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Glenneel

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Agreed but I don't think he'd be taking up enough of their cap (unless they had a brain explosion) that it'd help them enough to fix any cap issues, plus I think he'd be one of the last they'd want to lose
Always liked R F-M when played for Warriors in their U20s but then seemed to drop off the radar. Dogs have resurrected his career and I think they signed him recently to a longer contract.
 

84 Baby

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Always liked R F-M when played for Warriors in their U20s but then seemed to drop off the radar. Dogs have resurrected his career and I think they signed him recently to a longer contract.
Dropped off radar? Resurrected career? That's a bit over the top language for a dude who's 24 years old. It's far from an immediate progression from u20s player to regular 1st grader. I assume there must of been some likely financial reason for Warriors to move him to Dogs as it was via a player swap (& Rammy will love the fact the other player was none other than Shaun Lane). And yes he extended to 2020, i.e. not a completely new contract, so probably best we all stop harping on about him before people honestly think our club have somehow ballsed up missing out on this future superstar
 

Glenneel

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Before we sign anyone we need to work out our squads weakness.

Seems like Prop which i assume Jnr has been signed? Is this 100%?

Now here are some positions to consider and not.
Fullback,Halves are covered.

Needs and options in squad

1- Centre - Do we stick with Jennings/Taka/Auvau/Hayne

2 - Wing - Hayne/Bevan/Gjennings/Auvau/Hoffman

Hooker - Kaysa/Mahoney

Middle - Jnr,Evans,Terepo,Mannah,Alvaro,Brown,Tepai

Edge - Manu,KE,Tepai,Niaukore,Taka

For mine edge is where id be adressing first nased on Jnr been signed.
T rex is worth a 1yr deal.
Surely 1-2 juniors will be ready also.

Kaysa recent form gives hope and Gjennings offers value on the wing. If a good 2nd rower was available id go for them first. That pushes Tepai to prop and fills another spot.
A quality centre would be also my next option unless BA thinks Taka or Hayne can do the job.
Our forwards are the main problem and a good cleanout of them needs to happen. I'd fill out the 30 man squad with a mixture of juniors and imports. As an absolute minimum we need another big body to compliment Paulo (like Hindy have we actually signed him?).
 

Glenneel

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Dropped off radar? Resurrected career? That's a bit over the top language for a dude who's 24 years old. It's far from an immediate progression from u20s player to regular 1st grader. I assume there must of been some likely financial reason for Warriors to move him to Dogs as it was via a player swap (& Rammy will love the fact the other player was none other than Shaun Lane). And yes he extended to 2020, i.e. not a completely new contract, so probably best we all stop harping on about him before people honestly think our club have somehow ballsed up missing out on this future superstar
I would think if F-M played at the warriors to the standard he is now they'd want to keep him.
 

Joshuatheeel

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I would think if F-M played at the warriors to the standard he is now they'd want to keep him.

FFS!! Really? Surely you can understand players take time to develop!! They take time like i previously showed you with cook / Maloney / Ap.

RFM was a veteran of a massive 12 or so games when he left the warriors!! So obviously he wouldn’t be playing like he is now!!
 

Obscene Assassin

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I reckon the team after Matagi is manly. Cheap prop with nrl experience. He only ever plays well against manly though so not sure why they'd want him.
 

84 Baby

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I would think if F-M played at the warriors to the standard he is now they'd want to keep him.
Yeah they might. Then again they are currently sitting 3rd while Dogs are 3rd last so possibly (like it's the only variable) the Warriors got the better end of that deal
 

TheRam

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Well considering that we have lost T-Rex for the season and who knows how he will perform when he returns or even if we re-sign him. So we will probably need 3 new big bodies for next season and a hooker that isn't a kamikaze.
 

Stevie

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Matagi could potentially be part of a swap deal I guess if a team is in cap trouble. Lets say they have a prop that is top line who is 600k and Matagi is on 250k (hypothetical). A swap deal means they still get a capable prob, maybe not to the standard of they currently have but they have a much player cap wise. And perhaps they offer him a 2.5year deal its good for him also.

He is probably a good negotiating tool in that regard then.
 
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