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hineyrulz

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I'm still trying to work out which head is uglier.

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My new skin cream really seems to be working, you should of seen the before shots.
 

Glenneel

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The thing is this...
After 16 and 17 BA was one of the most in demand coaches in the league, performance was good especially during the salary cap saga,17 was almost great and then 18 happens, I’m sure it’s a mixture of poor coaching, poor player performance and a bad administration setup..so the fact that the board is giving him the benefit of the doubt in 19 is fair IMO. Would I have been happy if he was punted after this year, absolutely! But I think he deserves a 2nd chance so let’s give him that
Our biggest problem year after year is our high injury count. My question is why? Will bigger forwards reduce our toll? Why do we continually have this problem when clubs like Storm, Roosters and Broncos seem to always have a low injury count? If we fix that up we'll always finish higher up the ladder.
 

Poupou Escobar

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So a F is a pass for us tho, especially for Pou.
No but a C is definitely a pass. I understand you want to make the finals every year and win premierships but you have to understand the deck is stacked against us without TPAs. A lot of TPAs.

No amount of sacked coaches is going to change that.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Our biggest problem year after year is our high injury count. My question is why? Will bigger forwards reduce our toll? Why do we continually have this problem when clubs like Storm, Roosters and Broncos seem to always have a low injury count? If we fix that up we'll always finish higher up the ladder.
I’d say it’s as simple as the fact that injury-prone players are cheaper due to higher risk of unavailability.

These are the players a club with less to spend might take risks on, hoping to get a full season out of them.
 

Gronk

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“Pangai Jnr was also involved in negotiations with the Sydney Roosters and Canberra while Parramatta held discussions with Lodge.”

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/...-in-failed-bid-to-sign-star-broncos-forwards/

What is most telling about that article is the familiar headline. Stars decide to remain at Broncos for less. :rolleyes: Meanwhile they have Bird on $1M multi-year deal and they haven't even used him yet.

Broncos stars Tevita Pangai Jnr and Matt Lodge reject multi-million offers from the Knights to remain in Brisbane
 

Gary Gutful

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What is most telling about that article is the familiar headline. Stars decide to remain at Broncos for less. :rolleyes: Meanwhile they have Bird on $1M multi-year deal and they haven't even used him yet.

Broncos stars Tevita Pangai Jnr and Matt Lodge reject multi-million offers from the Knights to remain in Brisbane
I bet Brisbane haven’t recorded themselves talking about how they are going to structure a heap of TPAs to keep them on the books.

That’s smart.
 

Gronk

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I bet Brisbane haven’t recorded themselves talking about how they are going to structure a heap of TPAs to keep them on the books.

That’s smart.

Well benefit of the doubt goes to them and gee they are lucky that they have so many independent sponsors of their players willing to put up cash every year..

Facts are that whilst we never wish to limit what a player can earn in the marketplace as (say) a brand ambassador, one town teams and teams with high profile billionaire owners have an unfair advantage. They have the ability to attract TPA sponsors whenever they need one, seemingly at any price.

There is no surprise that these teams have a high participation rate in finals football. The rest of the clubs struggle to be competitive every year. They will groom juniors and take punts on future marquee players with the hope that their short lived premiership window will bring them glory.

Meanwhile there are 4 teams that seem to have their premiership window permanently ajar.

From time-to-time a team will rise from the bunch and allow Todd to remark how well the salary cap is working. :rolleyes:
 

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