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Ugliest win in the history of the club!
But Winning!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeee
Geezus,what a relief. Congratulations team. The dragon has been slayed!!
I really have no idea how we are in the Top4
BUT I’ll TAKE IT!!!
But Winning!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeee
Geezus,what a relief. Congratulations team. The dragon has been slayed!!
I really have no idea how we are in the Top4
BUT I’ll TAKE IT!!!
Well played Warriors.
For you blokes asking how it ever got to this point, it is just the normal dealings of a well run Warriors recruitment dept by Andrew McFadden.
The whole NRL know that the Warriors have an excess of future star back row forwards, apart from the NSW cup team advertising this every week they put Fatialofa on the paddock, there have been a bunch of articles and dozens of media mentions about the forwards coming through at the Warriors.
Penrith are watching Nathan cough I mean Jett every week and Dad is talking to him about who is a goer in this club eh.
First things first, the Warriors cannot stop any given player wanting to go and join the best team in the NRL eh. No one can if that player really wants to.
Second of all, this was smart dealings by Fatialofa's agent, clearly Kaylis never really wanted to go to Penrith, rather he wanted more money.
The Warriors themselves know full well what he has to offer, he is not a player they were going to let go willingly.
Some fans think the club is dumb, no if joe average fan thinks they can see something lemme tell you, the club knows a hundred fold more about any player than any fan.
This club has a long history of being irresponsible with its cap management and investing in the wrong youth....mistakes driven by this illusion called 'potential'.
Kaylis is not ahead of Leka, or Dimitric, or Gannon or Laban, those boys are NRL ready (some like to argue Gannon is not, well I watched his return to the ESL post injury and he is still surprise surprise a decent young talent sorry).
Some may argue Kaylis has greater potential, and fair enough (remove Gannon from that calculus, because he does specialist roles that the others cannot) maybe Kaylis will be as good as or even better than Leka.....but here is the real shit kicker....he is not ahead of any of those players as far as readiness goes at the time of these negotiations....and the Warriors would be setting a very bad example by putting him ahead purely on potential....so offering him that first offer was not low balling.....it was simply saying mate....you are barely out of highschool....there are a bunch of guys NRL ready right now that play your position....this is what we paid them at your age.....
I am very interested in seeing what happens with Crosby, he is also has huge potential, but he is not ahead of Kaylis, I mean it is crazy to think that had Crosby come from League, he might have been ahead of all of them.
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So I had early good intel on this. Lucian and his brother player Harold matts. Lucian was the star & his brother ended up not making the 17 towards the end of the year.
The warriors offered Lucian a deal, but not Deangelo. The phins offered a package deal, which was the trump card in the end
It's been an absolute shitter of a week at mahi, so boys, I really need this lol.
Wahs by 8
Wahs by 8
If Penrith are after him you know he is quality. Glad we kept him.
I think he is like a lot of the team. He is pretty bog standard with great commitment and a winning attitude. When the team is going well with our stars in play he is a useful player (better than that on defence), and when the team is short on numbers and he is one of an over-concentration of average players, he looks poor.
I think CNK is a fantastic member of our squad, as are a few other players that aren't necessarily gifted. Our issue is this over-saturation of these players. We just need to add quality in a couple of positions and the others will become assets again. That said, fullback is a crucial position offensively.
What we don't want to do is to throw the baby out with the bathwater and get rid of all of our reliable, committed stock and end up with enigmatic youth as we have been guilty of in the past. There is a balance.
TMM extension now confirmed for another year.
We let Selestino Ravutaumada go way too early. He turned into a gun union player
One thing I'd like to see when Healy is in the side. Have him on at the same time as Clark.
If he comes off the bench, time it with Clark's second stint. Or if he starts and comes back to close out the game, have him come on when Clark is on.
Even late in the game when our go-forward is struggling, it is noticeable when Clark is back on. Direct hard running.
I've always been keen if you have a dummy half option that is a running threat. Going direct late in the game and trying to speed things up. If you have a forward who provides the hard runs for the dummy half. Time If possible time the interchanges to match
If he comes off the bench, time it with Clark's second stint. Or if he starts and comes back to close out the game, have him come on when Clark is on.
Even late in the game when our go-forward is struggling, it is noticeable when Clark is back on. Direct hard running.
I've always been keen if you have a dummy half option that is a running threat. Going direct late in the game and trying to speed things up. If you have a forward who provides the hard runs for the dummy half. Time If possible time the interchanges to match
Great decision, a win for both parties.
Media reporting TMM will extend for one further year with the club.
3rd game on the trot we’ve lost and most of you lost your shit, forgetting we’ve lost a rep player and best halfback, not forgetting all the other injuries. None of us possess half the skill of footy experience that Webster has, yet think you could do better, half the teams shit but would love to see some of you play 80 minutes at that level. I sure as shit can’t and for that reason I refrain from criticising players even when they have a poor game. It’s a game, your life doesn’t depend on the outcome, yes I get pissed off like every one else but I’m over it 10 minutes after full time. I found something else to moan about, like the kids not washing up after themselves. Count yourself very fuckin lucky, you can sit in front of the tv pay for Sky sports now, in a warm house, drinking beer and food on the table, watch our team win or lose. Others are far less fortunate than us. End of the day it’s a game, nothing more nothing less.
