Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 12:27 pm  

jools wrote:

Have you seen how much academy talent we are currently bringing through.....

yes but your missing my point.

we cant break the bank for mellor, not suggesting we do, but we will pay marque money to an overseas player for 3 years meaning the likes of the seniors, for example, have to move on to get match time.

Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 2:25 pm  

Mr Hedgehog wrote:

yes but your missing my point.

we cant break the bank for mellor, not suggesting we do, but we will pay marque money to an overseas player for 3 years meaning the likes of the seniors, for example, have to move on to get match time.

Your point is moot-
we aren’t playing marquee money to an overseas player who is keeping out a youngster.
In fact our youngsters are keeping out Aussies.

Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 3:52 pm  

jools wrote:

Your point is moot-
we aren’t playing marquee money to an overseas player who is keeping out a youngster.
In fact our youngsters are keeping out Aussies.

We've then got 4 top earners who can't get in the team in Seb, Frawley, Uate and Leroy (who Thewlis claims has been fit for for a while but can't get in the team).

Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 4:31 pm  

GiantJake1988 wrote:

We've then got 4 top earners who can't get in the team in Seb, Frawley, Uate and Leroy (who Thewlis claims has been fit for for a while but can't get in the team).

Only a giants supporter could turn a positive into a negative
The fact that four home grown kids in English, Wardle, Senior and Russell keep them out is surely a good thing!
It also tells us something about our coach in that he will play on form not on name.

Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 4:52 pm  

jools wrote:

Only a giants supporter could turn a positive into a negative
The fact that four home grown kids in English, Wardle, Senior and Russell keep them out is surely a good thing!
It also tells us something about our coach in that he will play on form not on name.

I'm all for our youngsters and I've said previously I wish we'd stay with him homegrown and English players going forward. I'm not a fan of signing overseas players at all anymore. My point is that we waste money and cap on these players who hardly improve our squad. For me, the money would be better spent on keeping our youngsters long term.

Re: mellor : Fri May 31, 2019 11:18 pm  

A team of youngsters is no good. A mix is best. The kids need to aspire to something and what better in the game than the NRL

Re: mellor : Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:28 pm  

jools wrote:

A team of youngsters is no good. A mix is best. The kids need to aspire to something and what better in the game than the NRL

How can our youngsters aspire to our aussies when they can't get in the team, prooves a point that our nrl recruitment is crock.

Re: mellor : Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:12 am  

willo109 wrote:

How can our youngsters aspire to our aussies when they can't get in the team, prooves a point that our nrl recruitment is crock.

If you want to be negative....

Re: mellor : Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:10 am  

I think we tend to do better out of our islanders than our ozzys. Hinchy was good, before that our best ozzy was probably Hodgson, then Drew.

Re: mellor : Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:12 am  

As for the Roberts rumour, if we aren't willing to pay Mellor the same as a second rower who can't get in our team then somethings wrong. I know we have a cap to work to, but that being the case we would surely be trying to get Roberts out on loan somewhere or out full stop to accommodate Mellor? If Mellor does go Roberts really needs to take that opportunity and stop resting on his laurels.