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Message: [QUOTE="mitch222, post: 2950775, member: 8605"] Im willing to give Bird another year under the system. It took Roberts a while to get going and Milford too. Birds injuries have fucked his season royally this year. If he is still a dud by the end of next year then by all means look elsewhere for better value. Money isnt going to cost us Corey Oates. What will cost us Corey Oates is if he wants to play second row exclusively and doesnt want to do the team first approach. We need him on the wing at the moment and thats where he is. We have been crippled by backline injuries all through the year and the need for a quality finisher meant that he was required on the wing. Oates is only 23, he still has another good 5-7 years of first grade football to make the transition to the back row should the coach view him in that capacity which is what will happen over time as he slows up a bit. Also, these young kids will have ridiculous money thrown at them by desperate clubs. We cant afford to get into a dick swinging contest with them considering we have alot of young kids to sign and we still operate under a salary cap. Im prepared to lose one or two because we do pretty much every year. Yeah it hurts but the next man steps up the next season anyways. We lost Blair last year and Lodge and TPJ stepped up to fill the void. Sure you may never replace said player with said calibre immediately but we always find a more than handy replacement eventually [/QUOTE]

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