Broncos Roster, Signings and Rumours Discussion 2021

[pagey]

I did move to Sydney. Never looked back. It would be nice to return to slow old Brisbane when I’m ready to settle into family life and spend all day staring at my lawn. No way it’s the best option for a young guy with money of all available.

it’s better than say, Penrith or Canberra but it isn’t better than Melbourne for that demographic.

It is if you actually like good weather, Sydney is ridiculously over populated. I've lived in multiple cities around the world and now I'm on the Coast, every place has its pros and cons but there's a reason southerners are moving here.

 

[theshed]

It is if you actually like good weather, Sydney is ridiculously over populated. I've lived in multiple cities around the world and now I'm on the Coast, every place has its pros and cons but there's a reason southerners are moving here.

No doubt. It’s a beautiful spot. I’m not shitting on it. I just don’t think it is more attractive to the specific demographic that are pro league players, than a place like Bondi or Melbourne.

I like Brissy more than Sydney but I’m not cool anymore.

 

[Sproj]

It is if you actually like good weather, Sydney is ridiculously over populated. I've lived in multiple cities around the world and now I'm on the Coast, every place has its pros and cons but there's a reason southerners are moving here.

I do want to point out as well, I am not bagging Brissy, I love the place as it is my home but I am just pointing out that Brisbane does not really have anything different to offer than any other east coast city does except for better weather in winter. Now if we were comparing the Gold Coast, well yeah then you have a point.

 

[Kooly87]

I did move to Sydney. Never looked back. It would be nice to return to slow old Brisbane when I’m ready to settle into family life and spend all day staring at my lawn. No way it’s the best option for a young guy with money of all available.

it’s better than say, Penrith or Canberra but it isn’t better than Melbourne for that demographic.

You're not entirely wrong in your assessment of the two cities, but I would say that's a pretty highly subjective assessment of how young players with money in their pockets might view living in both. Melbourne may be a more bustling and cosmopolitan city, but it's also a long way from home for guys who might have been born and raised in Queensland or even NSW.

The anonymity and the 'bubble' environment of living in Melbourne suits some guys down to the ground and many young guys absolutely thrive in it, but for many others the desire to be closer to home and around your family and mates would easily overcome the less cosmopolitan feel of living in a city like Brisbane. Footballers have a mountain of spare time on their hands given the relatively few hours of 'work' they actually have to do, and just as I'd agree that for some guys the nightlife of Melbourne would be a huge drawcard and the bubble environment of living and socialising with predominantly just you team mates is not an issue, for many others all that free time and cash is not worth all that much when you're 2000 kilometres from the people you know and love and would like to spend it all with.

I certainly can't speak for Grant specifically, but to presume that all or even most players would definitely view either city one way or the other is frankly being a bit presumptuous and perhaps imposing your own preferences over the whole thing instead of the reality.

 

[pagey]

No doubt. It’s a beautiful spot. I’m not shitting on it. I just don’t think it is more attractive to the specific demographic that are pro league players, than a place like Bondi or Melbourne.

I like Brissy more than Sydney but I’m not cool anymore.

I think every city I've been or lived in because they're all different, some are better to visit and some better to live.
That's why I disagree with your point of a cashed up young player will ultimately choose Melbourne or Sydney, people have different tastes .
Also like I said he wants to be in Queensland, when I'm not sure but that's what I've heard.

 

[Kooly87]

At fullback, Allan for 400-450k vs Hughes 700k, I'd take Hughes every time.

If you presumed Allan was 450k and Hughes was just $700k perhaps, but you'd be talking serious unders there for Hughes and probably overs for what Allan really got too.

I've certainly seen absolutely nothing at all to suggest that Brisbane's ham fisted recruitment team are in any way capable of securing Hughes at all unless we paid stupid money or offered a ridiculous set of contract terms, so to suggest getting him at $700k is even possible, let alone likely, seems frankly pretty fanciful.

 

[pagey]

I do want to point out as well, I am not bagging Brissy, I love the place as it is my home but I am just pointing out that Brisbane does not really have anything different to offer than any other east coast city does except for better weather in winter. Now if we were comparing the Gold Coast, well yeah then you have a point.

Maybe it's because I live and work between the both but it really isn't that far apart between the two, and being born and breed in the beautiful Queensland weather i may be biased. I mean hell if I had the choice to pick anywhere in the world it would be the pacific coast of Costa Rica .

 

[theshed]

You're not entirely wrong in your assessment of the two cities, but I would say that's a pretty highly subjective assessment of how young players with money in their pockets might view living in both. Melbourne may be a more bustling and cosmopolitan city, but it's also a long way from home for guys who might have been born and raised in Queensland or even NSW.

The anonymity and the 'bubble' environment of living in Melbourne suits some guys down to the ground and many young guys absolutely thrive in it, but for many others the desire to be closer to home and around your family and mates would easily overcome the less cosmopolitan feel of living in a city like Brisbane. Footballers have a mountain of spare time on their hands given the relatively few hours of 'work' they actually have to do, and just as I'd agree that for some guys the nightlife of Melbourne would be a huge drawcard and the bubble environment of living and socialising with predominantly just you team mates is not an issue, for many others all that free time and cash is not worth all that much when you're 2000 kilometres from the people you know and love and would like to spend it all with.

