Official Dogs sign Reed Mahoney (4 year deal)

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obviously eels, sent to the playing group via there whats app group chat, someone from there leaked it to the media
Cheers, wonder how they are gonna treat the boys leaving with the ones staying.
 

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The Bulldogs Most Recent Grand Final Winning Hooker -

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The Bulldogs Next Grand Final Winning Hooker

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Meet the new Nugget.

Welcome Reed.
Great post. The last 2 premierships we won we had a Queenslander at number 9.

Let's hope this tradition continues with Reed.

Upwards and onwards doggie fans.
 

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The Bulldogs weren’t even pretenders in 2021 but they’ve transformed into contenders overnight on the back of a boom recruiting drive led by Phil Gould.

NRL premiership-winner Corey Parker said it’s no coincidence the Bulldogs have become a genuine threat following the appoinment of Gould as general manager four months ago.

Canterbury pulled off yet another signing coup on Thursday, poaching Parramatta’s highly-rated hooker Reed Mahoney on a four-year deal from 2023.
months, Mahoney will join the 2022 recruitment class of Matt Burton, Josh Addo-Carr, Tevita Pangai Jr, Matt Dufty, Paul Vaughan and Brent Naden - while Viliame Kikau will also join in 2023 - with the Dogs roster becoming one of the most star-studded in the NRL.

Parker praised Bulldogs coach Trent Barrett and believes bringing Gould back to the club - where he played and coached in the 80s - has proved a masterstroke.
They’ve pulled off a fantastic coup,” Parker told foxsports.com.au.

“You talk about premier hookers in the game and there’s not a great deal of them.

“For a team that’s been on the rebuild and have been pretty ordinary for the last few years, to jag someone like Reed Mahoney... that’s a huge inclusion to their squad.
“These players don’t just come for the sake of it, (Gould) is a smart man.

“The players are taking the punt, put the money aside, it is a punt to go across to the Bulldogs to a team that wants to build.

“Pangai and Addo Carr and Matt Burton, yeah they get well-paid but they still want to go across and win and now they’re building a team that can really threaten and stay well entrenched in the top eight.”

Canterbury champion Mick Ennis told foxsports.com.au last month that signing a quality hooker like Mahoney was the key to unlocking the Dogs’ potential.

Parker emphasised the Bulldogs still have “plenty of work to do” but said it was time for fans to start smiling again after a tough few years.
They’ve still got a lot of work to do but they’re building a nucleus really well,” Parker said.

“Every football mind or brain out there, when they looked a the Bulldogs roster, there was still sort of that red beacon in the No. 9 spot where they’ve really struggled.

“And now they’ve got Reed Mahoney and Matt Burton there and some decent players at the back, they’re starting to build nicely, real nice.

“To get someone like Reed Mahoney, particularly with the Dolphins hovering around as well, that’s a huge coup and a huge loss for the Parramatta eels.

“We saw what kind of influence Reed Mahoney had on their attack and what kind of influence he had defensively and also offensively with their forward pack.

Now he’s going to go over to the Bulldogs. That’s a really big play from the Dogs.”

Parker added it was great to see his friend Barrett having some success after a grueling season where they finished last.

“Trent Barrett I take my hat off to him, I’ve spoken to Baz a few times last year and the year before after games and before games and just the disappointment and emotion on his face,” he said.

“But now there is some real light at the end of the tunnel for him and the roster he’s building with Phil Gould involved.
If you’re a Doggies fan you can put a smile on your face because the last few years have been a bit grim but now there’s some real direction and real clarity about where the team is going.”
James Hooper from Fox Sports
November 25th, 2021 2:53 pm
The Parramatta Eels have suffered another savage recruitment blow with arch-rivals the Bulldogs poaching gun hooker Reed Mahoney on a four-year deal for 2023 and beyond.
Mahoney informed coach Brad Arthur of his decision on Thursday morning in the latest cruel twist under the Eels’ Roster Management Committe regime.
It comes after the Eels upped the ante in a last ditch bid to retain Mahoney.
The Eels initially low-balled the 23-year-old with a two-year extension worth around $900,000 while the Bulldogs went straight into serious negotiations with a four-year $2.4 million deal.
Parramatta then sharpened their pencil with a three-year offer close to $1.5 million only to lose out to the Dogs.
It’s also a blow for the Dolphins who were monitoring the situation given Kiwi Test hooker Brandon Smith’s pending decision while the Wests Tigers also continue their search for a hooker with the Josh Hodgson deal off the table for now.

The Eels have borne the brunt of intense criticism for losing backrowers Isaiah Papali’i and Marata Niukore but if the blue and golds also lose Mahoney then it will be open slather on the club’s recruitment and retention strategy.

Fox Sports was told the Eels increased their offer to Mahoney in the past 24 hours.

Mahoney’s agent Sam Ayoub was reluctant to go into detail aside from saying: “We’ve had constructive discussions with Parramatta over the last few months and they’ve again improved their offer slightly in recent days.”
The irony is Mahoney, 23, initially signed with the Eels from Canterbury-Bankstown’s under 20s in 2018 because the Bulldogs previous management deemed the emerging hooker was unlikely to make it in the NRL.
Since making his debut for the Eels in late 2018 Mahoney has since played 73 NRL matches for Parramatta.

Canterbury-Bankstown are also under pressure from rival NRL clubs surrounding their salary cap for 2023 given the club has been attacking the NRL’s open market with an open cheque book in recent months.
In fairness, we’ve seen Phil Gould do this previously at Penrith and with his experience and network of contacts he is more than capable of finding a way to make it work.

Mahoney has developed into one of the NRL’s premier hookers over the course of the last three seasons to the point where the durable no.9 was selected in the Queensland squad for this year’s State of Origin series.

It’s now a fortnight since Mahoney was spotted at Canterbury Leagues club with general manager Gould and coach Trent Barrett after touring the Bulldogs Belmore headquarters.
 

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Are Eels about to go through what we did post 2014? Its started, big names leaving and the fans hating their board for it.
 

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Beaut news on Mahoney. Dogs looking like a very good team.
Well done Doggies
 
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welcome mate! you've joined at a good time!
Thanks mate. I'm a long time lurker, but had to join to celebrate the greatest recruitment drive in all the years I've followed the mighty Doggies! We haven't got all of our targets, but we've gone close, and will have a team in 22 and even moreso in 23 that will give the premiership a good crack. Burton and Mahoney are two key pieces to build around. Hopefully Averillo, BBO and/or Dufty fill the other spots.

While we are trying to make the finals and more in the next few years, the youth academy will be building and we should be strong well into the future.

Without Gus this wouldn't be possible. You just knew when he came on board that our fortunes were changing. We may not agree with all his decisions, but you can trust in his knowledge and reputation, that the results will come.
 
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