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Steelers copped a raw deal. They got classified as a Sydney team, which put them in danger of being thrown out, cos of the old too many teams in Sydney rubbish. So they approached the Dragons. They probably felt like they had no bargaining power in regards to what they could demand. Interestingly enough, they turned down approaches by the Magpies and Sharks in 98. Would have been a far different landscape if they merged with the Magpies. Would be no WT’s. Balmain probably would have merged with Parra.
 
St George Illawarra have emerged as a major threat for the signature of young gun Parramatta local junior Blaize Talagi.

The Eels have tabled a three-year deal well in excess of $1 million to retain Talagi but the Dragons have been working hard behind-the-scenes to try and get a deal done for the last couple of months.

Zac Lomax set to switch clubs and join the Eels to play in the centres next season while the Dragons have told Talagi there’s a clear pathway straight into the Red V NRL side in the centres.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Steelers copped a raw deal. They got classified as a Sydney team, which put them in danger of being thrown out, cos of the old too many teams in Sydney rubbish. So they approached the Dragons. They probably felt like they had no bargaining power in regards to what they could demand. Interestingly enough, they turned down approaches by the Magpies and Sharks in 98. Would have been a far different landscape if they merged with the Magpies. Would be no WT’s. Balmain probably would have merged with Parra.
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And the stadium imbroglio we find ourselves in may have been a non issue. Having said that I'm all on board the WT and happy with our merger.
 
rather interestingly I was listening to Footy Talk and Weidler said that he had heard AD had approached the club about an extension.

the club told AD that it “only had one spot left and minimum wage left in the cap” and that he was more than welcome to take that, but told him to wait a little bit as they may shop a few players around and there may be more dollars for him available.

as we all know, we’re sitting currently at 27, with Stefano, Tumeth and Sezer all with options on their deals. Stef obviously you include at 28, but is there a chance we’ve signed someone else? have Tumeth or Sezer taken up their option, or have we just re-signed Simpkin? and furthermore, who are we looking to shop?
 
Tiger_Fanatic3 said:
St George Illawarra have emerged as a major threat for the signature of young gun Parramatta local junior Blaize Talagi.

The Eels have tabled a three-year deal well in excess of $1 million to retain Talagi but the Dragons have been working hard behind-the-scenes to try and get a deal done for the last couple of months.

Zac Lomax set to switch clubs and join the Eels to play in the centres next season while the Dragons have told Talagi there’s a clear pathway straight into the Red V NRL side in the centres.
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He would walk in to our side at centre too
 
jrtiger said:
rather interestingly I was listening to Footy Talk and Weidler said that he had heard AD had approached the club about an extension.

the club told AD that it “only had one spot left and minimum wage left in the cap” and that he was more than welcome to take that, but told him to wait a little bit as they may shop a few players around and there may be more dollars for him available.

as we all know, we’re sitting currently at 27, with Stefano, Tumeth and Sezer all with options on their deals. Stef obviously you include at 28, but is there a chance we’ve signed someone else? have Tumeth or Sezer taken up their option, or have we just re-signed Simpkin? and furthermore, who are we looking to shop?
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excuse my ignorance, with Tumeth and Sezer are they mutual options or player options? If mutual options to both club and player have to agree. I would imagine with Tumuth and to a lesser extent Sezer club wont want to extend so what happens?
 
jrtiger said:
rather interestingly I was listening to Footy Talk and Weidler said that he had heard AD had approached the club about an extension.

the club told AD that it “only had one spot left and minimum wage left in the cap” and that he was more than welcome to take that, but told him to wait a little bit as they may shop a few players around and there may be more dollars for him available.

as we all know, we’re sitting currently at 27, with Stefano, Tumeth and Sezer all with options on their deals. Stef obviously you include at 28, but is there a chance we’ve signed someone else? have Tumeth or Sezer taken up their option, or have we just re-signed Simpkin? and furthermore, who are we looking to shop?
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I wondered that myself. If Stef, Sezer & Tumeth are included, that's 30 so someone is being factored out in Richo's mind.
 
jrtiger said:
rather interestingly I was listening to Footy Talk and Weidler said that he had heard AD had approached the club about an extension.

the club told AD that it “only had one spot left and minimum wage left in the cap” and that he was more than welcome to take that, but told him to wait a little bit as they may shop a few players around and there may be more dollars for him available.

as we all know, we’re sitting currently at 27, with Stefano, Tumeth and Sezer all with options on their deals. Stef obviously you include at 28, but is there a chance we’ve signed someone else? have Tumeth or Sezer taken up their option, or have we just re-signed Simpkin? and furthermore, who are we looking to shop?
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If we have to we buy out Tumeth' option, we do it, think very hard about Sezer, especially if Sullivan stays, and of course fight to keep Stefano if he wants to stay. Tumeth has done nothing and extending him into next years roster wont change that. The dead wood in roster have to be moved on and create spots for new recruitment / promotion. Those bad old contract sweeteners are killing us.
 
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