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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3451183, member: 1899"] Let's look at the market. The following dummy halves ended up leaving their club: Api Koroisau Reed Mahoney Brandon Smith Josh Hodgson Sam Verrills Jeremy Marshall-King Jacob Liddle Harrison Graham I'm not sure about you guys, but I can accept the Broncos were never in the race for the Top 3. Smith was supposedly offered more money from his very own club and still chose to go to the Roosters. The Tigers exploited their link with Maguire to lure Koroisau on big coin. Similarly, Reed Mahoney came through the Bulldogs junior development system and the Bulldogs were willing to spend big money to push their 'Penrith 2.0' they've got going. The rest were all available. Now there are a few caveats. In some cases, the Broncos may not have been able to afford them and may have required Selwyn Cobbo's salary to sign them. However when this conversation inevitably comes up next season that should be kept in mind. As far as the Broncos dummy half situation goes it's been an issue since 2017. The Broncos re-signed McCullough to a long term deal under the impression he was getting better with age. Then he suffered injury setback after injury setback and became a shadow of himself. Seibold couldn't wait to move him on and was in for a rude awakening when Turpin couldn't keep fit forcing him to sign Issac Luke as a stopgap. The plan around that time was to develop Paix as a 9, with a view that him and Dearden would have a Smith-Cronk combination. However Paix never showed any aptitude for the position, it was just a case of a good junior being pigeonholed into a position. Then COVID absolutely messed with his development and he's really struggled to live up to expectations. I think he showed signs, but outside of the Bulldogs game where he made a big impact I can't recall any starring performances. Then he got injured against the Raiders in the last play of the game and struggled with it ever since. It's worth noting that Paix finished the year in the rehab group with a knee brace on, so it's fair to say he wasn't available for the Dragons clash. As it currently stands, the 9 position is open. Walters will likely find himself at 14, but I think the club is keeping it open until Mozer is ready to step up and he's considered the long term prospect. The Broncos have a much bigger rap on him than I do. I agree that he's one of the best dummy halves coming through and I think he has an aptitude for the position but I don't think he's this generational talent like Ponga, Cleary or Latrell. [/QUOTE]

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