I bleed Maroon
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Welp, he's gone then
broncsgoat
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He’s allowed to have a life outside of the broncos.
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WASSHHH
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He sure is!
But at this time of the year, don’t you think he should be hanging out with his team that is up to their eyeballs in this competition rather than his old team that is one of our seven remaining competitors?
Given the circumstances, not a good look for mine.
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broncsgoat
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He’s in Sydney, fulfilled his commitments with the club, his mates last home game and he decides to go for a gander...
No issue
Harry Sack
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Luke Lewis final game at home as well I believe
McHunt
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Happily swap Macca for James Segeyaro. Comes off contract soon.
Jason Simmons
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Never said he wasn’t. Just added the goss is all.
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No, I don't think that at all. No one tells me when I can catch up with my mates. All I see is a guy at the football. After all, his team had played the day before in the same city so while in town catch up with friends and family. Only a **** would think that's an issue.
ivanhungryjak
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Great. Now Buzz is on the bandwagon.
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theshed
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It was Luke Lewis last home game. Lewis and Bird are close mates and correct me if I’m wrong but Jack even lived with Luke for a while when at the Sharks.
Would anyone have an issue if Cronk went and watched Slaters last game?
Or if Jarrod Wallace came and watched Thaiday’s?
Would anyone have an issue if Cronk went and watched Slaters last game?
Or if Jarrod Wallace came and watched Thaiday’s?
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Mister Wright
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He may be back at the Sharks next season, but I doubt it is because of the sole reason he attended a Sharks game in Sydney while his team were in Sydney for the weekend. Buzz is a douche, and has grown douchier as the season has gone on.
winslow_wong
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He should have been decked out from head to toe in broncos apparel
winslow_wong
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Remember when hodges was a guest to Inglis during the rabbits grand final. He was even in the sheds with them. What a fucking traitor.
Wolfie
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Even if he does go back, they are dreaming if they think we will be paying any of his contract.
Super Freak
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He should be stripped of his legend status within the club because he supported Inglis and South Sydney.
How fucking dare he support another club while contracted to the Broncos.
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CRONULLA captain Paul Gallen has pointed out where former teammate Jack Bird went wrong in moving to Brisbane this season as reports of the 23-year-old’s unhappiness in the sunshine state emerge.
Bird has endured a horror year for the Broncos. He signed a four-year deal worth a reported $4 million but injury has limited him to just eight games.
Playing centre for the Sharks, Bird moved north because he wanted to be closer to the action at five-eighth — something Cronulla couldn’t guarantee him.
He hasn’t always got a gig in the halves in Brisbane and when he has played pivot he hasn’t come close to matching the game-breaking exploits he showed so often in his stint in the Sydney Shire.
Bird was spotted in a Cronulla box at Southern Cross Group Stadium watching the Sharks defeat Newcastle on the weekend and while there are rumours suggesting he’d like to return to his former home, Gallen said the club doesn’t have room in the salary cap for him.
Gallen also said it was frustrating to see Bird — who made his NSW debut in the 2016 State of Origin series — suffer through a disastrous 2018 all because he wanted to fulfil his individual ambitions of playing closer to the ball rather than do what was best for the team.
“At the end of the day, he’s on about $850,000 a season and the Sharks simply do not have that in the cap next year,” Gallen said on Channel 9’s 100% Footy. “I’d love to have Birdy back. You look at our roster next year ... we lose some of our outside backs. I’d love to have him back at the club but the club cannot afford that sort of money.
“That’s the frustrating thing for me. I’ve known the kid since he was 15 or 16 years old. I had a lot of talks with him before he left.
“The money (on offer at the Sharks compared to the Broncos) wasn’t that much different ... The whole chatter at the time was that he wanted to play five-eighth, that was the biggest issu
“He wanted to have his hands on the ball, that’s all he kept saying.
“I’m like, ‘Mate, that’s 50 per cent of the game. If you go play lock or you go play five-eighth you’ve got to make 20 or 30 tackles a game.’ He seems to have forgotten about that part.
“When he went to Brisbane, he never got put in the five-eighth position and it never turned out well for him. He doesn’t seem to be that happy.”
Jack Bird has had a torrid time in Brisbane.
Phil Gould questioned why Bird would leave a club he was comfortable at and criticised the modern-day fascination of players demanding to be put in certain positions rather than just doing what was best for the team.
Gallen agreed, saying the lure of team success should count for more than the appeal of getting your hands on the ball more often.
“When you get in an environment, you have to play the position that suits the team,” Gallen said. “Wherever you want to play, it doesn’t matter. You play the position that is best for the team to get the result.
“At the end of the day, everyone loves a winner.
“What would Jack rather do — play lock or five-eigth and score two or three tries a game and lose? Or play in a team that’s winning every week and playing semi-final football? That’s what you’d rather be doing.”
Bird has endured a horror year for the Broncos. He signed a four-year deal worth a reported $4 million but injury has limited him to just eight games.
Playing centre for the Sharks, Bird moved north because he wanted to be closer to the action at five-eighth — something Cronulla couldn’t guarantee him.
He hasn’t always got a gig in the halves in Brisbane and when he has played pivot he hasn’t come close to matching the game-breaking exploits he showed so often in his stint in the Sydney Shire.
Bird was spotted in a Cronulla box at Southern Cross Group Stadium watching the Sharks defeat Newcastle on the weekend and while there are rumours suggesting he’d like to return to his former home, Gallen said the club doesn’t have room in the salary cap for him.
Gallen also said it was frustrating to see Bird — who made his NSW debut in the 2016 State of Origin series — suffer through a disastrous 2018 all because he wanted to fulfil his individual ambitions of playing closer to the ball rather than do what was best for the team.
“At the end of the day, he’s on about $850,000 a season and the Sharks simply do not have that in the cap next year,” Gallen said on Channel 9’s 100% Footy. “I’d love to have Birdy back. You look at our roster next year ... we lose some of our outside backs. I’d love to have him back at the club but the club cannot afford that sort of money.
“That’s the frustrating thing for me. I’ve known the kid since he was 15 or 16 years old. I had a lot of talks with him before he left.
“The money (on offer at the Sharks compared to the Broncos) wasn’t that much different ... The whole chatter at the time was that he wanted to play five-eighth, that was the biggest issu
“He wanted to have his hands on the ball, that’s all he kept saying.
“I’m like, ‘Mate, that’s 50 per cent of the game. If you go play lock or you go play five-eighth you’ve got to make 20 or 30 tackles a game.’ He seems to have forgotten about that part.
“When he went to Brisbane, he never got put in the five-eighth position and it never turned out well for him. He doesn’t seem to be that happy.”
Jack Bird has had a torrid time in Brisbane.
Phil Gould questioned why Bird would leave a club he was comfortable at and criticised the modern-day fascination of players demanding to be put in certain positions rather than just doing what was best for the team.
Gallen agreed, saying the lure of team success should count for more than the appeal of getting your hands on the ball more often.
“When you get in an environment, you have to play the position that suits the team,” Gallen said. “Wherever you want to play, it doesn’t matter. You play the position that is best for the team to get the result.
“At the end of the day, everyone loves a winner.
“What would Jack rather do — play lock or five-eigth and score two or three tries a game and lose? Or play in a team that’s winning every week and playing semi-final football? That’s what you’d rather be doing.”
