Speaker 1: Boys.
Speaker 2: This one came as a little bit of a surprise.
Speaker 2: As far as Jack Debellen, he's concerned his career at
Speaker 2: Saint George I LLA Warrior is coming to an end
Speaker 2: this season. Has signed a deal. Mick, you broke this
Speaker 2: one through at Paramatta, one year deal with an option.
Speaker 2: Can you explain that?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I really like it. If I'm the Eels.
Speaker 3: Jack de Bellen's been really really good for the Dragons
Speaker 3: last year and this year. You know they rarely gets injured,
Speaker 3: plays twenty past games. You know throughout his career is
Speaker 3: the ball playing forward and it really suits the way
Speaker 3: Jason Rowles wants to play. We see the way he
Speaker 3: loves his teams to shift the ball and that's what
Speaker 3: Jack de Bellen can do. Low risk for Paramatta one
Speaker 3: year and an option in their favor for the following year.
Speaker 3: So if it does well, if it does well, I'll
Speaker 3: keep him for another twelve months.
Speaker 1: I think it's a goodbye for Parat.
Speaker 3: It's not going to move the needle or anything like
Speaker 3: that in terms of their Premiership chances for next year.
Speaker 3: But solid player, trains, hard as ball skills and suits
Speaker 3: what Jason Rowles wants to do.
Speaker 2: The only question I have. I think it's a goodbye
Speaker 2: as well. The only question I have is they're starting
Speaker 2: to get a lot of similar style of thirteens, or
Speaker 2: at least they have a number of thirteens with you.
Speaker 1: Know, hopgood Joane Hawalker Williams Yep, yep.
Speaker 2: Your thoughts on a readment.
Speaker 4: Like you, Dave.
Speaker 5: I mean it's interesting in sort of the Sireldo template
Speaker 5: right where he had a lot of smaller forwards and
Speaker 5: that's obviously worked really well for them. I'm more in look,
Speaker 5: they need to restock their forward pack, there's no doubt,
Speaker 5: but I'm more intrigued about where they're going to go well.
Speaker 5: When I say for Hooker's obviously an issue for them.
Speaker 5: Looking at Talon di Silver, they've got young Rollismith in
Speaker 5: the system. I'm interested to see where they go there
Speaker 5: and also at six, what they do at six.
Speaker 4: I mean that's the other big one for me.
Speaker 1: At the moment.
Speaker 5: So I think they're more pivotal piece of the puzzle
Speaker 5: for the nights. Think for the eels, I think he's
Speaker 5: a good solid signing. It does mix, it doesn't move,
Speaker 5: the needle doesn't get me, does get get my heart
Speaker 5: racing now my blood. No, I'm more intrigued about five
Speaker 5: eight and Hooker.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, unrelated Right, Well, I'm just saying it's not
Speaker 3: like they've blown the budget on Jack de Bellan. As
Speaker 3: you said, there is a talent of silver. Paparali will
Speaker 3: probably get the first crack at six.
Speaker 2: Don't you think it actually helps their cause at five
Speaker 2: eighths and Hooker on the open market knowing that that
Speaker 2: whoever they're pursuing go, well, they picked up Jack de
Speaker 2: Bellan as well, You don't he's an experience.
Speaker 4: Well they look at the paramount for Jack Debellon. No,
Speaker 4: to Jack, he's been a great player for a long time.
Speaker 2: But you do look at a squad and he's a
Speaker 2: very experienced forward. He's been in solid form for Saints,
Speaker 2: and better to have him than not have him.
Speaker 5: I say, well, perhaps, but I don't think he's the
Speaker 5: sort of player that, as I said, with your respect
Speaker 5: to Jack, that a Jonah Peazant or a telling the
Speaker 5: Silver is going to look.
Speaker 4: At it and go got to get there because Jack
Speaker 4: de Bellan.
Speaker 2: Said, no, I'm not saying that far, but you need
Speaker 2: you need a quality squad.
Speaker 3: He's a good signing he's a good sign good, He's
Speaker 3: a really really good good a paras sign at six.
Speaker 5: Well, I think they're in uest in Jonah Peazant just
Speaker 5: talking seen in Smith, I'd signed Jonah Peasant halfpack and
Speaker 5: playing Mitchet six. We see Michigan play six. Does a
Speaker 5: good job there. That's an option, I think, a definite
Speaker 5: option for them. He knows Jonah Peasant well.
Speaker 2: The front runners to get the silver.
Speaker 5: They are, but Manly's in the mixer and a couple
Speaker 5: of other clubs, the Cows, Newcastle.
