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Cumberland Eel

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I don’t want to be too grinchy here but I’m not sold on TDS at all and if the reported 2.5m over 4yrs is true it makes me extremely worried. He has speed yes and can be a legitimate threat from dummy half, however imo his service & effort areas isn’t up to scratch for that type of money. I really, really hope he makes a bald fool out of me and kills it but I think they’ve pulled the wrong reign here.
 

King-Gutho94

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I don’t want to be too grinchy here but I’m not sold on TDS at all and if the reported 2.5m over 4yrs is true it makes me extremely worried. He has speed yes and can be a legitimate threat from dummy half, however imo his service & effort areas isn’t up to scratch for that type of money. I really, really hope he makes a bald fool out of me and kills it but I think they’ve pulled the wrong reign here.
I think where we are as a club atm.

Its a risk we had to take.

5 clubs were after him so its not like he had no takers.

Talent is there.

He is a potential 10+ year dummy half for us.
 

Cumberland Eel

First Grade
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I think where we are as a club atm.

Its a risk we had to take.

5 clubs were after him so its not like he had no takers.

Talent is there.

He is a potential 10+ year dummy half for us.
I’m not sure so sure KG and it’s probably got as much to with the position as the player for me as Hooker really is one you can’t afford to overpay. While the state of the club isn’t super atm they’ve made some tough decisions to get a fairly blank canvas when it comes to the cap and I just feel securing an elite forward (or two!) & decent 5/8th would be the priority especially after unearthing Ryley this year. I agree there’s talent there and sincerely hope he fully realises it in the Blue & Gold.
 

King-Gutho94

Coach
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Personally I'm a huge Riley fan but today's NRL seems to suit a 2 hooker rotation. We now have a coach that can upskill players so if TDS is wanting, Ryles and co will soon remedy that. I expect our dynamic duo to deliver us some incredible footy moving footy.
In Ryles we trust.
Yep in terms of upskilling its becoming obivous Benji can't coach.

Maybe TDS has a secret dossier and wants to be developed properly
 

Poupou Escobar

Post Whore
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I don’t want to be too grinchy here but I’m not sold on TDS at all and if the reported 2.5m over 4yrs is true it makes me extremely worried. He has speed yes and can be a legitimate threat from dummy half, however imo his service & effort areas isn’t up to scratch for that type of money. I really, really hope he makes a bald fool out of me and kills it but I think they’ve pulled the wrong reign here.
He's ordinary now but streets ahead of his peers of the same age (including Matt Arthur, another one with very high ceiling). Da Silva will probably play Origin, but offers close to zero for the rest of the year. He will likely be a gun by the final year of this contract, which is great, but how good will he be in the first three years? In a perfect world we would be giving him a contract starting in 2029, not finishing in that year.
 

AnonymousLurker

Juniors
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Yep in terms of upskilling its becoming obivous Benji can't coach.

Maybe TDS has a secret dossier and wants to be developed properly

Well for his development , coming to us was best bet as our assistant was a hooker
He wasn’t going to learn anything playing behind api doesn’t mean, not like they would be on the field sharing hooking duties at the same time
 

Poupou Escobar

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Wel considering one is a 20 year old spine player and the rest were almost 30 and past their best i don't see it's even comparable.
They were all proven performers and we were trying to keep our premiership window open. What has this kid proven? How's our wooden spoon window looking with this signing?
 

Poupou Escobar

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We love a good portugese hooker don’t we?
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85 Baby

Juniors
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Personally I'm a huge Riley fan but today's NRL seems to suit a 2 hooker rotation. We now have a coach that can upskill players so if TDS is wanting, Ryles and co will soon remedy that. I expect our dynamic duo to deliver us some incredible footy moving footy.
In Ryles we trust.
Ideally it’ll mean Riley can do more of what he’s good at (kick chase, being a pest, making a bazillion tackles) and TDS same (getting out of dummy half, run pressure, put on a big hit)
 
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