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Gronk

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Soren Lorenson said:
I'd give my left nut for Cameron Murray to come to Parra.
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Thanks for taking one for the team mate.

Murray's manager is Steve Gillis and I reckon you should definitely pop it in the post.

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emjaycee

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Bazal said:
For once you've posted something decent!

Problem is Hutchison, much like Matterson earlier in his career, refuses to accept that back row is likely his best position. And at 24 he's probably left it too late
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Yeah, Matterson needed to leave and be told by someone else (Robinson) that he was a forward. His reward for finally listening - a 2018 Premiership Ring.
 
84 Baby

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emjaycee said:
Yeah, Matterson needed to leave and be told by someone else (Robinson) that he was a forward. His reward for finally listening - a 2018 Premiership Ring.
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What a f**ken merkin! If he had listened to the people who weren’t talking to him here, we’d have won that 2018 ring
 
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84 Baby said:
What a f**ken merkin! If he had listened to the people who weren’t talking to him here, we’d have won that 2018 ring
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Here I was not sure who the 2018 scapegoat was. AFL guy? BA? Hayne?

I think you’re onto something
 
Happy MEel

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emjaycee said:
Yeah, Matterson needed to leave and be told by someone else (Robinson) that he was a forward. His reward for finally listening - a 2018 Premiership Ring.
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He’s not the unnamed edge forward by any chance is he?

I’d be happy enough with a homecoming.
 
Happy MEel

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It’s not Joel Thompson is it? I checked his stats and they’re actually a lot better than I thought but for some reason I have just never rated him. Maybe I haven’t watched him close enough.

He is off contract though, averaged about 100m a game, has a few line breaks and an LBA, and has decent tackle efficiency of 89.9%. Hard to argue with that output.

With the Trbojevic’s needing upgrades, the emergence of Waddell and Gosiewski and with Sironen on their books I can see him not being re-signed.
 
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Poupou Escobar said:
Thompson would be good enough. He's better than Niukore and Takairangi but not an upgrade on Ma'u.
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Yeah that’s probably where I’d place him as well. He’s serviceable but doesn’t take us to that next level to be contenders, which is where we should be aiming.
 
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Happy MEel said:
It’s not Joel Thompson is it? I checked his stats and they’re actually a lot better than I thought but for some reason I have just never rated him. Maybe I haven’t watched him close enough.

He is off contract though, averaged about 100m a game, has a few line breaks and an LBA, and has decent tackle efficiency of 89.9%. Hard to argue with that output.

With the Trbojevic’s needing upgrades, the emergence of Waddell and Gosiewski and with Sironen on their books I can see him not being re-signed.
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Those are ok stats. Every time I’ve seen him play I’ve never thought his work rate was that high
 
Bazal

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Happy MEel said:
Yeah that’s probably where I’d place him as well. He’s serviceable but doesn’t take us to that next level to be contenders, which is where we should be aiming.
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One of the best of the off contract options though IMO.

Obviously you can always hope for a player on contract to become available but you've gotta work with the pool. Thompson is a good player even if he's a bit of a dick
 
Happy MEel

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Bazal said:
One of the best of the off contract options though IMO.

Obviously you can always hope for a player on contract to become available but you've gotta work with the pool. Thompson is a good player even if he's a bit of a dick
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Yep, there’s not a whole lot available unfortunately.
 
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Bazal said:
One of the best of the off contract options though IMO.

Obviously you can always hope for a player on contract to become available but you've gotta work with the pool. Thompson is a good player even if he's a bit of a dick
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As long as he wasn't involved in 'Laney's Mad Monday '
 
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A season from hell at Penrith will end with more blood on the floor after young gun hooker Wayde Egan was the latest player told he is free to find a new home.

This is despite the 22-year-old having two years to run on his current contract which is understood to be worth in the vicinity of $500,000 a season.
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There is also every chance Reagan Campbell-Gillard will be playing his final game for the Panthers when they run out against Newcastle on Sunday as Ivan Cleary’s clean-out continues.

Campbell-Gillard is understood to be in delicate negotiations despite having five more years on his lucrative current deal at the foot of the mountains that was only upgraded and extended last year.

While several clubs have expressed interest in the firebrand front-rower, Parramatta are believed to be leading the chase.

There has been speculation linking Jared Waerea-Hargreaves to Penrith but the Sydney Roosters’ veteran enforcer still has a year to run on his contract and the Roosters are adamant they won’t lose him for next year.

Egan was shattered when he initially found out that Cleary had signed Api Koroisau from Manly.

Egan is regarded as one of the most talented dummy halves coming through in the NRL who Andrew Johns once likened to a young Cameron Smith.


Egan had progressed through the Panthers’ junior system since he was scouted from Lithgow as a teenager and was highly regarded by Phil Gould and former coach Anthony Griffin.

But it was clear he was not playing to his strengths under Cleary’s coaching.

On Thursday Cleary met with Mark Stewart who manages both players. Stewart then met with Egan to discuss their plan going forward.

The gifted dummy half is in demand with Canterbury, Wests Tigers and the New Zealand Warriors understood to be showing interest.

Stewart was reluctant to discuss any details relating to Campbell-Gillard’s future when contacted but confirmed that Cleary had informed him that Egan was free to negotiate with rival clubs.

Such is the cruel world of NRL, Egan has been carrying a shoulder injury through to the end of the season that will require off-season surgery and that has played a huge part in the decision to sign Koroisau.

The surgery will basically rule Egan out for most of the pre-season training (three to four months) and Stewart said Cleary was worried that would delay his development.

“He has handled it really well,” Stewart said of Egan’s reaction.

“He was very, very dejected and disappointed when he was first told which is to be expected.

“When you sign a new three-year contract 12 months ago and you feel you are doing everything right and then they go and sign someone above you it can be a little bit disheartening.

“But that is the game. It is business.”

Cleary, who has already let go of Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and Waqa Blake this season, assured Stewart that Egan didn’t have to leave if he couldn’t find another club.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...n/news-story/62aba81e96e24af8fff598944772aade
 
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