The Rumours Thread

[Dragon David]

Mate he will be a bank manager and it will not be the Commonwealth or any of the other major financial institutions , but his own bank loaning money out at one of the highest interest rates in Oz !

Hell , he must have enough dough hidden away to give even Donald the Trump a run for his money !

...and we were the biggest suckers who gave him his millions. Mary was desperate for a half back and he couldn't care less how much it was going to cost. A good idea at the time I think Gareth and him being paired with Widdop got me all excited that's for sure.

Hunt should never have been rewarded with the captaincy of the club in 2021 after Cam McInnes left us. Coach Anthony Griffin gave him that job which was definitely a mate thing.

Remember this?

Dragons confirm Hunt captaincy

St George Illawarra have confirmed that Ben Hunt will captain the club ahead of the 2021 NRL Telstra Premiership.

www.dragons.com.au

We can laugh at that now.

Goodbye and good riddance.

 

[Jubilee]

In fairness to Drinkwater, it wasn't Rava's speed that got him to the line. It was the fend.

And those scary thighs, too, no doubt. Could not get your arms around them.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

What ever we were paying him was considered 2 things, daylight robbery and fraud !!!

Divorces are like that.

 

[justadragon]

The best sentence in the world,

Ben wanted this role for all the right reasons. His care factor for the club is extremely high and the added responsibility will be crucial to his ongoing performances," Griffin said

Griffin you complete and utter MORON !!!

 

[hewi]

From the appointment of Price until Griffin was moved on the club has been a basket case. The last piece of that puzzle was Hunt who wasn’t a leaders ring. Flanagan is heading us in the right direction.

 

[Mojo]

It still doesn't add up for me.

If the NRL have set his market value at 800K, then how are the Broncos only paying him 550K? The salary cap is provided by the NRL so either they have the room in the cap to pay him 800k or they don't.
Why would they take a hit of 800k but only pay him 550k, it doesn't make sense and smacks of Broncos being provided a privilege lesser clubs like us are never afforded.

The cap is a nominal ceiling. What gets paid is actual cash.
The nominal value is set so that the club and the player can’t collude to form a cheap contract for a star player.

 

[Jubilee]

From the appointment of Price until Griffin was moved on the club has been a basket case. The last piece of that puzzle was Hunt who wasn’t a leaders ring. Flanagan is heading us in the right direction.

Compare the comportment of Gutherson since leaving Parramatta. For loyalty and good manners, Gutho is a Prince. Hunt could not polish his boots.

 

[Phantom V]

The best sentence in the world,

Ben wanted this role for all the right reasons. His care factor for the club is extremely high and the added responsibility will be crucial to his ongoing performances," Griffin said

Griffin you complete and utter MORON !!!

Whenever I see Griffins name, I hear banjos

 

[<StGeorgeDragons>]

Hunt was the worst captain we’ve had by a country mile. Hated that we had to suffer with it for so long, and just accept articles like that and comments from coaches just like that above.

Ben was not a mood lifter on the field.
Hardly spoke on the field unless he was pointing fingers.
Did not use the challenge rule to our advantage enough.
Flopped under pressure.
All about him first, team second.

So glad that’s done now and yes I realise Ilias is not an upgrade in the halves but I’ll take it if we have an actual captain players want to play for and with.