2017/2018 Knights Player signing speculation

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Read about Feeney being off-contract and not being offered yet. Wondered what people thought of what we should do with him.

Considering he has only played 12 first grade games I don't mind the idea of giving him another cheap last chance prove it one or two year deal. Preferably one with a club option for the 2nd year.
I know it probably won't be a popular idea to keep him around but considering how impatient people are here with some of the players who have had more first grade experience then him I think he's entitled to his shot.
 
Billy said:
lots of our current firstgraders are off contract - Pete, Elliot, Feeney, Fitz, Yates, Phythian, Pauli, Randell
A few weeks ago they said Pete was a priority to sign, but nothing about any of the others yet.
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None of those players are going to break the bank. And I think Randall already has a deal elsewhere anyway. If the same happens so Pauli so be it. And if Pete thinks he can make more money in the ESL or wherever let him. That leaves 5. Who won't be asking for a lot or in big supply and demand to get on cheap. *shrug*
 
R_A said:
Read about Feeney being off-contract and not being offered yet. Wondered what people thought of what we should do with him.

Considering he has only played 12 first grade games I don't mind the idea of giving him another cheap last chance prove it one or two year deal. Preferably one with a club option for the 2nd year.
I know it probably won't be a popular idea to keep him around but considering how impatient people are here with some of the players who have had more first grade experience then him I think he's entitled to his shot.
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2nd tier deal.
 
R_A said:
Read about Feeney being off-contract and not being offered yet. Wondered what people thought of what we should do with him.

Considering he has only played 12 first grade games I don't mind the idea of giving him another cheap last chance prove it one or two year deal. Preferably one with a club option for the 2nd year.
I know it probably won't be a popular idea to keep him around but considering how impatient people are here with some of the players who have had more first grade experience then him I think he's entitled to his shot.
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I think Brown is handling the Feeney situation well playing the waiting game, Brown is obviously on the market for an upgrade but at the same time he's giving Feeney every chance to prove himself at NRL level. I guess if we can't get a better option Feeney gets another contract or if he can cut out his errors he might get a deal due to improved performances ......
 
Listen guys can anyone remember the interview years ago with Mathew Johns where he Talks about being Offered the coaches job but turned it down because he didn't want to coach his mates that were still playing.... I remember it happening and I remember the interview but cant find it anywhere as I have a young A.hole calling me a liar and telling me it never happened and I would like to show him it did before I do something painfull to him .... Can anyone help please ...
 
not sure if its this one?


MEMO to the half-dozen NRL chief executives likely to be looking for a new coach next year: Don't waste a phone call to Matty Johns.
The man who helped Craig Bellamy win two grand finals at Melbourne Storm, and more recently assisted Ricky Stone to get the Knights off to a flying start, is not interested in a head coaching role.

He's also refusing to take any of the credit for the Knights' blazing start to the season with strong away victories over the Cowboys and Panthers.

"Please don't overstate my role," Johns said yesterday. "I'm only ducking up to Newcastle once a week. Rick Stone and his coaching staff have been working hard with the boys since November. I just came in late.

"What I was taught during my career by a lot of good coaches, I see as my duty to pass on.

"It's really enjoyable at the moment but if you hop into the top seat, a lot of that enjoyment can disappear.

"I've got no desire to do anything else. I'm used to stress. Stress doesn't worry me at all. You get that in TV.

"I've just got things I want to achieve elsewhere. Football has been my life. If you're a head coach, every moment you're thinking about it. You dream about it.

" To be totally absorbed in it like that wouldn't be fair on my family. I did it for so many years as player and I don't want to do it again."

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With his television career on hold for 12 months, Johns is about to start working on Triple M's Grill Team breakfast show.

The gig will allow him to continue with the Knights for as long as the club requires his help.

One man who has benefited more than anyone from having Johns on board is halfback Jarrod Mullen.

He is the form No. 7 from the opening two premiership rounds and a clear points winner over Johnathan Thurston in Townsville on Saturday night.

His outstanding form should ensure the battle for the NSW State of Origin halfback job with Roosters star Mitchell Pearce goes right down to the wire.

Blues coach Ricky Stuart last year said Pearce would be an ideal NSW skipper and his club combination with Todd Carney would work in his favour.



But plenty of good judges are backing Mullen to make a contest of it - Matty Johns included.


http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...d7e889523?sv=8836557b3f7202717e63f42639ffe42a
 
actually it sounds like this one

KNIGHTS legend Matthew Johns made the remarkable claim yesterday that he had knocked back the chance to coach Newcastle in 2001 - the year of their most recent premiership triumph.

Speaking on his Triple M breakfast radio program yesterday, Johns said he had been offered the position midway through the 2000 season, after the club had told him he would not be retained as a player.

