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Team 2016

Jono078

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1 Mamo
2 Mata'utia
3 Walker
4 Gagai
5 Uate

Not too bad. Walker's asking price would be more than what he really offers though, IMO.
 
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mamo would be the worst fb in the comp, if by some chance walker does end up here youd have to shift gagai to fb
 
The Showstopper

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Macca must be close to calling it a day. Just our luck we have a bit of extra dough but no one available of the quality we need. Might be worth waiting this time and try for a big season to impress the otherwise reluctant players. I am of the belief the new model will be buy top quality and pad the squad out with juniors. No more overs.
 
Knight Vision

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The Showstopper said:
Macca must be close to calling it a day. Just our luck we have a bit of extra dough but no one available of the quality we need. Might be worth waiting this time and try for a big season to impress the otherwise reluctant players. I am of the belief the new model will be buy top quality and pad the squad out with juniors. No more overs.
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Lets hope your f**king right!!!!!!!!
 
Knight Vision

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Noname36 said:
Not a fan of Walker. He's pretty average out of South's system IMO. Wouldn't be nearly as good here.

Neither are happening anyway.
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Agreed, the last thing we need is another backline player in the roster when our pack is getting DOMINATED.

We need a serious ALPHA mongrel to lead the pack and intimidate.

When our pack can dominate our backline will fly.
 
Noname36

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Knight Vision said:
Agreed, the last thing we need is another backline player in the roster when our pack is getting DOMINATED.

We need a serious ALPHA mongrel to lead the pack and intimidate.

When our pack can dominate our backline will fly.
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I'll actually be really disappointed if we bought a back with Walker's kind of asking price when it's a quality prop and hooker which we really need.

Our club's obsession with outside backs worries me. The Cowboys win showed that if you have quality in the forwards and halves you don't need fancy backs.

I could potentially get behind us signing a fullback because we don't have any standout natural fullbacks...but Walker would be absolutely useless and a waste of money IMO.
 
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The Showstopper

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There is something really offensive about players who do stupid shit and their managers pretending like it never happened when they try to ramp up their price after a club sacks the player. If we went after Walker we would be paying overs. I think Brown won't have it. He seems like he knows exactly where we have f#cked up for years and aims to correct it.
 
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Paper saying Sam will be on 500k under the cap with the third party deals topping up the rest.

And that is why we won't be relevant any time soon.
 
Jono078

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Yep, here we are, a team in a position to purchase a top notch player, but we miss out because we can't compete with the third party sponsorship.

Very disappointing. Burgess would have walked in and been captain from day 1.
 
Zoidberg

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Has James McManus officially announced he's retired?
There was a story on my iPhone League Live app that basically said he had.
 
Still Nutty

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http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3493187/stockwell-ready-to-let-rip-after-injury/?cs=306

REPRESENTATIVE selectors became well acquainted with Jack Stockwell’s name during his days in junior rugby league. The towering forward from St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, was one of the dominant players in his age group, graduating to his NRL debut for St George Illawarra soon after representing NSW under-18s and Australian Schoolboys. But, after his initial season with the Knights was written off by a ruptured biceps in early June, the last thing he was expecting was to be considered for the first senior rep game of his career.

Named alongside Dane Gagai in the preliminary squad for the Prime Minister’s XIII to tackle Papua New Guinea in September, Stockwell was left with mixed emotions – flattered to have attracted the attention of coach Ivan Cleary but realistic enough to accept he had not recovered from major surgery.

‘‘Jack’s a young kid and, from a front-row point of view, he’s still a few years off being in his prime. You forget sometimes how young some of the kids are.’’- – NATHAN BROWN

‘‘I wasn’t going to come back that early from the biceps,’’ Stockwell told the Newcastle Herald.

‘‘They named me, but it just wasn’t going to happen.

‘‘It was nice to get the recognition, for sure. I was very surprised when they announced the squad.

‘‘I would love to have gone over and played, especially with Gags, but unfortunately I wasn’t ready.’’

It was nonetheless a confidence boost for the 23-year-old, who had just broken into Newcastle’s starting team before an untimely setback in the round-12 loss to Canberra.
‘‘I just came into a tackle, second man in, swung my arm around and it just kind of hyper-extended,’’ he said.

‘‘I got an impact right on the point of the biceps and it just popped.

‘‘At the time, I couldn’t feel it. I was just in shock.

‘‘I couldn’t feel it until I got to hospital.’’

Stockwell admitted it was ‘‘pretty frustrating’’ to learn he would require season-ending
surgery, just as he was making his mark.

‘‘I’d just got myself into the starting side and started to play some not-too-bad footy,’’ he said. ‘‘So I was very disappointed my season had to end so quickly. But I stuck with the boys for the whole season, and it’s good to be back into pre-season, getting ready for 2016.’’

Stockwell, who played 35 games for the Dragons before signing a three-year deal with the Knights, will be vying with Kade Snowden, Korbin Sims, Mickey Paea and Sam Mataora for a berth in coach Nathan Brown’s engine-room rotation.

‘‘I have to get through the pre-season, get my arm right and play some consistent footy. Obviously the goal is to make the starting team, but if I’m coming off the bench, it won’t worry me too much. I’ll still play my style of footy and do what I can for the team.’’

Brown was hopeful Stockwell was due a change in fortunes in 2016.

‘‘He’s a player that’s had a bit of a mixed bag, unfortunately, with injuries. Last year he missed a lot of footy, didn’t he, after coming up from the Dragons. But Jack’s a young kid and, from a front-row point of view, he’s still a few years off being in his prime. You forget sometimes how young some of the kids are.’’ Brown said..

THE NSW Rugby League has unveiled plans for a $20million Centre of Excellence and headquarters in western Sydney. Jointly funded by the NSWRL and state government, the facility at Sydney Olympic Park will house the NSWRL administration beside a field and training facilities which will be used by the NSW State of Origin side.

The brainchild of NSW coach Laurie Daley, the complex will be built next to ANZ Stadium and serve as the Blues’ base camp during future Origin series. The training field will be used by the Blues during camps and on Origin game day fans will be able to watch the team warm up before the players walk over to the ground via a tunnel which was used by athletes during the 2000 Olympics. It is hoped the centre will be ready to use by the 2018 Origin series and will replace Coffs Harbour as the Blues’ home base.

‘‘It takes us into a new sphere because we’ve never really had a home. Coffs Harbour has been terrific and we’re going back there next year and it’s certainly been great for us. But to have our own purpose-built facility will give us a better chance to have success.’’ Blues coach Laurie Daley said.

NSW has been given the land under a leasehold agreement with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority.

Meanwhile, the NRL has slashed prices to the two Origin matches at ANZ Stadium next year. Some tickets will cost $35, and two-game passes for both Sydney matches will be on sale for $75 for NRL club members and $85 for the general public.
 
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The Showstopper

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He had the same policy at St Helens and won a title by banking on their talented academy. I am all for this. These kids will give it their all. Some pride back in the jumper.
 
Burwood

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The problem we've faced as a club has been, once these juniors come through, that they feel a sense of entitlement. They get signed up to big contract extensions and their form/intensity then drops off. Sometimes they don't even show the form or talent that warrants the big dollars in the first place.

The positive from Brown so far is that he has been happy to show the door to a highly paid junior because they were not providing anywhere near good value (I'm looking at you, Clydsdale...).

The whole Newcastle system reminds me of the teaching profession- a new year rolls around and you are guaranteed a pay rise because you are more experienced. It doesn't matter if you were sub-standard or mediocre- you put in the hours so you're entitled to the pay rise.
 
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