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hindy111

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Pou you dopy cent. You keep on banging on about why injuries are the main reason the team aren't competitive.
Tell us.
How many of our forward pack would make a dragons, Penrith or any top club's starting side ???

Pou you're in denial. Our recruitment and retention has been diabolical, & developing players to become first grade standard has been just as bad.

Not Diabolical. Keeping cost in mind -

Great buys
BROWN, MOSES,GUTHERSON

Good purchase
TAKA, Gjennings, Gower

Pass

W.Smith, Auvau,Scott,Jennings,Gower

Below average

Matagi, Vave , Frank , Hoffman

To early too judge

Hayne,Evans, T rex

Disaster

Foran, Watmough


Of the 2 disasters we got out of gaol with both and quickly. Our below average purchases bar Hoffman where 1 or 2 yr deals and not overly expensive.

Evans and Hayne if come good would mean good recruitment. If end up in disaster category well in Haynes case its 1yr deal so only Evans MAY end up there.

Every side will have poor purchases. Look at Titans with Hayne then Cartwright along with Proctor. And they where big money.

Do you think the dogs are happy with Woods and Foran on big bucks and long term contracts?

The Broncos with all there power coughed up big for Bird.

It happens
 

hineyrulz

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Yep, probably some politics being played so Max can improve his resume by mentioning all cost cutting he did!! But now he realised it may not look so good .....
Well it’s what auditors do, the sooner he is gone and we have a board that actually wants to win games the better.
 

hindy111

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Anyway

Will Kenny be sacked? I think he should be.

My issue with KE bar his trouble is his style of play. Great player but what we lack is a big tall strong 2md rower who straightens up the attack. He goes to sideways. Manu is a little simmilar but does most the time run stright. Just a little on the small side so doesnt seem to bust the line easily. Tepai looks like he is getting strong enough to bulldoze guys but HIA is a massive problem for him.

Taka at 2nd row wont straighten attack. If we persisting with Manu and Tepai on edge I reckon we need a different style then KE. Even a Gavin Cooper type though he is bit old now it is the style of 2nd rower we need.
 

chiefy1

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Not Diabolical. Keeping cost in mind -

Great buys
BROWN, MOSES,GUTHERSON

Good purchase
TAKA, Gjennings, Gower

Pass

W.Smith, Auvau,Scott,Jennings,Gower

Below average

Matagi, Vave , Frank , Hoffman

To early too judge

Hayne,Evans, T rex

Disaster

Foran, Watmough


Of the 2 disasters we got out of gaol with both and quickly. Our below average purchases bar Hoffman where 1 or 2 yr deals and not overly expensive.

Evans and Hayne if come good would mean good recruitment. If end up in disaster category well in Haynes case its 1yr deal so only Evans MAY end up there.

Every side will have poor purchases. Look at Titans with Hayne then Cartwright along with Proctor. And they where big money.

Do you think the dogs are happy with Woods and Foran on big bucks and long term contracts?

The Broncos with all there power coughed up big for Bird.

It happens


As you can see you have one forward (Brown) in the very good category.

It's no wonder Parramatta are getting slaughtered up the middle.

I'm sorry but one above average forward purchase in 5 years is diabolical.

Evans should be in the very bad category. Three years for a fringe/ bench forward is unbelievable
 
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Gronk

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We can't sack him until he is found guilty.
If we do, we may be in a position where he can sue us for wrongful dismissal if he is eventually found not guilty.
He's been stood down, which is a pretty big indicator of what may happen in the future (considering we didn't stand Semi down when he was on charges), but at the moment we can't really do anything.

There is an article floating around that says that the club would be wise to deal with Kenny very differently than Sharks did with Carney. The unfair dismissal case cost the club big coin.

Some SMH merkin said:
The 31-year-old's legal team had claimed that Cronulla did not follow due process in the manner that his contract was torn up, but the Sharks said in their defence that he had breached the NRL's code of conduct and revealed other alleged indiscretions during his time at the club.

It is believed Carney is to be given a six-figure sum as part of the settlement although the Sharks and his legal representative declined to comment when contacted on Monday.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/to...paves-way-for-nrl-return-20170828-gy5vhe.html
 

Poupou Escobar

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Pou you dopy cent. You keep on banging on about why injuries are the main reason the team aren't competitive.
Tell us.
How many of our forward pack would make a dragons, Penrith or any top club's starting side ???

Pou you're in denial. Our recruitment and retention has been diabolical, & developing players to become first grade standard has been just as bad.
How f**king good were those packs last year when we beat them, twice in the case of the Dragons? Don’t confuse form with class you useless, agenda-pushing moron.
 

chiefy1

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How f**king good were those packs last year when we beat them, twice in the case of the Dragons? Don’t confuse form with class you useless, agenda-pushing moron.

Here we go keeps on jizzing about 2017

Mate you'll be jizzing off about 17 for the next 10 years but you won't answer the question.

