#sackgidley

[lafai]

Gids probably will never be dropped to the bench or NSW Cup. He should but he probably won't.

 

[Frederick]

Actually no, I don't agree with that. Sione does not have the makings of a fullback, and has been pretty bad this year. The bombs that he lets bounce are unforgivable...first grade fullbacks are expected to take them. Also he hasn't completed one smooth backline sweeping movement all year. In that respect, gidley has been better.

HOWEVER, I do agree with you that gidley should be dumped to the bench. I'd like to see Dane at fullback and Sione in the centres. Or Mamo fullback, Sione and Dane centres, gidley and BJ on bench, with BJ playing impact back rower. Chopping and changing the team during the game to accommodate Sione doesn't work.

 

[aqua_duck]

Sione is an out and out centre, has been most of his career in the juniors too, fullback is too vital a position to throw a kid in who isn't a specialist. Gagai played his junior football as a fullback and should be tried there

 

[slotmachine]

Sione hadn't had a line break, try or assist all season. Doesn't look happy under the high ball either. He's good at returning kicks, which is a nice change from Darius I guess.

He threw 2 passes in the sharks game (one of which was really an offload). That's not exactly what you want from your second 5/8.

 

[Noname36]

Thing is if Gidley re-signs we're going to have the Sione on the bench crap for another year as I couldn't see Stone dropping McManus or trialling anything like playing BJ on the bench and Sione at centre.

I don't like Sione at fullback either but I think it's a much lesser evil than the Sione on the bench mess we have at the moment. Gidley does offer more than Sione at fullback, but not that much more that I think we'd be better served keeping him around and playing Sione from the bench for another year.

As sad as it is to say, I don't think we'd miss Gidley too much at all. Although I think he's a better fullback than Sione, for whatever reason we seem to play much better when he's not there...and that's certainly not something you want going on with your captain.

Only question would be who will take the captaincy with him and Scott gone. Mullen would be the obvious choice. He doesn't deserve it on current form but at the very least captaincy seems to help his game unlike Gids so that's a start.

 

[Tom155]

In RLW this week it says he is in line for a shock recall for the ANZAC test

a little from the article

Test coach Tim Sheens has been so impressed with Gidley's early season form for Newcastle that he is looking at him as his utility player on the bench for the Suncorp Stadium showdown on May 1.

"He is a very classy footballer who can play a host of positions, he played a lot of hooker the last couple of seasons, is now going well at fullback & can also slot into the halves where he played a lot of his early football."

"Kurt is a big reason why the Knights started the season so well & you can say he has thrown his hat right into the ring"

:lol::lol::lol: amazing how he keeps getting considered/picked for rep teams.

Page 9 of RLW this week check it out

 

[Noname36]

Sheenius.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

April fools was 3 weeks ago

 

[aqua_duck]

Someone check out Tim Sheens' family tree, I suspect he might be a kiwi double agent

 

[Joker's Wild]

RLW does satire articles now?

 

[The Showstopper]

They have to encourage him don't they. Just when there is a glimmer of hope he is going to the ESL next year. Next Daley will say he is in the Origin mix. He has been an excellent clubman but he has to accept it is over now. To stay would be very selfish.

 

[ryana87]

Daily telegraph reporting that gidley will make his decision on the future in the next week or so claiming “gidley has claimed he wants to finish his career in England"

 

[Alex28]

The club needs to make the decision for him. He is holding other players back - both in first grade playing along side him (Mullen) and those waiting for their chance (Mamo).

 

[Noname36]

Knights captain Kurt Gidley is expected to decide his future in the coming weeks
BARRY TOOHEY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH APRIL 21, 2015 12:00AM

NEWCASTLE CEO Matt Gidley will sit down with brother Kurt and his manager George Mimis in the next fortnight to discuss the Knights captain’s playing future.

Speculation is growing Kurt Gidley is getting closer to announcing plans to end his career in England.

Out of respect for the veteran utility and his outstanding service to the club, the Knights are leaving it up to the skipper to make the call on his future beyond the end of this season.


Because of that, the club won’t force the issue even though it will impact on recruitment plans.

“I know Kurt’s been considering a whole range of options for next year but at this stage, I’m not really aware of where that is up to,” Matt Gidley said.



“With a long serving player like Kurt, and the same would go for anyone who has played as long as he has, you don’t want to be forcing them into doing anything that they haven’t considered appropriately.

“I think they have earned the right to be able to consider all their options without being forced into any decision and that is the stance the club has taken.

“We are certainly giving Kurt the opportunity to do that. I’m looking at discussing things with Kurt and his management at some stage in the next week or two.


“We spoke before the season started about Kurt’s plans and we all agreed that we would revisit that six or eight games into the season. That’s still the plan.”

Asked about the possibility of a stint in England before hanging up his boots, Matt Gidley said:

“He’s always expressed a desire to go over (to England) but he’s just wanted to get through the pre-season and the first part of the season and see how he’s feeling before making any decisions.”

Meanwhile, Gidley believes the form of centre Dane Gagai could potentially solve a selection headache for Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens if injuries rule out established Test stars for the clash with the Kiwis on Friday week.

“I know he is yet to play Origin but Dane’s in great form and he is just an outstanding competitor who would handle it easily if he was called on,” Gidley said.

“He was our best player by a fair distance against the Eels.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/knights-captain-kurt-gidley-is-expected-to-decide-his-future-in-the-coming-weeks/story-fni3gf5j-1227312488627

:crazy::crazy::crazy:

 

[Apey]

Two more years!

 

[newyboy]

"Out of respect for the veteran utility and his outstanding service to the club, the Knights are leaving it up to the skipper to make the call on his future beyond the end of this season.


Because of that, the club won’t force the issue even though it will impact on recruitment plans."

He is an employee and was paid (overs) to do a job, he has failed, you get sacked.

Unless the boss is a relative, then the shareholders sack the boss.

 

[Frederick]

I seriously cannot wait for the day that there are no gidleys associated with our club. Matt was a fantastic player, but has been a spineless CEO, and I'm really surprised he hasn't been moved on when there is such an obvious conflict of interest regarding his brother.

 

[aqua_duck]

So are we going to let McManus, Uate, Mullen, etc decide if they want contract extensions as well when the time arises? Or is it only a privilege reserved for the ceo's brother?

 

[Spot On]

Well I was wrong, our recruitment is based on popularity. Another 500K plus for Uate next contract. Yay!

 

[Rod]

So are we going to let McManus, Uate, Mullen, etc decide if they want contract extensions as well when the time arises? Or is it only a privilege reserved for the ceo's brother?

From what I can gather the 'privilege' is that he is not being rushed into a decision, not that there's a contract extension just sitting there if he wants it. Small difference and not great either way but probably not as bad as it could be construed.

Anyway it sounds like he's probably gonna go to England, which is good.