Verrills Gone

[Thirteen]

Just annoys me that Sam came out and said he wasn’t going to go anywhere and would fight for his spot when Smith arrived. Yeh right!

[HunchoRooster]

Hopefully I'm wrong but I have a feeling we will rue the day we let Sammy go, especially for a lock forward who isn't even the best 9 at his current club.

He'll be a star young Sammy if he stays fit. Gold Coast is a very strange choice but I guess they have cap space and he will be the undisputed number 9. He has given up on his premiership ambitions then.

[HunchoRooster]

Why no mention of Sam’s back ups this year Watson and Hutch?

Because they are both sh*thouse at dummy half

[Steakface]

Also, how is Ben M going in reggies? I thought he might have been given more of a chance this year. Shame he hasn't played.

Really not good enough for 1sts though.

26 years old I believe, can't get a start with us, and clearly no other club wants of a bar of him.

[Headless Chook]

Hopefully I'm wrong but I have a feeling we will rue the day we let Sammy go, especially for a lock forward who isn't even the best 9 at his current club.

He'll be a star young Sammy if he stays fit. Gold Coast is a very strange choice but I guess they have cap space and he will be the undisputed number 9. He has given up on his premiership ambitions then.

He's only a lock forward because that's where his current club are picking him. When he was playing as a 9 last year he was the Dally M hooker of the year, no reason he can't be that same player with us next year given he will have a whole pre season to get himself into shape to play there

[tloos1999]

Would have been good to keep him around but good luck to him. Where is he going? Club announcement only gives half the information us fans are after..just like their injury reports.

Also, how is Ben M going in reggies? I thought he might have been given more of a chance this year. Shame he hasn't played.

Click the announcement and you'll see the mention that he is going to the GC Titans on a 2 year deal. Shame for us that he couldn't stay fit enough to warrant us not moving for Smith, but shame for him now his career and chance of winning a premiership (also playing any type of finals game) is effectively over. Gold Coast, the place where careers go to die.

[ism22]

Why no mention of Sam’s back ups this year Watson and Hutch?

Yeah that'll be interesting hey?

Good utilities always cause heartache for me as I wanna keep them as utilities but at the same time, commonsense says they should be looking for contracts as starters elsewhere.

That said, what would Maubs' salary have been? IMO if you can get about $350k a year for a good decade while playing ~30 minutes a game (less likelihood of injury...etc) then I reckon it's a pretty sweet gig when compared with $500k as a starting half.

I reckon Maubs would be set from all the coin he's made (plus has 3 premiership rings in his jewellery box). I'd say there's a lot of much better paid players out there with less to their name (and more chronic injuries...etc) after their NRL careers have ended.

[King Salvo]

I suppose the writing was on the wall when they signed Smith that game time would be limited. - Hutch now being used as a second dummy half would be fine with whatever minutes he plays and Watson is now a running forward

Going forward the Chooks have several fine up and coming dummy halves in Tyler Moriarty, Thomas Deakin and Benaiah Ioelu waiting in the wings so one figures they will be pressing for a top 30/development contract in 2023.

As a result I doubt that Benny Marschke will get an extension to his current 1 year contract.

[Roosterfarian]

Click the announcement and you'll see the mention that he is going to the GC Titans on a 2 year deal. Shame for us that he couldn't stay fit enough to warrant us not moving for Smith, but shame for him now his career and chance of winning a premiership (also playing any type of finals game) is effectively over. Gold Coast, the place where careers go to die.

Cheers mun. Must have missed that bit. At least he isn't going to play for Skeletor.

[HunchoRooster]

He's only a lock forward because that's where his current club are picking him. When he was playing as a 9 last year he was the Dally M hooker of the year, no reason he can't be that same player with us next year given he will have a whole pre season to get himself into shape to play there

No he's playing there because one of our main contenders and rivals deem him to be second fiddle to Grant, which is the only reason we got him. The Dally M awards lost credibility when Brooks won halfback of the year over Cronk and others in 2018.

He's played hooker a couple of times this year and has looked sluggish in one and got suspended in the other.

[The Brain]

clearing decks..big name a coming

[Noosa Rooster]

No he's playing there because one of our main contenders and rivals deem him to be second fiddle to Grant, which is the only reason we got him. The Dally M awards lost credibility when Brooks won halfback of the year over Cronk and others in 2018.

He's played hooker a couple of times this year and has looked sluggish in one and got suspended in the other.

I'm pretty sure he's also said he's playing 8kg heavier which he'll lose over the off/pre season.
I'll reserve judgement until I see him playing in our colours.

[Headless Chook]

No he's playing there because one of our main contenders and rivals deem him to be second fiddle to Grant, which is the only reason we got him. The Dally M awards lost credibility when Brooks won halfback of the year over Cronk and others in 2018.

He's played hooker a couple of times this year and has looked sluggish in one and got suspended in the other.

They have deemed him 2nd fiddle to Grant because he is not going to be there next year. They subsequently bulked him up to play as a running middle forward, of course he will look sluggish when he goes back to 9.

Teddy, Turbo and co must be pleased to know that the Dally M's are a meaningless joke.....

[Johnny Brass]

Good luck to him up at the Titans and can't blame him for wanting a starting gig, in saying that I think the cheese will kill it for us at hooker.

[HunchoRooster]

They have deemed him 2nd fiddle to Grant because he is not going to be there next year. They subsequently bulked him up to play as a running middle forward, of course he will look sluggish when he goes back to 9.

Teddy, Turbo and co must be pleased to know that the Dally M's are a meaningless joke.....

No mate you've got that round the wrong way. He isn't 2nd fiddle because he's leaving he is leaving because he's 2nd fiddle. They chose Grant over him and offered him a deal with minimal upgrade to play 14 which he declined. Which is he why he is coming to us.

Didnt say meaningless joke, said they lost credibility which in my eyes when Wighton won it and when Brooks got halfback of the year they did. You take it with a grain of salt in those instances.