News Josh Addo-Carr contract: Bulldogs emerge as favourite for Storm flyer

[Dog Till I Die]

Don't call him a drunk. Nasheed might get offended. According to him Buzz is a teetotaller.

NO-ONE OFFENDS like Rothfield!

 

[Caveman]

Montoya yeah but Holland was good

Up there with Townsend ey bro :l

 

[Dognacious]

It’s not much. Says we are favourites but no quotes from anyone

Yeh i was wondering how we are favourites when he says he's not thinking about it till after the gf.

 

[piggy]

They must be looking to have a completely aboriginal backline

If that teenage sensation doesn't re sign with the rabbits that would also free up lots of money to sign ado carr...Bennett is a liar...ado carr will be a rabbit

 

[Wahesh]

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[Wahesh]

I'd love him as he's a local (Earlwood) boy, but I reckon that he'll end up at the Tigers. Souths can't possibly justify fitting him under their cap as they're not losing any big names.

 

[FaceBreaker]

I really hope we don’t end up spending big bucks on him playing fullback when he isn’t a proven fullback.

I say fuck him and let’s save the money for Burton.

 

[Packstar]

Definitely not a FB, just as Cotric aint a centre.

Though, would of rather spent 600k on JAC than Cotric. Cant have 2 wingers at 600k each

 

[Trafford10]

Think it’s a bad buy if he’s going to play fullback. It’s a huge risk and great if it comes off but if it doesn’t it could be one of those crippling deals. He’s won comps at the Storm and coming back for family reasons apparently so how hungry will he be?

yeah I like the idea of him coming to us. Apparently there is still a lot of money up the sleeve in terms of salary cap space. I would play him at fullback and see how it goes. He is a high quality player and adds a lot of speed to the back line.

Plus we have Hopoate and Meaney who can also play fullback.

I'm just liking seeing the club starting to move forward with the squad.

 

[Dogs Of War]

I'll take that risk that it works out with AC in the fullback role, worst case if we are trading DWZ for AC, I still think we come out as a winner even if AC moves to the wing. We are still paying DWZ fullback money.

 

[maltalian_dog]

He will be a Rabbit.

 

[GA45]

Definitely not a FB, just as Cotric aint a centre.

Though, would of rather spent 600k on JAC than Cotric. Cant have 2 wingers at 600k each

So a 21 year old who played all his juniors at centre cant possibly make it as a centre?

Cotric will be fine at centre and we have upgraded from Holland for only an extra 100k according to the kennels favourite meth head

 

[Psycho Doggie]

The main issue any of us have with signing Josh is the concern about no longer having money available for a good #9, another prop, and a decent half. I don't see anyone who is outright against Josh as a player.

This is a genuine concern, there isn't much point to having a ~$3m backline if you aren't getting the ball out to them.

However a couple of things might mitigate this. If Josh does come to play FB, he is going to see plenty of ball, and if he is on the ball in the middle of the field he will be able to take advantage of half breaks and offloads. He could be Barba 2012. He could also be a complete flop at FB, but in footy you are always rolling the dice somewhat. At least with Josh if you end up with a rubbish FB you at least still have a world class winger.

The real key is how creative TBaz and team can get with using the players they end up with. If we can't land a top #9 our systems need to be developed accordingly.

 

[Malla]

Roosters will swoop in

They need a winger

 

[Spoonman84]

yeah I like the idea of him coming to us. Apparently there is still a lot of money up the sleeve in terms of salary cap space. I would play him at fullback and see how it goes. He is a high quality player and adds a lot of speed to the back line.

Plus we have Hopoate and Meaney who can also play fullback.

I'm just liking seeing the club starting to move forward with the squad.

I would be more open to taking a punt on him at fullback if we hadn’t already done the same thing with DWZ. We re-signed DWZ on fullback money and it’s turned into a disaster of a contract. I’d love to somehow offload DWZ.

I think it’s a fair assumption to say DWZ and Cotric are on north of $500k then you add the Fox on that money too and it’s a lot of cap on what are essentially 3 wingers. Then we are hoping they have a successful position change to justify the cap space they take up. I’m fairly confident Cotric will be good at centre but Addo Carr could go either way.

 

[Bulldogs09]

He’s worth the gamble. If he kills it it’s an outstanding underpriced pick up. If he sucks he’s about 100k over what he’s worth on the best winger... no brainer

The dude is points in the bank every fucking game and not to mention can easily save them with that speed.

Cotric and addo carr to the backline and montoya and Holland out...

If we give storm someone like smith or Lewis it’s also making the cap work well.

 

[Matthew G]

Definitely not a FB, just as Cotric aint a centre.

Though, would of rather spent 600k on JAC than Cotric. Cant have 2 wingers at 600k each

Cotric to be fair had been a centre before Addo Carr never a fullback

 

[Matthew G]

Id rather us put averillo at fullback, sign burton and flannagan and a gun hooker , makes our backline look much better

1. Averillo
2. Smith
3. Cotric
4. Hoppa
5. Okunbor
6. Burton
7. Flannagan

 

[Matthew G]

Id rather us put averillo at fullback, sign burton and flannagan and a gun hooker , makes our backline look much better

1. Averillo
2. Smith
3. Cotric
4. Hoppa
5. Okunbor
6. Burton
7. Flannagan

This and a quality 9 and we ll make massive progress next year

 

[Spoonman84]

He’s worth the gamble. If he kills it it’s an outstanding underpriced pick up. If he sucks he’s about 100k over what he’s worth on the best winger... no brainer

It’s a problem when you add in the DWZ deal and you have over a million invested in wingers. Sooner or later it will stop you from having cap space to buy or retain a spine player.