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Surely that can't be true- a player retires & they count against the cap?? I can't see how they could hold the value of a fully paid out contract against the club, if releasing a player to another club lowers your salary cap hit (not sure if that made sense). You would have to think that a...

Question- If releasing Galloway/Blair etc from their contract reduces the cap impact- If the Tigers fully pay out Robbie Farah's remaining 2 years, would that remove his contract value from the cap? I understand that if another team picks him up that the Tigers pay the difference between the...

Ayoub was also aware the Tigers were releasing Farah prior to the Canberra game & didn't tell his client until much later because he didn't want to 'upset him' or some rubbish. That is also bad representation- or a fat lie. I suspect Robbie has known for quite some time that his time with the...

Hold fire there Mate. You can be as upset as you like about Tapau leaving. I'm not about to stop you. I'm just of the belief that he doesn't have the level of play on gameday to match a significant payrise. You mentioned Fifita, Waerea-Hargreaves & Dave Taylor. Tapau is on par with Dave...

Are there people here hoping for some 'loyalty' from Tapau? I guess Canterbury would have liked some 'loyalty' from him too? Of course it'll be about money. If he's got an offer, or knows he will get one, significantly higher than what he's on, or can get from the Tigers, why wouldn't he chase...

Martin Tapau offers a few highlight reel plays every couple of weeks. He has the 'potential' to dominate. But isn't he 25 or so? He isn't going to improve dramatically from this point in his career. He's a 'shock trooper' type player, one which can be effective in the right team. He is not...

I would hope that signing Tim Grant does not therefore mean not signing Ava. I don't see why one has to mean the other. Personally- I think one thing the Tigers DO lack is that bit of aggression. We either can't, or just don't, stand up to the big 'bully' packs. I have no problem adding Grant...

As much as I like Martin Tapau, he will not be the 'reason' the Tigers climb to the top of the table anytime soon. He's an 'impact' player, not a dominant player. The Tigers would be a little foolish to invest too heavily into him. Not saying he's a player we shouldn't re-sign, or shouldn't try...

No need to get upset about it mate. Why did Tedesco stay? How much are the Tigers paying him now? Yes, there will be the odd occasion where 'wanting' to play somewhere will come into it. Probably when the difference between one contract value & another are negligable. I can imagine that Brooks...

As for players & loyalty- when was the last player to sign for less because of 'loyalty'? The game is now a profession. These guys are paid to play.And like in any business, they can take it to whoever will pay them- and across the NRL & Super League, they do. Loyalty doesn't exist. It's a...

But that, Telltails, is just the 'fans view' of the situation. At no point has Taylor or the board said that Farah isn't committed, loyal, successful, intelligent or educated. In fact, they've not said a bad word about Robbie Farah as a player. What we can glean from it is that there are most...

He was promising coming up before the injury. Big & rangy looking fella. Why not? I can't imagine he'll smash our finances.

At some point the 'why' of it won't matter anymore- if it ever really did. The 'fact' as far as I can see it is- the coach has the authority, granted by the board, to make this call. And he did. It's been happening in clubs since the salary cap was brought in. And only on very few occasions has...

I'm not starting a rumour- this is a question: Has he signed with anybody? Is he retiring? For mine- he is exactly the sort of backrower this team lacks. Even if it's only for a year or two until Lamar is ready to become that player. \ \ Also, what's the deal with Sam Perrett? Is he playing...

So- when we defend, we win? Maybe JT is onto something…

\ \ \ I won't suggest there isn't a 'problem'- the fact that both JT & Farah quibbled over the penalty in Golden Point in the Press Conference kind of shows they are not on the same page- but the idea that Taylor has a "massive problem" with Farah could be more that Taylor is trying to assume...

A lot of people are jumping on the "Farah is a divisive force according to Taylor" stuff- but that is all assumption. I've not heard JT say anything like that- have you? I think that Farah holds a certain amount of sway over the players. And I think when a new coach, with big changes in mind...

Our new major sponsor seems to have no issue with the whole way the board has dealt with Robbie Farah. And they are lawyers, so I'm going to go ahead & assume they know a few things about doing things legally..

While I get what you are suggesting, everything you say puts all the power in negotiations with the player & his manager & takes it all away from the Club. Money talks. Opportunity talks. I can't imagine where 1 manager gets his nose out of joint & therefore all his clients avoid a club...

I think most of the pieces are in place really. The centres/wingers need settling, but I'm happy with Kev & Simona so long as Milone isn't the #1 back-up. Allwood could be the answer if the rumours are true of him coming here as the #3 option. The drop from our starters to the back-ups is too...