Rumours and Stuff

[Bazal]

We’ll aim for Segeyaro, but probably re-sign king.

Then we’ll get fed some bs about the salary cap scandal from ‘16.

Some dumbf**ks still think 16 was a blip on the radar. Seems like you're chief of them. Lol.

Ain't no cure for sheer unadulterated stupidity.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

“COREY OATES ON THE MOVE?
Corey Oates to Parramatta? Don’t be surprised.

Broncos coach Wayne Bennett is desperate to retain the powerful off-contract winger long-term.

But Parramatta’s interest is genuine. The Eels need a roster overhaul and would play Oates in the second-row.

North Queensland is also interested in Oates, a former Queensland State of Origin winger.”

http://www.nospam47.com/au/league/n...abies-more-popular/1dzpsoq2nmcz110vtcvaaroz1c

Isn't he a current SOO winger? And I hope we don't pay big money for someone untested in the second row to play second row. On the wing would be fine.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Then we’ll get fed some bs about the salary cap scandal from ‘16.

Probably. These current contracts were signed in 2016 when we were desperate (off contract merkins in bold):

Auva'a
French
Gutherson
Hoffman
Gennings
Mennings (prior to the salary cap bullshit when we had a bottomless pit of TPAs)
Mannah
Matagi
Ma'u
Niukore
Norman
Pritchard
Scott (actually signed in 2015 when we had a bottomless pit of TPAs)
Takairangi
Vave

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Cronulla aren’t a strong club??? The only reason they don’t need him they have Brailey Jr the mad merkin who carved our reserve grade side on the weekend.

I'm sure they're sick of his shit as well. And as I said, none of the strong clubs are reportedly after him.

 

[Bazal]

I'm sure they're sick of his shit as well. And as I said, none of the strong clubs are reportedly after him.

Little bit of a fallacy here Pou.

How many of the strong clubs need a hooker?

 

[IFR33K]

Some dumbf**ks still think 16 was a blip on the radar. Seems like you're chief of them. Lol.

Ain't no cure for sheer unadulterated stupidity.

 

[Bazal]

You'd drown in a bowl of soup

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Little bit of a fallacy here Pou.

How many of the strong clubs need a hooker?

Fair point, but they always seem to be able to fit another one in. There is room in most top 17s for two.

 

[84 Baby]

Yep spot on, he is probably more dangerous off the bench anyway.

GET IT DONE BA FFS!

 

[Stevie]

The Philippines have unveiled their new player.

 

[Twizzle]

problem is he'll be suspended for the next few months

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Would love to see Seggy in Blue and Gold. As others have mentioned, he would instantly transform our pack.

My understanding is that Oates is unable to negotiate with anyone until after his current contract with his management team has expired (August?, can’t remember to be honest).

He’d be a great addition to the side but would cost quite a bit to shift him from Brisbane I would imagine. He’s hell bent on playing in the Second Row as well.

 

[jk13]

Reckon Oates would be worth the gamble

 

[84 Baby]

I reckon Oates is just playing Boncos for more money. I don’t reckon he’ll leave
Edit - won’t stop merkins bashing the club though

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Think of the porridge jokes we could make if we did get him.

 

[84 Baby]

It is not how you make porridge

 

[hineyrulz]

Think of the porridge jokes we could make if we did get him.

We need to sign Hall as well just to make a bird of it.

 

[hindy111]

Our salary cap and team quality will never really be right until we get our juniors right no matter what illiterates like Pou say about juniors being irrelevant or who they play for or whatever nonsense he was spouting the other day.

Teams like Parra, Penrith and Canberra, are development clubs. We spend millions on it. We are not Melbourne or Easts, who basically spend their millions on scouting the nation and stockpiling the best up and comers that they can get their hands on.

We have greater emphasis on developing in our own backyard. So when that development isn't happening as well as it should for whatever reason and the kids are either giving the game away or moving to other nurseries, then our senior team will eventually be adversely affected as we have been for a good decade now.

For clubs like ours, we need to always have kids coming through to add and compliment whatever players we have brought into the team from outside the club. When this is happening you then can have a very strong roster by buying the best quality players that are available at almost any price because you know you have the younger players within that are still to paid at full market freight.

It is a juggling act, but one that great football systems like the one that Phil Gould has set up, no surprise that he has taken our junior development manager who was effective, have got right and the sweet fruits are there for all to see. We on the other hand have obviously put very ineffective individual/s in positions that have the power to be very destructive to the successful progress of our juniors path to the elite level.

The proof is in the puddin. Shit team, shit juniors, shit recruitment all round. When will all this crap end and we can just have some people that know how to create, develop, foster, buy, whatever, some sustained success?

Parra's success lies in its junior strength, without it we will never win jack shit. Is it any wonder we won 4 premierships when we were at our peak in developing juniors and had a roster that had more then half the team from the local junior system.

Now I know that the game has moved on since then and now the best players come from all over the country, New Zealand and the Pacific, but our nursery is huge and Penrith have shown the way. The kids are there, we just need the best people that know what the hell they are doing to be given a chance to do their thing. I don't think we have that in place right now.

I've said it 100x. A club like ours should have atleast 1 or 2 genuine first grader developed every year and atleast one prigin calibre player every 3 or 4yrs.

Its been 12yrs since Hayne popped onto the scene. We havent produced anything of Origin quality in that long. Even a poor run club like ours I would expect to get luck once.

 

[hindy111]

What have the Penrith NRL team f**ken done ffs?[/QUOTE]

More then likely make the finals 3 years in a row and that will make it 4 of the last 5 years.
If we can form thst kind of consistency id be happy. On other hand we are 1/5 yrs.

2016 we may of made it. But had we something to play for that brings pressure. We may of choked as well.....
Id also back the Panthers to make the finals next year. Looks a strong young squad.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Semi Radradra was Origin quality.