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Payne's upbringing and current life circumstances doesn't do anything for me - if anything I'd want him to have less responsibilities so he can focus on himself and his family. I'm not really seeing much of an argument for Payne beyond he rocked up to training and some fans holding a weird...

I don't see the appeal of Payne beyond trying to keep him happy. His off-field behaviour doesn't inspire confidence and even on the field he suffers from tunnel vision. He'll do his job and pad up his numbers. However he often forgets the importance of a quick play the ball and just little...

I'm not questioning the legitimacy but I'm curious where you got the $1 million figure from? Cleary released a book not that long ago, so was curious if it came from there?

I'm not as hung up about that 10th placed finish. It was largely off the back of a poor start where there was a lot of drama behind the scenes and a couple of key injuries. They went 2-8 before going 8-2. They would have been on their way to playing finals had Payne Haas not torn through their...

I'd put it down to Brailey and Trindall playing a bigger role. They're still scoring the same number of tries and both Katoa and Mulitalo are right up there. However Trindall is an option himself while Brailey is pretty effective at getting his forwards into try scoring situations. That...

Lumped in with the Broncos, Cowboys, Dragons, Raiders, Knights, Sea Eagles etc. I thought last year they had the structures to be successful. Unfortunately results went against them early, they suffered a few set-backs, Johnson was playing on borrowed time and Fonua-Blake looked like he just...

Isaah was always a versatile player coming through so I wasn't that shocked that he ended up becoming a better version of Luke Lewis. They also had Fisher-Harris find his place in the middle and it all just fell into place. 2019 always felt like an anamoly and there were even signs that season...

20-30 is the key here. The second could have been a disaster but when you have Brian To'o and Jarome Luai coming through getting rid of Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and James Maloney isn't a huge call. I'm pretty sure Campbell-Gillard was the only player they didn't have a direct replacement for...

He's another that could fill that role but the qualities he brings would be better used in other positions.

Just on the Reece Robson situation, the Cowboys will want to be active in the player market considering young Xavier Kerrisk is their only other recognised dummy half on the roster. I'm not sure if Trevilyan is currently doing a pre-season but he could be an option as well after an unhappy...

Hold your horses Fourex. What do you mean looming large? They've already danced on Kevie's grave and Billy has clearly hit his ceiling. They might get an extra 'I told you so' in if Paix kills it this season (either for the Broncos or somebody else) but don't give them an extra inch!

That's incorrect. Crocker signed with Melbourne in 2005 ahead of the 2006 season. Melbourne finished the regular home and away season sixth and had just lost Orford, Bell and Kearns. They weren't a dominant force who just so happened to add an Origin player to the mix. You're beginning to...

Paps is a quality player but we've been through this before and even if we factor in injuries he likely still plays third fiddle to Turbo and Teddy. All well and good to speculate of course but in reality he has no representative experience.

Papenhuyzen and his amazing rep record of 0 games.

I addressed this in the second part of my post. 'But they didn't want to keep those players!!' Firstly, it doesn't denote value. Secondly, we've established it was a flawed premise to begin with and they in fact lost valuable players. Also come on now what? Tariq Sims played Origin the year...

Notable losses since the 2020 GF Josh Addo-Carr Jesse Bromwich Kenny Bromwich Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Nicho Hynes Felise Kaufusi Justin Olam Cameron Smith Brandon Smith Suliasi Vunivalu Reimis Smith, Tariq Sims, Max King, Brenko Lee, Daniel Atkinson, Kelma Tuilagi etc. aren't necessarily anything...

They're talented but they're prone to lazy efforts in defence and when the going gets tough they go missing. Payne is also a Blue, unless you're talking up Klese again?

Smart pick-up from the Dogs if true. Also a small-win for the Maroons as well. I'd rather the Maroons forwards play like Bulldogs, moreso than Titans or Broncos. Patty the sole exception.

That article is incorrect, the minimum wage for an NRL contracted player is $135K per annum. If you replace Taupau, you're effectively only getting 85K

Absolutely, but even so are you convinced that Riki and Piakura are the answer? They've got a big test ahead of them this year.