Why the bulldogs need Aaron Woods, and why they don't

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Aaron Woods stalked the sideline, holding the interchange card in his hand, trying to get on the field in place of Clay Priest.

There were 25 minutes left to play. It was 16-all. If there was ever a time for an Australian, NSW and $850,000-per-season prop to come on and run over the top of the opposition, this was it.

It halted the Dragons’ momentum in its tracks. Without it, they would’ve had this match stitched up before the half-time oranges.

These are the plays that have rival clubs sniffing around Woods, although Woods is adamant he doesn’t want to play for anyone else — with the possible exception of his old club, Wests Tigers.

If he does go, his most likely destination is the Sharks, who believe they need to add a quality prop to their roster if they’re to push for this year’s premiership.

Woods can be that man: you don’t fluke as many NSW and Australian jumpers as he has. Teams will never win premierships because of him — but they might win them off the back of what he can do.

Newcastle and Parramatta are said to be interested, at the right price, but you can run a big red line through the Roosters.

They were apoplectic on Friday when a report claimed they were now in the hunt. It was so wrong the erroneous story was promptly changed on-line.

Whether Woods goes anywhere depends on how much the Bulldogs are prepared to pay for him to play at another club.

The magic figure is said to be about $150,000 a season, meaning whichever club Woods moves to would need to cover the remaining $700,000 a season.

How many clubs would pay that for Aaron Woods right now? You’re right: none.

The Bulldogs know rival clubs want to take advantage of their salary cap mess but insist they won’t be paying huge amounts for marquee players to play elsewhere.

Or against them.

They’re paying for their former inspirational captain James Graham to be a current inspirational prop for the Dragons this season.

Graham needed a fresh start, just like the Bulldogs.

He took the ball from the kick-off, ran straight and Woods and kept running at him all afternoon.

“It’s been a big week for him,” Dragons coach Paul McGregor said of Graham. “He’s been a big feature for what the Dogs have done in the past. He’s a man of good character and we’re fortunate to have him as a leader for us.”

Graham has been a player reborn since changing clubs but playing with a quality team certainly helps.

The Dragons had lost 12 of their last 13 matches against the Bulldogs but it looked like being nothing more than a training run after Euan Aitken scored with the match only three minutes old.

Woods didn’t get a chance to make his first run until the 8th minute. It wasn’t until the 15th minute that his side had the ball in the Dragons’ 20 metres, and it only came off the back of a penalty.

Yet they were in it right up until the last few seconds of the match.

These are hard days at Canterbury, as close as they keep coming to victory.

There is every chance fullback Moses Mbye will be released in coming days to join the Tigers, who have already signed a four-year deal with them starting next season.

Asked how confident he was about Mbye playing for him beyond June 30, Pay said: “At this stage, he’s here.”

How about Woods?

“He’s here, too.”

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl...woods-and-why-they-don-t-20180611-p4zktg.html
 

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Lmao who the fuck comes up with shit like this? like seriously
 

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Woods is a pussy, 850k game on the line and he comes up with rubbish, Fifita on the other hand in the last 15 minutes of the sharks game went up another level,
fark Woods throw the clown in reserve grade, his attitude is poor and has cost us more than 1 game
 

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Is that the hardest he can run?
Eastwood runs harder.
 

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Lets be realistic here, It's not Woods fault that we have signed him, he was never an enforcer and if used properly his ball skills can be an advantage, overpaid or not we should NEVER pay for him to play elsewhere !
 

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Your naive to think we will build anything around Jackson & Klemmer. Our rebuild will be 3 to 5 seasons. In that time their use by date will expire. There is only an opportunity for them to mentor our next generation of bulldogs players recruited or nurtured by current management. There is no magic pill for what Des. Dib & Raelene did. I hate these 3 idiots with everything I have for what they have reduced this club to.
 

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The only thing about Bulldogs signing Woods was the enormous price tag he came with. Letting James Graham part was a god send because anyone who has seen him play this year will see that he looks like he is too old and too slow. His game minutes have diminished and his numbers are far below what they were with us.
 

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we are worrying too much about the wrong player.. our forwards do enough each week.. we should be shopping Foran around
 
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Our forwards have been great this year and can not be faulted ..
 

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Rfm needs to run straight, not sideways.
Really what has Faitala-Mariner done, he runs around like a chook with its head cut off. He needs to run straight and look to get rid of the ball to someone like Mbye (which will be difficult when he leaves after this week).
Can't understand why Montoya hasn't been dropped, must be something to do with the salary cap, also the only local junior in first grade. He has nothing, no pace, weak in taking the ball up and disgraceful in defence.
 

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we are worrying too much about the wrong player.. our forwards do enough each week.. we should be shopping Foran around
You are spot on mate, our club should keep Woods and certainly not pay one black cent for him to play for another club. I've posted some time ago that Foran is a dead man walking, the club must find a way to medically retiring him or find him another job to compensate him for the contract money he signed with us, such as coaching.
His salary would go a long way towards improving our club's spine.Floran has shown some morals re. the need to be near his children, for that reason I believe he could accept a different deal for the same cash.
 
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