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According to these two articles.
Bulldogs make shock immediate contract call on forward
He joined the Bulldogs this year.
www.zerotackle.com
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According to these two articles.
www.zerotackle.com
I'm saying it's not as simple as you think it is. If you're looking to sack a coach based on the team's results it needs to be over a longer period than just a single season. We were poor in 2018 but that was a long time ago. However another season like that would be concerning. Really though, I think the coach should be replaced when his relationships with key players and staff deteriorates to the point of being untenable. A season of poor results might indicate that, or it might not. How could we know? From snippets of sideline footage during a game? It's bullshit. And you should know I'm a person who hates gossip, which is what a lot of rugby league 'discourse' seems like to me. Pathetic little people just wanting to see others fail.
Not from his perspective, and maybe not from a club needing a starting middle who can run the ball.
The Tigers have Klemmer and Utoikamanu, neither of whom would be cheap. Do the Dragons need a prop?
True but defensive issues are this year so Ogden/Cartwright going next year doesn’t affect that
True but the least we can do is make the Dogs pay up for him
But then neither does signing Davey for 2024.
But he does for 2023 & 2024 combined just like his cap affect. He’s not by himself a bad signing but more was he a necessary signing
I think for sure he wasnt the X factor signing that some idiots on here are claiming in a sad attempt to be either funny or relevant, but he was probably a worthy enough siging given we have lost RCG for up to 6 or 7 weeks and we had cap space for him.
Given he has gone straight into the starting side I'd say he was.
I had no issue with signing Davey - I did have an issue with him being included ahead of others in the starting lineup last week.
His high minutes and low attacking involvement (1 run every 6.6 minutes) shows he was in the team for his defence. By contrast, Matterson was on for 52 minutes and made 23 runs (1 run every 2.3 minutes). It's the player's output that is most important, not whether they start or how many minutes they play. Matterson also made more tackles than Davey.
I’ll pay that, assuming Davey’s 2024 salary is negligible
But will he in 2024? And if he is, is it because we had signed him up to cover a 2023 hole?
I just can’t see how he’d be on so much that it would prevent a more important signing. If he’s in the top 17 now (arguable) he would still be good enough for the top 20 next year, and surely not on too much to justify missing out on a bench spot.
Nailed it !!!
