I 100% at the time would've got rid of Anasta for Thurston. Watching them play I thought JT was way better.
100% man. they did the same to Brock Lamb recently also... Rest Cronk, Keary gets knocked out and they expect him to lead the side around with Latrell in the halves with him lol... they are fucking over Ryan Hall aswell, yes hes old, but he would get a start over alot of other wingers.
Okay corrected...I always seen them together it was good of Ben to keep him upbeat a fucking shame shifty was very underrated player
No one, anyone says different their full of shit
A year after jt left it was an easier decision to let anasta go, than straight after the gf win. After losing all our points in 2002 players took pay cuts to stay and win a premiership, the one we would have got in 2002. So heaps of buildup. So once we won one, we got a big hangover in 2005. A number of players peaked in 2004. Sherwin and Anasta were 2 of them
Where did you hear that from? We signed Anasta in 1999 (for 2000-2002. Then in 2001, we extended his contract for 2003-2005. JT wasn't promoted to the FG side until 2002. Folkes had nothing to do with choosing Anasta over JT because they left in consecutive years.
We could've also won it in 2001 had we not copped all those injuries at the worst possible time of the season as well.
Price wanted to go. Money wasn't the only factor, he also didn't want to be at the club anymore after the Coffs Harbor crap.
My recollection is he was going OK until he signed with the Chooks, after that it looked like his heart wasn’t in it. Plus the rest of team looked pissed at him, on the field, for deserting them, the way he was playing and going to the arch enemy. I think many wouldn’t have been so angry if he had gone to the Wabbits with uncle George, but the Chooks was just too much to take.
Graham Murray rang Steve Folkes told him what they were going to offer him , folksy said he could be anything but at this stage we are unable to spend that much...
Mate come on Cogger runs to the line and engages defenders. Lewis does what you have just described.
Hindsight’s 20/20.
Agree, Mason is a Bulldog and he’s always backing up the club that gave him his only Premiership and best memories. That era was golden, one of the best teams ever assembled. It’s a shame they didn’t walk away with 2 or 3 Premierships.
Mate Grimaldi was an underrated tackling machine and workhorse. He was a great player for us even post 2004. Silent achiever.
