Ahhhh Ben

[OMR]

I have never been a fan of Hunt, but considering he can fill 7 and 9 , and with Walker and smith out for over half the season, I’m warming to the signing .

[Crab]

If Hunt fires at 7 for the first half of then season then Sam comes back mid-season I see a classic Robbo conundrum on the cards.

He would be a great dummy half and 9

[Crab]

[QUOTE=The Lip;n1079680]I can't believe we are talking about making Hunt captain or c o- capt.

Whats he done for our club to deserve that

[Teddy]

Hunt is a great player. Not at the level of Cronk, but not many are.

Would welcome him with open arms. Can pay Townsend 300k to be the social media content creator.

Of all the comments I’ve read in this thread this one stands out, very funny HunchoRooster keep em coming.

[Bansai Pipeline]

That said, I'd be happy to have him.

[Bansai Pipeline]

If Hunt fires at 7 for the first half of then season then Sam comes back mid-season I see a classic Robbo conundrum on the cards.

[rented tracksuit]

I can't believe we are talking about making Hunt captain or c o- capt.

Whats he done for our club to deserve that honour?

Agreed Lippy. Is he even a Rooster???

[The Lip]

I can't believe we are talking about making Hunt captain or c o- capt.

Whats he done for our club to deserve that honour?

[SamKerrSimp]

The best captains are Australian rep players. Their peers respect them as they're the top of the food chain. This definitely helps!

Teddy is a great player but an average captain. He often has that WTF just happened look when his team mates are looking at him for leadership and inspiration.

You're carrying on like we're replacing him which isn't the case. Having a second captain to help Teddy can only be a positive for the team. It would also take the pressure off Teddy which is another bonus.

Once again, just because someone played rep football doesn't automatically make them a captain. Alan Tongue never played a meaningful rep game and was considered one of the great captains in the game, Craig Gower played plenty of rep football and was an embarrassment.

I don't want the captain or high profile leader of our club to be a giant whinger like Ben Hunt who has undermined his current club and leaked out secrets for years.

[Rooster1908]

We are talking about next year though so what happened this year doesn't matter. We've just lost a ton of players without replacing them while the Broncos actually have a real coach coming in for once and as for the Cowboys they beat us in our own stadium with a bunch of rookies and finished only 1 win behind us, throw Canberra in to the mix too they finished 9th on the same points as Newcastle and they beat us too.

As for so far ahead of the comp we didn't win a single game all year against the top 4, didn't beat the Cowboys and went 1-1 against Canterbury and Manly (regular season) that's not the record of a team that was so far ahead of everyone else in fact it's a record of pretenders. We got 24 points off teams finishing 10-17 and 8 points off teams finishing 1-9. We got almost as many points off byes this season as we did from the top 9 teams.

Now talking about next year, our team has objectively gotten significantly worse with the departures of key players while other teams like the Broncos and Cowboys have at least not gotten any worse. Dolphins and Titans remain to be seen.

So by that reckoning Robbo winning 3 grand final wins dont matter

[Easts75]

I can’t agree with that statement, we lost to every top 8 team except for the knights.

Mic drop

[Bates]

James Tedesco was dally m captain of the year in 2021 just so you can stew on that

Nicho Hynes won the Dally M player of the year in 2022 and now soils his pants in every big game.

The Dally M awards are a farce!

[Bates]

Just because he's a rep player doesn't make him a good leader or a good captain I'm also not sure how Tedesco is an average captain but Ben Hunt is something to aspire to have? Does a great captain complain about the club he's captain of for years and years and air out the club's drama publicly every chance they get?

The best captains are Australian rep players. Their peers respect them as they're the top of the food chain. This definitely helps!

Teddy is a great player but an average captain. He often has that WTF just happened look when his team mates are looking at him for leadership and inspiration.

You're carrying on like we're replacing him which isn't the case. Having a second captain to help Teddy can only be a positive for the team. It would also take the pressure off Teddy which is another bonus.

[Headless Chook]

Have you ever had a correct take on this platform? The answer is no of course, but just wanted you to stew on it for a second or two. Tedesco is an average captain, with below average leadership qualities. Numerous times when the chips were down this season in big games against bigger opponents, after tries were conceded, the group would be standing behind the posts and crickets were chirping. Rarely see Tedesco try to pry out a response from that group when we are in trouble. Hunt doesn’t shut up on the field. He dictates play. Evokes responses. Which would only benefit our young crop immensely. We need a vocal leader. It hasn’t worked with Tedesco and his way. Leader as a player, sure. But not as a captain. Offer Hunt the co captaincy or give it all to Radley for I care.

Who made you the arbiter of what's correct and what isn't? The fact he's capatained club, state and country would seem to indicate he has some leadership qualities unless everybody but you is wrong.

[rented tracksuit]

I bet he signs with us.

I bet he does as well. Then we can both turn around later and say we told them so!