How many of our pack would make the Penrith or Dragons starting pack ? Or even the roosters and Melbourne

We're all awaiting the answer pou

This just proves you don't know much about anything
 
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Avenger

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My issue with KE bar his trouble is his style of play. Great player but what we lack is a big tall strong 2md rower who straightens up the attack. He goes to sideways. Manu is a little simmilar but does most the time run stright. Just a little on the small side so doesnt seem to bust the line easily. Tepai looks like he is getting strong enough to bulldoze guys but HIA is a massive problem for him.

Taka at 2nd row wont straighten attack. If we persisting with Manu and Tepai on edge I reckon we need a different style then KE. Even a Gavin Cooper type though he is bit old now it is the style of 2nd rower we need.
I think we need a real hardened second rower like Ethan Lowe.
 

Bazal

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When I am in my job talking to CEOs of large companies and politicians I don't. But if I know them well and they aren't a prude then yes.

If I am playing golf with some rich old stuffy merkin (which happens virtually every weekend), then no.

Definitely talk like this with my friends and family.

Really depends who the audience is. A forum like this where it has been demonstrated numerous times through other people's equally 'vulgar' posts that there is a propensity for this sort of talk seems like a pretty safe place for me.

You are the only person who has ever made a comment in nearly 9 years and you are only doing so because you are still stinging from what I posted about you yesterday. Just like you chased Twiz around the forum after he called you out for your poor behaviour.

I look forward to you being similarly 'outraged' by other equally 'vulgar' posts.

Do you do the tough guy act in real life and walk around threatening to 'crush pissants'? I bet you don't.

At least I am true to who I am.

You f**ken tell him, merkin!
 

Bazal

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Not Diabolical. Keeping cost in mind -

Great buys
BROWN, MOSES,GUTHERSON

Good purchase
TAKA, Gjennings, Gower

Pass

W.Smith, Auvau,Scott,Jennings,Gower

Below average

Matagi, Vave , Frank , Hoffman

To early too judge

Hayne,Evans, T rex

Disaster

Foran, Watmough


Of the 2 disasters we got out of gaol with both and quickly. Our below average purchases bar Hoffman where 1 or 2 yr deals and not overly expensive.

Evans and Hayne if come good would mean good recruitment. If end up in disaster category well in Haynes case its 1yr deal so only Evans MAY end up there.

Every side will have poor purchases. Look at Titans with Hayne then Cartwright along with Proctor. And they where big money.

Do you think the dogs are happy with Woods and Foran on big bucks and long term contracts?

The Broncos with all there power coughed up big for Bird.

It happens

Are Vave and Matagi really below average?

Matagi has been absolute shit this year, before any merkins jump on me. But last year Vave and Matagi made 100m or more 20 times between them, as I've said before. Form is a funny thing

I'd say that's a better sample size than four and one game respectively this season (and Vave was OK on the weekend). They've both been solid signings
 

Stevie

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My issue with KE bar his trouble is his style of play. Great player but what we lack is a big tall strong 2md rower who straightens up the attack. He goes to sideways. Manu is a little simmilar but does most the time run stright. Just a little on the small side so doesnt seem to bust the line easily. Tepai looks like he is getting strong enough to bulldoze guys but HIA is a massive problem for him.

Taka at 2nd row wont straighten attack. If we persisting with Manu and Tepai on edge I reckon we need a different style then KE. Even a Gavin Cooper type though he is bit old now it is the style of 2nd rower we need.

Like Gower?
 

Poupou Escobar

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As you can see you have one forward (Brown) in the very good category.

It's no wonder Parramatta are getting slaughtered up the middle.

I'm sorry but one above average forward purchase in 5 years is diabolical.

Evans should be in the very bad category. Three years for a fringe/ bench forward is unbelievable
If it’s for three years how can you judge after four injury-plagued games?
 

chiefy1

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Are Vave and Matagi really below average?

Matagi has been absolute shit this year, before any merkins jump on me. But last year Vave and Matagi made 100m or more 20 times between them, as I've said before. Form is a funny thing

I'd say that's a better sample size than four and one game respectively this season (and Vave was OK on the weekend). They've both been solid signings

Mate Vave and Matagi are fill in signings. They were fill ins at Manly and Penrith respectively and they are fill ins here.

It's no coincidence they are now both on the outer.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Here we go keeps on jizzing about 2017

Mate you'll be jizzing off about 17 for the next 10 years but you won't answer the question.
How about you answer the question. We beat both packs last year, and this year we matched Penrith in both games and only lost on goals. If we beat the Dragons at the end of June you’ll look like a f**king idiot. Again!
How many of our pack would make the Penrith or Dragons starting pack ? Or even the roosters and Melbourne
How many of theirs would make our pack? I would suggest no more than one or two from any of those teams. We obviously lack some size, but the forwards we have are good enough if we could add another big man. Just like how the Dogs and Cowboys packs need more workers. It’s all about balance, not how big your forwards are. We have missed Evans all year.
 

Bazal

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Mate Vave and Matagi are fill in signings. They were fill ins at Manly and Penrith respectively and they are fill ins here.

It's no coincidence they are now both on the outer.

So because they were fill in signings, they're automatically crap signings?

Not sure I recall you having an issue with them last season, tbh
 

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