thebigredv
First Grade
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I like this because it is realistic. Would make for a much stronger team, especially the coach exchange.
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Aiken and Lafai will be regular 1st grade while they are here
Mary will coach next year
The roster is in a mess, especially the backline. Some players have been extended this year who we really should have just let go - Dufty, Pereira - some untried players signed for two years when they should have been signed for one - Ravalawa, Pearson - some signed long term who did not display the form to warrant a long term contract - Aitken, Lafai - and some who should have been extended another year - Timm, Kerr.
I get you Outlaw but the Club has been very restricted with what it can do regarding the JDB situation. Our “compensation “ from the NRL was bugger all leaving us playing with a reduced salary cap.....effectively we have been penalised $500,000 and the potential danger of leaving ourselves open to legal action from Jack has been underestimated. Being told by the NRL that we could only replace JBD by signing a player for ONE year only virtually ended our chances of getting anyone of note, We were between a rock and a hard place, BUT we should have fought harder over this but your frustration, anger etc re our coach, our Board and our situation is well founded.
Our CEO with the support of the SGI Board should have fought hard for a proper and fair deal immediately after the policy was announced. Jonhston should have asked that, because the policy was introduced retrospectively, a one off deal regarding De Belin should be considered:
But you like Rav & Pearson over Periera, Lafai & Aitken and had them in your 2020 side...what happened?
I agree fully Possm. I think it is a measure of how far we have fallen in the eyes of the NRL that our requests could be virtually ignored. It shows how poorly we court and work with the media, and how, unfortunately, poor our leadership is. The quicker this Club realises that it no longer has the status it once did, the better. We are no longer the force we were off the field and are failing on it. We need to be very careful. Ironically Hunt, the million dollar man who many of us complain about, needs to succeed. If he continues to struggle and if we are seen to criticise and abandon him, when will the next ‘star’ sign for the RedV if another club offer nearly the same money? No Hunt needs to succeed because if he doesn’t, getting any of the players mentioned in this thread, becomes so much harder.
Hopefully JDB wins his appeal to be reinstated, even if he doesn’t play it opens up the door for the Dragons to sue the NRL, they really left us high and dry this season. If this is an extreme circumstance and need extreme measures then fine but they need to put in place some measures to ensure it doesn’t affect the entire season first before making hasty decisions.
I think, this is a golden opportunity to actually
Carlton. He has hardly played CC to judge that this year.
100% this. We want this and that but you can only get what is truly available and the shelves are emptying out fast to fill 16 teams. That even goes for decent wingers, props and centres available for 2020..and coaches
I don’t think Dufty is going as bad as people think, he is just being used poorly for mine. He is the same size as Billy Slater, and other small fullbacks like Barba and Bowen have been great. I’d love to see him sniff around the middle a bit more, I used to watch him in 20s and he and Leilua had an awesome combo. Also would like to say f$$$ the Roosters.
Agree with Duf.
Agree about EA, disagree with Duf.
