Renegade
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preaching to the choir brother
Jason Simmons
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Can someone send this to Paul White and ask for a please explain?
Renegade
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Paul White #1 businessman - BHQ forum members.
In_Seibs_We_Trust
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If playing reserve grade meets youe definition of gone then I think you will be right.
But who in their right mind would give up 800k a year because some ex players say its the right thing to do? I wouldnt.
He will be there sraining the cap for next year at least.
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We wrote the book on that method and now Politis owns us when it comes to it. Sad days indeed.
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In_Seibs_We_Trust
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We wrote the book on that method and now Politis owns us when it comes to it. Sad days indeed.
Dee
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If we signed Chad Townsend, I'd be incredibly happy about that.
I rate him highly. Great kicking game, has high game management skills, has a great footy mind and will provide some leadership.
I rate him highly. Great kicking game, has high game management skills, has a great footy mind and will provide some leadership.
Dazza 92
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Townsend just cleaned up at Sharks EOY awards....sighting "leadership" during difficult times as injuries started to bite...interesting..
What have people on here said we are lacking..??
This guy could represent a quiet achiever type who lets his actions speak for him...
Plus last time i looked we actually had a kicking coach here too...
Kooly87
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People seem to be missing the fact that the Sharks just lost Flanagan Jnr to the Roosters, so their potential Townsend replacement is now gone. Townsend's game is also critical to making their investment in Johnson work, just to throw another spanner in the works.
I'd think it was extremely unlikely that they'd be prepared to release him without having a proper replacement lined up.
I'd think it was extremely unlikely that they'd be prepared to release him without having a proper replacement lined up.
Wolfie
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No, i just like seeing whiners whining
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Doubt it.
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Could have been that what happened was @Foordy said. Thing is though, i still cant get my head around why people still think we didnt get a halfback because we signed Bird, when we were still chasing and making offers to Ash Taylor months after we signed Bird.
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pagey
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Hasn't even been a week mate .
Dazza 92
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No, i just like seeing whiners whining
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Doubt it.
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Could have been that what happened was @Foordy said. Thing is though, i still cant get my head around why people still think we didnt get a halfback because we signed Bird, when we were still chasing and making offers to Ash Taylor months after we signed Bird.
quite right, Neil Henry got the arse and then i think they threw silly money at Taylor...
The rest is history...but yeh we had Hunt off the bench playing hooker after Macca was injured and the club was absolutely lookign for a NRL standard half around that time...
OXY-351
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Sit is a bit harsh. I can see him kneeling though.
McHunt
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tommy
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Can someone explain this to me? How much we've lost? I assume it's bad.
McHunt
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It means the confidence in the Broncos has markedly dropped since they booted Wayne. Without going into analysis specific to the stock: as an investment, it's diverged from the underlying market trend, and returned negative gains. You would've been roughly better off by 35% investing in a market index (mix of blue chip shares). That's massive.
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BroncsFan
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I don't get the current obsession with wanting Townsend.
What is it we want out of our halfback moving forward. The general consensus would appear to be:
- a kicking game to ease pressure on Milford
- game manager/game awareness to lead the team around and get them in the right positions... so Milford doesn't have to
- solid defence, but not the highest priority
- offer some sort of attacking pressure to ease the load on Milford
In terms of Chad's kicking game and game awareness I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.
I had a look through the last 4 years of Chad's stats to see how many 40/20's he's kicked.
Why 40/20's??
To me a 40/20 represents the player's long kicking ability (execution and accuracy) and game awareness (identifying when the fullback is out of position or looking to change momentum for their own team).
Going back to 2015 (4 seasons and 100+ games) Chad has kicked 1 40/20 and that was rd 1 in 2015 when he was still with the warriors. That is garbage output from a guy who supposedly has an "excellent" long kicking game.
His long kicking game consists entirely of exactly the same as what we get from our current halves ie. Kicks to the corner.
In terms of easing attacking pressure I would say he does bugger all in that department as well. In recent times he's basically been the link man between Graham, Maloney, Johnson, Barba and Moylan. He rarely creates anything on his own.
At best he is an average middle of the ground halfback that doesn't really contribute anything more to the team that Dearden and O'Sullivan won't already provide. Except we'd be paying him about $600k a year for the pleasure to do so in Broncos colors for the next 3 years.
I think signing Townsend would be a massive massive mistake for us and won't solve any of our current issues.
What is it we want out of our halfback moving forward. The general consensus would appear to be:
- a kicking game to ease pressure on Milford
- game manager/game awareness to lead the team around and get them in the right positions... so Milford doesn't have to
- solid defence, but not the highest priority
- offer some sort of attacking pressure to ease the load on Milford
In terms of Chad's kicking game and game awareness I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.
I had a look through the last 4 years of Chad's stats to see how many 40/20's he's kicked.
Why 40/20's??
To me a 40/20 represents the player's long kicking ability (execution and accuracy) and game awareness (identifying when the fullback is out of position or looking to change momentum for their own team).
Going back to 2015 (4 seasons and 100+ games) Chad has kicked 1 40/20 and that was rd 1 in 2015 when he was still with the warriors. That is garbage output from a guy who supposedly has an "excellent" long kicking game.
His long kicking game consists entirely of exactly the same as what we get from our current halves ie. Kicks to the corner.
In terms of easing attacking pressure I would say he does bugger all in that department as well. In recent times he's basically been the link man between Graham, Maloney, Johnson, Barba and Moylan. He rarely creates anything on his own.
At best he is an average middle of the ground halfback that doesn't really contribute anything more to the team that Dearden and O'Sullivan won't already provide. Except we'd be paying him about $600k a year for the pleasure to do so in Broncos colors for the next 3 years.
I think signing Townsend would be a massive massive mistake for us and won't solve any of our current issues.
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ostin86
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It's maybe not so much that he wasn't trying in the moments that I am talking about, more so that he was just mentally switching off. Which is pretty similar to not giving 100%. An argument could also be made that his confidence was affected. I suppose it's neither hear not there now, and hopefully the coach/club make an appropriate decision on our Captains future.
The Strapper
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