GNR4LIFE
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Signing 2 unproven rookies, and a dude who hasn’t played NRL in 5 years is hardly grounds to say with confidence that we have addressed the halves issue. At this point, it’s still only shuffling deck chairs.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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supercoach
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Been down this track way to many times with potential high profile signings to even get vaguely excited. This will drag on and on and at the eleventh hour he will either stay at the Panthers or accept a offer for half the coin at the Dogs or the Chooks
GNR4LIFE
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Honestly, I don’t think his douchebag personality would fit in at Bondi.
GNR4LIFE
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I doubt it. By the time his contract is up, he could very well have another premiership up his sleeve. Not much left to achieve after that than maximising $$$
Todd Packer
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Maybe Luai doesn't want to be Scottie Pippen to Cleary's Michael Jordan.
Maybe he wants to prove to the world that he's the man.
Maybe he wants to prove to the world that he's the man.
Tom Shines
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I will call it now .. he will leave.
Someone will pay him minimum $1.1m for 4 years … he might be a bit of a mug but he ain’t turning down $1.2 m after already wining 3 premierships…
I hope he doesn’t come here though
Totally agree. If you're earning $800k per year, you're loaded anyway. He's using us like all the others. He's far too arrogant to play in losertown.
earl
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We have to wait and see how they perform. It's more a bet on potential rather than anything else.
Curly_Tiger
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It will be us but it will cost more than $1.1m
Panthers $800k v $1.4m per season
If you could lock in an extra $3m over 5 years how could you look your family in the eye if you knocked it back
Kelce68
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If Luai comes, he will play 7.
I think Sullivan will be the most likely to drop off. Sullivan was only signed to cover the halfback role in the event that we don't land a big fish over the span of his contract. We land a Luai type? He'll be down the pecking order quickly. Fortunately, he still has utility value at 14. The flip side to that is that he explodes and he very quickly realise we don't need to land a big halves fish.
Latu will be the 5/8th, if not next year at some point, then definitely in 2025. He's here for the long haul.
Galvin will be next on the card and, as many have said, I'd say he'd be given a soft entry into either centre or backrow. His versatility and frame actually make him more likely to fill a spot in the 17 in the future as he could foreseeably gain valuable bench minutes for a year or so, then move to anywhere from centre, second row or lock as needed. He then also provides good 5/8th cover in the meantime. This is 2025/26 and beyond I think.
Large is probably the final consideration there, but he is 16. He may play first grade at 19 if his current trajectory is anything to go by. So still 3 years away from even a taste in my opinion, we're talking 2026/27. Once again, as with Galvin, his versatility may allow him to enter as a centre or even winger at first.
Long story short, there's a few scenarios that could play out, but personally, I think if a Luai-type is nabbed, it'll be Bud that slides down the pecking order unless he develops out of his skin, which, given his junior pedigree as well, is entirely possible.
Kelce68
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I think this is still heavy favourites to be what eventuates.
Which is why making a play at signing Luai seems like a common sense move
Buttface
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Do you want an extra half a mill every year or a new ring every year?
He could end up with a ring on every finger.
He will never be able to sell a ring for half a mill though and the more rings he gets the less rare they are.
By the end of next year he should have a set for one hand.
hank37w
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Nobody goes to the dogs taking less money,if the last few years are anything to go by the dogs are paying more for their flops than we are.Certainly i agree the Rorters are supposedly getting players cheaper
As champion @supercoach said, we've been down this road before, and sure, we all wish for the "big"signing to take us to the promised land.
I fear that anything in the public arena just sets us up for another disappointment.
I fear that anything in the public arena just sets us up for another disappointment.
Todd Packer
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If you're married try going home tonight and telling the wife that you could've pulled in an extra 600k a year but you knocked it back because you wanted to hang around with your mates, see how many frying pans to the head you take.
Too many of you blokes get sucked in by the "getting less to play for a good club" rubbish. These blokes all have mangers getting their cut. They're not taking less. They go for money every time, sometimes the money just isn't on show.
Never has a truer word been spoken.
supercoach
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I know what you’re saying, but it would appear Riff play by the rules when you see the amount of players they have let walk to other clubs. I guess they have a lot of faith in their talent production line to keep churning out replacements.
Hopefully our pathways system will do the same in a couple of years