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You don't see how rich benefactors like the thoroughbreds, Crowe and Politis would help in that regard. Cowboys get more FTA games plus you are using the best player in the comp who is everywhere even without FTA games, have you noticed how rare it is for a Raider to be on a footy show, how...

It comes down to exposure as well if you don't have rich benefactors, no FTA games limits it severely. If you were a sponsor would you pay for a player who is on FTA almost every week or a player who is lucky to be on tv 2 or 3 times a year. Its not a go at the Broncos mate they play the cards...

Agree with you Pete on Tamou, the guy can be damaging but it's not a signing Id get excited about and it's one I do believe we'd be paying overs for. Id be more than happy to stick with what we have coming through or look to ESL for a prop maybe, it's been a good hunting ground for Ricky so far...

Canberra population doesn't come close to Brisbanes then you have Brisbane is a league town where as Canberras more Union. TPAs are a lot harder in a place where a large percentage are public service (without rich benefactors) add the fact that no free to air games means no exposure. Raiders...

It's fucking ridiculous isn't it:laugh:

As Broncos fans you guys do have a warped sense of contract values comes with being a one team city with a lot of TPAs available. $250k for an established halfback is ridiculously low. Foran and Maloney will be getting about $1mil each and Sezers not a quarter of the player they are. Salary cap...

Yeah the consolation prize ended up well for us, if we had kept Milf I don't think the overall balance of the team would've been as good, would we have been able to sign Hodgson for example, Hodgson and Austin a better combo than Milf and Buttriss, throw in Sezer, Soliola, Whitehead, Waqa...

Not kicking on as many young halves have that problem (not given much time to either) plus if you look at Ricky's history he has a shocking record with developing young halves, Sezers only 23 but is already pretty developed in a halfbacks game.

See disagree about Sezer, he's more a halfback who just happens to be wearing the 6, he's an organiser, good boot and passing game as was said earlier imitating Hodkinson/Reynolds, a natural halfback. Austin was Tigers best last year and reminds me of Campo in his prime, strong, passionate...

I did say appears better balanced but noted not individually.BHunt and Milf should be better as both better players but if you were designing a halves pairing you would pick an organiser with a good boot with a running partner. It was all about balance, you misinterpreted what I meant.

Touché :laugh: I still wouldn't call that a break out game though, he scored two tries but they weren't "his" tries, still waiting to see the magic he produced last year.

Haha was just stirring mate and no idea how they'll go together but on paper it does look better balanced (not individually as good) than BHunt and Milford as neither is an organiser, they are getting better as a combo. On individual form Austin is ahead of Milf at the moment (won't say how long...

Yeah and bargain is also relative, $500k for the Broncos maybe not a bargain, for the Raiders its huge. Still cant cant believe the Sharks bought Barba off you guys for that much:laugh:

Tim Gavel has just stated they've agreed to terms but the contract is still to be signed and of course there's the round 13 clause, if he does sign it's by far our best spine since the glory days. Like all halves theyre going to need the props to do their job, but if they do exciting times...

Isn't that Milford though, enigmatic with a limited skill set, both good runners Milf uses acceleration while Austin strength, reminiscent of Campo in his prime, quicker but without the massive boot. Biased but it looks a well balanced halves combo, one organiser who has a good long and short...

So not a fan of ball running 5/8s who are good at making line breaks and supporting players Pete? Give me Austin/Sezer over Wallace/Soward any day of the week and look where Penrith are.

Reports are $500k a year for 3 years which is good for a proven halfback.

Don't know Pete I might be biased but his recruitment has been good. Hodgson is proving himself to be one of the better hookers in the game (by far our best since Priddis and potentially better). Austin has been going great and still a lot of potential for improvement. Sezer is quality...

Haha been keeping a low profile, even when I try to post nicely people take offense. (For some reason couldn't log in as Bushman, it kept spazzing out on me)

Yep he's recruiting very well but can he use them effectively