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[bondi-boy]

Boustead was small.

[Guest]

Some on here have Mini pensioned off Who do they think will replace him next year ?

Rhys Pritchard.

[fletch]

Gman, not surprised to see Wells leave, I get the feeling that Dugan will be here in 2013, hence we wouldn't have the spare cash to match the offer from the Titans for Wells.

have you heard anything about the contracts of Kane Evans, TauTau Moga, Ethan Lowe, Cheyse Blair as they would likely to be the ones included in the top 25 squad next year to replace departing players.

[Cockadoodledoo]

I thought Nathan Massey looks pretty good. What is his status?

[Guest]

I thought Nathan Massey looks pretty good. What is his status?

Raiders aren't re-signing David Milne which will probably mean Massey will be in their top squad next year.

[Guest]

you can't crucify Kheirallah on that one performance

[Billy Gunn]

Poor kid will have nightmares for months, I won't bag him on one performance but he will need to improve out of sight to make the grade on a permanent basis

[theGman]

Gman, not surprised to see Wells leave, I get the feeling that Dugan will be here in 2013, hence we wouldn't have the spare cash to match the offer from the Titans for Wells.

have you heard anything about the contracts of Kane Evans, TauTau Moga, Ethan Lowe, Cheyse Blair as they would likely to be the ones included in the top 25 squad next year to replace departing players.

Fletch,

These 4 NYC players are held in high regard by the club although Cheyse hasn't done his 1st grade prospects any favours by copping a
six match suspension last week. Coach Smith had him as 18th man a few weeks ago & would probably have played him last night.

Kane & TauTau are still elegible for NYC next year so they are a must to keep & develop. I'm hoping Ethan gets a go at Newtown next year.

[crikey chris]

And thats the problem with the set up at the moment. under 20's are treated as superstars and as the step before NRL, if they don't make it into first grade by 20, they are thrown into a 2nd rate eserve grade comp known as the NSW cup, then when called up to first grade are under done and under prepared !!!

Under 20's should only be considered as a development league, NSW cup should be used as a PROPER Reserve grade !

Exactly Mario, without a proper reserve grade, these kids are not ready for the big step-up to first grade. Apart from a couple of exceptions, most kids fail. The step-up from Toyota Cup and the NSW Cup to first grade is massive.

The old system of Under 23's/Reserve Grade/First Grade must be brought back!

[crikey chris]

he looked ok. very hard for him to come in to a dud team and shine when the regular first graders are dreadful. last man standing tackle was woeful but didnt drop a bomb and good speed to catch ferguson. does anyone know if ford got a run last night i dont remember him being on the field at all but then again a did switch off with 15 to go.
a rookie i thought has been going alright the last few weeks is takarangi. has been hitting hard in defence and last night made a couple of good hitups and offloads. he and cordner seem to be the only rookies that didnt look too overawed when coming into fg.

You know we are travelling bad when this untalented hoax gets a first grade jumper. The guy is rubbish. Henson Park will always be his home base. Those that rate this guy should check out some Newtown Jets games. Why have a hoax of a 5/8 on the bench last night. Another Smithy masterstroke

[Guest]

How old is he? If we do'nt start blooding the under twenties this year, to see who can step up to first grade, then when will we? This year for us is done and dusted. We will see many young prospects tossed into the N.R.L. over the remainder of our season, unless Smith wants to lift our current less than 25% success rate. If we do'nt trial them now we may lose some good players to other clubs again.a