OFFICIAL Jahream Bula #269

[TIGERS]

I think re-signing Bula for the extra 200k at this point would be worth more than the usual brand damage done to the club by it becoming a media rumor podcaster circus. I much prefer when we are out of the limelight. It's one more year. I've watched Russell packer and Josh Reynolds getting rich at this club, I can handle some extra dosh for Bula.

Also, the extension is our option, we put it there. It was our call. I wouldn't forsake 200k in 12 months without being certain. Especially you've just watch the guy you're negotiating with have to resign. My personal preference would be for 2026 and 2027 being this core team sticking together and see what happens then, its still to early to tell.

 

[hank37w]

I like the option if for no other reason other than Moses getting nothing.

It also buys us time.

 

[king_sirro]

I think re-signing Bula for the extra 200k at this point would be worth more than the usual brand damage done to the club by it becoming a media rumor podcaster circus. I much prefer when we are out of the limelight. It's one more year. I've watched Russell packer and Josh Reynolds getting rich at this club, I can handle some extra dosh for Bula.

Also, the extension is our option, we put it there. It was our call. I wouldn't forsake 200k in 12 months without being certain. Especially you've just watch the guy you're negotiating with have to resign. My personal preference would be for 2026 and 2027 being this core team sticking together and see what happens then, its still to early to tell.

Just on that, Josh Reynolds walked away from a lucrative contract simply to fo the honourable thing. He could have got a payout and tried to milk it for he he could, but he didnt.

 

[Odessa]

How was he a cancer?
Kid always tried when playing for us even though he didn’t want to stay here.
He was horribly managed by all of the adults around him.

I think he was used by the adults around him child abuse

Galvin just seems mentally weak a big Yes man and that's ok but one of the hardest things in life is learning to say no to people especially those close to you

 

[crazycat]

Nar... Galvin was a cancer and had to be cut out asap it was a distraction and screwed all the pre season combinations be he wanted to go..

Galvin was 100% cancer.

You don't forget Bula was AGENTLESS. We found Bula. He had our trainer acting as his agent.
Then Galvin introduces Bula, who is glad to get any contract, to Issac Moses.

Kick Bula
Kick Goldinet

Kick this whole Issac Moses mess out of our club.

We resign IM clients, we just get dramaz all year.

 

[Furious1]

Galvin was 100% cancer.

You don't forget Bula was AGENTLESS. We found Bula. He had our trainer acting as his agent.
Then Galvin introduces Bula, who is glad to get any contract, to Issac Moses.

Kick Bula
Kick Goldinet

Kick this whole Issac Moses mess out of our club.

We resign IM clients, we just get dramaz all year.

Is that right? I thought he had Liam Ayoub as his manger until Ayoub took a role at the Bulldogs and put him in contact with Moses.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Those players who want to stay sign quickly.... such as the AD extension.. those players who have no intention of staying but drag drag negotiations with the WT out, just to get as much $$$ as they can elsewhere, then leave... FACT: if Bula truly loves the club he would've signed months ago...his manager used the same tactic with Tedesco negotiations

 

[426Tlgerland]

I think Benji will make a call soon , he would be more interested in working on Sam F , Macca , Trell May extensions than pissing around with Mosses , I think he will call Bulla in to his office and simply say are you staying I need an answer so we can move on and organise for our future fullback , Benji has options for a couple years like Drinkwater , Tracey

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

My mail 2 months ago was Bula agreed to
Join his mate Galvin at the Dogs... I recently checked again and nothing has changed....

 

[mtd#2]

My mail 2 months ago was Bula agreed to
Join his mate Galvin at the Dogs... I recently checked again and nothing has changed....

My mail was he was about to put pen to paper in december before the fallout with richo and the board. Was your mail after this?

Even if he chooses to leave, we can still exercise the option for 2027, so it gives us 2 seasons to find a replacement.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

My mail was he was about to put pen to paper in december before the fallout with richo and the board. Was your mail after this?

Even if he chooses to leave, we can still exercise the option for 2027, so it gives us 2 seasons to find a replacement.

A new suggestion if we don't exercise the option & Bula decided to move on ... RTS for 2 years.

I don't think he is going to be given an extension at the Warriors. Yes he has only played wing for the Warriors for the past couple of seasons but was the fullback for Samoa in the off-season tests & would know Romey and Terrell well through those internationals.

Would bring experience, leadership and whilst lacking the x-factor of old, Benji could reignite him for a last shot at another premiership (and in the background Attard & Isdale continue to develop). Could be a good mentor for Mak too.

