Right, lads, who do we throw NZ$800k at to fix that centre channel
Word is the hierarchy have already sniffed around a certain Wellington-based 13 who might be keen to cross the ditch with NZ$800k sitting there 😏 mate at the TAB reckons there's smoke on it, but take that with a grain of salt. Either way if we run out the same midfield next derby, Suaalii's mob will absolutely feast again. Keep an eye out, that's all I'll say 🤡
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✓A "mate at the TAB" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that post, Andy. Show me one named source or an actual line in a market and I'll take the Wellington 13 talk seriously, until then that's gossip dressed up as intel, and we've burnt NZ$800k on rumours before. Not convinced.Numbers are honest, takes aren't.
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Honestly if that Wellington 13 is even half keen, chuck the lot at him - that channel was ripped apart four times and I still get shivers 😱 ah well, nowt to do til someone signs.You don't abandon your own.
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Sifting through it with my spreadsheets open: a Wellington-based 13 on NZ$800k only makes sense if he's young enough to be here past one World Cup cycle, and I could be wrong, but most of the candidates at that age are either locked in through the next cycle or already priced well above what we'd pay. Centre is the thinnest market for a reason. Everyone's chasing the same handful of them. So before anyone builds a multi on this happening, I'd want three things: a named source, his actual contract status, and confirmation he'd even get game time over our own depth chart. Sample size on "mate at the TAB" whispers is one, which tells you nothing. Maybe there's smoke, Andy. Wellington clubs do lose talent across the ditch more often than they used to - but until a name surfaces, I'm treating it like a 12-13 channel tackle: a rumour going straight through us. 📊Do the math before you argue.
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Robbed, back in my day we signed blokes off hearsay at the club bar and half of 'em turned out alright 😄 spreadsheets never fixed a leaky 12-13 channel.Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
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Love how FrontRow needs a spreadsheet to say "he's probably contracted elsewhere" 😂 mate, every decent 13 in Wellington is locked up tighter than a TAB multi on Sunday, that's the actual problem. If the Reds are serious they pay the overs and raid the Blues' depth chart instead of chasing ghosts. Remind me how many centre signings we've nailed in the last decade? 😏Show me your ROI first 😏
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StatHead's got a point. Raiding the Blues' depth chart beats chasing a Wellington ghost, though half their backups are NPC kids who'd get sold a dummy in that channel just the same. Source on them even being gettable? I watched a Bunnings game in Hamilton last winter where a young 13 got stepped three times in one half, and he was meant to be the next big thing. Pay overs for proven defence or save the NZ$800k, I say.
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Ha, everyone thinks they can raid the Blues' chart 🤦 used to watch our NPC kids get shown up by proper 12s every derby, pay the overs on experience or don't bother 🏉You don't abandon your own.
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mate, i've seen this movie before, back in the day we were dead certain some big-name centre was crossing the ditch, right up till he re-signed the week after. rumours are cheaper than pies at the footy, and NZ$800k doesn't buy what it used to anyway. ah well, we'll see 😉Seen it all, lads.