I certainly can't speak for Grant specifically, but to presume that all or even most players would definitely view either city one way or the other is frankly being a bit presumptuous and perhaps imposing your own preferences over the whole thing instead of the reality.

I think every city I've been or lived in because they're all different, some are better to visit and some better to live.
That's why I disagree with your point of a cashed up young player will ultimately choose Melbourne or Sydney, people have different tastes .
Also like I said he wants to be in Queensland, when I'm not sure but that's what I've heard.

I actually probably leant to far the other way and lost sight of the original point I was intending to make. I actually don’t think all players want one thing or another and that Brisbane may not be that thing for some players. What I was originally getting at, is that I’ve noticed a lot of mentions over the years here about why the city of Brisbane is an obvious choice for a player, I just think that is a very bias view point.

I apologise if I inadvertently commented in a way that required replies that were arguing my intended point back at me about Melbourne.

 

[Sproj]

Maybe it's because I live and work between the both but it really isn't that far apart between the two, and being born and breed in the beautiful Queensland weather i may be biased. I mean hell if I had the choice to pick anywhere in the world it would be the pacific coast of Costa Rica .

Well if that is where we are taking the topic, I'd be living in Girona forever.

 

[broncsgoat]

Maybe it's because I live and work between the both but it really isn't that far apart between the two, and being born and breed in the beautiful Queensland weather i may be biased. I mean hell if I had the choice to pick anywhere in the world it would be the pacific coast of Costa Rica .

Would never live anywhere other than SEQ.

Those of us who do so are incredibly blessed.

 

[john1420]

I think every city I've been or lived in because they're all different, some are better to visit and some better to live.
That's why I disagree with your point of a cashed up young player will ultimately choose Melbourne or Sydney, people have different tastes .
Also like I said he wants to be in Queensland, when I'm not sure but that's what I've heard.

Spot on it is all about taste .....

I think Melbourne is an absolute shithole and is the last place in Aus I would want to live

 

[Kooly87]

Well if that is where we are taking the topic, I'd be living in Girona forever.

**** yeah, now we're talking.

 

[BroncsFan]

Foxsports saying that we're chasing Hughes, not the player i would be chasing.
Throw that money at Grant ffs

I am hoping to God we arent looking to spend that sort of cash for Hughes in either fullback or halfback.

To me Hughes was the 4th string in that spine (1. CS9, 2. Munster, 3. Papy) and even with Grant coming in I'd say he's still 4th string.

If you're spending over $700k on a spine player then you would want to be pretty bloody sure they can be a primary contributor and I think that's highly unlikely when you take Hughes out of that storm team.

Even if it was intended to be at fullback, we may as well have just stuck with Knik who we know has a strong running game and enough of a kicking game

I feel like fox is just trolling... "I'm hearing the Broncos are interested and he was fantastic in that storm team... premiership winning halfback, etc." Like he's some equivalent to DCE.

It's like fox are waiting for Broncos to bite and then laugh at us when we're stuck with the guy for 4yrs on a huge contract.

Massive pass from me

 

[Kooly87]

Maybe it's because I live and work between the both but it really isn't that far apart between the two, and being born and breed in the beautiful Queensland weather i may be biased. I mean hell if I had the choice to pick anywhere in the world it would be the pacific coast of Costa Rica .

One of the happiest countries on Earth for good reason.

 

[Kooly87]

I actually probably leant to far the other way and lost sight of the original point I was intending to make. I actually don’t think all players want one thing or another and that Brisbane may not be that thing for some players. What I was originally getting at, is that I’ve noticed a lot of mentions over the years here about why the city of Brisbane is an obvious choice for a player, I just think that is a very bias view point.

I apologise if I inadvertently commented in a way that required replies that were arguing my intended point back at me about Melbourne.

I think people assume that if a player was born and raised in Brisbane or even Queensland that it might make coming to the Broncos naturally very attractive. In fairness to those people that is probably true in the majority of cases, but certainly not all.

The ideal living and working circumstances for any young footballer is no doubt as subjective and diverse as it would be in any other cross section of young people across the population.

 

[Sproj]

Spot on it is all about taste .....

I think Melbourne is an absolute shithole and is the last place in Aus I would want to live

Definitely about taste. Generally someone who has lived on the eastern-south-eastern side of Melbourne would think that opinion is crazy. Someone who has lived on the north or western sides or stayed there would likely agree.

 

[Kooly87]

Would never live anywhere other than SEQ.

Those of us who do so are incredibly blessed.

You're not wrong, but again, that's all subjective.

Melbourne is 'alive' in a way that Brisbane just frankly isn't, and for many young and even many older people they wouldn't trade that off either for the nice weather and better beach access. If everybody valued the same things in a place to live we wouldn't be spread out across millions of square kilometres in every corner of the country like we actually are.

 

[pagey]

Well if that is where we are taking the topic, I'd be living in Girona forever.

Really, well there you go it's all about peoples taste. Can I ask what you love about it ? San Sebastián was my favorite, so many cool cities in Europe though.