Speaker 1: They're all keen, they're all super keen.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but they Roy Smith's been really good this year.
Speaker 1: Actually yeah, but this is not a slide on Riley Smith.
Speaker 4: Let me finish my sentence.
Speaker 5: I was about to say that would be a good
Speaker 5: one to punch Riley Smith in talent to silver because
Speaker 5: Riley Smith's been really good this year, so it'd be great.
Speaker 5: I think Taling would a great signing for them if
Speaker 5: he turns about how to be the player the people
Speaker 5: expect him to be.
Speaker 4: It's very early in his career.
Speaker 5: I mean there's a lot of wraps on him, yep,
Speaker 5: but there's still a long way to go to be
Speaker 5: the player.
Speaker 4: People are tipping he will be yeah.
Speaker 3: And they told Riley Smith they're going to sign another hooker.
Speaker 3: Roley Smith three signs, so it's not a shock to him.
Speaker 3: And you know we see when Riley hasn't been on
Speaker 3: the field, there's a dramatic drop offer. I think that
Speaker 3: position is probably more pivotal than six because when you've
Speaker 3: got someone like Mitch there, you know he's a marquee halfback, right.
Speaker 3: I think Tyland the silver's key for Paramatta and you
Speaker 3: can run with Papali at five eighth.
Speaker 1: I think I love what Paramatta doing. I really do.
Speaker 1: Big decision last year signing on Jason Roll stuck.
Speaker 3: To It's one of the smartest moves a club has
Speaker 3: made recently. It was controversial, it was risky, you know,
Speaker 3: moving on clinck Doothson, but it's going to be the
Speaker 3: right move Fellas.
Speaker 2: There was a significant press conference held on Thursday morning
Speaker 2: at it mainly it's Anthony Seabold, mainly head coach. He
Speaker 2: addressed a number of issues in relation to where they're
Speaker 2: out as a footy club. Read Men, you were there,
Speaker 2: runners through the hot topic points of discussion out of
Speaker 2: that press conce.
Speaker 5: Well, the big ones were Tommy, Tommy's moves with the
Speaker 5: centers and obviously Daily's future, Dahi Cherruan's his future looks see.
Speaker 4: So on the Tommy front, this is not a permanent move.
Speaker 5: I think, as we all understand, it will take some
Speaker 5: pressure of Tommy, allowed him to go onto the center's
Speaker 5: free of him of some responsibility and hopefully bring the
Speaker 5: best out of him. And I think we all understood
Speaker 5: that was the case. Steves has confirmed that on Daily.
Speaker 5: He said Daily actually addressed the playing group this week
Speaker 5: because they have this annual campfire chat stuff where a
Speaker 5: couple of players or staff get up and just talk
Speaker 5: about life, their life right this week happened to be
Speaker 5: Daily's week coincidentally, So Danley got up in front of
Speaker 5: the group and he spoke about why hasn't made the
Speaker 5: decision yet? Now SAIDs wouldn't go into it, but he
Speaker 5: said that was one of the areas that he addressed.
Speaker 5: The other thing that Davey said, Look, there's obvious been
Speaker 5: some talk around taking the captaincy off him. Never it's
Speaker 5: never seves his head, it's not a consideration, won't be happening.
Speaker 5: And they were the big issues that he addressed this morning.
Speaker 2: Okay, So let's start with Turbo. Do you think this move?
Speaker 2: Still think he has as much influence on the manly
Speaker 2: side as what he does at fullback at center?
Speaker 5: No, he's not going to but but I understand why
Speaker 5: they've done it because I think his form has been down,
Speaker 5: his confidence has been down, and as much as he
Speaker 5: might want to move there, I think it is the
Speaker 5: best thing in the short term for him.
Speaker 4: I don't think this will I don't think this will
Speaker 4: be a permanent move.
Speaker 5: They are a better team when Tommy's in his best
Speaker 5: playing at fullback. If he goes back to the centers.
Speaker 5: There's a couple of weeks there, rediscovers who he can be,
Speaker 5: they'll move him.
Speaker 4: I think they'll move Hi.
Speaker 5: Back to fullback, and I think Seed's basically spoke to
Speaker 5: that today.
Speaker 4: That's what will happen. So I understand why they've done it.
Speaker 2: Micky, are you slightly concerned that it's the campfire chat
Speaker 2: the DC? He gets up and addresses the group. Redman
Speaker 2: says it was his turn, and everyone gets a go
Speaker 2: on front.
Speaker 4: Stevanga was up with him.
Speaker 2: Jazz, who's on the way to the UK Super League
Speaker 2: next year, DCE one now round seventeen getting up and
Speaker 2: explaining why he hasn't made the call.
