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We'd all like to sign million dollar players for half that but identifying who that might be is the hard bit. I don't know what Utoikamanu took to go to the Storm but if it's true that we offered $825k I can't imagine it's much less than $750k - and he only started justifying that at the back...

The thing is, if we've got the reported $700-800k in cap room we're not getting Fonua-Blake. Partly because neither he nor anyone remotely comparable to him is available, and second because that's not going to be enough money to sign said player if they were. Fonua-Blake is reported to be on $1m...

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how successful NRL rosters are built. It's not basketball - very rarely does adding one guy make a huge difference. It's much more about having at least 25 players who can come in and be first grade standard. That's what Melbourne have, and it's why...

Jesus Christ the stone cold ignorance of some people on here. The guy was largely responsible for the Central Coast Mariners - a franchise so overwhelmed by others in the comp that it makes the Tigers look like the New York Yankees - winning back to back A League titles and the AFC Cup. He might...

Didn't he say we had a million bucks or so? As in, roughly KPP plus May's extension? I specifically recall him saying we needed more in the back row and at centre, which is exactly what's been delivered. OK, you don't like KPP. I'm not sold on him myself. But we're sort of restricted to what's...

If you think what I'm saying means I think everything is fine or I'm happy to be 13th there's no helping you. We came last three years running, including at least one where every team in every grade came last, and you're whining like a spoiled baby because we didn't win the comp this year. The...

I agree that this team probably isn't going to win a premiership. But then I'm the one who has been saying for literally years that the only way this club is going to be competitive in the long term is by developing its own talent from within. More to the point, we can't sign a bunch of players...

Given we've been about the most active club in the player market since this guy came in, incomings and exits, and most of the business he has done has been somewhere between pretty good and excellent, I'd have though he'd have earned the right not to have dribblers just assuming he hasn't got a...

Loving the implication that randon internet guy knows fundamental truths about NRL roster construction that have to date passed Shane Richardson by. Like you could grab a coffee with him and he'd end up saying: "You know what, Needaname - I'd never realised that. Thanks so much for passing it on."

This is also true and it relates to my point above. Long term, you can't be paying free agent wages to your 15th-25th best players - even those 200-300k salaries are double minimum wage and when so much money is going on your stars you need as many functional minimum wagers as possible. The only...

I keep reading that rugby league is much more about your weakest players than other sports - which, across the season, means everyone down to about number 25 or 26 in the roster. Simplifying, but if you have first grade standard players across the lineup and can survive the inevitable injuries...

<Looks at calendar> <Confirms it is not 2019 anymore> Nah.

That was two or three years ago at least. He's now perpetually either injured or suspended, and plays shorter and shorter stints during the brief periods when he can get on the field. The Storm are desperate to find some dumb arse club stupid enough to take him off their hands. We only just got...

Well we need to go and find it then - in our catchment or someone else's. It's the only way this club is ever going to have sustainable success.

Imagine having to reply on juniors - we could end up in the same situation as Penrith or Canberra. Who'd want that! Much better to build a roster around pricey free agent signings, like the Titans.

Honestly, who cares. Could Sullivan be the difference between Souths coming 13th and 12th next year? I guess he could, sure. Are we better off with $150k of dead cap or $550k of Bud Sullivan on the roster? Categorically the former. Does "winning" this particular trade have any meaningful impact...

You're seriously saying you'd rather have had Sullivan turning out in reggies all year than free up some cap room that could be used to sign a player who came on the market mid-year? A player like, say, Taylan May? FWIW, I agree that Sullivan got a tough break: he was signed with the prospect...

I agree with you except to add that he's quite obviously already well into the decline phase. He's not been the same player for Melbourne over the past couple of seasons, the idea that he's suddenly going to revert to 2022 form and fitness upon leaving is wishful thinking of the highest order.

NAS is yet another of the players people on here think we should sign because they think it's half a decade ago. The guy hasn't played a full season since 2022. We are finally almost clear of dead weight contracts for players who are obviously past it. This guy would be a massive step back.

I haven't watched a huge amount of Knights football of late but I feel I have to ask if we're at all worried about Kai Pearce-Paul? It's hard for anyone to perform when a team is swirling around the drain but when I do see them he doesn't seem to be standing out even if a pretty putrid outfit...