Poupou Escobar
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Of course you do. It is a misrepresentation of my position.
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Of course you do. It is a misrepresentation of my position.
Na. @hineyrulz does Im sure.
Having your posts back to the Kearney era, Incorrect absolutely nailed your eternal default setting.
I just advise against criticising things you don't know about. It doesn't mean I think everything the club does is right. Every club makes decisions based on known risks and incomplete information. To criticise any given decision is like putting shit on someone for not picking a perfect round in the tipping comp.
Yep that’s fair and I think Emu is definitely worth persisting with, but I wouldn’t be breaking the bank for him. It’s probably just my memory but I don’t remember Junior being that slow and gassed in defence.
He is a keeper (Emu)
On a somewhat modest contract, for sure. Until he can show that he’s up to the defensive workload of first grade for more than 10 minutes at a time, I would be cautious on the amount.
Paulo isn't slow. He has phenomenal agility for his size. His work rate is very low but it's worth it for his ability to create opportunities. Greig's attack (per run) is quite good but not really worth the lack of contribution on the defensive side of the ball.
Agree completely. Ideally, a bloke like him based on improved outputs to date, we should have at least offered him a 2 year extension at same money with some room to move up with bonuses to sweeten the deal....
Yep that’s the way I see it. However he is young so it’s something he can work on. I just wouldn’t be paying too much for an extension based purely on his potential yet.
Emu wouldn’t be on much more than minimum. If he’s happy to take that again for another two years then I’m all for it.
Really? I didn’t notice him making that many tackles. Big effort from the big fella if true. Perhaps I should shut my mouth.
He might be worth $200k.
Yeah that’s probably the top end of what I’d be offering for an extension.
Should've seen the post I had to delete after discovering that factoid.
I think, on his body shape and NRL outputs alone, he's worthy of an offer better than minimum wage. If I'm being fair dinkum, he is best placed to serve our team better than Makatoa or Ogden in the next 3 years at probably similar money, and that'd be F-all if we signed him now...
Depends how much interest there is in him. NRL clubs have entire recruitment staffs to pore over stats and video of these merkins. There would be reps from every NRL club attending reserve grade games too. None of these merkins fly under the radar. It comes down to value, and each club's appetite for risk. The players' current (and former) clubs have the advantage in correctly valuing each player because they have all his metrics (sprint times, bench press, etc.) plus they know what his attitude is like. But a player doesn't care if another club offers more than he's worth. It's not his problem.
So stats can be missleading. He was fantastic.
