’re all locked in for the long haul - if he doesnt work to their strengths it will be him shown the door.

Saying that though I do think AOB will be good for Brown. Pretty much every player has improved their game under him.

 

[The Predictor]

Not a 7 with the way the Eels have tried to make him play. Knights first choice halfback this year was Tyson Gamble who’s also a 6 first.

It will be the same when BA arrives, good luck to u guys, but we have a war chest now to sign players who want to play, as a newbie fan I’d be concerned he has signed for nothing but the cash, like many others i guess, but 10 years