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[bowleggedwog]

3..2..1..

Well we keep trying to find a cheap prop on minimum, we try get 2 or 3 to do the job. Thompson is better than that level player just needs to stay on the field..we need to fill the 17 and he is better than what we have coming through.

 

[Doge]

After our last English recruitment I’m not sure bro. We need to get a few quality middles to break contract starting with Fotuaika

No one is breaking contract to come here

 

[Nasheed]

We need to recruit an angry pom . There aren't any Aussies avail.

This!
Matt lees, knowles, maybe even walmsley

 

[diddly]

Different clubs have different roster needs and at times the cap/ roster is way out of balance which helps create situations where contracted players n clubs can come to agreement to break contracts. So there are possibilities for the dogs to get middles.

With Brisbane they may have to find some salary cap for Ezra Mam which may create an opportunity for Xavier Willison to break contract, Titans have had to upgrade Tino n Fifita - helps with Fotoeika. NQ seem to have an abundance of forwards cant keep them all but are short on outside backs where they need to spend. Im sure even Newcastle will need to upgrade some contracts which might free ups a Saifiti.

Based on last weeks games id be enquiring about Terrel May

The issue for dogs seems less about cap and more about available top 30 spots hence the need to move non performing/ committed players on.

 

[TwinTurbo]

QLDers are differant. Some simply hate everything NSW and will take far less to play for Broncos. Its always been that way. Carrigan is a prime example. Broncos are treated like Gods in Brisbane. Never pay for a meal anywhere once they retire. God knows what perks they get whilst they wear the jersey. NRL must love them for broadcasting and ticket sales.
They will always have a unique advantage in the NRL.

The Dolphins and Bennett are eroding it.

Always a Bulldog

 

[1967]

How come Broncos never got busted for cheating the cap all those years when their team was comprised almost wholly of the QLD state of origin team - oh except Michael De Vere who was in the NSW origin team.

Clearly they were not under the cap - won a bunch of premierships too.

They are looking questionable again cap wise - so no surprise they finished high on the ladder with a stacked side

Nrl or was it ARL back then, turned a blind eye to that stacked team because it was so important for TV ratings and profits that the Bronco’s be extremely successful, both on a weekly Nrl level and Origin level, even now Bronco’s still pull the highest ratings and bums on seats … they still get the best time slots and looked after.

@Nasheed …. Nothing to do with property prices or cost of living … everything back then was to do with the Thoroughbreds looking after the players re TPA’s/financially outside the cap and the Nrl not (cough) noticing .. it’s always about the money, thought you’d have known that !

Every chance they wouldn’t have noticed the Melbourne Storm fiasco if the evidence wasn’t actually handed to them to the point they had to act, probably would have preferred to turn a blind eye there if they could have as well. Jmo.

Storm & Brisbane will always be given special privileges, 2 important positions strategically in strong AFL strongholds …

Was Andrew Gee ever found to be questioned ? …… funny how that was all dropped and swept under the carpet …

 

[dhoo8450]

I’m not he’s one of the worse first graders I have ever seen and I’m not just saying that

Lol sorry but that's a terrible take. He's fucking 19 who was asked to play on his less favoured side. Not saying he wasn't shit all year barring a few moments but to say he's one of the worst first graders you've ever seen is just hyperbole

 

[1967]

Lol sorry but that's a terrible take. He's fucking 19 who was asked to play on his less favoured side. Not saying he wasn't shit all year barring a few moments but to say he's one of the worst first graders you've ever seen is just hyperbole

One step up from another poster, who’s never met him, saying he’s a shit person [emoji849]

 

[BulldogsNation]

Lol sorry but that's a terrible take. He's fucking 19 who was asked to play on his less favoured side. Not saying he wasn't shit all year barring a few moments but to say he's one of the worst first graders you've ever seen is just hyperbole

He defended on his preferred side vs Knights at Accor and the guy was at fault for 85% of their tries

 

[dhoo8450]

He defended on his preferred side vs Knights at Accor and the guy was at fault for 85% of their tries

Yeah one game on his preferred side in the shittest defensive team in the comp is really telling.

 

[Dogs4eva13]

I think he is tight with RFM Judging from the pre season vids. May have cost alamotti a new contract in the end.

 

[RookieDog]

Nrl or was it ARL back then, turned a blind eye to that stacked team because it was so important for TV ratings and profits that the Bronco’s be extremely successful, both on a weekly Nrl level and Origin level, even now Bronco’s still pull the highest ratings and bums on seats … they still get the best time slots and looked after.

@Nasheed …. Nothing to do with property prices or cost of living … everything back then was to do with the Thoroughbreds looking after the players re TPA’s/financially outside the cap and the Nrl not (cough) noticing .. it’s always about the money, thought you’d have known that !

Every chance they wouldn’t have noticed the Melbourne Storm fiasco if the evidence wasn’t actually handed to them to the point they had to act, probably would have preferred to turn a blind eye there if they could have as well. Jmo.

Storm & Brisbane will always be given special privileges, 2 important positions strategically in strong AFL strongholds …

Was Andrew Gee ever found to be questioned ? …… funny how that was all dropped and swept under the carpet …

Cheers 1967.

So in summary, Brisbane cheated the cap and the powers that be turned a blind eye.

In 2002, we got all our points stripped off us for cheating the cap. Brisbane's punishment- nothing and they won premierships whilst cheating the cap too.

 

[1967]

Cheers 1967.

So in summary, Brisbane cheated the cap and the powers that be turned a blind eye.

In 2002, we got all our points stripped off us for cheating the cap. Brisbane's punishment- nothing and they won premierships whilst cheating the cap too.

That was jmo. mate,

Has a club ever been caught purposely ripping off the system or over the cap unless someone from the inside with conclusive proof has blown the whistle?

I know just after Hasler came to us Manly were found to be over the cap for the previous 5 years & fined heavily for it, Hasler jumped ship at the right time & dodged that bullet.

Parra were fined heavily for being over the cap, I believe a lot of what happened there was off limits to the media.

The story is the Sharks we’re found out to be well and truely over the cap, the story is it was 2 years leading up to their GF win and 2 years after the win, but weirdly enough not the year they won the GF, I’d love to see the real numbers behind that one …

Sometimes I feel the Nrl don’t want to know about it, it’s just bad publicity that paints the whole comp in a bad light to those they sell the game to.

But if someone with conclusive proof comes to them like they did with us & the Storm it makes it impossible for the Nrl to ignore it …

I think most teams have been fined for being over, but not purposely caught cheating like we were or the Storm were, but you don’t need to be Einstein to knows it’s gone on and some haven’t been caught.

Run the numbers on the Roosters, especially the team they’ll field next season and tell me there’s nothing going on there ???

Again it’s just my observations and jmo.

 

[XR6T]

Hutchingson

Is he Hodgkinson' brother?

 

[XR6T]

8/9 utilities
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Levi

You got more hookers there than pimp Nasheed....

 

[bradtalo]

Jake Turpin according to one media report

 

[1967]

You got more hookers there than pimp Nasheed....

Probably same sex as well … [emoji12]

 

[TOTTO]

If their teams are in the semis might not hear anything till they are out of the finals race.

 

[SexBomb]

But by your logic we can get a better player that will also learn from critta.

I know Alamoti is popular here but the oil i get is he is culprit 1 on all issues raised recently.

Is above the source of your oil?

 

[Nasheed]

Is above the source of your oil?

You know I literally broke this story 2 months back - see Rumour section