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You have defined it further and that makes for more discourse and that's what I try and establish when I write a blog.
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You have defined it further and that makes for more discourse and that's what I try and establish when I write a blog.
You may say that Smith is not an 80 minute player and I agree with…"
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Having been in the media, some journos are well informed. Others less so. Then you have the motivations of player managers and clubs. A manager may reach out to a club to gauge their interest in a player. That manager can then use that discussion to say "we have had discussions with a number of clubs" as a way to generate interest.
Clubs, as we've seen with Gus, will say and do whatever they feel gives them an edge. Whether that's publicly denying interest or leaking to media that they have interest.
In TDS' case it's his manager saying he "has 5 clubs who have expressed an interest". From there the media has said Parramatta, Newcastle and Manly have been involved. Given his manager and TDS himself benefits from the discussions of 5 clubs, it's unclear how involved the Eels have been. We are in the market for another hooker, that's true. Whether we truly threw our hat in the ring for TDS is unclear.
As we've seen as well, some of the speculation is driven by guys on Facebook with a few thousand followers posting random rumours as fact.
We've even had rumours on this site picked up and reported as fact by NRL journos.
All good points.
I'm concerned then that if the club hasn't been interested in talented players that fit our requirements, the big question is - why not!
It feels to the normal run of the mill fan, that the club can't sign a talented in demand player, however if we arnt even attempting to sign talented in demand players then i'm wondering what they are doing with the marque dollars saved. I'm not sure which is worse,not interested, or failing to land them.
I don't know whether we've truly gone after TDS and missed. The club has shown it acts quickly when it finds a player that fits our requirements.
Naustrodoumas predictions lol. Why is everyone falling for this post lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He is as trusted of a source as the Mole dope
hahah thats what i thought, its in the fking name "Naustrodoumas" haha fk ppl are on edge here.
He's coming to parramatta, MONS bbq went good over the weekend to get the deal done
Apparently Mrs Arthur sent one of her boys to the BBQ with a recipe for a "stew".
No one touched the Mushrooms!
Correction Chiefy went and ate the Mushrooms before he knew who brought them. Looks like our King Maker has been on the throne ever since.
Was a Weber BBQ that Wests gave Brooks? Got it as apart of his package when getting sacked.
What this does tell me is we are lifting the floor of the roster with experience in JDBs case and it buys the club time to get the pathway talent up and through our system all while moving the older talent that doesn't fit out.
We aren't a destination for the top tier talent YET.I know patience is a dirty word round here but that's where we are right now.
The negative your burning Moses prime and putting lesser talent around him can he do what Cleary is doing and lift the lesser talent up is the question.Inexperience in the spine is a killer.Its got to learn how to win games consistently and then if it goes well it has to learn how to win on the finals stage also.
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