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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3068176, member: 1899"] What year are we talking about? 2009? Tim was a decent prospect but he's one of those players who's career was plagued by injury before it ever really got going. Gidley is a fair shout, albeit for different reasons. Boyd was an out and out fullback who has declined over the years. Kurt was a five-eighth who couldn't cut it there, but made a decent fist of fullback until he was eventually exposed. I'd say they were similar in that Gidley had been exposed by 2009, yet remained at Newcastle until 2015. A similar story was Will Zillman who was offered one of the most generous five year deals in NRL history. If you had have told me that Will Zillman had left the Gold Coast in 2014 I would have believed you. He remained a Titan until 2017, driving their fans crazy all the while. Thinking on it, a lot of fullbacks tend to have very long back-halves. David Peachey, Rhys Wesser, Wade McKinnon come to mind right away. Then you've got players like Matty Bowen, Brett Stewart and Anthony Minichiello to an extent. Maybe it's just a younger man's position and a case like Slater is the exception rather than the rule. [/QUOTE]

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