Bad contracts set to cripple Brisbane

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The Broncos’ year from hell is set to continue

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 08: Matthew Lodge of the Broncos looks on during the round one NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos at UOW Jubilee Oval on March 8, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Despite a horrible year that saw the club collect the wooden spoon, a report from Fox Sports chief league reporter James Hooper has suggested that Brisbane has yet to reach their rock bottom.
With the NRL last month releasing a list of every player’s contracts, it was revealed that a trio of high priced Broncos had ‘player options’ in their favour.
According to Hooper, this means that the three players in question hold the upper hand in future negotiations, as they can decide whether they remain on guaranteed money at Red Hill or not.
Hooper’s hypothesis holds water due to the big money option extensions signed by current Broncos Anthony Milford and Jack Bird.

Although Bird will join the Dragons in 2022 and Milford is set to be paid $1 million from the club next season, Hooper claims it is the three impending contract options of Matt Lodge, Jake Turpin and Kotoni Staggs that look set to cripple the competition’s bottom side.
As reported by the veteran journalist, Lodge is contracted to the club until the cessation of the 2024 season, with the final two seasons (2023-24) acting as the player option.
The length of Turpin’s option remains the same, with the hooker’s contract already completed, but with an option for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
After spending much of the season in the headlines for the wrong reasons, Staggs also has a player option for the 2022 season.
The chequered trio are managed by the equally controversial player agent Isaac Moses, who also supervised the exit of former club coach Anthony Seibold.
Moses has previously come under fire from rival agents due to his seemingly close relationship with Broncos head of football Peter Nolan.
Moses is also sweating on the verdict of an NRL Appeals Committee tribunal hearing that could see him de-registered as a player agent.

 

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What a rubbish article. Those 3 are great players and perform well when on the field. It was having Boyd, Bird & Milford on big bucks and either not available or not performing that was hurting the Broncos.
Matt Lodge a good player ? Madone. The **** is wasted space. Gives away penalties, dropped balls, fat and slow. He is a full blown retard. This new 6 again thing has finished him unless he drops size
 

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Matt Lodge a good player ? Madone. The c*** is wasted space. Gives away penalties, dropped balls, fat and slow. He is a full blown retard. This new 6 again thing has finished him unless he drops size
In 2019 he was touted as a potential origin player. He barely played this year because of injuries. I think who he was as off the field makes him an easy scapegoat and let’s be honest who would want him on their team?
 

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the problem for the Broncos was their spine (and I include Bird in that as I assume you don't sign him for close to a million dollars a season to play in the centres) and what came across as a general poor attitude across the squad

in terms of outside backs and running forwards, the Broncos have good, young players
 

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Milford on one million dollars lololololololoololoooooool

Any team who gives someone like him that kind of money deserves everything they get. I hope they get another spoon next year.
 

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Milford on one million dollars lololololololoololoooooool

Any team who gives someone like him that kind of money deserves everything they get. I hope they get another spoon next year.
TBF, we were paying Foran something like that. At least the Milf was on the paddock most of the time...
 

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TBF, we were paying Foran something like that. At least the Milf was on the paddock most of the time...
True, but Milford is a freaking cat. Remember the rule change they had to make in 2018 because the cat kept throwing the ball at opposition players from dummy half?
 

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True, but Milford is a freaking cat. Remember the rule change they had to make in 2018 because the cat kept throwing the ball at opposition players from dummy half?
There were a few involved in that. Farah, Luke etc
 
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