Official Dogs snare Kikau in major signing coup

alic

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You smart-alic!

Good call my bro
Not Smart ! but just replying to the guy lol. It was no secret Trent is a big fan of Kikau.

I'll ask you guys is this recruitment drive on par with the 2009 drive? 2009 we bought in quality

2009
Ennis
Hannant
Stagg
Jmoz
Goodwin
Eastwood
Kimmorley
Hodgson

2021/2022
Burton
Addocarr
Tevita Pangai
Kikau
Vaughan
Dufty
Naden
Burns
King
 

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How long until a kikau portrait is painted at jobels
 

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Not Smart ! but just replying to the guy lol. It was no secret Trent is a big fan of Kikau.

I'll ask you guys is this recruitment drive on par with the 2009 drive? 2009 we bought in quality

2009
Ennis
Hannant
Stagg
Jmoz
Goodwin
Eastwood
Kimmorley
Hodgson

2021/2022
Burton
Addocarr
Tevita Pangai
Kikau
Vaughan
Dufty
Naden
Burns
King
I honestly think 22 is a better shopping list than 09.

If we get Mahoney then it's no doubt this years drive was a heap better.
 

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Yeah I would of much preferred a top fullback for that money. I don't think this affects signing a hooker/Reed (like you said it would be very stupid). We're only paying 100k (reportedly) more than what he was on at the Panthers and probably only an extra 1 year more then they would of re-signed him for if their cap wasn't tight. The best (one of) strike second rower in the competition is worth 700k imo (and only top teams get players for what a player is worth 9/10 times). Also I know people are worried about him being lazy but some of his on-line try defence this year was very good (2 of their games against the Storm especially).
You need to stop worrying about the Fullback position, And have a some faith in Dufty for God sake give the guy a Chance
Matt Dufty: The Speedster (NRL Highlights) - YouTube
MATT DUFTY HIGHLIGHTS | "THE SPEED MACHINE" - YouTube
 

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Salty ***** lol. It was beautiful we we knocked them out in 2004 prelim and again in 2014 after they had the refs assistance to beat us in both regular season games that season lol. Can't wait to beat them with plenty of their old players now too
 

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Not Smart ! but just replying to the guy lol. It was no secret Trent is a big fan of Kikau.

I'll ask you guys is this recruitment drive on par with the 2009 drive? 2009 we bought in quality

2009
Ennis
Hannant
Stagg
Jmoz
Goodwin
Eastwood
Kimmorley
Hodgson

2021/2022
Burton
Addocarr
Tevita Pangai
Kikau
Vaughan
Dufty
Naden
Burns
King
09 for Ennis, Kimmorley and Stagg. The experience and professionalism of those guys was massive for us.
 

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You need to stop worrying about the Fullback position, And have a some faith in Dufty for God sake give the guy a Chance
Matt Dufty: The Speedster (NRL Highlights) - YouTube
MATT DUFTY HIGHLIGHTS | "THE SPEED MACHINE" - YouTube
Dufty's nowhere near the top 8 fullbacks and he's very rocks and diamonds. I'd love to be proven wrong because it'll be beneficial for our salary cap (well we can play JAC there if he fails or isn't good enough) but I'm allowed to have an opinion based of what I've seen before he arrives and well you know what that is. My expectations for Dufty are quite low. Papali'i didn't look good at the Warriors before moving to the Eels so a change in club can be good for some players (not everyone tho).
 

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Dufty's nowhere near the top 8 fullbacks and he's very rocks and diamonds. I'd love to be proven wrong because it'll be beneficial for our salary cap (well we can play JAC there if he fails or isn't good enough) but I'm allowed to have an opinion based of what I've seen before he arrives and well you know what that is. My expectations for Dufty are quite low. Papali'i didn't look good at the Warriors before moving to the Eels so a change in club can be good for some players (not everyone tho).
I am not disputing your right to have an opinion, all I'm saying is give him a chance to prove himself and look at the bright side , when was the last time we had a specialist Fullback with speed to burn? we are going to have a very fast backline now and he will be a very a very big part of it, plus he has a season to prove himself and he seems very excited about part of our new rebuild, Phil Gould is no Idiot when it comes to player selection so trust Gould and trust Dufty and I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised. Did you happen to watch the You Tube Dufty highlights I posted in my last post to you, open it up have a look and see what this guy is capable of, it may make you more confident in the Dufty signing
 

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I am not disputing your right to have an opinion, all I'm saying is give him a chance to prove himself and look at the bright side , when was the last time we had a specialist Fullback with speed to burn? we are going to have a very fast backline now and he will be a very a very big part of it, plus he has a season to prove himself and he seems very excited about part of our new rebuild, Phil Gould is no Idiot when it comes to player selection so trust Gould and trust Dufty and I think we are going to be pleasantly surprised. Did you happen to watch the You Tube Dufty highlights I posted in my last post to you, open it up have a look and see what this guy is capable of, it may make you more confident in the Dufty signing
To me every player comes here on a clean slate and has to prove themselves. It's up to them to prove themselves good enough for the first team.
 

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Seriously hahah what halfback in the NRL would you like to get then ???

Lets see

Pearce his fucked in the head off to france shit

A Reynolds just signed with Broncos

Fogarty just signed with Raiders shit

S Johnson Just signed with NZ half shit

DCE 1.4m ? His with Manly and potential qld move to dolphins .. shit anyway

J Hughes with melbourne till 2023? enough said

C Townsend just signed to cowboys shit

B Hunt ahahah shit

Must be some invisible JT out there i cant see?
BBO will be our JT.

You can quote this post this time next year ;)
 

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No way for 2022. We don’t have cap room. Certainly not $800k.

And it what world will Penrith release a player to us?

It’s unusual he was wearing a dogs shirt. I get that. When players sign a year out they don’t normally do that. But times change I guess
We have money for him and Mahoney for 2022.

That's coming from my usual board link.
 

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The funniest part of this situation is that knowone knew he was siginging until 11am this morning, but somehow know what he's getting paid. If this was the Roosters it would be reported as an 500k signing.

People are filthy that we are on the up and it's great to see.
Love it.

LOVED BY FEW,
HATED BY MANY,
FEARED BY ALL.
 

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One thing is for sure, with speed in the backs and forwards on both edges with offloads, our attack should improve a lot
It's just nice to be excited about the dogs again in all honesty. Defo not getting ahead of myself, but at least we've got a squad that can potentially pull something out of the fire
 

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Probably shouldn't have had his photo taken in our kit then.
I suspect someone is providing significant third parties to get him & wanted a picture of him in our kit to jack to until Kikau is actually in our colours & playing. With that hair-do & looking like a ewe from above/behind….I’m guessing a kiwi businessman with strong links to the club/area…
 
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