Rumours and Stuff

[TheRam]

Schoupp isn't the most exciting name to be linked to.
To his credit, he is only 22 and has played almost 50 NRL games in his 3 seasons to date. A genuine fringe first grader.

If we were to pick him up, I'd be hoping that the coaching staff would be looking to transform him into a second rower in the off-season. He's a big boy, he'd have to be over 100kgs already, runs decent lines and plays a physical kind of game.

Yeah could work, but I would first like to see what he looked like in a quality team that plays on the front foot more often. Maybe he has been a victim of being in bad rosters to often and all he needs is some consistent forward moving teams that have a settled halves and overall spine combination and can feed him good early ball.

I must admit that he hasn't had that even at the Titans who are a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde team. I'm willing to wait on my overall opinion on him, but remember Tepai Moeroa could also look decent at times, especially with his tackling rate, but tackling is only noticed by dumb, dumb fans like pou, who ignore the highlight and spectacular parts of the game. The game is not that one dimensional and you need more strings to your bow, especially in the backs then just being a decent tackler or grunt worker.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Schoupp isn't the most exciting name to be linked to.
To his credit, he is only 22 and has played almost 50 NRL games in his 3 seasons to date. A genuine fringe first grader.

If we were to pick him up, I'd be hoping that the coaching staff would be looking to transform him into a second rower in the off-season. He's a big boy, he'd have to be over 100kgs already, runs decent lines and plays a physical kind of game.

His two games in QLD Cup this year were in the forwards.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He is the backs version of Tepai Moeroa

Given his age and experience he is more like the backs version of Isaiah Papali'i when we signed him.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

but tackling is only noticed by dumb, dumb fans like pou, who ignore the highlight and spectacular parts of the game

No I only notice the highlights as well, just like you. It's human nature. That's why stats are so useful. To show us the things we don't notice while jerking off over line breaks and big hits.

 

[Angry_eel]

Surely the 24 hr deadline is done already.

 

[eels_fan]

Surely the 24 hr deadline is done already.

He may have signed already. it’s very exciting

 

[the phantom menace]

No I only notice the highlights as well, just like you. It's human nature.

 

[TheRam]

No I only notice the highlights as well, just like you. It's human nature. That's why stats are so useful. To show us the things we don't notice while jerking off over line breaks and big hits.

Oh come on now, we all know you only jerk off the the plods and the stats are the pre cum.

 

[Gazzamatta]

So thats what he looks like!

 

[T.S Quint]

Sam Who's?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sam Who's?

*Hyde

 

[T.S Quint]

*Hyde

And Sikh?

 

[King-Gutho94]

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So thats what he looks like!

Gus and the dogs must have a top 50.

 

[Chipmunk]

So it appears that you can just cut players from your Top 30 if you sign more players. The Dogs have removed Nu Brown from their Top 30 to accommodate Liam Knight.

Surely Momoisea's days with the club are numbered.

 

[84 Baby]

So it appears that you can just cut players from your Top 30 if you sign more players. The Dogs have removed Nu Brown from their Top 30 to accommodate Liam Knight.

Surely Momoisea's days with the club are numbered.

This is why the whole “player transferring for full freight” issue is fairly null.
But also you can’t simply break a contract. It either needs to be agreed upon or have a mechanism in contract that allows it.

 

[Noise]

So it appears that you can just cut players from your Top 30 if you sign more players. The Dogs have removed Nu Brown from their Top 30 to accommodate Liam Knight.

Surely Momoisea's days with the club are numbered.

Didn’t they release Brown so he could link up with the Knights? He obviously agreed to it. They didn’t just cut him.

 

[Chipmunk]

Didn’t they release Brown so he could link up with the Knights? He obviously agreed to it. They didn’t just cut him.

I think Nu Brown is going to the Knights because he has been removed from the Top 30. Josh Reynolds was removed from the Top 30 also. He chose to retire.

I don't believe Nu Brown has signed with the Knights at this stage.

 

[Chipmunk]

This is why the whole “player transferring for full freight” issue is fairly null.
But also you can’t simply break a contract. It either needs to be agreed upon or have a mechanism in contract that allows it.

I don't think they're breaking his contract. I doubt it says in a contract "you will be part of the clubs Top 30", it just says you will earn a certain amount of money.

Is there a maximum amount you can pay players outside the Top 30? I don't think there is.

It appears they currently have 31 players contracted https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/01/01...-details-contracts-signings-updates/#Bulldogs

 

[TheCrowe]

I think Nu Brown is going to the Knights because he has been removed from the Top 30. Josh Reynolds was removed from the Top 30 also. He chose to retire.

I don't believe Nu Brown has signed with the Knights at this stage.

 

[Chipmunk]

Yes, but he hasn't signed yet, nor even been released. The point is, the Dogs have signed a player into their Top 30, whilst already having 30 players still contracted.