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[MasterP]

RFM will be leaving the Bulldogs in the next couple of weeks, and it's a good chance it's to the West tigers or Dragons.

 

[Noeasyday]

Be nice if they send us Marsters in return.

 

[GDR]

RFM will be leaving the Bulldogs in the next couple of weeks, and it's a good chance it's to the West tigers.

Source ??

 

[B-Train]

At which point do we stop losing talented players? We keep the ones with less to offer and often don't replace those that are lost with anyone that's better.

This is why I didn't want Pay to stay on. You keep a coach who won't be here long term and he makes long term signing and retention decisions which could set the club further and make it harder for the next coach.

Elliott gets 80 minutes on an edge but RFM who is our second best edge second rower can't even make the bench and is on the way out along with Martin. Real smart.

 

[Mitch Connor]

Yeah this is disgraceful if it happens.

 

[silva]

fkn joke he should be on one edge and chn on the other

 

[GrogDog]

Hands in the air unless there is something promising in return? We seem to be the recruiting area for the other clubs now. Train up ok ones for other clubs to sign and buy crap or kids in return.

 

[Mitch Connor]

Joe Stimson incoming?

 

[GDR]

As others have said I think RFM can really provide some great attacking options as he has shown in the past .. Pay also re-signed him last year if my memory serves me correctly.. i cant make any sense of what is happening atm.. but i will say this.. we may as well let him go if Pay is going to continually overlook him an keep him in reggies, because im sure he is on a good wage considering he got resigned after hitting form last year..

 

[Baby Blues]

Joe Stimson incoming?

Any inside info? The club must really like C Smith to let RFM go

 

[JUNKYARD DOGS]

Who we making room for if this is true.... Hooker/Centre or promoting someone we already have into top 30.

 

[Shanked]

when did we become the wests feeder club?

 

[boggie23]

Decent player. Butttttt he has struggled to stay on the field recently. Season ending injury last year. In an out of first grade this year. Minor injury in Reggies.

His defence does come into question late in the game.

If you can tap his potential and get the best out of him the guy will be a gun. Unfortunately for us been a bit disappointing this year.

Not too sad to see him go only if we use the roster spot for something better. If we get another dud to replace RFM I will just shake me head in a dark corner and let my bitterness fester more lol

 

[B-Train]

As others have said I think RFM can really provide some great attacking options as he has shown in the past .. Pay also re-signed him last year if my memory serves me correctly.. i cant make any sense of what is happening atm.. but i will say this.. we may as well let him go if Pay is going to continually overlook him an keep him in reggies, because im sure he is on a good wage considering he got resigned after hitting form last year..

Yeah but the next coach (who should be appointed asap and let the club handle recruitment and retention) might rate RFM, Martin and other players Pay doesn't rate.

Also, they might have no use for Elliott, Sue, Crichton and others but they'll be retained. I'm getting increasingly fed up of the way the club is run and there is almost no logic behind any of the coaches and clubs moves. Things have gotten far worse since Des and Dib left and I didn't think that was possible.

 

[B-Train]

Decent player. Butttttt he has struggled to stay on the field recently. Season ending injury last year. In an out of first grade this year. Minor injury in Reggies.

His defence does come into question late in the game.

If you can tap his potential and get the best out of him the guy will be a gun. Unfortunately for us been a bit disappointing this year.

Not too sad to see him go only if we use the roster spot for something better. If we get another dud to replace RFM I will just shake me head in a dark corner and let my bitterness fester more lol

I agree that RFM isn't great and has flaws but he's better and got more to offer than some of those playing ahead of him. And he's still young and talented enough that he shouldn't be given up on yet, especially when we have cap space currently and he wouldn't be on a huge wage.

Surely no one can justify keeping Elliott while releasing RFM and Martin.

 

[GrogDog]

The only thing that makes sense or would accept is freeing up money and a top 30 spot for a June 30 signing!

 

[B-Train]

Who we making room for if this is true.... Hooker/Centre or promoting someone we already have into top 30.

Probably Neville Costigan on a 4 year deal as hooker and Blake Ayshford on a 3 year deal. Both would be in line with the questionable decisions the club is making.

 

[B-Train]

The only thing that makes sense or would accept is freeing up money and a top 30 spot for a June 30 signing!

Don't we already have money to spend this season? They've let go of all of our rep players and losing Klemmer was supposed to leave us with cap space this season...

Plus no one released mid season is ever signed on big money, they're usually squad players or younger players looking for an opportunity.

 

[BELMORE]

Not a big loss. Didn’t really provide anything and he’s missed more games than Foran

 

[JayBee]

We were rumoured in for Jacob Liddle at one stage..

Maybe it's a swap?

Not saying it's happening but ya never know.