He may be homesick but there is no way the raiders would take him back.
Well this is the problem....Garth/Phil/Graham etc gave him a ridiculous contract when we already had Ryan James/Wallace/Mo signed up and now if he goes to Canberra then Canberra will be wanting us to pay probably a fair chunk of his ridiculous contract.
We can hope he asks for a release I guess but if he does that then he’d need to be next level homesick because no way is Canberra going to pay him good money.
So at first this looks like good news but it’s still just another poo sandwich from the previous coaching staff and administration.
Honestly Bods, at this point I’d rather pay half his contract until it expires at the end of 2022 than keep him. He offers absolutely nothing.
Boyd is on $600k so there is no way the Raiders would pay more than $150k for what is really a player that is not that much to any side as he only lasts about 20 minutes a game. I cannot see how he will ever play NRL under the new rules and if he wants to play at a high level the only hope is if he considers Super League.
Weren’t there rumours of Boyd being released at the start of the season?
Agreed and this is the way that we will have to deal with Boyd and a number of other flops if we want Holbrook to mould the team his way quickly, rather than just let contracts run their term.
Take whatever you can reasonably get for them I say. In Boyd's case we will get very little but whatever we get he shouldn't be taking up one of the 30 spots on the roster. Worst signing in our history by the length of the straight.
Let’s worry about finding 17 players that can challenge for the bottom of the top 8 first, Corey Thompson can be one of those guys. I have a sneaky suspicion that it’s easier said than done plucking a fullback that can carry a bottom 4 team into the top 6 out of thin air, but I think this is a completely reasonable signing that fills a need for the team right now and likely starts on the wing next season.
You can talk about the Jamal Idris, Dave Taylor and Jarryd Hayne etc signings as our worst ones but I think Shannon Boyd takes the cake (sorry big fella) here. Didn’t make sense at the time and certainly doesn’t make any sense now. Boyd and Wallace are making a combined 1.2M a season where Sam Lisone is probably making 1/10th of that and is giving the team more value
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Interesting convo on 360 tonight.... talk about Smith having to finish up at Melbourne and move on with him having at-least a year or two still in the tank. Thoughts on making a play? Could really use a GOAT around the club on and off the field.
I didn't take that discussion that he would go and play somewhere else, rather than he should let Melbourne know what he is doing. Smith seems a pretty selfish sort of guy (remember the testimonial that was held for him as he was expected to retire - 2 years ago) and I think he'll do what he wants. I can't see him playing for any other club this late in his career. Wouldn't mind having him in an off the field role though.
With that attitude we will always be a team that will challenges for the bottom eight. To be clear, I don’t necessarily disagree with signing him at the moment. Signing a quality fullback is easier said than done but what I’m saying is that I think 3 years is far two long. This year and next with a club option for 2022 would have been more preferable.
If Thompson was a winger then he would be in front of Robert Jennings at the Tigers. We have to start looking to the future with our wingers just like every other club in the NRL does.
I would rather take Bellamy in like a frank ponissi type head of football role. Deals with retention and recruitment and would be a great 1 2 combo to attract player with Bellamy and Holbrook
We should always keep in mind that Bellamy has kids here (possibly grandkids?) so there is an emotional pull factor.
He could even in time maybe do the Meninga role.
I’m confident that Holbrook is the Coach we’ve been waiting for and will be Coach for a decade or more.