Rumours and Stuff

[Gary Gutful]

I predict Evans will be our second best forward this year behind Andrew Davey.

 

[hineyrulz]

Gee whiz so glad the footy is back so we can discuss that instead...

I come here for the Gus pics.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No it didn’t. Which means plenty of other clubs would have had cash to push his price up.

Also, this article dated November 3rd 2017 reports on the salary cap increase finally getting approved for 2018. That’s about as last minute as you can get!!

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/cou...s/news-story/8bf335bcb36781c772a1de7d6aa60967

I remember a few clubs had planned for it to be higher. The increase didn’t just go to new recruits. Existing contracts account for expected cap increases.

 

[84 Baby]

I come here for the Gus pics.

Well you should check out the norks thread then

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Terepo played 20 games last year, missing the first 3 games through suspension, whereas Evans played 8 games. In 2018 at least, I think Terepo has to be considered a genuine top 17 player. He would be worth around that $250-$300 figure IMO with the cap increase. K.evan not so much.

Terepo’s appearance in the trial on Thursday says otherwise.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Hey, that reminds me of Kane Evans!

I wonder how he’ll go this year?

Pretty good I reckon, I hear he's got a great offload.

 

[Eelogical]

I predict Evans will be our second best forward this year behind Andrew Davey.

 

[hineyrulz]

I predict Evans will be our second best forward this year behind Andrew Davey.

For Wenty.

 

[hineyrulz]

Well you should check out the norks thread then

Gus’s are bigger.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I'll preface this comparison by saying that I'm aware Paulo is one of the better attacking forwards in the game, and would also be on huge coin at the Raiders. How much better was he this year than Evans? I'm sure Evans was better value for money, going off my assessment of how much the two players are on. I'd say Paulo was on about $700k and Evans was on about $250k. I think Evans will be on about $400k next year.

Here are the stats. The grain of salt that must be taken here is that Paulo played three times as many minutes as Evans in 2017.

Evans vs Paulo in 2017:

Minutes/game
26 Evans
55 Paulo

Tackles/minute
0.52 Evans
0.37 Paulo (probably the lowest in the NRL)

Tackle effectiveness
96% Evans
91% Paulo

Runs/minute
0.28 Evans
0.27 Paulo

Metres/run
9.7 Evans
9.5 Paulo

Tackle breaks/run
0.14 Evans
0.17 Paulo

Offloads/run
0.08 Evans
0.09 Paulo

LBAs/run
0.008 Evans
0.006 Paulo

Errors/run
0.05 Evans
0.03 Paulo

Kane Evans' per run output is comparable to Paulo's, and given his workrate in previous years, we will be able to increase his minutes significantly without turning him into a defensive liability:

Evans 2016
34 minutes/game
0.64 tackles/minute
94% tackle effectiveness

Evans 2015
27 minutes/game
0.69 tackles/minute
94% tackle effectiveness

Evans 2014
22 minutes/game
0.67 tackles/minute
94% tackle effectiveness

$400K you reckon? I'd say that's about right.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

You might want to ask BA and his think tank. If you listened to TCT interviews, they were specifically targeting a young tall prop and got their man.

Nah mate, he's just depth.

 

[Glenneel]

Yawn. Hasn't this bullshit about Evans gone on long enough?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Maybe not starting but a top 17 certainty. Whether or not he starts is no reflection on his quality.

Depth players aren't top 17 certainties ffs!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I predict Evans will be our second best forward this year behind Andrew Davey.

Who the f**k is Andrew Davey?

 

[Gronk]

Yawn. Hasn't this bullshit about Evans gone on long enough?

Says the guy holding a can of petrol.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yawn. Hasn't this bullshit about Evans gone on long enough?

Give Pou a little more time to make his point.

 

[84 Baby]

Says the guy holding a can of petrol.

Na, that's just for sniffing

 

[hineyrulz]

Na, that's just for sniffing

That makes sense.

 

[parra pete]

I think you all may be under-estimating Andrew Davey...From what I hear he is a 'blue collar worker' in forwards..Won't win you many games, but won't lose you any either....A "David Gower" type...
I am prepared to give him a go.
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Eelogical]

Who the f**k is Andrew Davey?

Our next big thing, future SOO rep and Australian Captain. Just as coach Gutful, he'll confirm it.