 

[Lestronge]

You know how you know tigers are the most likely destination ? Because in the “Bula to St George “ article , the wording of the article was “if Bula and the tigers talks break down , then St George and the dogs are ready to swoop in .”
This language isn’t an accident . To me that says clubs want Bula , if shit goes pear shaped . But I’m also seeing it as Isaac releasing this news to the journo , to put pressure on the tigers to agree to his terms . I’m guessing he’s gone over above the agreed terms from last year .
Anyone saying he’s signed with the dogs or whatever is bullshit , because the talking head mouth piece of Isaac Moses has not written an article stating that .
Also … we have an option for 27. So this is all zzzzzzz. And 2 extremely good developing fullbacks , and a long list of off contract ones in 27. . The options are way more plentiful if we wait to Nov 1 this year to renew negotiations. We don’t have much leverage other than loyalty . Nov 1 we have heaps of leverage … namely because we will have options . Attard and the kid above him , were rated higher than Iongi . Think about that .

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Frankly this Bula signing not been done before kickoff is as welcomed as an SBD in an elevator, no one's laughing except Moses.

 

[Tiger Tarl]

A new suggestion if we don't exercise the option & Bula decided to move on ... RTS for 2 years.

I don't think he is going to be given an extension at the Warriors. Yes he has only played wing for the Warriors for the past couple of seasons but was the fullback for Samoa in the off-season tests & would know Romey and Terrell well through those internationals.

Would bring experience, leadership and whilst lacking the x-factor of old, Benji could reignite him for a last shot at another premiership (and in the background Attard & Isdale continue to develop). Could be a good mentor for Mak too.

Or Manu...?

Although I think the Bula deal will get done.

 

[clontarfkid]

That being the case, we've been flogging a dead horse for some time now. Moses BS stringing us along?
But Bula going along with it says a lot about Bula as well, "sorry guys, I'm worth more money" bye byes.
Dollars rule over mates and WT.
I know Benji needs to keep winning, but I certainly would be tempted to drop Bula to Reggies ASAP and promote Attard ASAP.

Nup...gotta make the most of our resources available to us each year,umless they choose to behave like Galvin.
Need as many quality troops as we can get
Once they hire Moses,u can swap em out asap..kiss of death

 

[crazycat]

Is that right? I thought he had Liam Ayoub as his manger until Ayoub took a role at the Bulldogs and put him in contact with Moses.

Yes Liam Ayoub.

I understood he had a training role with us or similar.

 

[tigerballs]

This whole thread is just mental. Bula has a contract with WT for this season and an extension for next. He's playing fullback for us this season and he's a great player who's going to contribute to us winning a lot more games than if we didn't have him. If he leaves in two years' time, it will be because we have a decent replacement. Calm down.

 

[Tucker]

Was he really trying though 100% ? I'm not there 24-7 , but off the field is where the cancer was... The fact all your team mates know deep down your not all in your 80% in if that , his mind wasn't 100% Tigers...

That’s all conjecture.
I never saw it reported that they said that.

 

[upthetigers]

Rubbish Bulla is not staying imo , they are just waiting on dogs or dragons best deal offers , just waiting to make it legal , I would offer Bulla free to leave now , we pay you zero in return for opening up your options now ,

If he goes to dragons he has a peanut for a brain.

 

[Tucker]

The man gave his agent a 24 point list about how terrible our coaching and training program was. An 18 year old writing down things to dob about while playing alongside 2 senior rep players in the spine with 7 premierships rings to share around in first grade. Glad he's gone!

The list was that stupid Richo wouldn't even let it be read out in full. He ended the meeting with Moses on the spot. Galvin dobbed on the club, to his agent, because he thinks we're sh1t and wanted a move. Cancer. Where were you in 2016 when Pascoe was hiring untrained coaches full time because Isaac Moses told him to,

He's a professional rugby league player not an infant. We copped a spoon giving match time to learn his trade and he fekd off. We are a better club without him here. It's weird you would want to defend him on this forum.

Firstly, yes the greivances list was juvenile. He was a kid. They do dumb things.
Secondly his list was accurate. His coach and the management of this club were terrible whilst he was here.
Thirdly we wouldn’t have known of the list if it wasn’t for Richardson. His butthurt reaction caused all the shit we went through.
Fourthly, the ridiculous management of him by Richardson and Marshal in 2024 directly lead to the spoon that year. It also lead to a fractured group and senior players leaving their contracts early.
There is no evidence we are a better club without him. I never rated him in his current form, but there was something to his game worth developing. We’ll never know though as the club skipped that part of his journey