Recent content by LMU

Yep agree, if my 35 year old motivates himself off the lounge I would push him to Newstar, Don King or Khoder Nasser. I reckon Newstar understand what each global competition and club value a certain player. Reds prefer to deal with hand selected agents who aren’t demanding market rate for their...

Big Pone, Hockings, Cameron Orr, Jordan Uelese, The Slipper, Neville?

You need the GM and Coach separate, so the players can hate on the GM but still buy into the coachs program.

For THP - I mentioned earlier I think Big Pone would be a fair swap for losing the Thor.

Agree, Our recruitment is poor but retention is worse. No test standard in our tight five, Rodda, Hockings, Swain, Mafi, BPA, Lukhan, Thor, Faeo all allowed to go. a) can we target any of these to bring back. b) we cannot keep them all but how can retention be so poor.

They could offer Cordingly the coaching job as that seems to be the only role where performance is deemed important enough to be sacked over.

Righto well you learn something everyday on GNG, I'll have to hit the archives for names. i remember some scuttlebutt last year around this.

Ok Legend, thanks for the lesson. Why then don't some players get released by the clubs, genuine question.

I understand all this except the Japan Club does not have to release the player. I remember numerous times this was quoted over the years. If i was a 2nd tier club paying $1.5m a season, i wouldn't let him go anywhere. Eddie has influence at Suntory but I don't think that extends to 2nd tier clubs.

Maybe I missed something, I understood his contract with Suntory finishes in July. He has missed a whole season and Suntory didn't offer a new contract. If he hadn't of been injured on Wallaby duty and played the season (and played well) I would imagine Suntory would have renewed.

We've lost the mighty Thor, what do we think about big Pone for tighthead? Put a fitness and meatpie clause in his contract, get him to 50 minutes a game, run him off the back markers, exciting to watch.

I thought it was a decision for the Japanese club to release Kerevi for any Test duties. The last time he got injured and missed the season, lost his contract with Suntory and had to find a new club. I imagine both player and club would be thinking long and hard about any extra activities.

It would be difficult for Nudgee to get prepared for a trial game months out from their season start in 3rd term, seem to have got the job done convincingly.

Kerevi wont play any tests.

Sure thing, as the current idea of using someone who hadn't coached worked so well.