WEBVTT - ROUND 21 PREVIEW: ‘ZAC LOMAX HAS BACKFIRED AGAIN!’. Eels recruitment crisis 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:07.240 Welcome to the COVID NRL Show. 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:10.320 As always, Michael carry On, It's Dave Rickyo here to 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:14.120 discuss all things Rugby League, the headlines that matter, all 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.400 the drama, all the scandal, and all the debate and 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.000 talking points that has consumed the entire week. I want 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.400 to start with one thing. Are we going soft on 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:24.400 Jason Ryles? 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.680 No? I don't think so, not yet, not yet. 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:31.240 I think you know, the paramount of situation, lots of 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:34.280 injuries are really inexperienced spine. 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:37.320 You know, Ready's mate bomb. 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.880 And Midell compared it to the Brisbane Broncos and unbelievable comparisons, 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.120 not even close. And Jason Rowles will be underscrewted in 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:48.080 next year, no doubt he will. But this year no, 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.040 I don't feel like there's any pressure in his position. 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:54.600 I think with para, let's put it into the context. 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.600 Right soon, Jason Rowles walks into the front door and 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:01.440 he taps the influential captain on the show, to Clint 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.959 Guthereson and makes that huge decision at the time, knowing 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:07.840 that he wants to blood Isaiah Youngie. 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:08.920 He's a rookie. 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.360 I never anticipated the yels to be suddenly in a 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:17.679 finals opportunity with Isaiah and Isaia Young at fullback. Then 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.120 comes a thirteen million dollar deal for Dylan Brown. Of 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.800 what no one saw coming. How does Paramatta plan for that? 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:26.000 If? 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.080 And it was only it was only in Paramatta that 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:30.200 he was going to join. If he didn't join the Nights, 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:30.640 he was going to. 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.960 Resign with them. So they've had the repercussions of that. 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.280 And then the dummy half situation with Riley Smith and 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.600 tallon to silver two rookies. I don't this is no 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:42.880 comparison whatsoever to the Broncos. 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.440 I look at this way, Dave, who had Paramatta in 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.840 the top eight before this season began, no one, if 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.760 you did good luck to you're missing the screw right 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:56.480 because the squad wasn't up to it. And then compounding that, 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.880 they've had more injuries than anyone in the competition. If 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.560 you look at their injury record, it's been diabolical. So 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.200 no one had them in the eight. Their injury record 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.440 has been wayful. I think they won six games, the 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:10.520 same amount as the Broncos. For me, it's almost a 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:15.000 pass mark for Jason and the way given the lower expectations, 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.360 the amount of injuries. They've had to win six games 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.560 is not bad for me. So it's a drawer line 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.760 between them and Brisbane. Is it borders on insanity? And 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:26.440 Bomber and I had it out last night over it, 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.280 and it's madness from the BA. I love the guy. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.519 Just to be clear, I love the bomb champion. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.240 That he is a paraffan too, by the way, you know, 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.280 I just you said it's a past mark. 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:42.119 It's probably like like it's five out of ten. Yeah, yeah, 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.480 that's a that's a five out of ten. Yeah. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.760 Like what I will say is and I will be 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:48.440 beginning to. 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:50.840 And I have been. 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.200 I wouldn't say critical, but I'm keeping putting a spotlight 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.600 on is their current recruitment and future recruitment into the 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:01.600 officer into the pre season. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.560 Yeah, they need the Nielson players day, there's no doubt, mister. 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:06.760 As we said, that score at the moment is good. Well, 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:12.760 they missed Bronson Cherry, they missed Jesse McClean, they missed 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.120 not a few, they missed a lot. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:16.880 You know, I'm a fan of Yeah, you. 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.440 Love Jaden Sewer. They're trying to get Jack Hawarth obviously, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.919 and I think they still hold our hope there for 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.400 Jackie excuse me, jack Howard down the track. They need 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:26.560 a front rower, particularly if they lose Junior Paulo. And 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.760 that's really in the balance of the moment because they've 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.079 only offered one year Perth. They're offering two years and 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:35.119 significant money, so there's every chance maybe Junior goes, which 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:36.520 would leave a pretty. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:42.000 Curt parat An a better team without him. But do 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.840 you disagree with him going one year? No, no, that's fine, 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:47.320 but he needs to stay at the footy club. 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.640 All they need to replace him Dave And obviously the 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.520 Spencer and new rumor has been doing and. