Rumours and Stuff

[lucablight]

They were paying $1.70. Not as heavy as Penrith the following week ($1.34) but still clear favourites.

It was, but also a big fail for the Cowboys.

Redlining isn't a thing for an 80 minute contest where errors are punished. As Ivan Cleary said before the game, if Penrith didn't get it right, we could beat them. But if they did get it right we couldn't. They were paying $1.34 ffs, after flogging Souths as $1.31 favourites the week before. They were only paying $1.37 when they beat us in week one of the finals. We were outclassed (twice) just like Souths. We don't need a scapegoat for that.

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Even if it was $1.70 that isn’t raging hot favourites. If you convert that to percentages it’s a 58.8% chance of victory. They were a bit better than slight favourites.
$1.34 favourites is a 74.6% chance of winning if you convert it to percentages.
You absolutely can redline in an 80 minute contest. That doesn’t mean it has to be for the full 80 minutes. Newcastle did it to us in 2001.

 

[Gherkin]

Basically gives the dogs what they needed.

A shame the Dragons deal fell through tbh.

Yet again though Gus is talking about recruitment and market value of a player on a podcast as a journo when he is also a GM of football.

It's truly a joke.

RCG would probably be good for us on a 1 yr deal at 650k. Oh wait....

 

[Soren Lorenson]

RCG would probably be good for us on a 1 yr deal at 650k. Oh wait....

I’ve seen at least 4! Different figures this week ranging from 650k to 785k and up to 800k. No merkin can know for sure he was only on 650 next year.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Also, same articles seem to have suggested it was at least 50/50 RCG wanted to leave as much as we have tapped him.

 

[Gherkin]

Also, same articles seem to have suggested it was at least 50/50 RCG wanted to leave as much as we have tapped him.

I can understand why he wanted to leave, if he can pick up a long term deal it could work out better for him than trying to get one when he's a year older.
But as a club we need to do what's best for us. We do have a lot of middles, so if we can spend that money elsewhere to balance the squad it would improve us overall. Hopefully we have some players lined up already, would be odd to release him without replacements locked in. The signings of Lomax and Iongi are great, but based on the way MO'N has operated the last few years nothing would surprise me.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

I can understand why he wanted to leave, if he can pick up a long term deal it could work out better for him than trying to get one when he's a year older.
But as a club we need to do what's best for us. We do have a lot of middles, so if we can spend that money elsewhere to balance the squad it would improve us overall. Hopefully we have some players lined up already, would be odd to release him without replacements locked in. The signings of Lomax and Iongi are great, but based on the way MO'N has operated the last few years nothing would surprise me.

All fair. It’s also pretty odd that he has been released without a new contract. That tells me he really wanted out.

 

[Gherkin]

All fair. It’s also pretty odd that he has been released without a new contract. That tells me he really wanted out.

or the team is playing finals footy and they're waiting until after the season to announce it

 

[Soren Lorenson]

or the team is playing finals footy and they're waiting until after the season to announce it

This is also a very good point. Bulldogs? And Salmon returning to us

 

[Gherkin]

Depending on what happens with JAC the bulldogs might not need to release anyone. If JAC is found to have tested positive and gets sacked I think it will actually be a positive for them. They may wish they kept Skelton, but long term they have a few decent wingers coming through. Addo Carr has been injured quite a bit and isn't as quick as he once was. They're a stronger squad overall with RCG in for JAC