Mahoney is the key for next year, he will direct from dummy half as you have said. The main advantage that Mahoney has over every half bar Grant is that he can fire a ball to a half that is sitting outside B or C defender, takes away the need to use the lock as a ball player. Parra hardly use the lock as a ball player because of the great service mahoney gives from the ruck.
Dont worry andout a superstar 7 we are still waiting for our Rockstar FB.The entire NRL World seems to be insisting that the Bulldogs need a Superstar Game Managing Number 7 to make them a genuine contender.
And although I agree, Superstar Game Managing 7's aren't growing on trees and time is required to grow a young half into this role if you cant buy one.
But the Bulldogs fans don't have anymore time - Everyone has run out of patients.
But from the media's point of view, they don't really care - "They Just Love Writing A Story, Especially it seems to bag the Bulldogs when they can.
Below you will find a list of all the current NRL players that have played positionally somewhere in the halves at least at one stage in the last few years.
You will see that some of these names are not genuine Game Managing 7's or even a genuine 7, but I have put them in their for the point of the exercise to show how hard it is right now for our club to find available exactly what we need.
- All NRL Based Halves Off Contract & Able To Negotiate Now For The 2023 Season (According To Zero Tackle)
Albert Kelly, Billy Walters, Matt Frawley, Sam Williams, Brandon Wakeham, Kieran Foran, Cooper Johns, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Kodi Nikorima, Ashley Taylor, Phoenix Crossland, Sean O'Sullivan, Jaeman Salmon, Anthony Milford, Lachlan Lam, Jock Madden
NRL Players Off Contract 2022 | NRL Contracts
A complete list of NRL players who are off contract at the end of the 2022 rugby league season.www.zerotackle.com
- All NRL Based Halves Off Contract & Available NTo Negotiate in November For The 2022 Season (According To Zero Tackle)
Brad Schneider, Jake Averillo, Bailey Biondi-Odo, Braydon Trindall, Paul Turner, Daly Cherry-Evans, Lachlan Croker, Cameron Munster, Shaun Johnson, Jake Clifford, Adam Clune, Scott Drinkwater, Jakob Arthur, Dylan Brown, Lachlan Ilias, Blake Taaffe, Cody Walker, Moses Mbye, Adam Keighran, Sam Walker, Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Jackson Hastings,
https://www.zerotackle.com/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2023/
So its time to stop your whining and go out there to buy the one player out of all these names that can deliver exactly what it is that our club needs right now to fill that all important missing piece of the puzzle, Our Superstar Game Managing 7.
I'll share my thoughts on who we should consider a little later on.
Good Luck & Buy Well!!
That time i reincarnated as a superstar game manging 7 and defeated the demon king with my bulldog.
Not blaming him but he's still playing like a nothing right now. This is why i always said it was ridiculous to be offering him some insane 800k contract before he even kicked a ball for us.
Wasn’t there an NRL teams nock off in one off those Asian countries?
Mentioned in another thread that he's been part of a settled spine for years. The instability around 7 and potentially 1, won't help Mahoney transition to our club. We need to decide who our 7 is going to be and keep them there all year. I am in the minority and still think Flanno is the best 7 at the club and believe he should be given another go before we look to the market
I reckon the boy would make an excellent fullback myself. But we don't have the luxury of moving him there... Penrith could have and they would have been unstoppable.
Obviously. But when will that be?…when we get a 7 perhaps!
I agree with what you've said but we shouldn't wait for Mahoney's arrival next year, Cook showed in 20 minutes trial that he can be the answer for this year at hooker and possibly unlock the quality in of one of our halves more than what JMK showed in three years, also it's a risk buying an unproven halfback but if we end up having to buy one he must be excellent controlling the team and free-up Burton to play his natural game...Stating the obvious ?
Mahoney has looked pretty good at identifying opponents weak spots in the few games I've watched him play. Will be good to see the ball heading to where it's useful more often than not. I'm not one of these people who think 9's need great running games. There's been plenty of great hookers that had no running games who simply saw more on the field than most others and I'm hoping that Mahoney provides us with that when he arrives.
Tbaz hates a settled spine so there’s no chance of that unfortunately. I’m sure Flanagan will get a chance at some point but it will probably only be for a few games before another knee jerk change.
JMK is one of the biggest issues but I wouldn’t be putting too much pressure on Cook to turn things around for us this year. I’m all for giving him a chance though.
Cook soon will be 23 years old, he needs to be given a chance now to prove himself and since we are desperate for a real hooker it is the right time, what have we got to lose ?
I would be like Baz to play him against Panthers and South's and then drop him
Better than burton. Yes please!!
ZDC is outplaying Cook in reserve grade..
Excuse my ignorance, who is ZDC ?
