2024 NRL Player Movements & Rumours

[Galah]

Looking at the quotes it seems like the status quo from the last update, which was along the lines of Broncos table an offer, his manager bangs on about fullback money and Cobbo set to test his value on the open market.

Looking at the quotes it seems like Madge and the Broncos are waiting to see how Cobbo turns up for preseason and then his attitude under a Madge preseason, which is fair enough... and it seems like Cobbo's manager is resigned to letting the preseason play out.

No doubt his manager will be looking for alternative offers to put the pressure on Broncos, but if Cobbo turns up to preseason with the right attitude, then I think Madge will be keen to keep him.

I think it all seems pretty fair the way it's playing out at the moment... Cobbo had a down second half of the year, but the talent and what he can do was well on show in the first half.

All parties are probably unsure of what his value is... at his best he's a centre of the year contender... but at his worst his playing park footy in Cherbourg in a couple years.

Broncos don't want to pay 'fullback money' for Cobbo based on potential, so they're willing to let it play out and see what Madge's evaluation is over the next couple months... if Cobbo's manager finds a team that is willing to pay him fullback money he could sign elsewhere, but if that's the case then he's taking mercenary money, which isn't a great presentation of his mindset.

I just hope for the last and final time that the broncos have given up on the hopes a player they sign on overs actually lives up to it.

Hard work and consistency with a little bit of talent is what they need. I’m literally up to my eyeballs in the flash in the pan shit.

If I’m being honest, I’m finding it hard not to compare him with latrell but the difference between them is what held latrell back and still does is the fact he’s a fuckwit. Cobbo doesn’t look like he has the ticker, all the talent in the world but that stuff only gets you so far.

He needs a pay cut if anything

 

[Galah]

Which essentially equates to Broncos starting to take back power from the players and acting like the power club we've forgotten we are.

 

[BroncsFan]

Which essentially equates to Broncos starting to take back power from the players and acting like the power club we've forgotten we are.

And a big part of that is dealing with FOMO.

Staggs can also field offers... so his manager could put pressure on broncos as well. Every chance there is a desperate Sydney team that will throw an offer at him and the big question will be if the broncos flinch and pay overs to keep Staggs due to FOMO.

We've been caught in this situation before with Bhunt and Milf... straight after the 2015 GF all the talk was those two being our halves pairing for the next decade... then suddenly Bhunt signs a monster (over-inflated) deal to head to Sydney where he's not done much at club land... broncos reaction to that was to give Milf $1m a season and try to turn him into a halfback, heaping massive pressure on him and watching him fail his way out of the club.

To me neither Staggs or Cobbo really deserve much of an upgrade on their current deal.

I fucking love Staggs, but I have just not seen enough development out of him to warrant much more than what he's currently on... so I can see the club calling his manager's bluff... see if Staggs can get >$700k in the open market, knowing it's down in Sydney so he's paying a premium on his living standards.

Cobbo's form at the back end of the year is way down, but his upside was on show in the first half of the year... he's just about everything you want in a centre.

When compared to Staggs his workrate is better, his hands are silky as ****, he has an offload, he can break tackles and score himself and he can compete on high kicks. When in form his defensive reads are much better as well... and he just has x factor to do freaky shit... didn't he score a try off a grubber right on the dead ball line this year... he's a pure footy player and if you can get his head right he's elite.

He has a lot more upside compared to Staggs, but his attitude is a massive risk with him... if he has a massive preseason then I think Madge will prefer Cobbo over Staggs, knowing he has Mariner as right centre until at least 2027.

I still want to keep both, because I think Staggs can be repurposed elsewhere in the team, but not at elite centre money, but even if we do take Staggs over Cobbo I actually think Staggs could be a left centre... there was a game this year where he had to switch to the left and he was breaking the line much easier when he didn't have his fend there as the default... he also scored that try late in the year when doubling around to the left in a fullback position.

I think Mariner could move into right centre pretty soon