Rumours and Stuff

[Avenger]

Why would anyone with cash to splash want Opacic? Handy backup but hardly going to set the world on fire.

Because he is from the area and they don’t have to pay him a travel allowance.

 

[Angry_eel]

I don't see Rugby League dying or any other sport dying. Any contact sport played at an elite level causes damage to the player. Humans are meant to be fit and strong but not do this for 40 weeks in a year.

As an example, Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and Soccer has had players collapse and die on the field.

 

[T-Boon]

Please. I have listed 2 Clive Churchill medallists, 2 of the best young hookers and the Tigers no 1 fullback.

Keary is probably going to have to retire in the next year if he wants to have a future. Maybe he is an exhibit for the prosecution and the defense.
Anyway I am not arguing that there is zero role for small men just a diminishing role and more to they are going to need to be okay with getting knocked out and injured a lot by big men whom our code really loves.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Keary is probably going to have to retire in the next year if he wants to have a future. Maybe he is an exhibit for the prosecution and the defense.
Anyway I am not arguing that there is zero role for small men just a diminishing role and more to they are going to need to be okay with getting knocked out and injured a lot by big men whom our code really loves.

Yeah but getting knocked out is not the exclusive domain of smaller guys. Welch, Cordner, Matterson, Kaufusi etc etc

 

[Avenger]

Being small is only part of the problem. Bad technique is the biggest cause. The recently retired Roosters captain a prime example. Matterson and Wade Graham being other examples.

 

[84 Baby]

Why would anyone with cash to splash want Opacic? Handy backup but hardly going to set the world on fire.

They just named players who are from the area, like Opacic, Rheed & Sivo (Fiji is in Queensland)

 

[T-Boon]

Yeah but getting knocked out is not the exclusive domain of smaller guys. Welch, Cordner, Matterson, Kaufusi etc etc

True.
However, if you looked at it as a per "involvement" percentage the likelihood of a small player getting injured/brained is a lot higher than a big guy (involvement = being tackled or making a tackle).

 

[hineyrulz]

T Boob is back, gross.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Why would anyone with cash to splash want Opacic? Handy backup but hardly going to set the world on fire.

They are going to need to sign 13 players that don't play first grade every week.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

True.
However, if you looked at it as a per "involvement" percentage the likelihood of a small player getting injured/brained is a lot higher than a big guy (involvement = being tackled or making a tackle).

Have you looked at it? Where's your stats?

 

[TheRam]

once again, where are you getting this from ?

Here you go. Here is just a couple of articles of the work that is going on. Compare it to what the NRL and Storm are doing in Victoria. Or more precisely not doing.

Nine Lions Academy Products Drafted

The Hyundai Help for Kids Lions Academy has produced nine draftees in this year's National & Rookie Draft.

www.lions.com.au

Have the Gold Coast Suns managed to convert local juniors?

The Gold Coast and surrounding area has long been the promised land of VFL/AFL expansion, producing such players as Michael Voss* and Nick Riewoldt**.…

www.theroar.com.au

 

[T-Boon]

Have you looked at it? Where's your stats?

In my butt.

 

[Avenger]

As I stated at least 6 months ago before the media revealed it the Čotrić rumour still has legs. The stumbling block was always the amount that the Dogs will chip in. They know they paid too much. He will be our only big name signing if we pull it off.

Marata is as good as gone and the Warriors may even ask for him next year. Their offer we cannot compete with.

Everyone else is expected to re-sign including Mahoney.

 

[TheRam]

I don't mind that. If the town wants to be referred to on the jersey let the council pay for it.
I would love us to drop the Parramatta from the badge and instead have it in big print where the main sponsors name is and collect a mill plus have a cleanish jersey.

If our club could do that and get a $1m from the council they would be geniuses.

Pigs can fly too.

 

[hineyrulz]

S

In my butt.

So the usual??

 

[Matty Bhoy]

As I stated at least 6 months ago before the media revealed it the Čotrić rumour still has legs. The stumbling block was always the amount that the Dogs will chip in. They know they paid too much. He will be our only big name signing if we pull it off.

Marata is as good as gone and the Warriors may even ask for him next year. Their offer we cannot compete with.

Everyone else is expected to re-sign including Mahoney.

Surely we should be telling them where to go.

 

[Avenger]

Surely we should be telling them where to go.

Maybe the money will go towards Nikola and the other upgrades.

 

[Gronk]

As I stated at least 6 months ago before the media revealed it the Čotrić rumour still has legs. The stumbling block was always the amount that the Dogs will chip in. They know they paid too much. He will be our only big name signing if we pull it off.

Marata is as good as gone and the Warriors may even ask for him next year. Their offer we cannot compete with.

Everyone else is expected to re-sign including Mahoney.

I can't blame Marata if he wants to go home to NZ. Born in Auckland etc.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

A good example is Reed Mahoney. It is a horrid ad for the game into the future that he makes 60 tackles a game. I know us meat heads get stiffies about that but the mums AND DADS are like "no thanks". And then he gets injured every second game and us meat heads are like "no fair!".

You really think the little kid playing hooker in division 2 under 13’s comp is making 60 tackles a game. And then his parents see Mahoney playing and go son, you aren’t playing next year…….

 

[The Eel]

Good to see the NRL has failed miserably once again to protect and strengthen the game.

Add a franchise to the north of Brisbane, while the AFL setup camp and dine out on the number one junior area of the State in the south western corridor of QLD. The AFL's new football development and $100m spend by them is going to be money well spent. The Brisbane Lions are now the number one team in Brisbane with 40K members, more then the Broncos.

It won't be long now before the AFL will add a second Brisbane team to their comp and no prizes where that is going to be based.

AFL, the kings of Brisbane. You keep beating your chest ARLC. You're simply the best.

Oh but the Dolphins gave a guarantee and commitment to spending $1m on grass roots for boys juniors and $1m for girls too. Yeah!

Personally I think there are going to be too many teams in Qld. I would have preferred a Perth team or the Central Coast bears or something.