InGusWeTrust
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Thank fuck sleepy dog was telling porkies aye? Smith will be the biggest waste of money recruit this year and we have the Money man! Haha suck it chook.
Rumour Brandon smith done deal
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2144superman
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LOL is Sleepy still around ?
InGusWeTrust
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Probably died of embarrassment?
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800k for Brandon Smith 
Roosters are finished.
Roosters are finished.
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InGusWeTrust
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He’s done bro. Early days obviously but unless he’s very unfit/underdone he’s not going to be an elite hooker. This was my concern when we were rumoured to be interested. He can be an energetic bulldog (pardon the pun) but he simply doesn’t have the smarts to be a top no.9. I can see them playing Him off the bench either as hooker or lock.
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He started shit and then laid on a lovely try that was pure hooker play. Still roosters were poor tonight. That said they had manu, keary, Angus and that tipouluta or whatever out off memory.
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I was just about to ask how does one pin a thread for laters...
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Suaalii early HIA, Manu, Keary, Walker, JWH, Crichton, Tupouniua. It's also a trial and most of their team are big game players. Their right edge had a rookie half and 2 duds in Allan and Paulo. I still think they should of done better tonight but there are excuses there.
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I think that was everyone's concern. He doesn't seem to have the silky skills of a premier hooker. It's all about energy but I think the Storm system kind of hid his flaws.....
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Regardless of how Smith goes, I still think Mahoney is a much better fit for us and our current roster.
He's like another half out there! Smith has a unique ability to break open a game with a huge run and is an absolute terror in defence, but in my books he doesn't come close to Reed in organisation ability, vision, pass delivery, or kicking.
He's like another half out there! Smith has a unique ability to break open a game with a huge run and is an absolute terror in defence, but in my books he doesn't come close to Reed in organisation ability, vision, pass delivery, or kicking.
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Mahoney is worth double as a hooker.
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Plus Brandon Smiths service is no where near Mahoney. Harbor bridge passes when he's fatigued...
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Mahoney’s service, talk and vision is far more dynamic than the cheese - but Smith is prob better defensively, is quicker and more powerful. Mahoney, in general, is def the better hooker, we’ve done extremely well landing his signature.
On the topic of sleepy, he’s a good source, I believe he was accurate at the time, however, people don’t realise things change, players change their mind and similarly, the club can change theirs. He’s left the Kennel probably because the usual folk had a dummy spit. Completely understand we have a growing number of trolls, but he wasn’t one of them - the bloke predicted Dufty long before the announcement last year.
On the topic of sleepy, he’s a good source, I believe he was accurate at the time, however, people don’t realise things change, players change their mind and similarly, the club can change theirs. He’s left the Kennel probably because the usual folk had a dummy spit. Completely understand we have a growing number of trolls, but he wasn’t one of them - the bloke predicted Dufty long before the announcement last year.
Agree.
Both players would have transformed us but both players wouldn't get us a premiership alone. So we still have work to do to find the rights halves and even other positions to get us there.
It's a work in progress but we lose nothing with Reed and probably would have lost nothing with cheese