'We definitely 1 million per cent want to keep Trey': Raiders keen for Mooney to stay

[greeneyed]

'We definitely 1 million per cent want to keep Trey': Canberra Raiders keen for Trey Mooney to stay

The Canberra Raiders "1 million per cent" want to keep young bull Trey Mooney and will do everything they can to lock him in long-term.

"We definitely 1 million per cent want to keep Trey," Raiders recruitment manager Joel Carbone said. "I can't be any more emphatic. We want to keep Trey and we're going to do what we can to keep Trey."

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

[dubby]

Good to hear

[BadnMean]

*Everything except stop picking ploders ahead of him that is.

[reptar]

That’s a lot of percent!

[dubby]

*Everything except stop picking ploders ahead of him that is.

Makes me wonder if this is manager instigated

[-PJ-]

That’s a lot of percent!

It sounds like their serious.

[reptar]

That’s a lot of percent!

It sounds like their serious.

You’d hope so. Otherwise that’s wasting a lot of percent.

[NoMan]

Good news. I'd guess they are stuck on the exact dollar figure then.

*edit* actually reading the article it seems it is about not been assured of a start yet.

[IBG]

Send Parra Cotric and Guler for Sanders this year... kill two birds with one stone... frees up a spot and money for Mooney too. (I know this won't happen)

[Botman]

Of course we want to keep him
It’s never been in question for me that we want to keep him

The question is can we achieve that given the pathway we’ve presented to him thus far?
I have my doubts. But I’m I think he’s got superstar potential and we should do whatever it takes to keep him. Including prioritising getting him NRL opportunities ahead players with lower ceilings.
I think he’d be crazy to stay here if he’s not a regular in FG by years end
He’s too good to wait around any longer for opportunities

[Botman]

Send Parra Cotric and Guler for Sanders this year... kill two birds with one stone... frees up a spot and money for Mooney too. (I know this won't happen)

Guler to the Bulldogs makes so much sense for all involved that I’m angry it hasn’t happened yet

[LimeGreenMachine]

How do we get more than 100%

Good to hear we want his future here.
Hopefully Sticky has explained the path to him and he is accepting of that path.

[Billy Walker]

I’d be more confident if it was 2 million %. It’s like they don’t even like him

[Dylan’s Raiders]

The thing that bothers me is, Trey himself genuinely comes off as if he loves Canberra, loves the raiders and would love to be here long term. If he leaves, it is because of mismanagement and nothing else.

In saying that, he came out a month ago and said to the effect “we have depth in our forward pack but im knocking on the door pushing for a spot. It’s exciting we have a young squad and I think we are going to do something special”.

As I said, he comes across as genuine and someone who loves the raiders. When we debuted him, he was either 19 or recently turned 20. He is only 21 now and you don’t often see 19 year old props bar Payne Haas so the club hasn’t delayed him too much. I think they could have used him earlier last year and I think he is ready for 2024 now.

I’m a bit more confident that he will be a raider long term now.

[simo]

I know hes unreal and has a lot of upside, but should we be blowing all our percent cap on one player?

[bonehead]

so where's he off to then?

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[thevikingclap on ig]

I think it could be a strategy keeping him in cup, i’m sure ricky and the coaching staff have been telling him that hes playing at the quality but is that last step away from being in the NRL. In a similar way to what the Sharks have been doing with Iro.

I’m assuming that Papa is looking to go around a bit longer and based of what i’ve seen it looks like it’ll be in CBR, after he’s done Mooney is a ready made replacement.

[greeneyed]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

[reptar]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

Havin’ a nervous breakdown…

[Finchy]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

Havin’ a nervous breakdown…

Seems to be a nervous breakdown. Nervous breakdown.

[Botman]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

Bodes ill and is completely understandable
He should have played FG in every game so far this year imo. I think if given the same opportunities there is a reasonable chance he'd prove to be better than even Ata.

The Saulo re-signing continues to baffle me. He's the exact sort of player we should have been comfortable letting go because we can replace him with internal promotions with younger, better talent. Guler is someone now we should be on the phone to the dogs about... good players, NRL footballers... no doubt it in my mind. But i keep saying it, a club like ours simply cannot afford to settle for C and B players at the expense of A+ talents.

[reptar]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

Havin’ a nervous breakdown…

Seems to be a nervous breakdown. Nervous breakdown.

Drive me insane.

[greeneyed]

If we wanted to keep him 1,000,000 per cent, why is he off contract? Why wasn’t he signed up before he was off contract.

