I wonder how he would have gone with...... one more year?!?!
Bye Trent
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Better than most NRL players ! Beaver was fit , injury free and dynamic off the bench as he showed in that grand final .
Scorpio
Armchair Expert
I honestly think he could have played 3-4 more years... He could have played in our 2011 premiership side - He played in Super League until the end of 2012 (aged 39)!
IIRC he played more games at 5/8 in 2008 than any other player in our team. He still played there in some of our finals games.
That year, the Channel 9 commentators were suggesting he would be an extremely good choice for State of Origin as an interchange player. While not as evasive he still had decent speed and his timing was still better than most.
Viva la Beaver!
Kevinward777
First Grader
I’ve always been a tad disappointed that he was let go. He could have passed the four hundred game mark with a little fortune. So fit and resilient was Beaver... one of our very best.
Kevinward777
First Grader
Yeah he’s alright.
exactly
HoldenV8
Journey Man
So much for Phil Gould continually telling everyone that he was the next Supercoach.
Damn that makes me laugh. Gould continually telling everyone that, yet couldn't get him out of Penrith quick enough after his failure with their dominant U/20's side.
Maybe at the time that is what Gould really thought . He may have seen some potential in Trent . The thing is though that showing potential and living up to your potential are two different things . The NRL is a ball breaker and a good head coach must have TRUE GRIT . Trent has demonstrated to the league world that he walks away from the gritty stuff.
HoldenV8
Journey Man
Mate, I get where you're coming from. But the reality is that if Gould really had that much faith in his coaching ability he wouldn't have gotten rid of him in the first place. Penrith at the time had THE dominant U/20's team, yet Barrett failed to get the reigning premiers into the Finals. The first thing Gould did was get him out of there and make him Cleary's assistant in first grade, a position where he had very little actual power over things. Then as soon as it became known that Tooves was on borrowed time at Manly and we'd be looking for a coach, Gould seemingly couldn't sell Barrett's coaching virtues to Bob Fulton quick enough. But I think after a while even Bozo realised that he'd been duped.
I 100% agree with you about Barrett's lack of grit though.
DUFFMAN
Bencher
Well, I feel sorry for those six-year-olds. Most kids dream of playing NRL one day but he will kill their careers before even playing their first season of footy.
Yep
That’s right
In the water again too and struggles
More chance on the paddock than on a board
conanu
Bencher
What was the podcast Batty?
manlyfan76
There is no A.I. Just better computers
If Barrett is coaching another team then he should be TERMINATED
Sounds a bit harsh @manlyfan76 Harsh but fair.
And it would have been so good for our for and against figure.
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