It's not really a question of just buying a Coote or someone either. Cowboys have been able to put this roster and spine together by outstanding recruitment and development. They were forced to pay massive dollars for Thurston, but they got Coote with a brilliant purchase at a time everyone else had written him off. Then they banked on Morgan to come along through the grades. Everyone was bagging them when they let segyaro go but Granville has been as good as any hooker at club level for the last few years.
Broncos are a bit different because they have so many advantages but their spine is another level as well. Will be intretesting to see how they go without McCullough for a while. He's pretty underrated I think. Or maybe he looks elite level because of who he is playing with.
I beg to differ. You swap Gordon for Coote and we win. Our attack dosen't break down, splutter or look disjointed as it so often has this season. The Cowboys have to then rely on Thurston for all kicks and second faze ball play would be on Morgan, who is great at dominating a tackle and offloading, but hardly a genuine ball player like Coote or kicker in general play.
Boil down, Cows have four in the spine that can create. We have two. You swap Gordon for Coote, we have three each, then player for player I think we have the edge, because defensively we are better and with Coote, in our side as a second, second receiver we would have more bullets to fire too.
By the way, Slothfield reckons that the Bunnies have offered Coote $600k a season over 3 seasons. At that price he is a steal. We can afford him at that price and should have a shot at him, if this player signing embargo is ever lifted off of us that is.
As for everyone bagging the Cows for letting Segyaro go, it was rightly so. The year after he left, the Cows were hopeless and very predictable at times and not the threat that they are now. Everybody could see that there forwards were not getting the first up quality ball that they needed to get them rolling properly and there was no attacking threat scoots from dummy half either.
They realized they erred and and were very lucky that Granville was available after we inquired for him to be given a mid year release and were denied by the Broncos and we then settled on De Gois. Then the Cowboys swooped and the rest as they say is history.
