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Message: [QUOTE="Mt Smart, post: 2567874, member: 7748"] The one year idea with the Eels paying the Broncos a chunk of the contract makes sense dependent on where that will leave your cap space / buying power. The Bulldogs made effective use of that Money ball trading in the Case of Inu. Another controversial , hard to like , talented player with head issues. The Warriors paid the Lions share of Inu's contract so they could watch a reinvigorated Inu play all over the top of them and everyone else for that one season ( the dogs charged into the Final ). Thereafter his contract was renewed with a ruthless correction by the Bulldogs and his true spots saw him thrown on the scrap heap. Not much to lose really if the price is right and Sandow really is desperate to get out. Timing is everything mind you. The dogs waited till the Warriors were thoroughly sick of Inu's negative influence on the Reserve grade and the rest of the club before they got desperate enough to look for an out. That would mean playing a cool hand with Sandow. Waiting till the Eels call you. Then deal like you're doing them a favor by cutting their 2014 costs. That phone call should go something like : " lets cut to the facts he's effectively a reserve grade player Brad.... It's not our problem you paid overs.....the seasons well under way....we have got to see for ourselves whether this guy fits in.....your asking for a donation for player that can't make your firsts team....where are your boys on the NRL table ? In other words if there is truth to the rumor the strongest position Brisbane could take is to wait and see how Sandows season pans out. If he ends up being a parasitic non contributor bleeding the Eels budget early season....I'd be prepared to overlook his detestable persona to throw together a Barba Sandow experiment ( that combination of names on a team sheet would make a lot of NRL coaches Twitchy). That won't solve the on field direction of the team , but you'd go from limited Xfactor to a very different look with that pairing. If the club need a better directing half than what's already there , that's a separate argument for mine, so long as the Sandow Buy doesn't stop other opportunities to purchase a directing half. [/QUOTE]

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