Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2021

[broncos4life]

He is emotional because he got his start in the NRL not because he loves the club.

Young footy star breaks down as he receives his first jersey | Daily Mail Online

Emotional moment young footy star Xavier Coates breaks down in tears as he receives his first professional jersey.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[theshed]

He is emotional because he got his start in the NRL not because he loves the club.

Sure that’s obviously a big part but he also says “and to do it at this club”.

 

[Sproj]

And things can change. I can’t blame any kid for thinking about leaving given the mess the club was last year. It remains to be seen what happens this year. If the board is incompetent enough to allow you to field offers officially before locking you up and you have the reigning premiers come knocking who are famous for nurturing and developing players to become among the best in the comp and you are at a club that’s a basket case, I’m not blaming a young guy with massive potential but huge flaws for entertaining it. I’d be doing the same thing.

 

[Bull Shark]

I’d be a little cautious signing a bloke who looks like Percy Wetmore from the Green Mile...

 

[the_next]

Tbh Coates would be doing exactly as his manager tells him. Who he pays, so it is in his best interest to do what he is saying.
Every manager would be using Fifita as an example of what can happen when you’re shopped around in the public eye.
From a Broncos point of view I think it’s pretty simple. Offer him market worth + 50k and you say here is the deadline. You either sign or you move on.
Its as simple as that. No player should be holding the club to ransom. I will add if they’re not going to take on the contract, I think they should be pushed out of the 17.
Add to the fact that Coates hasn’t done anything yet to prove that he is worth anything over 400k (and that’s being generous).
Sure, he played in a winning origin series, but he wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t for multiple injuries.
The same goes for our other “off contract stars”.
Id be more keen to lock up Dearden and Staggs then go all in for a bloke who could well be Corey Oates 2.0

 

[broncos4life]

And things can change. I can’t blame any kid for thinking about leaving given the mess the club was last year. It remains to be seen what happens this year. If the board is incompetent enough to allow you to field offers officially before locking you up and you have the reigning premiers come knocking who are famous for nurturing and developing players to become among the best in the comp and you are at a club that’s a basket case, I’m not blaming a young guy with massive potential but huge flaws for entertaining it. I’d be doing the same thing.

And that’s fine, but stop saying he loves the club because these are actions of someone that doesn’t.

 

[theshed]

And that’s fine, but stop saying he loves the club because these are actions of someone that doesn’t.

I quite like my job and they’ve been very good to me but I would definitely look at other options if they were on the table. I would prefer to stay but I’m also not stupid.

 

[Fernando]

Turpin is a better 9 than Mann I reckon, if he can stay on the field.

Still would prefer Brandon Smith or Grant but it won't happen.

 

[1910]

They’ll also sign C. Smith “if he’s interested and it fits in their cap”.

Probably to a train and trial deal as I hear he’s a bit of a journeyman that still hasn’t achieved a great deal in the game...

Surely the NRL must get suspicious of their cap at some point?!

If Coates was to sign with the Titans it would be for 2022. Don and Pearson finish end of this year, you don’t re-sign those two and you can get Coates.

 

[Sproj]

If Coates was to sign with the Titans it would be for 2022. Don and Pearson finish end of this year, you don’t re-sign those two and you can get Coates.

But with their self-professed endless cap, they could fit him for this season, just ask them.

 

[BooKhaki]

Pearce potentially to be released / moved on from Knights after this latest saga.
Not a spring chicken anymore and would likely want big money, plus stand in the way of Dearden... but he's a solid club level playmaker... worth considering?

We should have signed him when he left the Roosters. But Bennett said Pearce wouldn't fit the culture, then followed that by signing Bird and Lodge.

Big mistake, but it's too late for Pearnice now.

 

[Wolfie]

We should have signed him when he left the Roosters. But Bennett said Pearce wouldn't fit the culture, then followed that by signing Bird and Lodge.

Big mistake, but it's too late for Pearnice now.

So Pearce keeps making mistake after mistake, but Bird has never been any bother aside from his injuries and Lodge's behaviour has been examplary since he has been here. I'm not really sure what you are trying to say, that it was a mistake not to sign a dickhead but to keep two blokes that weren't?

 

[Bull Shark]

As Young MC once said, there’s one more girl you won’t be getting..

 

[theshed]

As Young MC once said, there’s one more girl you won’t be getting..

Think positive thoughts. Think positive thoughts.

 

[Fitzy]

Well guys any hopes of corey Allan are gone now that he signed with the dogs

 

[Foordy]

IMO, Allen doesn't offer us anything we don't already have ... certainly not worth his reported contract demands

 

[Fernando]

IMO, Allen doesn't offer us anything we don't already have ... certainly not worth his reported contract demands

At worst he's a competent NRL fullback which is something we lack.

 

[broncos4life]

I quite like my job and they’ve been very good to me but I would definitely look at other options if they were on the table. I would prefer to stay but I’m also not stupid.

Cool dude and me too, would you make sure you do your looking around and interviews in the most public fashion possible so you can embarrass your current employer which you “love”?