Rumours and Stuff

[Johnny88]

AXE TO FALL ON NRL BOSS
I mentioned in this column from Las Vegas in March that an NRL club CEO was facing the axe. He’s since survived for five months … but not for much longer. We’re hearing he’ll be gone in the next few weeks. The club will advertise for a replacement. One very good operator has indicated he is interested.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2024-josh-schuster-to-make-return-under-wayne-bennett-at-rabbitohs-saint-sinner-shoosh/news-story/5e0f19cd

 

[Matty Bhoy]

AXE TO FALL ON NRL BOSS
I mentioned in this column from Las Vegas in March that an NRL club CEO was facing the axe. He’s since survived for five months … but not for much longer. We’re hearing he’ll be gone in the next few weeks. The club will advertise for a replacement. One very good operator has indicated he is interested.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2024-josh-schuster-to-make-return-under-wayne-bennett-at-rabbitohs-saint-sinner-shoosh/news-story/5e0f19cd

Very interesting…

 

[The Predictor]

Nagyon finom!

Very yummy

 

[JokerEel]

AXE TO FALL ON NRL BOSS
I mentioned in this column from Las Vegas in March that an NRL club CEO was facing the axe. He’s since survived for five months … but not for much longer. We’re hearing he’ll be gone in the next few weeks. The club will advertise for a replacement. One very good operator has indicated he is interested.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2024-josh-schuster-to-make-return-under-wayne-bennett-at-rabbitohs-saint-sinner-shoosh/news-story/5e0f19cd

Can't be us our CEO is doing a wonderful job

 

[Pazza]

Can't be us our CEO is doing a wonderful job

light years ahead......

 

[Poupou Escobar]

North Qld are at a disadvantage geographically to those other sides you point out.

Brisbane and Melbourne flying to Sydney and back is pretty easy compared to flying from Townsville every 2nd week. It's an extra 4hrs if you add both legs on a plane every trip.

It takes it toll eventually and I think it's a factor with the Warriors as well.

Sports science with recovery has improved but that 1 or 2% makes all the difference especially having to hop on a long flight straight after a game.

North Qld have an below par average winning% since they started.

Like really 2005 had more to do with us shitting the bed then the cowboys.

Going to be interesting when Perth come in if they split up there away games and do perhaps b2b games once or twice a year to break up the travel.

In think playing/training in the tropics is probably a disadvantage for the Cowboys, even if it's also a (distributed) disadvantage to their opponents. But they do seem to recruit/retain talent very well. There's something going on up there. It was suspicious how many players they signed from the Storm a few years ago. The stories about underhand property deals the NRL had no problem with might be a factor.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But will it be a production line for other clubs to feed off or will we have the smarts to recognise and retain the players for the future? The COE will need the correct CEO in charge or we'll continue to be DOA.

If it increases the pipeline of talented youngsters into our pathways that should increase the number of them we can trick into staying right through to the top 30 before rival clubs blow their contract demands out. Look at all the players the Panthers have lost. It's unavoidable, but at least they got a few years of first grade out of them on unders. That's what we need. For every Isaiya Katoa chasing the money straight out of SG Ball, you want a Burton or Crichton giving you some value on less than they're worth for a couple of years before signing with the Dogs.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So Townsville is a genuine city, but Newcastle isn't...

That'll f**ken do me...

I haven't been to Newcastle for nearly 20 years so maybe it's on its way back. But when I was there it was desolate. Meanwhile Townsville is thriving due to the government pumping cash in there through 3rd Brigade.

 

[lucablight]

The facility will be huge for us. Can you believe such a supposedly massive club used to train on the undersized Richie Benaud Oval?

Ahh the memories. Sometimes I’d play sports with my mates on there as well back in the day. Pretty crazy that an NRL team trained on the same oval as high school kids.

In saying that I think it’s a little unfortunate that we can’t have our HQ located in the place our team is named after.

 

[84 Baby]

I'd even have a beer with most of you guys...except Pou.

And there is one other guy who I would be amazed if he isnt here, and he knows who I am....there would be violence.

Well if it’s your shout

 

[Tiger5150]

Well if it’s your shout

Always first shout and last to leave

 

[Twizzle]

Can't be us our CEO is doing a wonderful job

let me know if you want a second opinion on that

 

[Soto]

let me know if you want a second opinion on that

Who else could it really be?
Titans, NZ or us..Tigers have a new CEO.
The rest are probably doing OK...I think Jim may be in trouble for not pulling the trigger earlier on the previous coach as the writing was massively on the wall last yr. Should've punted the coach end of last yr

 

[Jake the snake]

Can't be us our CEO is doing a wonderful job

It’s got to be our CEO surely. That mofo is the f**king RAYGUN of all CEO’s.

 

[hineyrulz]

It’s got to be our CEO surely. That mofo is the f**king RAYGUN of all CEO’s.

 

[Jake the snake]

That’s the f**ker

 

[hindy111]

Maybe if we used moves like that we would of done better in the grand final.

 

[TheRam]

You raise a lot of good points.

Why do they need to develop Victorian players? Particularly when there is only four teams in Queensland.

Because once Bellyache is gone, the next coach no matter who he is will not be a super coach of that we can almost guarantee right?

So therefore even though you say that there is only 4 teams in QLD, that is still a lot of competition for the best talent and lets not forget all the other teams that scout there way more intensely now then only a few years ago. Then you add the extra teams that will also be put in including another Brisbane team and you can see that the QLD pilfering days are going to be much harder in the near future to say the least.

So don't you think having their own nursery in their own backyard would be of much greater advantage to the Storm then having to entice young players to leave their home State or city when there would be at least 5 clubs to choose from where they don't? Not to mention that if they did invest way more and started to develop NRL quality players from Victoria(Melb) it means that more and more kids are getting into it and therefore the knock on effect in greater rusted on supporters would grow their bottom line too and we may actually get some real traction in that State in extra public interest, media, stadium attendance may actually allow for sellouts and Victorian TV ratings may go up and then real dollar value grows even further in our TV rights.

The stronger all our junior development is, can only benefit all of RL. As the saying goes a rising tide lifts all ships. Right?

The goal of the NRL should be that all clubs plow at least $3m dollars a year into their junior development. From what I am hearing they have all stuck their greedy little hands out during the current expansion negotiations. The clubs aren't to happy about the expansion plans and are demanding that each club be given a one off $4m payment and then an additional $2m in their yearly grant to allow for a new team to be brought in.

I hope the ARLC is strong enough to win this fight and tell them all to go get stuffed, but if history is any guide the clubs have way to much power and will in the end get what they want to the determent of the games junior development and expansion overall.

 

[hineyrulz]

Maybe if we used moves like that we would of done better in the grand final.

Still waiting for those super cool moves mate, maybe Ryles has a few instead??

 

[King-Gutho94]

Maybe if we used moves like that we would of done better in the grand final.

I thought not organising a bus was the super secret move no one saw coming.

It's never been done before and had Penrith rattled.