News Phil Gould's $6m Carnage At Penrith Panthers, Canterbury Bulldogs

[Mr Shhh]

Metho is no good for your brain Phil.

 

[red-dog]

The problem with the current media is they focus on the end of Gus' tenure at Penrith, which in hindsight had some mixed outcomes, but thats football. The obvious criticisms are being against Ivan Cleary coming back & the signings of Blake, DWZ and RCG. Recruitment is mixed; Blake & DWZ aern't the greatest but RCG is playing career best footy at Parra & made Origin. He would be an instant starter in this Panthers pack.

Ivan Cleary has directly benefited from the investment Gus made into juniors, as we all know. However fairness to Penrith & Cleary, they've made some excellent signings in Korisau & Capewell (and to a lesser extent Eisenhuth & Sorensen), so to say all their success is down to Gus is disingenuos.

Gus started there in 2011 and a lot of the success they are now reaping is because of him. By the time 2019 rolled around, it was just a matter of both parties needed a new direction. Thats business and that's football; nothing lasts forever. There is an obvious media bias by Fox against Gus; they will outline his failures at Penrith but will never mention him when they discuss Penrith's excellent juniors & pathways.

If you tell me that in 8 years, we end up with the best juniors pathways in the league and the price of that was a couple of coach payouts & a few average signings than i will sign on the dotted line in a heartbeat.

 

[underdogsontop2246]

Waddell, Thompson, Averillo, Flanagan and Okunbor. These are the 5 remaining dud players left.

 

[w00t]

Drunkfield is quite literally the most jealous asshole i've ever seen as a journalist.

Spews the biggest pile of rubbish

 

[ddt192]

Buzz wants Gus’ dick.

 

[ddt192]

How does one go about getting this big fat Gus dick?

Go to Jobels

 

[Woofwoof1980]

Waddell, Thompson, Averillo, Flanagan and Okunbor. These are the 5 remaining dud players left.

Not sure I'd agree... Jake is young and shown some promise. Thompson has had a pretty rough time in Australia and while isn't worth his supposed money hes on still may show some form in a decent system... Waddell is a solid depth player... the other two...... I agree are trash and should be fucked off ASAP. Just my opinion

 

[Buster007]

Waddell, Thompson, Averillo, Flanagan and Okunbor. These are the 5 remaining dud players left.

You keep throwing Thompson into this list. I’ve read this from you countless times. Stop it.

 

[bradyk]

You keep throwing Thompson into this list. I’ve read this from you countless times. Stop it.

Depends what he means by dud, he's worth half of what we're paying him at best.

 

[Bulldog1966]

Well..all I can say is his articles continue to trigger quite a few on here lol

 

[Bulldog1966]

Depends what he means by dud, he's worth half of what we're paying him at best.

What is he actually speculatively on, serious question...we all know even if he has a good season next year he will be on significantly less but it wont be half imo.

 

[Bulldog1966]

You keep throwing Thompson into this list. I’ve read this from you countless times. Stop it.

Omar is a dud himself flogs the same rant endlessly..have you seen him bust out his team list with about 9 new players and worth about 8 mill plus on the cap?

 

[underdogsontop2246]

Depends what he means by dud, he's worth half of what we're paying him at best.

If he was on 400-500k i'd have no problem with Thompson.

 

[H-dog]

If he was on 400-500k i'd have no problem with Thompson.

How much do you think he is on in the cap ?

 

[Bulldog_4_Life]

How did the idiot claim that Gus was building a top 4 roster and spine (in a club that won the wooden spoon 12 months ago) and then claim he doesnt know what he is doing, all in the same article.

Gus spent most of his time at Penrith talking about how to improve their junior base, and now look at them.

 

[Bulldog_4_Life]

The club forking out 300k so a player doesn’t play for us is fucked

That 200k could be used to front-end another contract, and free up that money in 2024 when we have another potential big recruit on the way.

 

[Bulldog_4_Life]

How much do you think he is on in the cap ?

He is on 850k if im not mistaken, was widely reported when he signed.

 

[Marki]

What people forget is that freeing up the spot can help sign juniors on for less into the future with a faster path to first grade and top 30. It saves us more into the future.

Freeing up a spot in this fashion means you are eager to promote a gun junior into top 30 or you are serious about bringing in a gun halfback. You don't do it to fill it with a young junior who has "potential"

 

[D0GMATIC]

He is on 850k if im not mistaken, was widely reported when he signed.

Not sure if all of that is under the cap per se. I think some of that is covered by allowance payments of some description. TT is the man for this, He is well versed in all things salary cap

 

[D0GMATIC]

Freeing up a spot in this fashion means you are eager to promote a gun junior into top 30 or you are serious about bringing in a gun halfback. You don't do it to fill it with a young junior who has "potential"

Just curious . . . What's the difference between a "gun junior" and a " junior who has potential " is it just opinion ?