PARRA NEEDS REED
THE EELS are hoping to secure boom hooker Reed Mahoney on a long-term deal. Eager to avoid another Clint Gutherson-style contract saga, the club has put a top-dollar offer on the table to keep the No.9.
Mahoney is touted as a future Queensland Origin rake and Parramatta want to secure his signature before he becomes a free agent for 2021 on November 1. We have been told the offer is in excess of $300,000 a year.
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Getting Smith in the bin is worth $300k on its own. Love the guys. Keep him for life.
One of Seth Macfarlane's best cutaway gags !!!
I wouldn't say one dimensional, that passing reed did in that broncos semi final game was massive , other than smith I don't think any other hookers in the comp capable. The other hookers are all good for dummy half running
I agree on Dylan Brown, we are deadset crazy if we let him leave. He is our future marquee player.
This kid is going to play origin in 2020. He is all heart and I think once he paces himself in defence he will learn the art of scooting from dummy half . His runs need to come at the exact time . With Rcg and junior they both play the ball quickly and so does brown . Scoot boy scoot ...
The signing saga for both DBrown and Mahoney really amounts to how long and how much. Both have great skills but who will go on to be the best out of them? which in some ways given their ages and experience is a bit hard at the moment. Brown really does not have anyone in reserves breathing down his neck at the moment but what could cruel him is his back and hopefully he starts next year and plays every game without any further problems.
Mahoney for basically a first year player with some game time in 2018. He has shown he is up to the task given him, and he does it well, I agree he should be looking at his attack areas but, there are areas that he does show that now, especially tries from dummy half and more than a few darts from dummy half, I would think his main competitor is Scheider but I don't see him getting to the top for a couple more years yet, owing to injuries in the past couple of seasons.
How much and how long. Brown is worth a bit more in both areas, he's still here next year as is Mahoney and both are wanted by the club, but have they shown enough at this stage to be offered enough from opponents? that's an unknown at this point of time. My thoughts are that Mahoney should be offered around the $250-320K mark for extra 2 years, and upgrade into that same range for 2020.
Brown is another matter, aside from his back problems which hopefully are/will be resolved as he ages and gets strengthening work on it, should attrack more money and perhaps a 3 year extension, with upgrade next year and $300-400K a year at this point of his career.
In some ways those amounts might be a bit on the high side though based on their experience but how they are playing tends to show up they are worth more and need to be retained. I would not be surprised though to see an announcement on that by the end of the month along with MJ's new contract signing.
Barring injury Jake Friend from the chooks will play 9 for QLD in 2020. Then it will be Turpin and Mahoney in 2021, i also think Mahoney will be a Friend style number 9, which is a good thing. Also Reed will make the 20 QLD train on squad which will build his game confidence. Reed certainly didn't look out of place in the junior roos, he is a keeper, more so than D Brown. At this stage.
D Brown iam still not 100% sold on. What game time he got in the 9,s comp he wasn,t a stand out, think he had back issues which is a worry. I'd like to see him come out in 2020 and turn potential into game performance,s before Parra start offering big dollars, right now his a 250k footballer, end of 2020 he might be a 500k footballer, or 400k.
Now this is just my opinion Reed has proven his value to the Eels Dylan has proven his potential ya don,t pay good dollers for potential but upgrde there contracts when they show what they can do.
You are aware Dylan Brown is 19 yeh? And Reed Mahoney is 21 with a full season under his belt? Of course Mahoney is going to look more comfortable, he's got more first grade experience.
I don't think it's a coincidence that we looked a lot better side with Brown at 5/8 than anyone else.
It really depends on the way QLD go next season. They may opt for youth at hooker given they are clearly in a rebuilding phase and Friend will be 30 by the start of next season. The issue for Friend is, as you said, his injury history.
Poppa read before ya write, you see DB as a future star, i have my reservations. First i would like to see how he performs and how his back holds out in 2020.
And as STATED IF he goes alright with game and back, offer 4/500k, and upgrades if needed.JT hit his straps around 25, DB is 19,
I hope DB forefills ya dreams, but a lot of 19 year olds have had potential and faded and they didn't have a serious back problem as DB has.
As super said strength training may improve his back, having had 2 stress fractures in my back from playin leauge it can also deteriorate and there goes ya career.
So there are a few hurdles Dylan needs to jump over before he is anywhere near JT, i for one hope he succeeds.
What a dumb statement, you have to punt to understand potential. Not my dream pal, I'll wait till he plays a full season before i put my dreams on him.maybe if you knew how to punt you wouldn't have to rely on others to tip ya winners Stephan. Ya Joke.
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