Yes he was nothing but trouble in his younger days . 9 The official line was he was too small and could not tackle so Bullfrog and Folksy coudn't get rid of him quick enough. Coffs was only a small part. It goes way beyond that, but as he matured so did his behaviour and you know the rest. Good on him he tuened his life around as we all have......I hope.
You summarised it pretty well. The club had no choice at the end of that year which turned out well for JT as Murray had the foresight to give him free reign at NQ and build the team around him. He wouldn't have that freedom with Folkes as coach.
I'm hoping for this by 2022
That's a pretty good side and all reasonable targets except for Chricton as I think he'll stay at Penrith so we need to find another centre. Maybe Staggs. That spine has points in it.
Roosters don't pay overs (99% of the time). It's either staying at the Panthers (expected to do better than Roosters next year going off the betting, I'd have them lower personally, but they're pretty much the same level) for what he's worth or joining a struggling team for more money.
Jackson too much money to be on the bench, also our captain, even tho I think Elliott will take over that role in the future. I think it could be a good idea to keep Hopoate as he brings a bit more to the team besides ability, leadership for e.g. we need to keep a good balance as we don't want to end up like the Broncos. If he has a terrible season of course move him on, but if he's solid, like he has been the previous two years, we should re-sign him on a reduced deal imo. Thompson was also playing MUCH better after going back to prop, he was struggling at lock imo. To'omaga will have to really take his chance with Thompson out suspended at the start of next year otherwise I think he'll be finished with us.
Chricton should be a FB as he's got all the skills. I don't know why they're persisting with Edwards as he's shit. Their long term FB will either be Staines or Chricton.
He wants more than what the Panthers are offering at the moment. He reneged on an earlier verbal agreement. He's got potential to play fullback too. Tall also. Big advantage.
Nice team however you’ve smashed the salary cap
Bullfrog passed 2000 mate had nothing to do with letting Thurston go. I was told by an officials relative that he was heavily involved in the Coffs Harbour scandal so maybe that weighed in on the decision not to go harder on resigning him but also as mentioned by Many Sherwin and Anasta were in their early 20s and we just won a comp.
Lol that team is for 15 million salary cap
Only $8.5m if you are the Chooks with their sombrero, and $7.5m, if you are Melbourne with their 2 contracts system.
Well the info on Crichton is the same from our side bro.
when the coffs scandal broke out the media report at the time was along the lines of "the girl was taken back to the resort by a fringe first grader at the bulldogs".....