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.280 He's not a replacement for Junior, but you j Butler 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:56.760 is a super experienced front rower. 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:58.000 I think they need both of them. 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.920 Yeah, I agree, that's well, that's best scenario, but that 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.520 may not may not happen, right because I mean it's 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.280 going to be hard for Junior. I'd imagine to knock 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.880 that money back, turn that opportunity down. Bull Park figures 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:14.560 are we're here in seven's eights, two eight, one point six, 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.520 I think power about around the five hundred markets one year. 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.680 It's a lot of money to turn you back on potentially, 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.400 and paramatter haven't ruled that going a second year. They've 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.560 just said it's we want to do one year deals 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.440 now with him. So, I mean he's got to effectively 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:32.200 turn down a guaranteed one point six million dollars to 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:35.960 accept five hundred guaranteed and the potential for more. So 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.040 it's a big decision for him to make. And regardless 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:39.799 of what happens, Junior will be back at that club 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.480 when his career is over because they love him, right. 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.040 But you know, if they lose him, it leaves a hole. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:47.960 I don't see how you turn it down. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:52.960 No, that's got to take it. Mick. Mick, we all 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.600 know you're driven by the mighty dollar. Not everyone else 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.080 is mixed. Some of us are in it for loyalty, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:04.440 and you have You are a mercenary. A mercenary. 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:06.640 You pip yourself out to everyone. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.920 Pimp, Yeah, I've pipped out today. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.360 New boots. Yeah, what's going on here? Why are you 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:12.960 wearing boots for? 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.000 Because I'm playing tonight and I've got new boots, new 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:15.640 as boots. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.640 I got to wear them in, right, and he decided 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:18.480 to wear them on the podcast. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.080 Got to wear them in otherwise, you know, you gotta 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.159 wear your boots in pipped out for the poorry about 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.039 blister because I'm coming back from a hamstring problem. Pretty 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.640 flash bootout a torn hammy. They're ripping boots without a 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.599 torn amy, so I'm coming back from a torn hammy. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.839 This is what we have to work with. Colleagues that 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:35.080 wear their boots to work. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:35.960 They're pretty cool. 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.000 I like them, pretty nice. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.960 I should run faster than these. Do you think you 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.520 you're a mercenary? We all know it right, You're about 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:48.640 the mighty dollar? Maybe Junior. Maybe there's more to Junior. 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:50.200 Who he's got more substance to. 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.960 Who's not at the footy club next year at Para. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.320 Dylan Walker's moving to the UK Super League? What Jack 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:57.240 the bellin situation? 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.640 I have an option paramatter, but I don't think they're 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:00.359 going to take that up. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:04.480 Yeah, you don't have a good year run involvement. 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.000 Actually they don't think Develon Will were there not as 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.240 it stands as it worked. 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.600 But yeah, I don't you respect the jack. I'm not 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.520 sure they're going to miss Jack Junior. They would miss 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.120 and Dylan Walker and Dylan Walk I would have resigned 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:19.040 three years. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:20.920 This is the thing that's three years on the table 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.479 from leeds. What do you do? I can't go to 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:24.040 three years? 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.520 Okay, so so where are that? So where are we 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.280 recruiting next year? Like what they definitely spoke about Spencer 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.680 definitely need a middle. They've got They've got Jeram and 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:36.400 Mitch and the halves. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.919 They have to stay on the paddy. That's the key, the. 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.400 Spine striking the outside backs, the. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:47.000 Striking outside backs, and they're and they're not trees. If 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.400 Junior goes there, two middle short one they're too because 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.680 I think they're a middle short regardless of like with 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:52.680 Junior resigning. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.440 So yeah, they need to fill those gaps. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.280 And you look at Perth trying to scram with look 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.640 at Dragon still trying to find a strikeout outside back. 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.679 I hate to say, it's a tough things backfired. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:06.760 It's a tough market to be shopping in Dave at 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.680 the moment because of Perth and p and G. It's 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.960 a really difficult market for them. So then you know, 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:14.480 as well as the outside back in the middle, they 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.720 also need probably by potentially a half at some point 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.880 in twelve months time, because we all know that Jerome's 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.000 only there for twelve months. If the young blokes aren't ready. 