Speaker 1: I think it's coincidental.
Speaker 2: Why now, all right, you Ben understand it's coincidental, but
Speaker 2: it's okay to you can call an agent before an
Speaker 2: emergency meeting.
Speaker 3: You're right, You're right, Like he I don't know if
Speaker 3: he has addressed a grip or not saying this. Yeah,
Speaker 3: that he has, it's the first time since his decision,
Speaker 3: then yeah, he probably needed to.
Speaker 1: But that's not the reason. Mainly playing badly. The DC thing.
Speaker 2: Would you take the captain?
Speaker 3: It's just going to create more headlines for a club
Speaker 3: that's already evolved in headlines. I just think it's I
Speaker 3: wouldn't And it's not like, with all due respect, if
Speaker 3: you want to give it to Jake or Tom, they're
Speaker 3: not braining it right.
Speaker 2: Well, you've got to give the captains to the best
Speaker 2: player on the field.
Speaker 1: Well, who would you make captain if it's not DC.
Speaker 2: I'd make Jake trouble Vich captain.
Speaker 1: I just don't think he's.
Speaker 3: Playing enough to scratch either, Like, if you're going to
Speaker 3: take it away from because his form is not great
Speaker 3: or he's causing a distraction, I don't think you can
Speaker 3: say Jake or tom has gone all right, we're shunting
Speaker 3: the lights out here.
Speaker 5: This is the great problem of Man. Everyone's pointing the
Speaker 5: finger of Daily, and I've been one of them. But
Speaker 5: Tommy and Jake aren't killing it. So your three highest
Speaker 5: paid players, who their aggregate income would be three million
Speaker 5: dollars plus, which is twenty five percent of salary cap,
Speaker 5: They're all not going great or not going as well
Speaker 5: as That's the issue of Many. That's the big issue
Speaker 5: at Many, and some of that relates. I think back
Speaker 5: to the Daily decision because I don't think the Drawovitch
Speaker 5: boys were happy about that decision the way it was
Speaker 5: played out, but not all of it.
Speaker 4: I don't think all of all the blame falls of Daily.
Speaker 1: Do they care more about winning than they do about
Speaker 1: that decision?
Speaker 5: Yeah, no, But I think they care about the club.
Speaker 5: I think that decision was devastating. The fallout from it
Speaker 5: was devastating.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think they're denying they would be hurt by
Speaker 2: the impact of all those headlines and.
Speaker 3: Screw sure right, I can't blame that decision that happened
Speaker 3: months ago on the way merely playing.
Speaker 5: I just said it wasn't the whole, the whole reason
Speaker 5: I said, it's part of it.
Speaker 2: I think it's really quickly, really quickly. How important is
Speaker 2: this game against the Web?
Speaker 5: For Anthony, it's funny with our seeds about the pressure
Speaker 5: coming in this week. He said, mate, have you seen
Speaker 5: what's going on in Israel and Iran? That's you're coaching.
Speaker 4: But I acknowledge what he's saying.
Speaker 5: But it's crucial from Dave because the only way to
Speaker 5: silence all the talk around that club at the moment
Speaker 5: is to win a footy game. Once you win a
Speaker 5: footy game, we'll turn our attention to.
Speaker 4: Right, you win and the noise goes away.
Speaker 2: Who are you tipping?
Speaker 4: Tip Manly? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Tigers?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 1: What about that?
Speaker 3: Ye?
Speaker 4: Wow?
Speaker 1: What about you?
Speaker 2: Reckon?
Speaker 4: We think they're a massive chance.
Speaker 2: They pushed the Raiders badly. God, I think I tip
Speaker 2: the Tigers. I'm pretty sure I did.
Speaker 1: Will be busy on Saturdays, merely lose.
Speaker 2: They they good things. Surely they win because this is
Speaker 2: a massive weekend of footy and we haven't even touched
Speaker 2: on state of origin, on the impact of what these
Speaker 2: results could do for not only top eight, top four coaches.
Speaker 2: For me, there's a game that I just can't believe
Speaker 2: the Warriors are outsiders in and at against the Brisbane Broncos.
Speaker 2: Now I appreciate the Warriors, They've just been a little
Speaker 2: bit clunky of late, but they are outsiders in this game,
Speaker 2: and for me, the Broncos aren't the real deal as
Speaker 2: far as I'm concerned. I think they had a good
Speaker 2: second half against Cronulla. They still missed forty odd tackles
Speaker 2: against the Sharks and if Cronulla were good enough, they
Speaker 2: would have put them to the sword in the second half.
