(Archived) THE RUMOUR MILL - Player Movement
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sharks2010
Dribbler
lol mentioned this to a few of the boys yesterday I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen
Western Sharkie
Jaws
His names not Aaron "Dosit" is it?
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
When all is said and done, better option that gobbo.
Im worried if we dont get one of those few remaining good halves we'll end up with mortimer or something
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Hes actually a really good guy. Good mail
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
Not having a shot at you but everyone keeps saying that and it's not good enough. My 85 year old Grandmother is probably a better option than Robbo.
We obviously have a bit of coin having missed out on DCE. We just need to pay what it takes for one of Hodko/Sezer/Maloney. Don't care how much.
sharkstragic
Jaws
Are there any good halves in the super league worth chasing? Apart from Carney of course.
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
But thats not the point. If we cant get a star we need something. I wouldnt take townsend over maloney etc but seriously an upgrade is an upgrade. Not about accepting mediocrity or anything like that. Id rather sign a small ipgrade than no upgrade. But thats not putting chad on top of the list
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
A few.
HaroldBishop
Megalodon
My point is we have the cash. There is no excuse for not getting a star now imo. We should be able to comfortably outbid almost anyone else for one of them. We are desperate so if we pay big overs, so be it.
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Clearly cash means nothing. Im happy to throw maloney or hodko a few extra bob to get them here. But if we compete with their current clubs for a signature we will miss out regardless imo
sharks2010
Dribbler
I'd like to think we can get a decent half and a decent prob out of the money we were offering dce
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Yep say 750 for hodko?
Its hard. Its like going out for dinner wanting steak only to get there and all they have is rissoles. Dce was worlds above the others.
But is the money actually there? Or was there a nice bundle of 3rd party payments.
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Dont we have the australian half back?
Junior Kangaroos or Australian schoolboys? Cause schoolboys is by no means a measure of future success in the NRL.
Young Tracey's still got quite a bit to go before he gets there whereas Elgey is right on the cusp.
BlackWhiteBlue
Jaws
Neither is under 20s
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I am not sure if some of you realise but the majority of managers keep their players away from Cronulla. We are only used for bargaining tools to increase contract values. The club is keen to buy talent but the talent isn't keen to come here. Besides Bird, we haven't signed a young gun since Wade Graham and it could be argued that he wasn't in the upper echelon of young players running around. What player manager or parent for that matter would want their son to go and play the boring brand of football our coach makes us play?
If you look at the history of the club, when was the last player that all 16 clubs wanted and he chose to come to Cronulla? Noddy only came here because of Anderson and even then, he almost went to the Dragons. Barba wasn't wanted, either was Gordon really. Ennis had us and Canberra to chose from....no big deal there. Heigho and Ryan were being booted out of the Tigers so we gave them a lifeline. Fifita was a nobody that just happened to be a really good player. Snowden similar when he was here.
Of all the players over the years, I can only really think of Lewis choosing us over everyone else.
I look at the Roosters, Bulldogs and even Penrith, it's not very often they go out to get their man and not have a contract signed. How does Cronulla become an entity that elite players want to join? You can have your multi-million dollar developments but if you still have lightweights running the program, all the money in the world will still only buy you average players (just on elite players money). Footballers generally want to be part of a winning culture and despite the odd period of success, Cronulla is not viewed as a long term sustainable success for elite players.
If you look at the history of the club, when was the last player that all 16 clubs wanted and he chose to come to Cronulla? Noddy only came here because of Anderson and even then, he almost went to the Dragons. Barba wasn't wanted, either was Gordon really. Ennis had us and Canberra to chose from....no big deal there. Heigho and Ryan were being booted out of the Tigers so we gave them a lifeline. Fifita was a nobody that just happened to be a really good player. Snowden similar when he was here.
Of all the players over the years, I can only really think of Lewis choosing us over everyone else.
I look at the Roosters, Bulldogs and even Penrith, it's not very often they go out to get their man and not have a contract signed. How does Cronulla become an entity that elite players want to join? You can have your multi-million dollar developments but if you still have lightweights running the program, all the money in the world will still only buy you average players (just on elite players money). Footballers generally want to be part of a winning culture and despite the odd period of success, Cronulla is not viewed as a long term sustainable success for elite players.
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snowman
Total gronk
Connor Tracey is going to be a very good player in the future no doubt, which is why I am leaning towards giving Maloney a bumper 2 year
vicsharkfan
Jaws
Heard this crap for years I call BS, when ever we missed out on a player this old chestnut gets thrown out there, even if true I'm confident with lyall at the helm we are heading in a great direction fast.
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