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.200 If the young blokes don't come through, they're gonna have 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:26.200 to find a six as well. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:27.760 They should have just hold on to Ronnie Voultman. 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:31.720 Then maybe they don't. Maybe they're looking for for someone 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:32.600 a bit more elite. 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.400 Ready's kool aid. As far as the West Tigers are concerned, well, 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.160 it's all out. I mean he's running out. He's got 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.720 judgs giving up on them, jugs of kool aid. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.800 If they win this week, they win this week, the week, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.119 they're still alive. I'm not declaring this season. 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.120 Have you tipped the West Tigers to meet the Raiders? 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.520 I haven't, right, Okay, I don't think I did. 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.280 Pretty sure I didn't you record Tiger's gonna play make 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:55.000 the I. 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.040 Said, if they win this week, I'm not the season 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:57.960 is not over them. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.600 Do you think I do? Watch time watched the game, 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:01.880 will make the eight? 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:04.000 I don't think they make it. 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.440 Okay, cool aid that, But as they said. 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:06.960 It is not yet. 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.520 Cool Aid's done. It's running out now. I write. 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:16.760 I wrote a column on on on Tuesday, controversial Breton. 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:20.520 Read esk and what's that? It's m A D. It 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:25.680 was out there, Jerry out there. I admit that that 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:26.240 was out there. 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.720 However, I've had a hey, I must have had very 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.679 very positive feedback from very influential FIGM except. 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:35.440 For Michael Berry artists. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:41.480 Ultimately, it's my belief that the plan Chiefs should have 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:46.160 signed Jerome Lewye as their man to front the club 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.800 and the franchise for the remainder of the twelve months, 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.400 not risking injury with the paramounter reels and then therefore 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.040 being unavailable the. 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.280 Chief salary cap dave the Chiefs like, what do they 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:01.120 pay him? Just paying as part of the soft cap 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.600 how much? Seven hundred? 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.320 No, you could why not because that's ruled in the 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:12.839 cap seven He's not playing for it, exactly exactly. It's 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.640 a way around the cap. So if you said to someone, 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.280 give someone who's off contract right now that doesn't have 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:22.440 a club for next year, junior Paula Okay, junior, he's 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.840 a million dollars next year to be a recruitment officer. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.240 Yeah, but that's free, and he and his junior signed 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.439 to the Bears the following season. He's come and play 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.800 for P and G. He's not playing, He's not he's 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:34.720 not playing, he's playing. 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.360 How many players are going to take twelve months off 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:36.760 and not play. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.280 Well, if you're going to throw the stupid money to 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.439 do so, you can. But he's already contracted to the Chiefs. 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.160 He's going there. There's no drama, but it. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:44.280 Would be a next situation. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.640 No o, what you got like, there's a that's a capital. 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.120 This could be a capital easily. It could because because 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:54.559 there's no cap for there's no soft cap for what players? 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:55.600 Did it take twelve months off? 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.000 Exactly what? No one dave suggestion. 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.800 Yeah, okay, that's what. No suggestion was that there believe 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.960 that this would be a worker set a present of 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.440 course going to do this, not. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.360 Something that could be a work to do it. 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.360 But I'm just saying it could be a worker I 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:15.760 understand what you're saying. But might a workaround, a work 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:16.360 around the cap? 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:21.480 Oh it's a yes, okay, what's a workaround you use? 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.000 Understand you're talking man, How is that complicated? I understand what. 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.560 He's sayings already signed to the Cheese. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.960 Isn't a cap rule. He's already signed to the Cheese 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.559 and the contract has been Look, you can't give someone 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.959 seven hundred thousand dollars off the cap to not play 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.720 next year. But he's an employee. The club can pay 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.959 him whatever he wants an employee. So it's a cap rough. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.199 He's already signed the chief So what But you can 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.320 send the precident that any player, some young gun kid 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.439 that's eighteen, all right, he's eight hundred thousand dollars next year, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:53.800 not to. 