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Gronk

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I have no doubt Ryles came in with a pre-conceived opinion of Matto before he arrived and the problem he was.

Gave him a chance anyway and then what happened Round 1 with Matto pulling out with a sore back was all Ryles needed to know about Matto as a team man.

To top it off he spits the dummy in round 3 against the Bulldogs and pulls of NSW Cup again with a sore back issue after being left out of the 17.

Ryles has probably got all the answers he needed from those couple of weeks that Matto is not worth the trouble moving forward.
Well it is the rumour thread I guess. Rumours are kinda the same as conspiracy theories.
 

Gronk

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Rumours???

I spoke to Matto at the Bulldogs game you flip and one of his sponsor gave me more detail afterwards at halftime when i chatted to him.

You want a source its him
Everyone knows that he had a back injury.

 

Twizzle

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gee if Junz goes, that is one huge hole to fill, we'd need an established enforcer to fill that hole, not an unestablished junior
 

Gherkin

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Any guesses on how much cap space we might still have for this year? If junior retires that a a whole heap of $$$ freed up for next year as well. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much quality available on the market to spend it on at the moment.
 

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Soren Lorenson

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We still sign for 2027 and agitate for a release in 2026.
Who would be on your hit list as a big throbbing alpha to pack down in our front row? Not a promising young gun, a 100 gamer just hitting their stride is what we need. It’s a shame we didn’t get May, not sure what happened there. Haas is probably unrealistic. Get Oregon back? Maybe Barnett would want to come back to Sydney although he’s not off contact till 28. Not many top props available atm.
 
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senior

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Any guesses on how much cap space we might still have for this year? If junior retires that a a whole heap of $$$ freed up for next year as well. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much quality available on the market to spend it on at the moment.
Junior 950k
Dylan 1.1m
Joe 600k
Greig ?
Cartwright ?
Dunster 300k
Lussick ?

that’s already 3.5 million not including Lane and Matto who could both be leaving at the end of the year. Will upgrade Smith and Tuivati which will cost a bit I think

for this year though we should only have Joes money, so around 600k
 

Gherkin

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Junior 950k
Dylan 1.1m
Joe 600k
Greig ?
Cartwright ?
Dunster 300k
Lussick ?

that’s already 3.5 million not including Lane and Matto who could both be leaving at the end of the year. Will upgrade Smith and Tuivati which will cost a bit I think

for this year though we should only have Joes money, so around 600k
Surely we have a bit of space this year from Gutho, RCG and Sivo. We might be covering some of their contract but it wouldn't be the whole thing
 

Avenger

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Who would be on your hit list as a big throbbing alpha to pack down in our front row? Not a promising young gun, a 100 gamer just hitting their stride is what we need. It’s a shame we didn’t get May, not sure what happened there. Haas is probably unrealistic. Get Oregon back? Maybe Barnett would want to come back to Sydney although he’s not off contact till 28. Not many top props available atm.
Mitch Barnett and Oregon. I’d also try and get Trey Mooney back.
 

Matty Bhoy

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Noooo! Just because we made him look like a superstar in opening minutes when we played them, doesn’t mean he is. Least talented of all Fifitas.

Dunno so much. For depth I think he'd be not too bad. Wouldn't cost much either and has 50 or so NRL appearances under his belt.
 
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