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Poupou Escobar

Poupou Escobar

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Their clubs all agreed to release them. I can't see us letting French go early unless we foresee no future for him. We'll probably get the best ever value out of him during his current contract. He's possibly only on $20k this year and probably not much more than $100k next year. Who knows how much his next contract would be worth? I can't even speculate.
 
yy_cheng

yy_cheng

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As you said, you do not know what happens. If he is not happy and chucks a tantrum, I am sure other clubs would go after him.
 
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caylo

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If brad is signing players because he doesn't think French can play a whole year it means either he thinks he may get injured or very fatigued.
Unless French is dropped for poor performances or because brad thinks his not in the top 5 backline players then I doubt he'll be cranky. If brad signs a top shelf backline player and benches French he is wasting money IMO. Hoffman would probably bench taka before having French dropped even if we sign a halfback.
 
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caylo

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natheel said:
Even if Hoffman plays 1 surely French is first choice for the 5 jersey.
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I think Guth would get the 1 over Hoff and French if we find a 7, if Guth is in the halves id image French would start above and Hoff im the centres or on the wing.
There was even reports this year that taka may play off the bench as an edge forward/utility.
 
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BoneyBlake17

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One thing that must considered with french is that opposition teams are more than likely put work into him and target him more than they did this year.
Generally a rookie's 2nd season is tougher than there 1st cause the opposition do their homework and identify weaknesses to try and stop them from making an impact.
 
Gronk

Gronk

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Re: the Greg Bird @ bucks party

Mr MacCallum, a partner at Moloney MacCallum Lawyers, revealed he was representing another player from a different NRL team involved in the incident who he claims was “attacked by a bouncer”.

Mr MacCallum wouldn’t say who that was but the Bulletin understands it is ex-Titan turned Parramatta Eels player Cody Nelson who is 27.

Mr MacCallum said he’d seen the footage which starts with a “heated exchange” between a security guard and his player client who is not Bird.

“The verbal exchange lasts a matter of seconds. This person is surrounded by three security guards.

“A security guard punches and knees this particular person a number of times, the security guard initiates the violence from what I can see,” Mr MacCallum alleged.

“We haven’t ruled out pursuing charges against the security guard.”

Asked about the

Asked last night about the claim a security staffer initiated the physical confrontation, a Hotel Brunswick duty manager said he wouldn’t be commenting as it was a “matter for police”.

The duty manager declined to pass on a contact for the hotel security team.

A person who answered the phone at Hotel Brunswick yesterday said the venue wouldn’t be commenting as the matter was “in police hands”.

Mr MacCallum said the footage showed someone resembling Bird attempting to break it up.

Bird took to Instagram yesterday morning, to put out “the actual version of events from Saturday”.

“I was with a group of people on a bucks party and we all were refused entry.

“I left the premise and someone from our party stayed and got into a physical altercation with security,” Bird wrote.

“Me along with everyone else in the group ran in to separate the two involved and no one else threw any punches. There is footage and witnesses to verify this,” he wrote.

NSW police revealed to the Gold Coast Bulletin yesterday afternoon they were investigating the incident.

“Due to their levels of intoxication the group were asked to leave by security. It will be alleged a brawl broke out between members of the group and security staff.

“The fight occurred after the group continued to remain at the premises despite requests for the group to leave,” police claimed.

“Police will speak to two men, aged 27 and 31, as part of their inquiries.”

Bird’s manager Chris Orr has said his client had no wrongdoing to answer for. Mr Orr declined yesterday to comment in relation to Mr Nelson who he also represents.

An NRL Integrity Unit probe has been launched with the Titans saying Bird is the only club member facing scrutiny.
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http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au...k/news-story/5a48638f48c86f10be8d00430f406b6f
 
Matty Bhoy

Matty Bhoy

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Watch out Stags and co. I believe I'm the one who broke the news about our interest in the Hoff. So what if I got my mail from Shane Webcke on the Channel 7 news??! :D

Excellent signing for mine because he covers so many positions in the backline and injuries are inevitable.
 
hybrideel

hybrideel

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Funny how several people seem to be involved in this but the police only want to talk to the 2 footy players. Unless Bird isn't the 31 year old they are referring to. Bird himself say that him and all the others came in to break the fight up
 
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