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.839 Play, don't play for twelve months, come and play for. 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.440 Yes, Now you're with me. Now you're with me. 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.800 I'm saying you're putting the you're putting the. 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.600 Already signed out the chiefs. Yeah he hasn't. You're not saying, 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.360 come and sign at the chiefe. But we'll give you this. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.640 There's no difference you can there is. Imagine he's already signed. 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:13.920 You can do the same thing. 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:18.040 You could argue just for arguments. It's about something that 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.320 that's the power of the com it's the power of 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.520 this because I settle crowd were on. 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.320 The phone, the three of us from the phone, I said, Dave, 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:27.240 what are you talking about? And the old mate he's 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:28.520 going rite it right, And I'm like. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.040 Well, if you believe it right, of course, that's what 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.040 we do. We stir, debate, we create. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.520 I don't think that's so to have a year off 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.240 for a player that could risk significant injury. 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.520 I've just seen two Achilles injuries. Every player risks significant 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:47.800 injury every week. Not not the market, signing of the franchise. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.800 Of the year, the nature of the Beasts around twenty 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:55.640 nine thirty. You can't be having years off this point. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.400 Actually help him by that stage, all right, So years 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.840 Law hasn't played for twelve months, Miner hasn't played for 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:02.719 four years, the recruiting for two. 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.679 If you're going to let Jerome l sit for. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.080 Twelve months the recruit I think it's fair criticism, but 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.040 that would be that would be formulating a roster that 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:13.040 hasn't played for a while. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:13.800 That would be an issue. 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.920 Hasn't played the league for a while. But I'm not 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.360 worried about your own Joey Marnon, who I think he's 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:23.640 talid enough that worried about if you play. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.320 Have you been watching him play. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:26.760 In the French rug I haven't watched any of him. 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.000 Let me say this, he's coming from the bench, is 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:29.600 he yes? 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.280 Because he's a league blake. He probably missed playing rugby league. 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.920 That's probably why he's a better rugby league player. 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.000 The coaches, you look like you're missing rugby league, so 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.319 you think on the bench, So hold on you are 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.280 you worried about Joey Marner was a football Are you 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.120 saying that Joey Marner is not going to come back 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:44.720 and be a success in rugby league? 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.679 Success? Yes, superstar questionable? 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:53.000 Yeah, I agree with Dave, particularly a fullback, because you're 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.440 going to how long has he been out of league? 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:55.120 Three or four years? 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.160 If it doesn't work. But there's playing in the centers. 0:12:57.160 --> 0:12:57.760 What's the problem? 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:58.480 Cash money? 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.640 What's he getting eight hundred there or something? 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:02.280 Maybe? 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.720 Okay, we're playing eight hundred for a center in the 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:06.840 modern game, star the same. 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.120 That's a good. Same for Zach a star center. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:10.200 He's just made. 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.800 He's going to be Actually I actually don't have he'll be. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:15.920 He'll be the player you'll pay eight hundred. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:20.600 For two centers under the This drives me insane. Say 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.480 it again. We're talking about the cap in twenty twenty eight, 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.760 when it will be minimum fifteen potentially sixteen million dollars. 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.880 You have if you're playing eight hundred for two centers, 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:30.680 that's fine. 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.640 Was the last problem? Woman? Was the last rugby league game. 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.839 Joey Marnin, who played two three years ago or something. 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:42.320 I remember being a gun on the gun remember which 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.840 one I remember the time? But for me, right, there's 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.000 there's a handful of centers in the game you would 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.600 pay mega money to. Right, there's Latrell, this Herby farm 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.400 Worth is Steve Crichton, and there is Joey. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.880 Marty and he's playing my mind, Joe I wouldn't. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.720 Play that climate to make the money. Well they are 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.040 not really where they play him seven a hundred. 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.840 Well, you said the same money for No, that's. 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.520 What I'm saying on Joey Marny's not an exorbitant but you're. 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.040 Saying you wouldn't pay it for Zap. But that's what 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:10.679 they're paying him. 