Speaker 2: They weren't, and I feel as the Warrior is a
Speaker 2: prime for this one and can get the job done.
Speaker 2: Where do you like this weekend Mick's Big Game?
Speaker 3: I honestly think it is the most important game of
Speaker 3: the season because every game means something, right, Like, there's
Speaker 3: a thousand different storylines that you can unpack for every game, right.
Speaker 1: So for mine, I'm going to go Storm v. Sharks.
Speaker 1: The Storm got away.
Speaker 3: We won last week against South Sydney and they just haven't.
Speaker 1: Been anywhere near the side that we think they can
Speaker 1: get to.
Speaker 3: And that's probably why everyone believes their Premiership favorites because
Speaker 3: out of the top four, I think they've got the
Speaker 3: most growth in them. Right, then you've got the Sharks,
Speaker 3: and they're a tough side to get a read on.
Speaker 3: Like you know, at times they look really really good
Speaker 3: and the times they look horrific. So you know, you
Speaker 3: write about the honesty session and the things that you know,
Speaker 3: the meeting that they had this week, let's see how
Speaker 3: they respond.
Speaker 5: IM going to go the other I only to go
Speaker 5: to the bottom of the ladder the Titans Cowboys game
Speaker 5: because obviously both these coaches under the men's pressure at
Speaker 5: the moment. Dave Mixed exposed the des has a contract
Speaker 5: situation and Toddy Payton will They've been pounded the last
Speaker 5: three weeks.
Speaker 2: So just remind viewers and listeners about the contracts.
Speaker 5: Has only got a guarantee for next year. Well sorry,
Speaker 5: the Titans can part ways with Des Hasard at the
Speaker 5: end of this year. Well, either at the end of
Speaker 5: this year if they miss the eate or immediately once
Speaker 5: they're mathematically out of top eight contention. So that's actually
Speaker 5: not far off being the case that they're mathematically out
Speaker 5: of top eight contention. I mean, my guy, I think
Speaker 5: we all think theirs won't be there next year. I
Speaker 5: think that's the feeling around rugby league and that's the
Speaker 5: feeling in this room. But I just there's just a
Speaker 5: huge game for Toddy Payton as well, because they've looked
Speaker 5: so bad the last three weeks.
Speaker 2: The Cowboys Boys. What's going on in the rumor mill,
Speaker 2: there's a tip around George Williams, the English halfback, is
Speaker 2: potentially coming back to the NRL.
Speaker 3: Mick Yeah, been in discussions with the Dolphins. You know,
Speaker 3: he's got twelve months left on his Warrington contract and
Speaker 3: this is where it gets tricky. The Wolves have been
Speaker 3: in dialogue with the doll Dolphins and wanted to play first.
Speaker 1: I think it was curating.
Speaker 3: Nick Arema was a player that they identified, but the
Speaker 3: Dolphins are loath to let him go because I see
Speaker 3: him as a perfect fourteen backup half next season. He's
Speaker 3: been outstanding for him creating Nick Arena. But you know,
Speaker 3: George Williams is definitely on the Dolphins raider to partner
Speaker 3: Zaya Katawa next year.
Speaker 2: Interesting.
Speaker 3: You know, he had an interesting stint at Canberra a
Speaker 3: few years ago. George Williams first year went to a
Speaker 3: prelium midway through the next year, had fallen out with Ricky.
Speaker 1: Stewart and you went down. Yeah, it was the.
Speaker 3: Most explosive interview I've probably done with a player in
Speaker 3: terms of their fall out with a coach. Remind us
Speaker 3: again the tone of that interview, Well, it was just
Speaker 3: it was just like there was a lot going on there, right,
Speaker 3: because he had COVID as well, right, so he wasn't
Speaker 3: able to go see his family. His family weren't able
Speaker 3: to come, So there's lots of parameters there. And I
Speaker 3: remember Rick ringing Ricky and telling him what was coming,
Speaker 3: and he goes, I'll give you, I'll give you one quote, right,
Speaker 3: classic Ricky as it was something along the lines of
Speaker 3: you know, I give my trust to people that deserve
Speaker 3: it or something like that. Right, So there was it
Speaker 3: was both of them had clash and fallen out, right.
Speaker 3: But since and George has gone to Warrington. I think
Speaker 3: he would have been if sam Burgess got the Perth job.
Speaker 3: I think he would have been Sam Burgess first signing
Speaker 3: in Perth. Sam Burgess coaches him in Warrington and they
Speaker 3: would have gone as a package. You would have been
Speaker 3: able to finish his Warrington contract and get to Perth.
