PLAYER Billy Walters

[Mr Fourex]

Provide a compelling case for why Billy should be in the top 17 and deserved his 2 year contract extension, other than “there is no one else” or “we have to fill our top 30”.

If you want to put restraints on it......

tell us why he shouldn't have been kept....who else should be there instead....?

 

[WASSHHH]

Fucking A

But to be fair this is the Walters thread. It's just when it invariably spills over to every other thread it gets pretty tiresome.

This.

If people don’t want to discuss Billy Walters, why the **** are they coming into the Billy Walters thread and commenting about Billy Walters.

You (not you specifically) might think the arguments are dumb, but they’re no where near as dumb as someone who doesn’t want to see it opening and reading this thread.

 

[Harry Sack]

Agree

If you don't wanna read about Billy Walters......it'd probably be half smart not to read the Billy Walters thread?

Its is where it spills into everything else where it becomes ad nausea......

I wonder what its like to have good moderators.......?

looking at you @Harry Sack

 

[WASSHHH]

If you want to put restraints on it......

tell us why he shouldn't have been kept....who else should be there instead....?

Not sure if you’re serious or not…

The bold is a joke right? The vitriol Jake Arthurs copped was as bad, if not worse, than what Billy is copping.

To answer your other question; I would have kept Levi, a genuine 9, and that was well before Billy was pencilled in to become the first choice 9 for the biggest RL club in the world. But if not Levi, Turpin put more into the club than Billy has and was just as equally as dull at 9.

But I’m sure they gave Billy, who is 2 years older than Turpin, a 2 year contract extension because he has far more upside than Turpin…

I would have kept Albert Kelly, who is far better cover for the halves, over Billy in a heartbeat too.

Why? Because they were all here before Billy and both Turpin and Kelly provided as much, if not more, than he did.

Kelly is just a pure, natural footballer too.

But they’ve all been flicked…

EDIT: on the evidence we have thus far (let’s say the last 4 seasons up to the end of season 2022), Billy is not an improvement on any one of the players that have played in the positions he plays. At best, signing him was a sideways movement. Yet he’s still here and the others have all been flicked. No one can really seem to explain that either.

 

[IceWorks]

He seems like a person of good character who tries 100% every game and isn't the most talented. Can see why that would annoy some people.

I think roster formation and team selection should be the role of more than one person, that would remove the idea of nepotism with selections.

 

[theshed]

He seems like a person of good character who tries 100% every game and isn't the most talented. Can see why that would annoy some people.

I think roster formation and team selection should be the role of more than one person, that would remove the idea of nepotism with selections.

I’ve never faulted his character or effort

 

[Mr Fourex]

It is just obvious that Tyson is competent at the dummy half role and Billy is not.

Oh yes......obvious
He had a great game against
Wynnum

wait.....
he has played NRL fourex !!!

Oh yeah.......

whats his name again......

 

[BroncosFever]

I’ll give you a perfect opportunity here, point blank so you can’t deflect.

I am not one to waste a golden opportunity. I just got off the phone with Kevvie, he doesn’t give a shit what you think, neither does his kid.

 

[Mr Fourex]

But they’ve all been flicked…

OK......cool story

so......

no-one?

 

[WASSHHH]

He seems like a person of good character who tries 100% every game and isn't the most talented. Can see why that would annoy some people.

I think roster formation and team selection should be the role of more than one person, that would remove the idea of nepotism with selections.

I don’t think a single person on here would disagree with this.

 

[theshed]

Oh yes......obvious
He had a great game against
Wynnum

wait.....
he has played NRL fourex !!!

Oh yeah.......

whats his name again......

Lucky teams don’t pick players based on wether or not a 50 year old stoner has heard of them

 

[tommy]

Yet he’s still here and the others have all been flicked. No one can really seem to explain that either.

I can! I can!

it’s something to do with this….

whats his name again......

 

[WASSHHH]

I am not one to waste a golden opportunity. I just got off the phone with Kevvie, he doesn’t give a shit what you think, neither does his kid.

I bet it’s only because BroncosFever told them both that I’m not a member of BroncosFever’s true fan club.

 

[WASSHHH]

OK......cool story

so......

no-one?

Legit question; did you actually read my post?

You wanted to know who and why. I literally gave you three names and why for all of them.

 

[theshed]

I am not one to waste a golden opportunity. I just got off the phone with Kevvie, he doesn’t give a shit what you think, neither does his kid.

Maybe he should - after last years performance he could do with some advice

 

[Mr Fourex]

Lucky teams don’t pick players based on wether or not a 50 year old stoner has heard of them

and conversely lucky that teams aren't listening to internet dweebs who try and insist they are a little bit smarter than everyone else.

 

[theshed]

and conversely lucky that teams aren't listening to internet dweebs who try and insist they are a little bit smarter than everyone else.

Don’t talk about McHunt like that lol

 

[BroncosFever]

I bet it’s only because BroncosFever told them both that I’m not a member of BroncosFever’s true fan club.

I don’t log in to BHQ looking for a few likes, I’m not really a bandwagoner like yourself.

You asked me why he deserved an extension and in the time since you asked that you’ve conceded he gives it his all, much like the nepotism bandwagon committee (NBC, not the American news broadcaster) conceded he was the best option at the club.

Maybe that’s why he got an extension? We’re not the team of the 90’s anymore, we need players who give their all, haven’t had 17 of those in the last few years. We can’t waltz out genuine superstars like we once could. I know a lot of fans have an elevated sense of entitlement and think we should be able to just flick them off and sign the hottest talent but this isn’t European football.