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  Pugger March 23, 2010 at 7:16pm

  No. definitely not. We dont want to bring that sort of culture into our club and we dont want to become a club that buys players instead of bringing them through the junior system.
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  Hugh March 23, 2010 at 7:24pm

  i agree with you to a certain extent.
  
  im a firm believer that you need new blood in a squad and that people deserve a 2nd chance. Remember Fui at the Rabbitohs... i only play for 10 minutes therefore i only train for 10 minutes.
  
  promoting juniors can save money but juniors can get complacent.
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  Johno March 23, 2010 at 7:26pm

  No way. The bloke is way too high maintenance and is a proven disruption to team harmony. As Pugger said we don't want that sort of culture brought in.
  
  I don't agree on the buying players bit though. That is the biggest mistake Parra did in the late 80's and early 90's. They just concentrated on the juniors hoping that another crop of legends would come through. They didn't come through and by the time we tried to buy marquee players, it was too late and too expensive to get them. It is the only thing that Super League was good for, allowed us to buy!
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  MJS March 23, 2010 at 7:35pm

  Nup
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  Ace Eel March 23, 2010 at 7:48pm

  If we could pick him up for jack shit why not ..... we have no mungrel on the bench now Fui will be starting.....will have little or no impact with Poore & oake.........
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  Hugh March 23, 2010 at 7:54pm

  with Matua the price would have to be right though. he seems like hes committed to playing nrl next year. Dell was thrown a life line and that turned out ok.
  
  oake could be a diamond in the rough. i would like to see him into a Gary Larson type of player.
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  Ace Eel March 23, 2010 at 8:04pm

  Trouble is Hugh...oake is 188cm & 95kg.....hardly the size or the ability to go forward like larson......
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  Hugh March 23, 2010 at 8:15pm

  larson played at 98 - 99kgs didnt he? Larson was one of the best defenders in the 90's and his running game developed late in his career.
  
  Matua would be about the same size as well. i agree that given the way the game is played that your bench does need some size.
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    Johno > Hugh March 23, 2010 at 8:43pm

    And we can't forget what Dallas Johnson gave to the Storm. He certainly played above his weight. In the end it comes down to how much fight is in the beast, not the size of it.
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  Bourbon Man March 23, 2010 at 8:17pm

  Because, it isn't the damage he'll do to our salary cap, it is the damage he'll do to the morale of his fellow players and the dynamic of the club.