Bulldogs officially grant Faitala-Mariner permission to negotiate with rival clubs

[JaTT]

Bulldogs officially grant Faitala-Mariner permission to negotiate with rival clubs

The end of their season may have arrived, but the drama is far from over at the Canterbury Bulldogs.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Lost Dog]

Originally Des traded Shaun Lane with Faitala -Mariner from the new zealand warriors. A strong young defensive player with good post contact meters. I nearly cried when we let go Shaun Lane. Watching him coming up through the grades a wonderful ball runner a great future prospect. After all these years we now are letting Faitala leave.

 

[diddly]

Originally Des traded Shaun Lane with Faitala -Mariner from the new zealand warriors. A strong young defensive player with good post contact meters. I nearly cried when we let go Shaun Lane. Watching him coming up through the grades a wonderful ball runner a great future prospect. After all these years we now are letting Faitala leave.

Irony was that the club didnt like Lane's attitude!!

 

[Glenn L]

Very fast demise. Would be good to know what really happened. Doubt anyone will speak up now after the Andrew Davey saga.

 

[Menteek]

Very fast demise. Would be good to know what really happened.

pretty much I feel he overstepped his mark as a player and captain. Instead of leading the club and it’s culture. Remember we have missed out on finals for 7 years so changing the culture to suit where we want to be has angered a lot of the players. Juniors however see this as a opportunity to come into first grade and show us why they have the bulldogs dna

 

[Glenn L]

pretty much I feel he overstepped his mark as a player and captain. Instead of leading the club and it’s culture. Remember we have missed out on finals for 7 years so changing the culture to suit where we want to be has angered a lot of the players. Juniors however see this as a opportunity to come into first grade and show us why they have the bulldogs dna

The article states he was relaying concerns of other Polynesian players so I guess we'll see if there is truth to this if others follow him out the door.

 

[Menteek]

The article states he was relaying concerns of other Polynesian players so I guess we'll see if there is truth to this if others follow him out the door.

what do we expect? It’s not the players who own the club.. I hope this pre season we don’t get the honesty sessions done more than actual condition/defensive training. We’re in a rollacoaster ride to rd 1 to see what they are going to produce. I’m excited cause if we don’t start the season off with 3/4wins out of 6 games then we’re gonna hit the nuclear button on the whole football department

 

[Papa Joe]

It's A Very Simple Philosophy

GET ON BOARD OR GET OUT!!!

 

[Indiandog]

no one is bigger than the club.

if you dont like the new culture and new training program then piss off and find another club which suits your "standards"

 

[craigo]

How has he lasted this long at the club. He has never been good

 

[Hounddub]

I was reliably informed recently what the average "rehab" costs a club on top of their contracted salary.

Consider the multi year rehab projects we have endured just in the past 6 years....Foran, RFM, Thompson, Kikau (this year).

Then consider the $200-250K per year for rehab, surgery, medical costs, specialist therapy and focussed training after.

And then they leave the club and go on to being great.

 

[Chrisaaar]

I met Ray earlier in the year (tigers @ belmore), had a nice chat and he seemed like a nice lad. He hasn't played as well as I had hoped in recent seasons but i was backing him to turn it around and show his talent. Shame it's ended this way, it would have been a real good story for him and us if he came back from multiple potential career ending operations to then become captain and lead us back to the finals.

Shame.

 

[bradyk]

He should of been moved on for his form alone.

 

[repolski]

Who da fuck signed him for 3 years?????

 

[senshidog]

Sad, given he was one of our longest serving Bulldog players with Averillo.

Now the longest serving Bulldogs player, is actually Matt Burton.

 

[doggieaaron]

Sad we lost jake keeping ray

 

[Sword]

Good -More cap room for a young hard nosed metre hungry prop

Peter Moore once said if you think you have enough props, get 2 more

 

[repolski]

Good -More cap room for a young hard nosed metre hungry prop

Peter Moore once said if you think you have enough props, get 2 more

That’s what he also said about the dumplings at the club’s Chinese restaurant

 

[cyborg66]

tigers want him!!!

 

[TwinTurbo]

I was reliably informed recently what the average "rehab" costs a club on top of their contracted salary.

Consider the multi year rehab projects we have endured just in the past 6 years....Foran, RFM, Thompson, Kikau (this year).

Then consider the $200-250K per year for rehab, surgery, medical costs, specialist therapy and focussed training after.

And then they leave the club and go on to being great.

You do realise that a big proportion of that is covered by medical insurance?


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