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Poupou Escobar

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Btw this is the Dogs Halfback from the losing SG ball side from this year.


Somehow the dogs can sign him up for years........
This merkin hasn’t played a single game in reserve grade. He’s not an early developer like Sanders and Talagi, so there was no demand from rival clubs.
 

hineyrulz

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Go and read Prosenzko article he just released on the SMH.

It makes for happy reading.

The club opted against pursing Trei Fuller as a potential replacement for Gutho because the club decided to wait in limbo for 4 months for Blaize to make a decision as the next FB.

It's now August and Blaize has finally made decision after not taking his PO and now guess what Fuller is locked up.
PO's are where it's at bro!!
 

Poupou Escobar

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Gutho doesn't hold himself any better in contract talks tbf.

But in 200 games he has never shirked it and deserves more respect.

Like i said what brain dead muppet gives a 18 year old kid a PO before he even plays a FG game.

He should have been locked into 2025 with no clauses whatsoever.
Yeah Moses would’ve jumped at that. He knew there was demand for Talagi, who has been on every club’s radar since Harold Matts. He wanted his client on the open market as early as possible. The only multi year contract would’ve been in the player’s favour anyway. There’s no tricking youngsters into signing long contracts for unders any more. Not if they’re good enough to have managers. The game has changed.
 

Poupou Escobar

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The issue is not how good Blaize is , the real fact is the club wanted to retain him and failed. Surely that falls on an inability to outline his future opportunities and set them out to his manager and family, that is the responsibility of the HOF, missed by that much !!
Absolute incompetence.
The issue is the player wants big money and we already have six backs on big money for 2025. The Panthers can offer him a spot in the spine, with the cash to match.
 

Avenger

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Playing devils advocate here but I reckon BA has plenty to answer here. Seriously what the f**k was he thinking advocating that the kid was our future long term fullback. Everyone could see that it wasn't his position. Been a centre or 6 his whole junior career. Gould said months ago that he wasn't a fullback. You reckon he will play at 1 at Penrith. Not a f**king chance. Cleary isn't f**king stupid.
 

Chipmunk

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I still think with some fresh ideas, new tactics, and new motivation, if this exact 17 players play 20 games next season, we still make the Top 8 easily.

Gutho
Sivo
Penisini
Lomax
Brown
Moses
Hopgood
Cartwright
Lane
RCG
Hands
Joffa
Matterson
Paulo
Guymer
1 Back
1 Utility
 
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