They seemed to be a one hit wonder. I don't think they can make the step up.
MELTDOWN Wayne Bennett - Moves to Souths
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They seemed to be a one hit wonder. I don't think they can make the step up.
- Oct 17, 2013
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I didn't say that. But if Griffin is a chance of returning then even the thought of him coming back is hurting the club
- Sep 6, 2013
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Yes but that was the thing, had Bird not been signed, that money would have been available for Pearce or Maloney. Players go off contract all the time in the off season, always nice to have some cash there for if something like that happens, particularly in hindsight of having blown your cash on a banged up player in a position you don't really need to fill anyway.
- Mar 4, 2008
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there was the little issue of his 12 game suspension for cocaine ...
The Sharks actually tried to do something a bit dodgy as well (i know, big surprise right) ... they sacked him, the offered him a new contract for less money
- Oct 17, 2013
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Neither wanted to go too far away from Sydney apparently. That's one disadvantage the Broncos have that nobody likes to bring up.
- Mar 4, 2008
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we had a reported 750k that we offered Bird ... should have still been available, since we didn't sign anyone else ....
Pearce is reportedly on about $1 million a season at the Knights and surely you don't think we should have gotten near that.
with Maloney, I'm pretty sure while he has offers in Sydney, he is not moving anywhere else
Wolfie
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I still think they are doing well. They just dont have the resources. That 2015 team got decimated after they won the premiership and interstate title. Parcell, Barba, Capewell, Cleeland, Griffin and McConachie all left iirc.
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That group didn't end up going on to do much though
Wolfie
International Captain
- Jan 14, 2015
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Shows what a good job the Walker brothers did with them. I actually think they would do really well in the NRL with a better standard of player, but i really dont think any club will have the guts to appoint them. Like i said before, considering the resources they have compared to some of the other sides they are pretty competitive.
- Jul 28, 2016
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Serious the sharks attack was built around Barba. Of the 99 tries they scored Barba scored 16 tries and was credited with 19-21 try assists pending where you get your stats... that has Barba directly involved in 36% of their tries for the year.
- Mar 7, 2008
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I believe Rothfield has Parkinson's disease. I don't see him being on TV for much longer. I don't know much about his drinking and I confess I recently called him a drunkard without any good reason for doing so. I think he's crook and tonight he had some good things to say about WB.
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* We still had money to go after Taylor, apparently a decent chunk too. Had we signed him, we had processes in place to accommodate him should he get an early release and come back immediately. Therefore, if a half became available, and their price was fair, we had the means.
* Maloney was on excellent money at the Sharks yet wanted even more after winning a GF. You could argue his price would have been worth it, but the fact that he had to be swapped with Moylan suggests that even if Maloney would be happy to leave Sydney, the Sharks would not have released him without a replacement. Who could we offer?
* Bennett said almost immediately that we were not interested in Pearce. I’m guessing it was one of two reasons. One would be that he’s a vapid, party-boy showpony. The other is that he too was looking at massive money. Signing with the Knights suggests he was only interested in the highest bidder. It’s possible that, like so many others did, his manager wanted to throw “the Broncos have shown interest” in to the negotiating pool, and Bennett wanted to cut that shit out before it started. Whatever the reason, I agree with Wayne.
- Oct 7, 2017
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Maybe, but they are lunatics. They are fined by the QRL at almost every game for being on the field, abusing the officials and just being regular pork chops. Whilst they continue in this manner they are no chance in the NRL.
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That is because whatever the Broncos say, he needs to say the opposite
Jason Simmons
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There was a white powder scandal that I recall and the NRL de-registered him, so Barba went to French rugby...
- Sep 6, 2013
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Did the Broncs though? (I'm not being sarcastic, genuine question). I thought I read that they were offering Taylor about 500k (again can't remember if I actually read it or just made it up in my own head or even then, if I read it in the media, it was made up in someone else's head anyway) which was less than half what the GC offered him. Again, he was not worth anywhere near a million but did the Broncs really have much to offer given Boyd was still to be re-signed and on big money at that.