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.520 No, just not mega money though, that's not mega money. Okay, 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.840 you could see that mega money under the twenty eight caps. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:19.000 You were a huge money. 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.800 But you just listed how much you paid players eight hundred. 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.000 They're getting them cheap for me, they're getting in cheap. 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.320 It's not cheap, not cheap for it because you look 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:28.320 at look at the I. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.000 Think I think where you're coming from is it's as 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.600 though he's just walked out of the roofs. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.720 Yeah, I think he's telling enough that it won't make 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:35.120 a difference. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.480 Super talent. How many players have come back, but. 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.920 Joey and you talk to the power in the people 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.840 that yeah, coach played. 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:47.680 People with influence around him. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.160 Joey. Joey chills out in off season. 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:52.200 What's wrong with that? 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.040 And takes a chill out in the off season, takes 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.920 a few rounds. I'm not an elite athlete. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:01.120 You well, you went very well in the the journalist sprint. 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.840 He would like, that's Tommy Birmingham. He's got your head 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:07.600 on his He hasn't played rugby. 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:11.400 League and he has. He has a big off season 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:11.800 before that. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.080 Again, I'm not worried about Joey Marney, are you okay? 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:16.880 So my concern is more around the fullback situation, and 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:18.480 you're like, well, we just moving. Are you concerned about 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.960 him playing fullback? Considering all right, he'll be what thirty 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.040 one thirty two hasn't played league for thirty four years, 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.840 hasn't really I know he's played full back, right, but 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.160 hasn't really played a season, week in week out fullback. 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.240 So you expect him to do it for the first 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.360 time when he's thirty one thirty two, four years out 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:32.680 of the game. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.160 That. I'm happy to con see. 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.320 That's that's been my reason. You've been screaming at me. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.360 It's not a risk because they can just move him 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:40.920 to the centers. 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:44.680 You just can't, like you can, okay, after full salary 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:45.240 caps aren't. 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.920 But they're being very smart with the cap because they're 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.880 signing boats without ratchet causes in many cases. Right yeah, 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.800 and there signing guys because of the tax three dollars 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.160 they're getting guys on unders. 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.520 I understand that it just depends who it's not depends 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.280 not a risk, this depends who they sign at fullback, 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:05.760 this smile, This depends this. 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.640 My other argument in this, right, I think you can 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:13.800 get away with having a average center. You don't need 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.200 a fullback, Sorry you don't. You don't for me needing 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:21.160 fullback if you have good halves, a good hooker and 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:22.000 a gun center. 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.120 Premiership team that's won the comp with. 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.640 An okay, okay, fullback, Yeah, let's go through that. Let's 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:34.160 go through Dylan Edwards. He's very good full wasting good 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.120 debate fullback. I don't know. I'd have to go back 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:38.640 and think about it. I think you can get away 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.640 with it. I don't think in the Superstar Fellas. 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.680 This was a very very cool project that we invested 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.680 time into and it's called Welcome to First Grade. It's 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:53.800 currently on the Code Sports platforms. Footy Fan go check 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:58.880 it out. 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Cod sports dot Com. 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.959 You go check it out with a look huge game 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:33.960 to Night Fellas Paramotuta penrith No Dylan Edwards those tense 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:38.480 stitches in his head as Tommy Jenkins to fall back 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.000 and be interesting to see if Jenkins can keep the 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.280 try trist streak going. 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.000 Actually didn't score last week's. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:50.600 If he scores tonight, he surpasses Rhys wesser as for 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:52.520 most tries in a season by a Panther. 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:53.639 The original Relighting. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:59.359 Awesome, awesome company to join. That's it just feels like 0:17:59.400 --> 0:17:59.960 pednif to me. 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.680 Yeah, yeah, it's off the back of last week and 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.880 you're laughing at what's before. 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:08.000 You're working around anything to it. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.639 Not much to actually, there's not much, Dad Penrith. 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:17.320 Yeah, I think get the money, cash, Get the cash. 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.520 Friday and night, six o'clock up at Newcastle, Newcastle versus 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:20.959 the Rouses. 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:22.960