Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Canadian Club said:
Brown for Bird on the surface is a nothing for nothing type of trade.

I doubt either are planned to feature in the starting 17 come 2026.

This seems like more of a leadership play, bringing Brown in to help the young guys like Kit, Pole and CTM develop. Kit actually has a very similar game to Brown. Hard running middle who can ball play a little bit.

Similar money, same length of deal. His body is broken down, but so is Birds. At the very least he can do a job for a few games if injuries and suspensions hit.
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I think I would prefer a free roster spot over both Brown and Bird, but if we are chosing between the two for 2026 it would be Brown.
 
If we don’t exercise the option in Bula’s contract by Nov 1, he goes on the market. Is Richo confident that no other club will offer him his current salary, leading him to take up the player option at a lower amount or perhaps sign a new extended contract? While I don’t think he’s currently worth $900k, we’re a much better team with him in it, and he hasn’t yet reached his ceiling, which is likely above $900k. I’m glad it’s not my decision to make.
 
TheEnz said:
If we don’t exercise the option in Bula’s contract by Nov 1, he goes on the market. Is Richo confident that no other club will offer him his current salary, leading him to take up the player option at a lower amount or perhaps sign a new extended contract? While I don’t think he’s currently worth $900k, we’re a much better team with him in it, and he hasn’t yet reached his ceiling, which is likely above $900k. I’m glad it’s not my decision to make.
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3 year deal at $800k id be comfortable with. Moses is the concern as always
 
Betterdays22 said:
I think I would prefer a free roster spot over both Brown and Bird, but if we are chosing between the two for 2026 it would be Brown.
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Me too. I think of it this way. If AD is being transitioned into our #13 for 2026, then Brown provides a good rotation for him and a point-of-difference (leg speed, line speed, aggression & impact). We lack in all of those 4 areas so would be a better fit for us than Bird IMHO.
 
tigahhh said:
3 year deal at $800k id be comfortable with. Moses is the concern as always
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No chance he re-signs with us for 800k and you are dead right in saying that is his maximum value.
Like many before him he via Isaac will likely try and pilfer 1 million per season out of us.
 
Easier to retain than replace at a club like ours - and replacing some of equal ability in a spine position is rarely successful. They need to be creative with incentives if that's what it takes to retain Bula. You have to find a way to keep the ones you want to reach a level of success.
 
TheEnz said:
If we don’t exercise the option in Bula’s contract by Nov 1, he goes on the market. Is Richo confident that no other club will offer him his current salary, leading him to take up the player option at a lower amount or perhaps sign a new extended contract? While I don’t think he’s currently worth $900k, we’re a much better team with him in it, and he hasn’t yet reached his ceiling, which is likely above $900k. I’m glad it’s not my decision to make.
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Lets do pros vs cons:
Pro:
crosses the line and can be dynamic.
Developing
Team player.

Cons:
Moses player
Bula is good, but not as good as the top Fullbacks. i.e Teddy, Paps, Dylan Edwards, Weeks, etc.
A little expensive.

Keep going with him. Kalyn Ponga, Turbo etc are pretty broken.
We can probably train up another fullback. We have Brett Hodgson on staff. Bula though shows a dynamic and playing style that is greater then 50% of fullbacks. He isn't top, he will command 1m salary to get him to stay and that's how the market is...

I would only squeeze if we could line up a replacement. Scarily I could see Turbo + Brothers as a possibility.
 
jrtiger said:
happy to see the swap eventuate but unsure if Brown even makes the bench. definitely helps us with depth thru the middle but really curious to see what role he plays. is it 6-8 games of grade, is it more than that? time will tell I spose.
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Maybe he could at the expense of Seyfart or Sukkar
 
We’ve upgraded our back row stocks. I can see merit in bird brown swap as this year I thought we were 1 bench front rower short

Re Bula I’d expect at a minimum he will be taken up on the 1 year at 900k purely to create time for a replacement or at a minimum can be used as a bargaining chip for whoever signs him for 27 after November 1.
Wouldn’t mind betting that Perth is dangling carrots.
 
Brown sauce in to be the impact off the bench. Either pick him or Hunt whoever is playing the best footy. And like someone said he is a smaller front rower he didn’t really break into NRL until he was 21/22.
He can show kit how its done! Get it done richo
 
Re Bula
I would say to him and agent here is an upgraded and extended deal OR we just take up the club option and look at this in 12 months. This way his agent would want him taking the new extended deal, so he gets paid.

Richo just needs to make this happen before Nov 1 as I think the dogs will be on the prowl for and maybe his wife
 
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