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Gazzamatta

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Two reasons:
1) the journo's make up the numbers to suit their article
2) accessibility to and size of TPA's available when your club is less reluctant to stick to the letter of the TPA rules
And 3.
Kiks and Rheed (if he leaves) wont be there for another year. Plenty of time for Gus to wield the axe
 

yy_cheng

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A small update:

A mate of mine who has been right about plenty of things at the Bulldogs was certain that Mahoney would sign a 4 year deal today.

As of now that hasn’t happened and the Dogs are a little anxious.
Maybe the cameras weren't working after Rheed put on the jersey and he got fed up and said eff this
 

eels1986

Juniors
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I just had a look on NRL.com's copycat succession article and they only have six big names (plus plenty of reserve graders) signed for 2023:

Addo-Carr
Burton
Cotric
Jackson
Kikau
Thompson

They could concentrate on buying more solid first graders at the $200k-$300k mark or they could feasibly want to sign another marquee on $700k-$800k and surround him with more reserve graders.

Our club has decided on the best way to spend our cap, let the Bulldogs make their own decisions.

We already have:

Blake
Drown
Nrown
RCG
Gutherson
Moses
Sivo

Plus we're trying to fit in Paulo and Mahoney on top of those. Drown and Sivo are player options as well ffs. We can't spend that money until the deadline passes (whenever that is) for them to activate it.
Wonder the site you looked doesn’t nominate the following players as signed for 2023 for the Bulldogs.
Tevita Pengia Junior
Kyle Flanagan
Nick Cotric
Plus Brent Naden, Aaron Schuopp, Braidon Burns etc
 

Poupou Escobar

Post Whore
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Wonder the site you looked doesn’t nominate the following players as signed for 2023 for the Bulldogs.
Tevita Pengia Junior
Kyle Flanagan
Nick Cotric
Plus Brent Naden, Aaron Schuopp, Braidon Burns etc
No I just forgot Pangai when I made the mental list while switching between browser tabs on my phone. I don't consider Flanagan a big name (or any of those other Bulldogs) but apparently he is heavily back-ended so he should be on the list too. No doubt Gould is in his ear trying to get him to accept a low payout contract termination.

I included Cotric as a big money player.
 

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