We saw Trey’s dad coming on The GH Facebook page in last week or so… and basically he doesn’t know what else Trey has to do to get a run in firsts. Which suggests Trey doesn’t know either. Seems to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdown.

Havin’ a nervous breakdown…

Seems to be a nervous breakdown. Nervous breakdown.

Drive me insane.

[Raider47]

Having Pasami Saulo and Emre Guler the reason why we lose Trey Mooney is gonna go down as one our greatest ****.

[reptar]

Having Pasami Saulo and Emre Guler the reason why we lose Trey Mooney is gonna go down as one our greatest ****.

Nah. There was that American that Tim Sheens recruited….

[BadnMean]

Having Pasami Saulo and Emre Guler the reason why we lose Trey Mooney is gonna go down as one our greatest ****.

Nah. There was that American that Tim Sheens recruited….

Wasn't he a sprinter from Sierra Leone who then tested positive for PEDs?

[Bloody_Burnham]

Can only speculate why Trey hasn't been given more of a run to date:

(a) Stick has seen something in his game (i.e. defensive/play the ball issues) that he wants Trey to work on before giving him more of a run in first grade. Personally I think this would be abit over the top/fastidious given the qualities he offers with his yardage/physicality;

(b) The club is deliberately bringing him on slowly because he is only 21 and front rowers tend to peak later in their careers. Having seen the amount of injuries Payne Haas has also suffered now, there are risks with bringing on young front rowers too early given the physicality of the position;

(c) Trey has essentially indicated he wants to leave for another opportunity back in Sydney and or has basically agreed to terms with another club.

(d) It's been a deliberate tactic by the club to hold him back abit to keep his market value down.

Most likely option b I think but we will lose him if we aren't careful.

[reptar]

Having Pasami Saulo and Emre Guler the reason why we lose Trey Mooney is gonna go down as one our greatest ****.

Nah. There was that American that Tim Sheens recruited….

Wasn't he a sprinter from Sierra Leone who then tested positive for PEDs?

Yeah, might be. No James Brow, though.

[Rickmando]

Actions, words… etc etc

The best way to keep him at the club is reward his fantastic form by playing him in first grade, you muppets

[greeneyed]

Can only speculate why Trey hasn't been given more of a run to date:

(a) Stick has seen something in his game (i.e. defensive/play the ball issues) that he wants Trey to work on before giving him more of a run in first grade. Personally I think this would be abit over the top/fastidious given the qualities he offers with his yardage/physicality;

(b) The club is deliberately bringing him on slowly because he is only 21 and front rowers tend to peak later in their careers. Having seen the amount of injuries Payne Haas has also suffered now, there are risks with bringing on young front rowers too early given the physicality of the position;

(c) Trey has essentially indicated he wants to leave for another opportunity back in Sydney and or has basically agreed to terms with another club.

(d) It's been a deliberate tactic by the club to hold him back abit to keep his market value down.

Most likely option b I think but we will lose him if we aren't careful.

I can only go on what Trey’s father has said on Facebook… that is, Trey wants to stay with the Raiders and play on with the team mates he’s come through with, and knows there’s something special about to happen. So I reckon we can get rid of (c).

There’s no doubt other clubs are approaching him and want him though. That’s what happens when a club decides to let a player go off contract and on the open market.

I honestly don’t get what the club is doing.

[Seiffert82]

Having Pasami Saulo and Emre Guler the reason why we lose Trey Mooney is gonna go down as one our greatest ****.

Nah. There was that American that Tim Sheens recruited….

Wasn't he a sprinter from Sierra Leone who then tested positive for PEDs?

Horace Dove-Edwin, there's a blast from the past!

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[Dylan’s Raiders]

That’s what I mean! It seems like he loves the club, he is the best player in cup… what’s the bloody issue!?!?

There’s a small part of me that thinks it’s age related and just trying to perfect his game in cup in preparation for a long career but even then, I don’t completely get the logic - mere optimism perhaps.

[Botman]

That’s what I mean! It seems like he loves the club, he is the best player in cup… what’s the bloody issue!?!?

There’s a small part of me that thinks it’s age related and just trying to perfect his game in cup in preparation for a long career but even then, I don’t completely get the logic - mere optimism perhaps.

All we have as fans is hopes and dreams
I too have the same dream

[T_R]

How do you think he'd look in red?

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[Botman]

How do you think he'd look in red?

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Great. He'd look good in any colour.
Including lime green.