Napa released

[Kelby]

Any good 20 year old mongrel props out there?

[Waylander]

I’m concerned that we will miss his size in the middle. He was our biggest body, and usually made his presence felt against opposition big men like the Burgii. While faster, more mobile forwards are definitely in vogue under the current interchange rules, there’s still room for one big body that can make an impact on both sides of the ball.

[Bansai Pipeline]

Put me on record as saying this is a big loss.

[Crab]

Put me on record as saying this is a big loss.

Yeah I agree , definitely prefer him in our team than in opposition ! Good luck Dylan, you are a Rooster grand final winner and it doesn't get any better than that .

[novice chook]

Sad to see Naps leave, but have no problem with him taking the money the Dogs would have offered him, which was more than we could afford. The Dogs had Klemmer's money to splash around.

I wish him all the best and he's goes on his way with a premiership ring, a well earned paid for holiday to the USA, and plenty of great memories. I doubt he'll achieve any of that with the Dogs.

I hope we develop from within or find a bargain buy. I don't see the need to spend decent/expensive coin on a bloke like Tapau.

[eddie]

According to Jamie Soward..............................Napa went to the berries for less money than we were paying him.

[ism22]

According to Jamie Soward..............................Napa went to the berries for less money than we were paying him.

Aaaw well then he must have!!! [/sarcasm]

[Rooster_6]

It's always a shame to see someone who the club put so much time into let go. Including the 20's this year would have been his 9th year at the club. That's a significant chunk of time and there's a lot of fond memories in there, I used to love watch him and Evans dominate in the 20s.

When you drop the emotion from it though and look at it practically he is still only 26yrs old and we know he is a late bloomer, sure he is undiscplined but so was JWH at that age, even more so. I worry that the next 4yrs will be the best of his career.

Will be interesting to see how our pack shapes up next year. Most seem to think Lindsay Collins will be a straight swap... I wonder if there aren't plans to push Liu back into the front row and get more minutes for Radley at lock.

[Jaggers]

I have been told Blake Lawrie may be on his way?

[novice chook]

According to Jamie Soward..............................Napa went to the berries for less money than we were paying him.

As if. And if he was it would only be for 2019 - then for the next 3 years he'd be on 3 times his 2019 contract Everyone knows the Mutts love their back-ended deals (no pun intended)

[Cockadoodledoo]

It's always a shame to see someone who the club put so much time into let go. Including the 20's this year would have been his 9th year at the club. That's a significant chunk of time and there's a lot of fond memories in there, I used to love watch him and Evans dominate in the 20s.

When you drop the emotion from it though and look at it practically he is still only 26yrs old and we know he is a late bloomer, sure he is undiscplined but so was JWH at that age, even more so. I worry that the next 4yrs will be the best of his career.

Will be interesting to see how our pack shapes up next year. Most seem to think Lindsay Collins will be a straight swap... I wonder if there aren't plans to push Liu back into the front row and get more minutes for Radley at lock.

I can't see any evidence that Napa is a late bloomer, he has arguably gone down hill for each of the past 4 seasons. JWH was also arguably the best front rower in the world at the age of 26, so whilst indisciplined, he more than made up for it. That's a dreadful comparison to be perfectly honest.

Napa is realistically more Kane Evans than JWH, promises a lot and sporadically delivers. We have plenty of players who can cover Napa's limited output with JWH, SST, Tetavano, Liu, Radley, Collins, Butcher, Faumasilli being middle third players.

[The Axe]

Normally 1-2 people on here with genuine inside intel would state who our replacement player will be.

Been very quiet apart from opinions expressed.

any inside knowledge?

[Rooster_6]

JWH was also arguably the best front rower in the world at the age of 26, so whilst indisciplined, he more than made up for it. That's a dreadful comparison to be perfectly honest.

You are missing the point I'm highlighting JWH's ability to mature as a sign anyone can under the right guidance and with time.

I was never comparing their ability. You've taken that well out of context.

[ism22]

It's always a shame to see someone who the club put so much time into let go. Including the 20's this year would have been his 9th year at the club. That's a significant chunk of time and there's a lot of fond memories in there, I used to love watch him and Evans dominate in the 20s.

When you drop the emotion from it though and look at it practically he is still only 26yrs old and we know he is a late bloomer, sure he is undiscplined but so was JWH at that age, even more so. I worry that the next 4yrs will be the best of his career.

Will be interesting to see how our pack shapes up next year. Most seem to think Lindsay Collins will be a straight swap... I wonder if there aren't plans to push Liu back into the front row and get more minutes for Radley at lock.

Yes and no. He got us a premiership and played a part in another premiership winning season. IMO very few players eho we put effort into find better form elsewhere. Thus, I like our policy of squeezing all we can outta people while their heart's with it then letting them use our name/reputation to screw other clubs for $$$.

I mean...
- RTS earns more than $800k now.
- Watson earns more than $500k.
- Guerra earns $500k.
- SKD earns $500k.
- Fergo earns $600k.
- Napa earns $600k.
- Matto's probably on at least $400k.
- Pearce earns similar $$$ to Cronk.
- Nene probably makes a good $300k+ having been shopped.
- SOS probably makes about $300k.
- Evans would be on at least $300k.

With absolutely no offence intended towards these guys, keeping them around didn't make sense. If we had kept trm all on the basis that it's sad to see players go, our team would look like:
1. RTS
2. Nene
3. Fergo
4. SKD
5. Momirovski
6. Watson
7. Pearce
8. Napa
9. SOS
10. Evans
11. Vunakece
12. Guerra
13. FPN

If you keep a bunch of ordinary players whose heart isn't in then they blow out your cap and you can't afford to keep as many elite players. Thus, you end up looking like Parramatta because old mate couldn't stomach the idea of sacking his old mate.

Brian Smith taught Robbo 1 good skill - get rid of the fat ASAP, do not accept mediocre players. The quicker you dump them, the quicker you can sign guys like Tedesco and Cronk because you free up the $$$. Smith was great at sacking flogs who didn't care enough to put in for us... hence 2013. 2016-2018 Was a shake and repeat of 2011-2013. Punt the lazy fukkers, sign some top shelf players and push the up and coming stars (or players having form and/or disciplinary issues) hard enough to earn big bucks for their next contract.

No lost love. Betcha Napa loves us for releasing him at the right time and letting him earn $$$. Better than it dragging on, us missing opportunities and us being stuck with another 2009 where it's like fuuuukkk me... why did we keep all these flogs for so long?!?!? PUNT THEM... PLEASE!!!

[Headless Chook]

I have been told Blake Lawrie may be on his way?

He'd do me.....and it would piss the Dragqueen fans off no end!