OFFICIAL Jahream Bula #269

Tom Shines said:
To all the people here that heard from club insiders at the Bulldogs, NRL players, guys at the local pub,or personally from Phil Gould that he was leaving ,,, what are they saying now ? Couple of you were adamant …it’s like my grandmother used to say,,.don’t believe everything you hear and only half of what you see..

Anyway …looks like he is staying, for “several more years “…

I’ve said this several times during the process …I view him as above average for the position, but not elite …. But let’s hope he is good enough
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I said we’d have to overpay bc of December issues.

I believe we gave him what IM wanted which is closer to a million a year.

That’s what I was told.

I don’t think he’s worth that personally but now that we lost Jarome it’s like they’re using the $1.2m from him and overpaying for everyone bc they messed up.

Terrell is over a million too.

Yes it’s great we’re making these signings but at what price? Panicking bc Jarome left and using his money may bite us in the backside later

Also it’s not like they had a choice in the end.

I’m all for it and being positive it just annoys me that if other people were running the club I reckon we would’ve saved probs $500k across the three contracts extended this week
 
Tom Shines said:
Could be … but if so then its good that it’s the Club driving and controlling the story for once

You can tell most sections of the media don’t like reporting on the good news stories about the club ,..
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Yeah....thats what I was getting at, planning, pro-activity and foresight...its terrific
 
Wtiga said:
I said we’d have to overpay bc of December issues.

I believe we gave him what IM wanted which is closer to a million a year.

That’s what I was told.

I don’t think he’s worth that personally but now that we lost Jarome it’s like they’re using the $1.2m from him and overpaying for everyone bc they messed up.

Terrell is over a million too.

Yes it’s great we’re making these signings but at what price? Panicking bc Jarome left and using his money may bite us in the backside later

Also it’s not like they had a choice in the end.

I’m all for it and being positive it just annoys me that if other people were running the club I reckon we would’ve saved probs $500k across the three contracts extended this week
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Possibly but the dilution of talent with the 2 new clubs means we are picking the least worst option. Keeping a well performing squad together on overs or starting from scratch on overs?
 
The conundrum with Taruva is hes on $400k as a winger...
If he excels over the next month as a fullback,he mite almost double his $$ as both new club swld be keen
Hes vulnerable
 
Wtiga said:
I said we’d have to overpay bc of December issues.

I believe we gave him what IM wanted which is closer to a million a year.

That’s what I was told.

I don’t think he’s worth that personally but now that we lost Jarome it’s like they’re using the $1.2m from him and overpaying for everyone bc they messed up.

Terrell is over a million too.

Yes it’s great we’re making these signings but at what price? Panicking bc Jarome left and using his money may bite us in the backside later

Also it’s not like they had a choice in the end.

I’m all for it and being positive it just annoys me that if other people were running the club I reckon we would’ve saved probs $500k across the three contracts extended this week
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The grass is always greener somewhere

Just think back 4 short years ago, then three years back...then two....
 
Wtiga said:
I said we’d have to overpay bc of December issues.

I believe we gave him what IM wanted which is closer to a million a year.

That’s what I was told.

I don’t think he’s worth that personally but now that we lost Jarome it’s like they’re using the $1.2m from him and overpaying for everyone bc they messed up.

Terrell is over a million too.
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Weedkiller did not mention a figure .., so what are you basing this on that we overpaid for Bula ? It could be the case but we don’t know …

The time pressures work against Bula and Moses too… and no doubt Moses had some incentive for to get a deal done so he could pocket his commission..

There was a time just as recent as 12 months ago when they would offer overpayments and the player would take less to go to other clubs
 
Wtiga said:
I said we’d have to overpay bc of December issues.

I believe we gave him what IM wanted which is closer to a million a year.

That’s what I was told.

I don’t think he’s worth that personally but now that we lost Jarome it’s like they’re using the $1.2m from him and overpaying for everyone bc they messed up.

Terrell is over a million too.

Yes it’s great we’re making these signings but at what price? Panicking bc Jarome left and using his money may bite us in the backside later

Also it’s not like they had a choice in the end.

I’m all for it and being positive it just annoys me that if other people were running the club I reckon we would’ve saved probs $500k across the three contracts extended this week
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But none of us have any idea about third party deals and how many $$$ (if any) from third party deals are included in specific contracts . So without any official details, it's nothing but guess work from you re these contracts. Pointless.
 
TYGA said:
Terrell May, Taylan May, Jahree Bula. Thats not a bad start to the retention drive. Sam Fainu, Sunia Turuva, Latu Fainu, Makasini, Pole the others we need to lock down. Its a really good sign club focusing on retention rather than luring free agents.
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think turuva stays, seems pretty happy

if anything Pole to Storm at some point to play with his brother might be the risk.
If that happens tigers can recover if all we lose is Pole.
Tigers pack is awesome
 
Tom Shines said:
Weedkiller did not mention a figure .., so what are you basing this on that we overpaid for Bula ? It could be the case but we don’t know …

The time pressures work against Bula and Moses too… and no doubt Moses had some incentive for to get a deal done so he could pocket his commission..

There was a time just as recent as 12 months ago when they would offer overpayments and the player would take less to go to other clubs
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Agree. We had just got out of paying more lol.

I’m with you though
 
yeti said:
But none of us have any idea about third party deals and how many $$$ (if any) from third party deals are included in specific contracts . So without any official details, it's nothing but guess work from you re these contracts. Pointless.
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3rd parties don’t matter to us. It’s what’s on the salary cap. I’m all for players getting more 3rd parties.
 
Wtiga said:
3rd parties don’t matter to us. It’s what’s on the salary cap. I’m all for players getting more 3rd parties.
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That's my point mate. You say May on over a million etc. Yet we don't know how much of that is under the cap and how much is external to that.
 
Tiger-ferret said:
Possibly but the dilution of talent with the 2 new clubs means we are picking the least worst option. Keeping a well performing squad together on overs or starting from scratch on overs?
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Agree least worst option it’s just frustrating

Me position is that if HBG didn’t blow up the club and Richo was here… we would’ve saved in these contract extensions

You don’t have to agree with me.

That’s just my opinion.

And it hurts bc salary caps bite you in the backside at some point.

And we were just becoming a club that doesn’t overpay.

I have zero trust in SM to negotiate a contract for unders. I have lots of trust that he will pay overs bc he is controlled by HBG and they don’t want fans turning on them.
 
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