NRL 2025
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Soooo after just watching the Sharks beat the Cowboys, when do the Cowboys pull the pin on Todd Payten? They are going backwards under him and this isn't a weak roster either. I am really interested to see what Reed Mahoney can bring to this Cows side next year as they seem to lack leadership, and say what you want about him, but he is a leader, basically this generations version of Michael Ennis. But yeah, they continue to be one of the major letdowns of the comp.
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In that first half especially that team did not want to even compete. The roster as you say is actually pretty good, I can only assume Payten has a payout clause like AOB as he should have been booted as well
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@African-Monkey said in NRL 2025:
when do the Cowboys pull the pin on Todd Payten?
two fucking years ago. Absolute dud of a coach
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
In that first half especially that team did not want to even compete. The roster as you say is actually pretty good, I can only assume Payten has a payout clause like AOB as he should have been booted as well
Both well outstanding their welcomes at their respective clubs. The Wahs dodged a bullet in 2020 I feel with Payten leaving them unexpectedly.
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could you imagine our roster with Payten's inability to get his teams to buy-in and compete? No way we would have a leader like Fish there either.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
could you imagine our roster with Payten's inability to get his teams to buy-in and compete? No way we would have a leader like Fish there either.
He'd drop him to reserve grade to make one of his 'statements'.
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He would have released Halasima and recruited Bateman
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Cowboys under Payten were a one hit wonder 3 years ago when they had their greatest "pre season ever"
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
He would have released Halasima and recruited Bateman
How Bateman is still an NRL player is beyond me, and to think he was one of the premier backrowers in the game a few Years back.
His massive decline is up there with guys like Shannon Hegarty at Souths, Dylan Napa at the Bulldogs, Anthony Milford 2017 onwards, Coen Hess post covid, those sort of declines.
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@MacDazzler said in NRL 2025:
Cowboys under Payten were a one hit wonder 3 years ago when they had their greatest "pre season ever"
A few of them still living off it too (including the coach).
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Brutal night for the Broncos. Lose in Melbourne, lose their 6 and 7 to hamstring injuries in the same play, and then lose Cobbo to a hamstring later on. Reece Walsh continues to stink, and the Broncos are now terminally fucked.
On the other side, Harry Grant has been the form player in the comp since his horror show in Origin 1. Unbelievable player out of dummy half, at the heart of everything. On the flip side, Cameron Munster may be the most overrated superstar in the comp. He had that half of origin after his dad dies where he was superman, but he's been pretty average for the past couple of years. Of the Storms Big 4, he's the most replaceable.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
Now THAT is a weird weekend.
The Broncos do what they should to a reserve grade side, but still no one thinks they're back
And last night was probably why no one thought they’re were back.
Pretty harsh on Munster, he is not a game general though like dominant halves. Always a threat though