When fellow panellist Mark Geyer reacted with surprise, asking Johns about Hagan, he replied: ''They were going to make him coaching director and I was going to be the first-grade coach.'' He said the Knights' offer was ''really, really tempting'' but he was not ready. ''I knew the depth of the squad … I was really, really confident I could win the competition in the first grab,'' he said.


''I've made some really dumb decisions in my life, but that was a smart decision that I didn't take it on. At the end of the day, all the players that were in that side I'd either played with or they were mates of mine. And the star of the side was my brother, Andrew.''

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Former Knights chairman Michael Hill, who presided over the club at that time, declined to comment yesterday.

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Meanwhile, Ryan Stig has no intention of surrendering his first-grade position after agreeing to a deal that will keep him at the Newcastle Knights for the next two seasons. Stig was largely unknown before he made his NRL debut against Penrith on June 18, becoming the sixth player used in the halves this season by Knights coach Rick Stone.

But the 21-year-old latched on to his opportunity, helping Newcastle win five of their past seven games to surge into finals contention.

Incoming coach Wayne Bennett instructed Knights officials to retain Stig before he was poached by a rival. He has set his sights on finishing the year strongly to ensure he is not consigned to the role of fill-in next season, when the arrival of fullback Darius Boyd from the Dragons is likely to result in skipper Kurt Gidley finding a new position.

''I don't look on myself as a back-up or anything like that,'' Stig said. ''I know Darius Boyd is coming, but I'd like to cement myself in the side, at six hopefully.''

Stig said it was ''a bit surreal'' to think he would spend the next two years learning from Bennett, the game's most successful coach, having spent the first half of the season playing for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-leag...-job-for-premiership-year-20110804-1idlb.html
 
josh2010 said:
actually it sounds like this one

KNIGHTS legend Matthew Johns made the remarkable claim yesterday that he had knocked back the chance to coach Newcastle in 2001 - the year of their most recent premiership triumph.

Speaking on his Triple M breakfast radio program yesterday, Johns said he had been offered the position midway through the 2000 season, after the club had told him he would not be retained as a player.

When fellow panellist Mark Geyer reacted with surprise, asking Johns about Hagan, he replied: ''They were going to make him coaching director and I was going to be the first-grade coach.'' He said the Knights' offer was ''really, really tempting'' but he was not ready. ''I knew the depth of the squad … I was really, really confident I could win the competition in the first grab,'' he said.


''I've made some really dumb decisions in my life, but that was a smart decision that I didn't take it on. At the end of the day, all the players that were in that side I'd either played with or they were mates of mine. And the star of the side was my brother, Andrew.''

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Former Knights chairman Michael Hill, who presided over the club at that time, declined to comment yesterday.

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Meanwhile, Ryan Stig has no intention of surrendering his first-grade position after agreeing to a deal that will keep him at the Newcastle Knights for the next two seasons. Stig was largely unknown before he made his NRL debut against Penrith on June 18, becoming the sixth player used in the halves this season by Knights coach Rick Stone.

But the 21-year-old latched on to his opportunity, helping Newcastle win five of their past seven games to surge into finals contention.

Incoming coach Wayne Bennett instructed Knights officials to retain Stig before he was poached by a rival. He has set his sights on finishing the year strongly to ensure he is not consigned to the role of fill-in next season, when the arrival of fullback Darius Boyd from the Dragons is likely to result in skipper Kurt Gidley finding a new position.

''I don't look on myself as a back-up or anything like that,'' Stig said. ''I know Darius Boyd is coming, but I'd like to cement myself in the side, at six hopefully.''

Stig said it was ''a bit surreal'' to think he would spend the next two years learning from Bennett, the game's most successful coach, having spent the first half of the season playing for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-leag...-job-for-premiership-year-20110804-1idlb.html
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Thats the one thanks mate now I can ram it down this young guys throat along with my fist and forarm ...
 
Struggling to find the eight worse clubs required for knights to be playing finals in 2018. Still feels like the NRL propped up trio of basket cases will find their way to the bottom.
 
*If we make the top 8 next season, I will ban myself from here for 5 years and will pay for the forum hosting for 12 months.
If we don't make the top 8 next year, you'll have to ban yourself for the next 2 years

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3/4 years before we make the 8...4/8 years before we are a competitive after that we will have another clean out lol.
In the mean time the Swans would have won 2 more premierships..Go the Swans
 
Left Foot said:
*If we make the top 8 next season, I will ban myself from here for 5 years and will pay for the forum hosting for 12 months.
If we don't make the top 8 next year, you'll have to ban yourself for the next 2 years

*I need 5 active members to accept this bet in order for the bet to be on.
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Won't you be coaching the side this time next year? Surely you won't have the time to peruse the forum anyway.
 
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