Rumours and Stuff

[Eelementary]

When his unsavoury incident occured it was less than one year from when we played in a GF during which Brown had his best season.
I'm guessing the club were betting on him reaching those heights again.

It's a shame it didn't eventuate (for our sake).

Oh, well - good luck to him.

 

[Eelementary]

Lockyer was one of those players that would get the team over the line through sheer will. Ok he was talented too but he gave everything and demanded the same.
For the money they are paying Drown, you’d want the kind of leadership Lockyer had and Cleary has.
Edit: to be fair he did chase hard in defense. But I still think he is a long way off Lockyer and Cleary in leadership and also clutch plays.

Phenomenal player, Darren Lockyer.

 

[hineyrulz]

Anyone see the presser with the Juda’s DH??

What a selfish self entitled f**kwit.

“Real fans will understand my decision”

So anyone pissed off that he’s been a disloyal merkin is not a true fan??

I have no doubt that Ryles pushed with dopey clown out the door.

 

[hineyrulz]

Bobby Bugden was the trend-setter. Who could blame him? It set him up for a weekend...View attachment 99740View attachment 99741

Small club with no money and no resources even back then.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Anyone see the presser with the Juda’s DH??

What a selfish self entitled f**kwit.

“Real fans will understand my decision”

So anyone pissed off that he’s been a disloyal merkin is not a true fan??

I have no doubt that Ryles pushed with dopey clown out the door.

12 mins i will never get back embarrassing.

Why did parra even put it on there website.

He basically spent 10 mins talking about Newcastle.

 

[hineyrulz]

12 mins i will never get back embarrassing.

Why did parra even put it on there website.

He basically spent 10 mins talking about Newcastle.

Embarrassing from the club IMO, did they really think that listening to that dickhead dribble his BS would placate the fans?? Listening to that prick has just made me more angry.

 

[Pazza]

Why? He isn’t proven and there’s a better than even chance he fails to turn out to be an high level NRL half. We’ve just been burnt on a player we’ve being paying on potential for 5 odd years, failing to really deliver. If we want Wishart, I’d be paying him on what he could currently deliver and ask him to back himself to prove he’s worth the bigger contract. If that’s not what he wants then I don’t think he’d fit what we need

I thought 700k was average for a half....

 

[Zoso]

u guys sound like you are doing a f**k load of copium at the sudden loss of dylan brown

F*ck off merkin.
No, wait. Read back and see how many were pissed about his suspension, flaky nature, inconsistency, lack of leadership, absent kicking game and more.
Then f*ck off.

 

[gaffer]

Mate ya cant buy em. I hate the paper ones

Temu or Amazon ive got a pack of about five hundred should be able to leave some in my will

 

[Pazza]

F*ck off merkin.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Yep, they might be a bit disappointed but I reckon Ryles and NBrown will be running their hands together thinking about how much cash they have to spend.

Money is great if there's players to spend it on, is there the level of player that would improve us? Maybe Kai Pearce-Paul, Ethan Bullemor? There's not much in the way of forwards off contract for 2026. Maybe backs? Staggs, Cobbo, Albert Hopoate, Sione Finau?

Maybe you can get Mozer if McGuire likes using Paix but how much would he want to come down from brisbane and would we get value for money?

 

[Rocket man]

I am surprised that Tyran Wishart's name has not been reported as a potential replacement.
How long will he be happy on the bench for at age 25?
He is apparently on 350k and his contract has a club option for 2026 only. Would likely be much cheaper than Galvin and possibly as good a fit

I think Melbourne has activated the option.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I think Melbourne has activated the option.

So were getting boned by POs at other clubs now ffs.

 

[Eelogical]

Phenomenal player, Darren Lockyer.

Quite bald, too.

 

[Parra Pride]

Lockyer was one of those players that would get the team over the line through sheer will. Ok he was talented too but he gave everything and demanded the same.
For the money they are paying Drown, you’d want the kind of leadership Lockyer had and Cleary has.
Edit: to be fair he did chase hard in defense. But I still think he is a long way off Lockyer and Cleary in leadership and also clutch plays.

Lockyer was a great player but are we really going to act like he wasn’t in some stacked Brisbane sides?

 

[Eelementary]

Anyone see the presser with the Juda’s DH??

What a selfish self entitled f**kwit.

“Real fans will understand my decision”

So anyone pissed off that he’s been a disloyal merkin is not a true fan??

I have no doubt that Ryles pushed with dopey clown out the door.

I've been a fan of his for some time.

Having him go up to the media, while in Eels kit, and talk about the Knights...

Our media department needs a kick up the arse.

 

[Grimmace]

I think where old Dylbags leaves a sour taste in the mouth is that many elite players view big contracts as a 2 way street. If the player signs a big deal with security put in it for their benefit by the club ... then they go out and repay that to the best of their ability. Following on from that whatever happens happens. It's a professional sport , guys are going to get offers that temp them.

Dylan has not repaid his contract and the investment in him since 2022. He f**ked up off field in 2023 and it basically cost us a finals spot.. he was disappointing in 2024 and didn't live up to his contract value.. and he's disrupted our culture rebuild and start of 2025. In my opinion he's entitled to take any stupid offer he wants from the Knights but clearly we can all see the difference between a guy who wants to do all within his power to repay the club and his teammates and develop his game to match the contract he's on and a bloke that doesn't have the leadership , commitment and self awareness it takes to get to the top in a team sport.

There's a reason our 100+ game half and the 2nd highest paid player in the club wasn't in our leadership group and a bloke that's played 0 games for the squad is. Since 2022 Dylan hasn't lived up to his end of the contract . There's been solid performances here and there but his personal progression and development hasn't reflected the commitment we made as a club to him. You'd like to think he has a huge 2025 to go part way to repaying the club but given everything he's shown to date in his career he's yet to put it together for many 80 min performances let alone week to week and for a whole season. This over his head will more than likely be another excuse for why he didn't get it done... him being Newcastles 1.4 mil problem may not end up that bad for us. I mean , we're coming off a 40 point drubbing against Melbourne and he has such little awareness that he spends 10 mins talking to the media about next year. Im sure the club told him to address it once and get it over and done with but he couldn't figure out for himself how to make it primarily a next year focus. Some blokes get what it takes , some blokes don't ... I'm willing to bet that a cashed up Dylbags forever struggles to figure it out.

 

[Eelementary]

Lockyer was a great player but are we really going to act like he wasn’t in some stacked Brisbane sides?

He absolutely was.

So was Andrew Johns.

And Brad Fittler.

Peter Sterling...Ricky Stuart...Cooper Cronk...

But they're still great.

 

[Zoso]

Lockyer was a great player but are we really going to act like he wasn’t in some stacked Brisbane sides?

Agree. But it’d be hard to find games when he wasn’t massively involved, leading the team, making match winning plays, and generally finding his all.
You’d never accuse him of fading in and out of games or being a downhill skier.

 

[Eelogical]

Lockyer was a great player but are we really going to act like he wasn’t in some stacked Brisbane sides?

Not everybody has a valley named after them.