Was definitely nothing wrong with the junior players coming through when Holbrook was at the Titans. Sounds promising!
Peter O'Sullivan Appreciation thread
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Les Misérables
Mark Hughes
Obviously if the bloke wanted to go, particularly for personal reasons, we cant 'make him stay'.
POS was quoted as publicly stating that he 'wanted to hang around to enjoy the success'.
If that's the case, then I assume he left for more cash and my expectation was that we'd match it. But if that is not the case and POS wanted to leave for reasons other than money then that settles it. Just haven't seen that reported anywhere, just people mentioning it on here
Good Times
Leo Dynevor
Toohey mentioned his wife is from Brissy and there were some 'other issues' in the background. Not sure how much that all played in it. The extra pay bump probably didn't hurt though lol
Hilarious that the “wants this to be his final job” from that podcast lasted like three months lol.
Battler
Adam MacDougall
It's kinda like saying the coach has the full support of the board.
krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
That all looks pretty good.
But the question I have is did this guy have anything to do with David Fafitas massive deal with all the clauses?
And Tinos clauses?
Im hoping the Knights stick with the no player clauses into the future.
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Yeah that's it. You get it.
I will defend the *process* in that Pezet is a half who's quick, has a great boot and is creative, despite being a question mark in many ways, Tallyn looked very dynamic out of dummy half, and Pahulu is young, looks athletic, has potential, ditto Finau Latu. There are no sure things but you have to bring in guys who have the potential to be special.
The outcomes would have been: Jonah can't seem to play 3 weeks without a soft tissue injury and can't tackle, Tallyn sucks, Pahulu might medically retire, Latu we haven't seen in the top grade yet but from what I've heard didn't set the world on fire in Cup this year.
Instead we ended up with Brown, Mooney, Smith and... Marata Niukore, as his recruits who are all significant financial outlays. Proven rep calibre half, prop who had a breakout season, elite 14 who's now a folk hero, and a guy who's almost 30 who I think is overrated but we'll see.
Great outcomes but a bit of stuff broke our way.
I do still think there's every chance Pezet has a great career though.
I guess one thing you can say for him is the only way is up! Since there’s not much worse than NSW Cup for the Eels.
HarVeeGee13
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Honestly I feel sorry for him now. I guarantee he looks at our roster and knows that his profile - a traditional 7 with a great all-round kicking game as his main foundation, who has a bit of ad lib footy in him - is an ideal compliment to Crossland, Sharpe & Ponga. He's spurned a chance to get involved in a great culture under a beloved coach so he can go get yelled at by Madge and told by Reece to give him the ball and get out of the way. Doesn't get to play behind Payne Haas go forward like he thought. The lad is more to be pitied than despised at this point. Backed the wrong horse, kid. Pun intended!
I'm not playing any imaginary violins for the Knights though, can't guarantee Pezet would have fit in. Dylan & Kalyn play like long lost brothers.
I'm not playing any imaginary violins for the Knights though, can't guarantee Pezet would have fit in. Dylan & Kalyn play like long lost brothers.
krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
I'm interested to see if Pezet even starts at 7 for the Broncos for 10+ games next year.
I have my doubts.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was less than 5.
Poor kid can't even sack Anasta.
I have my doubts.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was less than 5.
Poor kid can't even sack Anasta.
Anasta sacked himself
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
My take on all recruitment guys is that all rely on having a reputation to get a job and they all talk themselves up to the max.
POS has found the key is to get a job, go hard, and get out before the honeymoon ends.
Every talent spotter we have ever signed has been sold as the best in the game.
AOB told us his recruitment guy was the most important signing the club would make, and he turned out to be an old mate of AOB who never moved to Newcastle, and I still think AOB was making all the decisions and just getting a mate a paycheck.
Anyway, POS would be crazy to knock back 500k a season. I'm sure that would be elite money for a talent spotter. It wasn't long ago that old players did that for clubs for free.
POS has found the key is to get a job, go hard, and get out before the honeymoon ends.
Every talent spotter we have ever signed has been sold as the best in the game.
AOB told us his recruitment guy was the most important signing the club would make, and he turned out to be an old mate of AOB who never moved to Newcastle, and I still think AOB was making all the decisions and just getting a mate a paycheck.
Anyway, POS would be crazy to knock back 500k a season. I'm sure that would be elite money for a talent spotter. It wasn't long ago that old players did that for clubs for free.
As the recruitment guy POS seemed to be both talent spotter and salary cap guy. Different people may have those roles at different clubs. At Penrith for example I've heard the former ceo Brian Fletcher talk about his salary cap philosophy. He would not have been involved in talent spotting though. To me, the salary cap management is the part that POS did very well and the part we need to continue best. He has future proofed us well by wrapping up our most talented on longer contracts. We aren't going to need top tier talent for years the way we are set up so the new recruitment guy will need to be best at feeding young talent in to our pipeline.