Rumours and Stuff

[Gronk]

Well we can't have it both ways. We can't all sit back and applaud and pump up his tyres when he gets selected for Origin (subsequently ruled out because of injury), but then downplay his abilities when it comes time to negotiate a new contract. 600-700K would be bare minimum for an Origin-calibre spine player.

Either we rate him and have faith in him that he will continue to improve and consolidate his status as a rep player and pay him accordingly or we turf him and go looking for a new hooker ASAP.

You can’t pay everyone crazy coin. Moses, Gutho, Jnr, Reg, Dylan, Nrown, Rheed and that’s hakf your cap. You then have $4m to spend on 23 players plus 3 development players. Need some serious sombreros to assesmble a glamour team.

 

[Incorrect]

You can’t pay everyone crazy coin. Moses, Gutho, Jnr, Reg, Dylan, Nrown, Rheed and that’s hakf your cap. You then have $4m to spend on 23 players plus 3 development players. Need some serious sombreros to assesmble a glamour team.

I get that, but it's also a matter of prioritising some positions over others and I'd assert that a bump for a spine player (particularly hooker where there aren't a helluva lot of quality options on the market) should be prioritised ahead of a Nrown or Junior

 

[chiefy1]

You can’t pay everyone crazy coin. Moses, Gutho, Jnr, Reg, Dylan, Nrown, Rheed and that’s hakf your cap. You then have $4m to spend on 23 players plus 3 development players. Need some serious sombreros to assesmble a glamour team.

Maybe we can pay dogcoin. Its untraceable

 

[Avenger]

I reckon we will end up losing Mahoney. It’s not looking good but as long as we retain Dylan Brown long term and keep Paulo I’m fine with it. When we had Lussick we were still going well. Shame he went however and that’s the part that annoys me. We were a bit arrogant and assumed they would stay and we let a quality player like Lussick go.

If he starts leading the team song next year and I know he won’t be here the year after I could dead set slap the disloyal little merkin.

I’d f**k him off now and ask for another player in return. I can’t bear to see them be all ‘professional’ and give it their all in their last year.

Just f**k off now. All of them except Marata. He is one is the only one leaving that is acceptable seeing he’s going home.

 

[emjaycee]

I reckon we will end up losing Mahoney. It’s not looking good but as long as we retain Dylan Brown long term and keep Paulo I’m fine with it. When we had Lussick we were still going well. Shame he went however and that’s the part that annoys me. We were a bit arrogant and assumed they would stay and we let a quality player like Lussick go.

If he starts leading the team song next year and I know he won’t be here the year after I could dead set slap the disloyal little merkin.

I’d f**k him off now and ask for another player in return. I can’t bear to see them be all ‘professional’ and give it their all in their last year.

Just f**k off now. All of them except Marata. He is one is the only one leaving that is acceptable seeing he’s going home.

No one who is signed elsewhere for 2023 should be released early, despite what we fans think and I reckon the club will be thinking the same thing. They are professionals and should still give 100% despite knowing they will be elsewhere in 2023. JAC, Finucane, Burton, Reynolds, etc. all managed to play ok in 2021, why not Marata and Papali'i?

Oh and I haven't written off keeping Mahoney just yet - neither should you.

 

[hindy111]

Losing Mahoney to the Dolphins id cop. To the Dpgs and they are closer to a premiership then we are imo.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I haven't given up hope of Mahoney staying but if he does go we'll be fine.

 

[Avenger]

I haven't given up hope of Mahoney staying but if he does go we'll be fine.

If he goes I’ll be pissed. And @hindy111 make a good point. I wouldn’t mind if it was the Dolphins but not the Dogs.

 

[hineyrulz]

No excuses FFS!! Get it done merkins!!

 

[Glenneel]

His hard running from dummy half reminds me of Brandon Smith.

 

[Gronk]

If he goes I’ll be pissed. And @hindy111 make a good point. I wouldn’t mind if it was the Dolphins but not the Dogs.

It would hurt if 3rd party deals were sealed by companies that service the hotel industry.

 

[Avenger]

His hard running from dummy half reminds me of Brandon Smith.

I like this kid more than Mr Hand.

 

[Gronk]

His hard running from dummy half reminds me of Brandon Smith.

At least it shows that we are not sitting on our hands (see what I did there) and have succession plans with or without Rheed. That young hooker Jayden Yates doing preseason looks pretty smart too.

 

[Glenneel]

Looks to have played a bit of first receiver as well.

Highlights

Thats 2 young hookers we've signed so does the club believe Mahoney is going elsewhere in '23? The silence from both him and Junior with their negotiations doesn't abode well with me.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Thats 2 young hookers we've signed so does the club believe Mahoney is going elsewhere in '23? The silence from both him and Junior with their negotiations doesn't abode well with me.

No, it’s one position we don’t have any promising juniors in, pushing for an NRL / NSW cup / top 30 start….so obviously we looking at developing some depth in the position. Rather then looking for a cheapie each year for depth …

 

[Avenger]

Thats 2 young hookers we've signed so does the club believe Mahoney is going elsewhere in '23? The silence from both him and Junior with their negotiations doesn't abode well with me.

Neither does our incumbent hooker coming off major shoulder surgery who wants $700k. Seriously if he is being offered that he should leave because in my opinion if we lose Dylan Brown because we paid Mahoney it’ll do my head in.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Neither does our incumbent hooker coming off major shoulder surgery who wants $700k. Seriously if he is being offered that he should leave because in my opinion if we lose Dylan Brown because we paid Mahoney it’ll do my head in.

I'd rather see Brown go than Mahoney.

 

[Happy MEel]

Neither does our incumbent hooker coming off major shoulder surgery who wants $700k. Seriously if he is being offered that he should leave because in my opinion if we lose Dylan Brown because we paid Mahoney it’ll do my head in.

I reckon Mahoney is more important to our team than Drown.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Mahoney changes everything.

 

[hindy111]

I'd rather see Brown go than Mahoney.

I'm unsure here. D.Browns shown glimpses but not a lot. Mahoney prior to this season looked average then stepped up. Rheed will always be small and has a ceiling of a very good hooker. Brown I am unsure. Still maybe just an average NRL half but wouldn't be suprised of he just exploded and become a star half and one of best in comps.