Dragons have not shifted in any direction or done that ,they should have with out begging for nrl leniency
David Klemmer #264
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And Liam Fulton moved to UK for a season too.
TieDye
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What’s with all the random quotation marks???
clontarfkid
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Well...whilst I appreciate Harrys ongoing relationship with WTs ,its hardly a Laundy/Crowe/Politis level of emotional and financial committment ...
clontarfkid
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Unless theres dodgy payments involved,youd think any professional operation wld have such a loan well documented..?
426Tlgerland
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Clubs are always looking at ways to sign players on , Drags have given him cash up front to build a house , probably nothing wrong with that , most likely his deposit , but if it is a large amount and it sounds that way well they should be stuck with him until it’s sorted out , NRL should say a big no to letting Klemmer sign on , this is just opening a can of worms , and worst still is say molo finds a team , does that team then need to pay him up front again to clear dragons debt , this starts to get very messy as he could walk again and screw the next club , Draagon took a chance and it back fired , suck it up , And this is not to stuff Klemmer up as I like him and would prefer he stay it’s bending rules for some and not all
pawsandclaws1
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Compare that loyalty to what we hear and read now. Benji, Farah, Fulton and co were very loyal to WTs.
hammertime
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I think the challenge for Harry is the level of support in the past only for it to be wasted.
hank37w
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Can't get my head around this one.
Club has advanced money for him to build his house and he won't train or play for them.
What the hell has happened in the mean time to bring this about?
Rock Hopper Steve
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He is a very successful businessman they don't make many bad decisions, wonder where he sits now with all the recent positivity, his heart will be telling him to go all in again, but his head will be saying no wait and see if they improve because of the past.
upthetigers
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What a ridiculous situation. In what world does your company pay you in advance so you can buy a house. It's just as ridiculous as contract clauses.
Tom Shines
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That Molo situation seems an absolute bun fight that won’t be sorted out anytime soon …hopefully someone else wants Klemmer, because he won’t be much good to the Tigers in the meantime
magpies forever
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Im sure it is (or should be). If its not documented, Molo could sue for libel.
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426Tlgerland
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Klemmer would be a back up maybe but if May or Hunt got hurt in game 1 and we’re out for touch wood it never happens but 8 or 10 weeks he comes straight back in to the top team , we don’t have another better , the young guys are not ready yet
Tom Shines
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$700k is a lot to pay a backup…there is Pole, Twal and Sione all seem to be ahead of him as well as the other two you have mentioned
so what’s your thoughts if they manage to move him on quicker ?
he also could be disgruntled…
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crazycat
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I was looking at the stats between Molo and Klemmer.
Molo is "slightly" the better player. There isn't much in it at all.
What the stat's don't show is Molo now won't take the field for the Dragons. Shane Flannagan can't manage him, I wouldn't put him under Benji or any of our coaches.
crazycat
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It doesn't matter.
That's how contracts work. We have paid Klemmer 700k.
About 400k of that is sunk cost, were going to end up paying the bulk of that contract if Klemmer stays or leaves.
Hence, in my view Klemmer is worth keeping. He isn't our best Prop, but he is in our top 4 and one injury, we would really miss him. Plus by having him at training he improves our squad.
Ofcourse if Payne Haas/AFB/whomever knocks down our door, sure. Yet no one seems to be knocking and good props are in short supply.
crazycat
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Yea, I really don't get this either.
I mean imagine, you are about to start a family. You buy a 1.2m house in Sydney and the club helps foot a 200k deplosit or similar...
I can only think:
Molo is happy to screw the dragons, pretend to be ill and know he won't take the field/get injured.
or
Really got shaken up. Motivation is weird. Running against people like Payne Haas is near suicidal.
Smart people would have read about Jarryd McCracken and Alex McKinnon.. might only be 1% of the time you get seriously disabled, but that's a huge risk. Plus you get some real injuries.... It's likely Molo's second last or last contract, I suspect he is being greedy and going why take the risk.
Tom Shines
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well… apparently he is leaving when Molo can sort himself out… he is part of the past for the Tigers …not the future
426Tlgerland
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He may want out as he has a clause of 14 games and maybe they gave him the heads up he won’t make it , but I feel he is ahead of Sione and as good as Twall , $ 700 is a lot but we are already down a back rower I think so hopefully Richo has something in mind or someone on the quiet ready to come over to tigers , but it would need to be a very strong running back rower for the go forward
