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Everyone knows the salary cap works in favour of powerhouse clubs and not those trying to match them. When have Brisbane ever not had a nucleus of players in their spine that we could never afford or retain, yet they always can and still stack their teams in other positions as well.

Id say it didn't help his relationship with Benji as soon as he tried to get Schuster over - exactly what we didn't need

"Cap" is modern slang for - lie/ untruths

TT was also leaving Manly until he wasn't. The Bula speculation will continue whether there is any truth or not till something is sorted. Their is going to be noise around all players that have a profile and are up for Nov 1 negotiations. Eachway bet at this point.

This is just managers at work. Most clubs are going through this with their best players. Richardson gets paid the big bucks to work to through these situations we need to come out in top with this one.

Gus Gould has already said Bula could be anything in a stronger team - if he wants him bad enough he will make sure he is remunerated and then it will be up to WTs to decide whether we believe the same and are prepared to back him.

Not sure we have recovered - we have just been making up the numbers. We need to be able to retain players if we want attract players.

Isn't Bula in the top 10 fastest players in the NRL - speed is one of his assets.

Like most FB's they all play better and are more involved on the back of a team that is going forward and winning the field position. They are all exposed in D and some of the better ranked ones defence is definitely not a strength. At 23 he is not close to reaching his ceiling. I swear our fans...

On Jaxon Purdue has been offered a contract from the Cowboys and is testing the market - seems perfectly acceptable when players from other teams do it - the role of managers. Pretty sure the Cowboys will be doing their best to retain him too and may have to pay more than they wanted to .

Preferable to retain our best players - (fair to say Bula is generally considered in that group by most) - in our current state than trying to attract them, and if we are ever going to build a decent squad players need to want extend at the club than move on. It doesn't matter which player...

You can identify "genuine superstars" from other systems but actually getting them to sign with this club is the challenge. We have being doing that for years and have been treading water while players we have had in our systems find success elsewhere.

It's not about him being a player without weaknesses. It's about this club building a competitive squad and retaining players to make that happen. There are some players that you have to back and if we let him go there is very little to suggest that we can replace him with anyone better or...

Did Clare not think that this email would also be leaked - adding more fuel to the fire?? Clearly she and Denny have a false perception about the value of the their position as debenture holders being supported by the whole HBG group - let alone the Wests Tigers community....

Does my head in

Cooper Cronk to break the record for saying Jahream Bula's name in one game.

I'm not prepared to rank Benji against any of the great 5/8ths - circumstances of some players vastly different to others re: eras, clubs, and team mates - but he certainly sits beside them.

Jumping the gun a bit over Bula. Nothing from him to suggest what he is thinking at this point.

We all know why their are clauses in Luai's contract the same reason Tino had them in his. Journos keep asking him the same question and he keeps giving the same answer.

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.