Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

I thought I'd throw it in and see if you are paying attention. You've been struggling all morning.

I’m not the one saying that Evans wasn’t fit enough to show his best at the start of the year. As I said earlier if he was so unfit why was he promoted to start in round 2???

 

[Gary Gutful]

I never could work out how to use it properly. What's that second knob from the right do, anyway?

Don’t touch that one, for the love of god!

 

[Gary Gutful]

I’m not the one saying that Evans wasn’t fit enough to show his best at the start of the year. As I said earlier if he was so unfit why was he promoted to start in round 2???

Why is that question even relevant?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Don’t touch that one, for the love of god!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

FFS Dougal!

 

[Gary Gutful]

We're 7 and 2 and some people want to criticize the coach? What is this, Bizarro World?

Everyone is critical of the coach.

Some are more measured than others.

 

[Gary Gutful]

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FFS. He pressed it didn’t he?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Everyone is critical of the coach.

Some are more measured than others.

Not everyone is critical of the coach. And even the most measured criticism is itself being criticized.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

FFS. He pressed it didn’t he?

You know he did. I blame the person who put the sign there.

 

[84 Baby]

Not everyone is critical of the coach. And even the most measured criticism is itself being criticized.

Criticising (in its best sense) everything. It’s like Pou never left at all

 

[Bazal]

Not everyone is critical of the coach. And even the most measured criticism is itself being criticized.

Tbh, if people have the right to criticise, then people have the right to criticise the the criticism. And then people have the right to criticise the the criticism of the criticism and eventually we'll reach some kind of critical mass of criticism and we'll all merge into one poster who never has anything positive to say.

And then the cycle will begin again. That's how Glenneel was born

 

[hineyrulz]

Why is that question even relevant?

Because I made it revelant merkin!!

The new line for the poor buy in Evans he wasn’t fit enough to show his best, when asked if he was so unfit why was he promoted to start in round 2 all I got was crickets.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Why was he playing the first 3 weeks then???

Unfit he was still better than the alternatives.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well if he wasn’t fit enough for first grade he should have started in wenty.

He wasn’t fit enough to play long minutes but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t fit enough for limited minutes.

There’s only three middle forwards on the field but at least six of them in the 17. There’s room for some of them to play less than half a game.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So why did BA start a bloke who wasn’t fit enough???

Then he was so unfit in round 2 he started. Lol

Matagi and Mannah have both started and played short minutes this year. There’s no rule saying starting players have to play long minutes.

Use your brian ffs!

 

[84 Baby]

Because I made it revelant merkin!!

The new line for the poor buy in Evans he wasn’t fit enough to show his best, when asked if he was so unfit why was he promoted to start in round 2 all I got was crickets.

Yeah I don't buy into the whole unfit thing either (except currently cause of injury of course), I just think he's playing garbage. There's 2 options for the club: whinge about how crap he is and just ignore him going forward, or attempt to improve his ability/form in the hope he'll be less crap for the remainder of his contract

 

[84 Baby]

Unfit he was still better than the alternatives.

Otherwise known as being less unfit than Vae

 

[Gary Gutful]

Because I made it revelant merkin!!

The new line for the poor buy in Evans he wasn’t fit enough to show his best, when asked if he was so unfit why was he promoted to start in round 2 all I got was crickets.

You didn’t get crickets. You got contempt because you ignored all of the previous points I raised.

Who gives a f**k whether he started or whether he was on the bench?

Did he play for 80 minutes in any of the games?

Is it possible that he has gotten progressively more injured as the season has worn on?

I refuse to accept that he was 100% fit and was dropped so early in the season due to form alone.

Fitness and injuries have no doubt played a part. They are not the entire reason because let’s face it he has been very poor but they have been a factor.

 

[Glenneel]

Just for clarity, on the Jan 1st 2017, we had 18 players on our roster that were contracted into at least 2018. 3 of those were release mid-contract throughout the year. We had 2 mid-season signings in Moses and Davis so effectively we had 17 players for 2018 contracted. BA then went looking for a big bopper and signed Evans early, giving us 18.

BA then attempted to get a new hooker in Liccha who priced himself out of our reach, and so we extended Cameron King (19).

Over the next few months, 7 additional players who were off contract at the end of 2017 were extended:
- Auva'a, Gennings, Gower, Moeroa, Niukore, Terepo and Will Smith (not in any order). That gave us a squad of 26.

Hunting for a long-term half/utility found us Jaemon Salmon in early November (27) and then knowing we needed another big bopper, BA signed Williams in mid-November before announcing Hayne in early December (spots 28 and 29).

So, understanding that to release an under-contract player, someone needs to want to buy them, we started recruiting for 2018 with a pretty high number of middle forwards taking up our salary cap already. The only 2 that could have not been extended were Terepo and Gower and neither was re-signed until late in the year.

Auva'a, Gennings, Moeroa, Niukore and Smith were all extensions we needed to make and were deserved on the back of performances in either FG or ISP.

I don't think fans guessing whether BA was happy or not and making assumptions that he was happy tell the full the story.

A reporter just before the season started asked BA about the forwards and he replied that he was happy with what he had and you'll be surprised how they'll perform. BA was full of confidence in them. Well they have certainly surprised us with how they are going, bloody awful.

 

[hineyrulz]

Matagi and Mannah have both started and played short minutes this year. There’s no rule saying starting players have to play long minutes.

Use your brian ffs!

Who the f**k invited you back Merkin???

Didn’t you have to pass a clearance from Twiz to return???