Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[stryker 69]

Sorry mate, do your research. Guess again. Nat Butcher played junior footy with South Sydney, Hargreaves with Manly, Collins Brisbane Broncos, & Tupou with Parramatta. Only Manu, Radley & Mitchell Rooster juniors & Mitchell wont have a bar of them. . Development club my bum. Cheating rorters .

Roosters, Storm etc do it correctly if you ask me.
Trying to bring a kid from under 13s through to first grade is a hard task. Buying gun 16/17 year olds and then preparing them for first grade makes you a developer.

 

[GarryOwen]

Sorry mate, do your research. Guess again. Nat Butcher played junior footy with South Sydney, Hargreaves with Manly, Collins Brisbane Broncos, & Tupou with Parramatta. Only Manu, Radley & Mitchell Rooster juniors & Mitchell wont have a bar of them. . Development club my bum. Cheating rorters .

JWH was a pretty high profile (if young) signing, but the others were all picked up around 20yo or younger and debuted in FG with the roosters.
All you've mentioned have gone on to become rep players (bar Butcher).

How many promising 20 year olds have we signed only for them to fizzle out completely?

Yes they no doubt have some creative accounting going on, but their player development systems are excellent and there's no reason why we shouldn't aspire to the same.

 

[kade7]

Any idea what position the club view him.

utility / lock / hooker coverage

will struggle to make the side here

 

[CloudyGlock]

You don’t hear a lot of things. Need to expand your sources

Of all the things that never happened, I didn’t hear of 100% of them.

Unlike others, if I haven’t heard, I don’t make things up.

again, if you didn’t hear it from me or @THE_POM its fake news……….although…….I can confirm that someone else has posted something correct in the last 10 pages

Hint……..it’s not Munster by Wednesday

 

[tony soprano]

How has he gone in rah rah?
Haven't heard his name mentioned much.

Snippets I hear world cup unlikely.

 

[stryker 69]

Snippets I hear world cup unlikely.

Should come back. He has more to offer.

 

[PJ2]

Sneaky ban.
No sense in sending a pm when can't read it for a week🙄

 

[PJ2]

Of all the things that never happened, I didn’t hear of 100% of them.

Unlike others, if I haven’t heard, I don’t make things up.

again, if you didn’t hear it from me or @THE_POM its fake news……….although…….I can confirm that someone else has posted something correct in the last 10 pages

Hint……..it’s not Munster by Wednesday

Twitter thieves

 

[tony soprano]

Sneaky ban.
No sense in sending a pm when can't read it for a week🙄

Who's banned now?

 

[Odessa]

No one got arrested on mad Monday…yet

The night is still young

 

[tony soprano]

Of all the things that never happened, I didn’t hear of 100% of them.

Unlike others, if I haven’t heard, I don’t make things up.

again, if you didn’t hear it from me or @THE_POM its fake news……….although…….I can confirm that someone else has posted something correct in the last 10 pages

Hint……..it’s not Munster by Wednesday

Nu Brown gone?

 

[PJ2]

Who's banned now?

My twin. Again..

 

[PJ2]

[This word has been automatically removed] it. Over it

 

[Odessa]

Do people on this forum still use cash or is it card payments?

 

[TheDaBoss]

Nu Brown gone?

I suspect the Staines x peachey swap,?

 

[TheDaBoss]

Last few pages have been a fun read

Keep the drama comming

Most intrigued I've been all year

 

[Odessa]

I suspect the Staines x peachey swap,?

That would be great

 

[Odessa]

Cameron Munster is a winner…. if there’s a chance you can get him you do it with the cap being raised it can work in our favour with the $ we have available compared to other teams

Selling the vision from Munsters perspective wouldn’t be as bad as some may think:

- New coaching structure (start of a change of culture which Munster can see as an opportunity to challenge himself and test his greatness whist getting paid heavily)

- He won’t be alone he’ll be with other world class acquisitions as well in arguably both the best hooker/best back rowers in the game with Papalili and Api along with the juniors we have coming through too

- The coach is (childhood idol Benji Marshall) whom he is very very close too, whilst Anasta and Sheens have a mutual positive relationship as both view each other very highly

- Brand new faculties (world class)

- He’ll be getting paid heavily to set himself up with his newborn etc… talking around 1.2-3 million (would beat all competitor bids) with the amount of front loading we have done plus potential TPA we could afford it and have chance to go further if needed

Side note: Munster and Hastings would be a fantastic halves combination, both absolute warriors leading your team around in the halves

I honestly think it will come down to the biggest offer and life style choice he has been speaking about his new baby and partner and setting him self up not about winning premiership's he has changed becoming a father does that to you

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Our good mate Geo posted this back in 2015 about TPAs - don't know if it is still the same.


"Clubs can offer TPA's from Club affiliated sponsors up to an amount (currently 600k I beleive) on top of the salary cap...this can also be cars boats etc and can be spread to anyone in the playing group..."

That’s club affiliated sponsors.
I know players get “private” additional sponsor deals from organizations/privates not directly affiliated with the club.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Do people on this forum still use cash or is it card payments?

Tin cans buried in the garden.