Speaker 3: But you know there's also a massive transfer fee on
Speaker 3: his head too if they can't find a player up
Speaker 3: to four hundred thousand dollars. So there's a lot to
Speaker 3: play out still here. But George Williams on the Raider
Speaker 3: of the Dolphins for sure.
Speaker 5: What I'm find intriguing about this Davi is George is
Speaker 5: correct me if I'm wrong here, My memory of him
Speaker 5: is dominant. Half right, They're going to Katawa, like you
Speaker 5: don't want to take the control away from Katari? Is
Speaker 5: going that good? So it's an intriguing combination.
Speaker 3: They've been obsessed the Dolphins with an experience half right, right, DC.
Speaker 4: They wanted you know odd but they were around Lewis.
Speaker 1: They were going to yeah the other side for this year,
Speaker 1: locky girl.
Speaker 2: You know, look braidon Trindle.
Speaker 3: So that you know they've had this thing of partner
Speaker 3: in Qatar and there's no way they want to catail
Speaker 3: the development of Qatar.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 3: They think he's a freak, so they think they want
Speaker 3: to find to find someone to compliment them, which I
Speaker 3: surprised that Cody the greem is probably they don't persist
Speaker 3: with him. He's been good for him, right, but you
Speaker 3: know he's a perfect fourteen too. He's not going to
Speaker 3: be lost to that side, so it'd be interesting. He's
Speaker 3: an English captain, so George.
Speaker 4: He's not a good player.
Speaker 5: I'm just saying Kato's development is just, you know, exponentially.
Speaker 5: You don't want to style me that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, another half back in the mix. As far as
Speaker 2: the Raiders are concerned, Boys.
Speaker 4: Ja Clifford.
Speaker 5: Look, he's been on the obviously told the while ago
Speaker 5: that he wouldn't be resigned by the Cowboys next year.
Speaker 4: The Raiders are looking at him. I'm not sure how
Speaker 4: far progressed it is.
Speaker 2: In the first grade this week, right.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, he is, that's right, Yeah.
Speaker 2: Now, I remembering the Cowboys started pretty well with him.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they did hit a rocky spot. They move Jackson
Speaker 4: per to six.
Speaker 5: Clifford was out of the team, but they've struggled since
Speaker 5: they made that change, that change of Purdue's back in
Speaker 5: the centers.
Speaker 4: This week.
Speaker 5: Canberra looking obviously some depth in the half now. I've
Speaker 5: lost Jamal Fogg at the end of the year. I
Speaker 5: think he'd be handy signing for the one. He's good player, Shane,
Speaker 5: he could play first grade and if he's your third
Speaker 5: half because they've got young Ethan Sanders in the system.
Speaker 4: Where's your back up half? He's a handy backup.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's a good pick up.
Speaker 3: I think he'd be a good pickup for Canbra for
Speaker 3: what they need with the two young Ethans there and
Speaker 3: the ability to guide them a little bit goalkicker, you know.
Speaker 3: You know he's played lots of footy and as a
Speaker 3: potential guy that could start in round one or provide
Speaker 3: good backup, I think he's a handy addition.
Speaker 2: Hey, boys, really quickly. Jackson Hastings gets his opportunity with
Speaker 2: the Newcastle Knights this weekend. It's his second NRL start.
Speaker 2: I actually really liked what he did in his first
Speaker 2: in of the season against the Roosters a couple of
Speaker 2: weeks ago. I thought he brought a fair bit of
Speaker 2: energy and influence on the way the Knights played in
Speaker 2: that game. This is a big game for him too,
Speaker 2: because he hasn't got a club next year and it's
Speaker 2: an opportunity to show that potentially he's not finished with
Speaker 2: yet try and keep.
Speaker 1: His spot as well.
Speaker 3: Obviously, no, in the case that Fletcher Sharp, he may
Speaker 3: not play again this year. Yeah right, so you know
Speaker 3: he's in a world of obviously, and Tyson Gamble hasn't
Speaker 3: played a lot of football this year. Played reserve grade
Speaker 3: last week, but he's missed a lot through injuries. So
Speaker 3: he'll play reserve grade again and we'll be putting pressure
Speaker 3: on Jackson Hasten's if things don't go well. It's interesting
Speaker 3: that you say that I was doing ABC that that weekend.
Speaker 3: Luklewis gave him two points in now three to two months. Yeah,
Speaker 3: he just what he does. He doesn't have to speed
Speaker 3: Jackson aces, but he straightens the attack a bit. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you know, gets an opportunity to play with klum Ponger.
Speaker 3: So let's see what that.
Speaker 1: What happened