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    Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve October 1, 2026 at 5:58am

    I remember once Ryan Matterson was voted the biggest sook at the Roosters.  Then O'neill gave him the biggest retirement payout he could have hoped for
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      LB > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin October 1, 2026 at 7:25am

      To be fair Chief, from 2020-22 Matto was pretty good, particularly 2022. Going for a contract or not he was great. 2023 onwards is where it fell apart and the extension they gave him was in desperation.
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        SuperEel 22 > LB October 1, 2026 at 10:07am

        When we handed Matto his last contract he'd just played for NSW.
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          LB > SuperEel 22 October 1, 2026 at 2:48pm

          Though we also signed him after we lost all those players and were fearing of losing Paulo and RCG and we gave him a big deal.
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            Poppa > LB October 1, 2026 at 3:21pm

            

            Chiefy, I cannot remember Ryan Materson being voted or called the biggest sook at the Roosters, just the same it would be unusual you getting anything wrong / right ?
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  Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve September 30, 2026 at 11:18pm

  

  How the fuck does Webster get Coach of the year ? Totally flopped out of the finals.  What a farce. Holbrook , Woolfe and Robinson should feel very very hard done by to be beat by a bloke who can only coach a regular season and then falls to bits. 
  
  

  Maybe a bit bias , but Holbrook has coached almost the perfect season.  Not only going from spoon to GF , but beating Penrith a man down.  Makes you wonder whether the betting agencies had an intrest in collecting a huge bunch of cash when the hot favourite missed out. 
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    Joel K > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve September 30, 2026 at 11:31pm

    That award doesn't include finals
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      Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve > Joel K October 1, 2026 at 12:22am

      Yeah saw that after my rant.  So it should be called coach of the regular season. Coach of the year is not really the case , is it.

      Finals are still part of the year. And it shows who the best coaches actualy are. Example being the Warriors totally underprepared. 
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        LB > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve October 1, 2026 at 7:27am

        Yeah it's odd. I mean should finals be included within the final voting? Particularly for coach of the year? I think it fits.

        All other awards don't need finals included within the voting. But coach yeah as out of all awards that one can look more impressive with a run in the finals, where match prep and motivation is key.
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        Frankie Fong > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve October 1, 2026 at 9:42am

        He still took the knights from the wooden spoon to the finals so he still should of won the award by landslide.