I dont think Vagana or Noddy will be leaving to be honest. Noddy has outright denied the claims, so hes more than likely not going, and given that we are not currently looking for a centre to replace Vagana, it musnt be the cards that he leaves. And i further doubt thye have Beau Scott in line to take his position.
hahaha, well join that list that you out lined as cheats earlier in the season, wont we?
Yeah it looks like we'll need a miracle.... or some pay cuts (but that would never happen, arrogant, over payed asses). Oh well, we'll just see how much over (or under, with the help of a miracle) budget we are at the beginnin of next year.
But dont you think its funny that we'll be over budget, yet we will once again struggle to make the 8? I guess thats the life of a sharks player.
Althought some players are being paid highly, this has been made possible by last years 'bargain buys'. We got Dykes relatively cheap cos he was out of form, injured and not in 1st grade. We got Covell REALLY cheap. We wouldnt have paid much for Maiava either, considering the dogs were offloading him. And on top of this we got a hand full of NEwtown boys who would be getting paid crap all - so realistically I doubt we would be over the cap, I would say this year we were well under and next year we would have filled it with a quality side.
On the top 8, I think we have a very real chance of going well next year, the club made some great signings, albeit realtively late ones, and filled some crucial positions that were lacking, mainly in our backline (Our pack is strong as anything and only needed a replacement for Stevo -> Ross). Also we purchased a hooker which we badly needed and this will help 10 fold next year. Lastly, Ciraldo, who played on the weekend is looking to be resigned by the sharks after speculation he was going to the dogs, this is very good news. Our only major loss is Peachey, but losing him may have its benefits, hopefully Simmo take up the role of your Minichello tpye wingers and provides some good support play off Noddy, something Peach lacked (Although he set up far more than ur avg FB and scored a few to - hopefully Noddy and Dykes take over this role)
My 06 team would look abit like this:
1. Simmons
2. Albert
3. Vagana
4. Scott
5. Peterson (Hopefully!)
6. Dykes
7. Kimmorley
8. Ross
9. Latu
10. Nutley
11. Bailey
12. Gallen
13. Hilder
14. Ciraldo - Replaces Backrower
15. Hutch - Replaces Prop
15. Williams - Repalces Prop
17. Pomeroy - Replaces Backrower
To me, thats a top 4 side (Provided they can get it all together) and a team which unlike this year, will have great attacking power in the backline - essentaially it will finally be well balanced!
