What happens now? Players want their new pay deal ratified or will not turn up to training on Monday which will hold up the competition return. The tail is wagging the dog.
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"You compared us to Penrith weeks ago Chief about??? The hell are you on about."
"Metcalf doing the Ben Hunt lol"
"So you're comparing us to Penrith who have half a dozen Australian and nsw representatives and have won 4 comps lol
Go back to bed until you can come up with a better argument.......zzzzzzz
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Go back to bed until you can come up with a better argument.......zzzzzzz
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"Look at the excellent play of those two youngsters at Souths Jye Gray and Ashton Ward......they are killing it. Further maybe Bevan French would have been elite in this new Vlandyball"
""Dragons have a better recruitment team then us". This comment is going to go down in the 2026 1Eyedeel comments hall of fame."
"The bigger power middle is coming back into the game. I think we need to go back to 3 bigger middles Tui, Mataele and Paulo. The bigger middles are needed to hold player in the tackle, not necessarily bring them to ground to slow the ruck. Anything…"
"Respectfully you have no idea. I hope you are a troll trying to get a reaction. If you are not then the education system has let you down.
To the first argument there is still 5 months until November. You're acting like he is off contract for next…"
To the first argument there is still 5 months until November. You're acting like he is off contract for next…"
"Trev, im not talking about Tuivaiti alone. Its been a consistent lack of retention and recruitment management overall. Thats the issue.
Its Dylan Brown, issaia papalii, Khafusi, Twidle, Utokimanu, blaze ect ect ect, add to that the lack of…"
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"I doubt he would uproot his entire professional life to be our GM. I can't think of a single realistic reason why this would happen. He seems happy with his life as is."
"AE, i actually do not mind that pick. Being close to Ryles if a spot was to open up is a realistic option."
"Coryn, I have come to bat for MON in recent weeks as people are blaming him for stuff he has nothing to do with or is out of his control. But I can admit as well that it is quite telling that Dragons can sign two players without a coach. Granted…"
"Personally if I'm replacing MON I'm chasing Braith Anasta. I believe he has the gravitas, respect and pull that we need to get things done"
"Chiefy do you lack comprehension skills? Do you know what consent is chiefy? I bloody sure hope you do know? Parramatta eels (one party) can have wants and needs, however if Tuivaiti (the other party) don't have those same wants, they can't force…"
"Im saying you start a new blog to support O'neill and the current r and r and put your case forward. If you don't, you have zero argument against the fans who do not favour him.
Now its up to you. We're all waiting
If you don't put anything up,…"
Now its up to you. We're all waiting
If you don't put anything up,…"
"So tell me this genius, if Parra do what you say and try and negotiate with Tuivaiti now and he says he wants to test his worth on the market, then what? You cannot force him to sign."
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I'm in the players corner here. They agreed to a 75% pay cut until the game could restart, and I agree it was necessary, but if they are going to start playing again, and presumably getting broadcast income flowing again, then the players want to know what their pay arrangements are going to be, and fair enough.
The 75% cut was for the duration of when the game wasn't operating, once it starts operating and the game gets some cash flow the players deserve to be paid accordingly. The NRL has thus far not addressed this concern, however I'm sure they will. The players desperatley want to start playing again, but they don't want to be taken for granted, and fair enough.
The other issue is around the Warriors. They have to be in quarantine for 14 days after they arrive before they can start training. The Warriors players are understandably concerned that this hasn't been nailed down yet, and they aren't prepared to commit to traveling across the ditch and then being in quarantine without a deal in place. Again, fair enough I say.
There is an agreement already in place if the competion resumes,the players get 29.5 pc of any revenue from then on, it is not yet known how much that will be. The players and that wanna be Newton continue to throw up road blocks , cance the comp for gods sake and let these self entilted shits cry about that, I had hopes the comp wopuld resume on rhe 28th, not any more.
Thats fine if they dont - no-one wins. Seriously both fox and ch 9 could be stubborn too in light of the players behaviours this week. No-one wins. AFL will be back soon as will some o/seas soccer....there will be sport to watch somewhere. The marbles has even taken off.....
Well the Belorussian Premier League has been playing this whole time. It's the only professional sport that has continued operating uninterrupted.
Yes Brett and its good stuff. I congratule those Belorussians, a tough race.
i agee with the playes but the reality is that they will play. They are fully paid up untilk the end of May whic means they are obligated to turn up and train, after that they wont get paid a cent. All of the players i have spoken to are so worried abou their next paycheck, despite some of these players being marquee players that they would do anything to get back and play.
All of the club officials i have spoken to are also confident of the game restarting. Storm in a teacup
As long as our guys want to turn up and train i dont give a crap what the others do