Right, lads. Who's our dream marquee signing at fly-half for next
Word is the club's quietly sniffing around a ten with genuine boot — some names getting tossed about behind the scenes, none I'd swear on. Word also has it we've got about NZ$1.2 mil of cap room if a spare centre gets moved on. I know who I'd throw money at, but keen to hear yours first 😏
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✓Source on that, Amy? "Word has it" isn't a source. Show me the numbers before we spend invisible NZ$1.2 mil.Numbers are honest, takes aren't.
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Forget the centre, if that NZ$1.2 mil is real you throw every cent at a ten with a genuine running game and a long boot 😍 imagine someone dictating terms at Suncorp with the crowd roaring, we haven't had that feeling in ages. Name me a scarier prospect than our pack going forward with an actual general steering it 🔥 backing them all day if the club pulls this off!Heart with the team, head on pause.
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Before anyone spends that NZ$1.2 mil twice, a reality check from the spreadsheet side. A genuine marquee ten in his prime doesn't hit the market often, most clubs tie up their best first five on long deals well before the final year, so by the time a name becomes "available", there's usually a reason: age, injury history, or a coach who's moved on from him. If we're shopping, we're realistically looking at a bloke around 30-plus or a project kid, and you pay a premium for either. Depends how you count it, but a realistic split works better than a hero signing: maybe NZ$700-800k on a steady test-capped ten with a long boot, and keep a chunk for depth, because one injury at ten and the whole cap plan collapses. There's a nuance here too with Suncorp, a running ten sells tickets, sure, but our tight five needs reinforcements more than the highlight reel does. Sample size of one rumour, though. Show me the actual cap figures and the centre who's supposedly leaving, then I'll name names.Numbers > vibes.
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King's right you know, the good tens rarely hit the open market. Usually only when a bloke falls out with his coach or the money dries up somewhere. So if that NZ$1.2 mil is real, you're shopping in the "someone else's problem" aisle 😂 I'd still take a punt on an off-contract lad with a chip on his shoulder over a big name past his best, though.Any stat can be bent.
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Coached juniors with a bloke who played ten. You can't teach that running feel, gotta buy it. Spend the NZ$1.2 mil, back ourselves for once 💪🔥Heart with the team, head on pause.
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FrontRow, mate, "you can't teach it, gotta buy it" cuts both ways — buying feel is how clubs torch NZ$1.2 mil on a name past his best. Nobody's named an actual ten yet, which tells you the market's thinner than we'd like. Small sample though, only a few posts in, so prove me wrong and drop a name. 📊
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watch as long as I have and you'll get it - every club swears "buying feel" torches money right up till the day it wins them a title. Bledisloe nights at Eden Park were full of old tens everyone said were past it. Name's easy: back ourselves on a seasoned NPC ten with a real boot, and if he flops, seen worse with worse money spent 😉Watch as long as I have and you'll get it.
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Funny how everyone's happy to spend the NZ$1.2 mil but nobody's named the bloke 😂 If the centre does get moved on, I'd throw my lot in with a running ten who actually suits Suncorp — quick recycle, wide channels, not a boot merchant. And in reality? Half the names being whispered wouldn't leave their current club for less than that anyway, so good luck 🤡Here to argue, not to nod along.
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seen this movie before, lads. A few seasons back everyone had us signing a big-name ten, rumour ran for weeks, then nothing but a shrug from the club. name or no name, i'll believe the nz$1.2 mil is real when i see him run out at suncorp. time will tell, as the old saying goes 😉Been here longer than some have followed.
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lol Underdog you're spot on about the rumour mill, remember the same saga a few years back 😂 tbh if the NZ$1.2 mil is real I'd want a running ten too, a boot merchant would be wasted at Suncorp with those wide channels. Give the juniors a shot first imo, you just know one of them is champing at it 🔥💪You don't abandon your own.
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Everyone's keen on a running ten, but has anyone checked how the Reds actually scored their tries last season? Jess, receipts please, if most of the attack came off set piece and midfield pods, a fleet-footed kicker might suit the roster better than another highlight reel. I'll concede you're right on condition that someone shows me the wide-channel numbers.Hype isn't an argument.