Here's my potentially tin foil hat theory as to how they've done it.
I suspect they spent the cap when they carried out some of the upgrades by loading on to existing contracts with the players agreeing to reductions for future contracts. Therefore not technically front loading as they are different contracts
For example, here's my hypothetical situation:
Let's say Leka was on an existing 250K per year contract through to the end of 2026 (signed back when he was 17/18).
Then let's say his new contract was going to be worth 850K per year from 2027 to 2029.
But instead of giving him 850K per year for that second contract, both parties agree prior to signing that deal, that they'll reduce it to 650K per year for those 3 years (total reduction of 600K) on the proviso that Leka gets that 600K added to the final 2 years of his existing 2025/2026 contract.
That way we still spend the current years cap, we don't technically front load a contract as they're separate contracts and we have great cap management for those future years.
Plus Leka gets 600K in his pocket sooner than he would have. So it's a win win.
Do that a few times with Laban, Leka, TSS etc to spend the current cap and we've spent the left over money for this year, and set ourselves up with value players for the future.
Hope that makes sense.
I'm not saying we're good enough. We're not.
And I'm not playing the victim mentality syndrome either.
Wasnt it obvious to you Gee has a clear bias against the Warriors. He has as a history of it.
Last night went exactly how i expected it would go. All 50/50 calls against us.
Continual repeat 6 agains for who knows what.. then the prick tried to square up the stats towards the end of the game by giving us 3 continuous repeat 6 agains on the first and second tackles.. what a joke
Giving this game to him is the NRL taking the piss....
But oh no, lets all be positive here.. its not the refs fault but he sure as hell didnt help
I turned off at half time. That's the first time in several seasons that I haven't watched every game of the season right through. I started watching the second half this morning but only got about 20 minutes in. I quit when Adam Gee awarded another very cynical 6 again at the end of a Bulldogs set.
I hate 6 agains. And Adam Gee. And right now the whole NRL.
We were very very unlikely to win last night. We are a decent team at full strength but we were far from that last night. I think even the diehard fans knew it. The officiating made sure of it. Kikaus try has been a double movement since double movements were a thing. Even Voss agreed. Not too loudly because he has his job to consider but he did comment on it. The lost challenge on the shepherd was ludicrous. As was Demi getting belted head high.
Add in the 6 agains and penalties at critical moments to keep the Dogs rolling and we had no show.
We didn't help ourselves by giving Gee opportunities to ping us, but probably 75% of tackles and play the balls could be penalised for something if the ref wanted to be pedantic.
I made the decision to cancel my Sky subscription this morning. It was costing me $55 a month. By paying that I'm both paying to watch us get screwed and I'm supporting the system that does it. Fuck it, I'll watch a couple of days later on YouTube or see what I can find on the VPN
I'm not saying that the referees are corrupt and that they're getting bags of cash from the NRL to influence games. Or that we would have won last nights game even if penalties and 6 agains were evenly distributed throughout the game. We weren't good enough. We don't have the players.
But I do believe that when a sport is big business and television rights are involved decions get made and the outcomes that produce the highest viewer numbers are preferred. And that anyone can be subtly influenced. Even the decisions made by the face of the business on game day
I hate 6 agains. And Adam Gee. And right now the whole NRL.
We were very very unlikely to win last night. We are a decent team at full strength but we were far from that last night. I think even the diehard fans knew it. The officiating made sure of it. Kikaus try has been a double movement since double movements were a thing. Even Voss agreed. Not too loudly because he has his job to consider but he did comment on it. The lost challenge on the shepherd was ludicrous. As was Demi getting belted head high.
Add in the 6 agains and penalties at critical moments to keep the Dogs rolling and we had no show.
We didn't help ourselves by giving Gee opportunities to ping us, but probably 75% of tackles and play the balls could be penalised for something if the ref wanted to be pedantic.
I made the decision to cancel my Sky subscription this morning. It was costing me $55 a month. By paying that I'm both paying to watch us get screwed and I'm supporting the system that does it. Fuck it, I'll watch a couple of days later on YouTube or see what I can find on the VPN
I'm not saying that the referees are corrupt and that they're getting bags of cash from the NRL to influence games. Or that we would have won last nights game even if penalties and 6 agains were evenly distributed throughout the game. We weren't good enough. We don't have the players.
But I do believe that when a sport is big business and television rights are involved decions get made and the outcomes that produce the highest viewer numbers are preferred. And that anyone can be subtly influenced. Even the decisions made by the face of the business on game day
Pompey is the best player we have if you consider what he does for what he costs our salary cap he is a rare gem indeed. Also he is physically robust and can take the knocks.
Lastly Pompey is a late bloomer, his story hasn't ended, he gets better year on year.