4 years according to Examiner with some formalities still to be sorted www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -26871513/

4 years according to Examiner with some formalities still to be sorted www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -26871513/

4 years for a 29 year old? 3 with an option for a 4th hopefully.

he was poor last night i thought

Quote ="Gahan"4 years according to Examiner with some formalities still to be sorted www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -26871513/'" he is coming to top up his super.. leave well alone.. if we are going to sign him though let it be 2 years at best but he will give away plenty of penalties foe most peoples likeing

Quote ="Gahan"4 years according to Examiner with some formalities still to be sorted www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield- ... -26871513/'" he is coming to top up his super.. leave well alone.. if we are going to sign him though let it be 2 years at best but he will give away plenty of penalties foe most peoples likeing

To offer a 29 year old a reported 4 year deal is rather disappointing to say he will be 30 in October - lets just hope the length of contract is speculation.
2 years with the option of a 3rd would be more plausible but I would be happy to see him play in the C&G colours the back row would be awesome with him and Falagoo.

and the penalty count would be awful.. i work woth a cowboys fan and the fans cannot wait to offload this fellow

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Examiner

That's what, 10% of our annual salary cap on 1 player?

Sounds like his poor disciplinary record is everybody's fault but his.

COCKNEY GIANT, the figures quoted in the Examiner are purely to save face at North Queensland Cowboys.They are incorrect. If I was to estimate his salary. it would be nearer the £100k mark per season

no, 15.6%

He has missed 29 games in 10 years. That is 2.9 games per season due to bans. I could live with someone who has that bad a disciplinary record if in the other 25 games he is a star.

even with that poor a disciplinary record it would take him 8 years to catch up with what Fa alogo has missed through injury this season alone !

As for injuries he did have a lengthy spell opu after being subject to a wishbone tackle from Liam Fulton and another wests player who tried to split him down the middle by pulling his lega apart.

He will only be on a bit more than Danny Rough, and the difference is that he is a good player. We need some agression in our squad, in my eyes the perfect signing.

Danny Brough is a good player !! - Will O'Donnell be a poor player if it takes him time to blend and he doesn't have a stormer every game ?

You mean like Fa'alogo this year and Brett Hodgson in the pre-season friendly at Cas in Jan 2008 (was it 1 from 5?)

I was making a comparison, but since you have brought this up, what does Rough offer to the team? Its strange how you can play so bad, yet one or two of our fans like him.

Well a proper rugby league fan will see what Brough offers - or some fans choose not to see the good things and expect miracles ....and then if those dont come then he becomes the scapegoat......Again !!

I was at castleford where two numpties were stood behind me slaging Brough off at every opportunity. Whilst he had a bad game that day they exaggerate deverything bad he did saying he could not tackle etc. Give Brough time. he wa sbound to struggle in ateam that itself is struggling becuase of weknesses in our pack, Playing a game with 4 fit props, our first choice back row and O'Donnell into that and i am sure you will see a different Brough.

Im still waiting for what he offers to the team, list some?

Chris Thorman called. He wants his goat back.

A long kicking game.

I really don't see the point in listing Brough's strengths. I don't think it would alter Eaton's opinion anyway. Some people need to have their hate figures, that's just the way it is, but I'm sure Brough will take more notice of an opinion of someone like Nathan Brown.

Like it or not, he's our player and he's come in to our team mid-season which isn't easy. He's done some daft things but he's also done some very good things and he'll be a better player for us next year after a full pre-season and so on.

I really only think Brough has had two bad games for us Salford and Castelford.
To me his only real weakness is he can kick the odd ball out on the full. This is frustrating but it is because he is trying to make things happen by going for difficult options which when they work are superb bits of skill.

You wanted a list of Brough's strenghts. From what i have seen of him at the Giants.

Long kicking game
last tackle bomb's which have led to several tries
pace off the mark from dummy half
quality long flat passes such as the ne that put Lawrence in space at leeds
ability to read the oppositions attack leading to him intercepting passes.
rock solid wide defence (which i have to admit has surprised me as i thought this may be a weakness)

i thought brough was outstanding at leeds, we seemed to go off our game when he went off, i also think he will/is a asset to the team took him a while to settle in but now seems to be coming to the fore, i think next season with a full pre season behind him the doubters may look elsewhere for their scapegoat.

Broughy is a great player.