He's worth more than we are paying him so he's been an excellent addition to our roster. The definition of "good value ".
For that very reason this blog will get virtually no attention. There will be no acknowledgement of the good work done to bring Williams, Walker, addo Carr, de Belin etc to our club.
All the focus is on why we didn't surpass the dragons ridiculous offer to get KK which would have ruined us on so many levels.
For what it's worth Eli, I've enjoyed reading your comments on these two blogs. Good stuff
He has swum against the tide and stayed firm on his reasonable opinion, despite copping a pasting for it....and he never sooks not once. Bravo Eli
Eli Stephens > Adam MagrathDecember 27, 2025 at 1:03pm
I think Ryles is just a very measured head coach. He's offloaded a lot of overpaid and old players who aren't really all the way bought in. I don't see the point in overpaying players who aren't committed or are just looking for a money grab. Even a guy like Dylan Walker, small salary but very big impact.
I hope we will be able to add JDB to the list of astute purchases....and if Kelly pans out that will confirm that Ryles has a talent for it
Eli Stephens > Randy HandlingerDecember 27, 2025 at 1:22pm
I think Kelly might have a career season under Ryles and playing next to ado Carr, rate that signing. JDB might be more a mentor role for the younger middles and play 25-30 min a game. Cheap but can't hurt you
"Haha true.. did you see how Gutherson got ran around easily in every game. Gutherson is a desperate buy and on close to a million.
Dragons are a basket case "
"They've already gone out and bought Gutho Val Cookie and now Keon on decent money. It takes more then just buying random players to build a culture. Their halves are Atkinson and Flanno and 35 year old Gutho is the fullback 😂 club is going nowhere "
"No but I can promise you, he will be the first of a few others to jump to the dragons. Good players attract other good players. Shit players don't attract anything but flies.
Flanno may not be as good as Ryles but he understands what is required to…"
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Could be way off but I believe I heard once he was on $400-500k
Going rate for a starter.
Unreal value. His production is worth 800k easy 😂
He's worth more than we are paying him so he's been an excellent addition to our roster. The definition of "good value ".
For that very reason this blog will get virtually no attention. There will be no acknowledgement of the good work done to bring Williams, Walker, addo Carr, de Belin etc to our club.
All the focus is on why we didn't surpass the dragons ridiculous offer to get KK which would have ruined us on so many levels.
For what it's worth Eli, I've enjoyed reading your comments on these two blogs. Good stuff
x2 on Eli.
He has swum against the tide and stayed firm on his reasonable opinion, despite copping a pasting for it....and he never sooks not once. Bravo Eli
I think Ryles is just a very measured head coach. He's offloaded a lot of overpaid and old players who aren't really all the way bought in. I don't see the point in overpaying players who aren't committed or are just looking for a money grab. Even a guy like Dylan Walker, small salary but very big impact.
I hope we will be able to add JDB to the list of astute purchases....and if Kelly pans out that will confirm that Ryles has a talent for it
I think Kelly might have a career season under Ryles and playing next to ado Carr, rate that signing. JDB might be more a mentor role for the younger middles and play 25-30 min a game. Cheap but can't hurt you