Adam Doueihi #227

[Droppy05]

We don't need him!

Flanno is batting his eyelids like a thirsty tart - & throwing an extra $50K per year at him for every good performance!

The ball is in Douihei's court - hopefully he follows the money!

Richo is far too smart than to enter an Isaac Moses driven auction with the Dragons - for a bloke who has been a free agent for 2026 since 1st November 2024!

Do you really think Richo is that smart? He last forays with Galvin & TDS would indicate e opposite.

 

[Droppy05]

I’m not sure if you’re agreeing with me or not here.

Simple-pay him what he is worth. Has been match winner forWT. If not 4 th spoon would be sealed.

 

[Snidest 0]

Forweards lay the platform. backs win matches. Why does Bennett never pay front rowers big bucks?

Why does he still play Latrell at fullback?

Do you really think Richo is that smart? He last forays with Galvin & TDS would indicate e opposite.

Smarter than the bloke above nowadays...

 

[BAGNF05]

Simple-pay him what he is worth. Has been match winner forWT. If not 4 th spoon would be sealed.

You don’t make contract decisions based on a few weeks good form out of position. He used to earn big money here and we went down the gurgler.

 

[Demps]

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[Snidest 0]

Simple-pay him what he is worth. Has been match winner forWT. If not 4 th spoon would be sealed.

He is worth what he is offered - and should take the best financial offer and move on!

If this is supposedly about loyalty to the club - he can take the $350K or leave!

This ploy is transparent - he needs to piss off!

 

[Droppy05]

Why does he still play Latrell at fullback?

Smarter than the bloke above nowadays...

What is your point with Mitchell? He's on the big bucks.

 

[Droppy05]

Why does he still play Latrell at fullback?

Smarter than the bloke above nowadays...

we'll see how smart he is in the future. We've avoided asecond spoon during his tenure. He at 50%.

 

[Merlot]

moses just gets a consultancy fee were ever AD signs , is my understanding .Weak way for Adam to word it / hide from the supporters back lash over the dislike of moses

 

[Snidest 0]

What is your point with Mitchell? He's on the big bucks.

Ummmm - he's too unfit to play fullback and that ultimately leads to his multiple long term unavailabilities!

Souths are getting the spoon this year if you hadn't noticed...

PS - under Bennett the Broncos bought Lazarus - Backo - Tallis on MUCHO PESOS!

Kade Snowden at the Knights was another great big $$$ buy!

He's selectively honest - like Gus!

 

[Snidest 0]

we'll see how smart he is in the future. We've avoided asecond spoon during his tenure. He at 50%.

Huh?

Bennett isn't getting smarter either

Douehi & Twal were here for all 3 spoons by the way... unlike Richo

And BOTH shopped themselves to the the Bulldogs before being re-signed...

Loyalty habib!

 

[BAGNF05]

Doueihi and Flanno has wooden spoon halves combo written all over it. 🐉

 

[Halbrowne61]

If true..and most likely it is..it saves 7% on say $500k.Not really material.Not a gamechanger
Appreciate hes been injury prone..and somewhat disappointing in recent years ..but rite now hes playing out of his skin and is EASILY our best player
I dont buy all the BS about potentials and maybes. or alternatives that we may have or mite emerge. sometime maybe in the future...i need delivery rite now.
Hes doing that
Just wanna be assured hes in Benjis IN crowd;;if not ..one of the two needs to move on
And probably isnt the coach given the recent results thank you AD
Richo,,,where the bloody hell are you!

Richo is ultimately framing the offer, obviously after discussion with Benji, so if the figures being touted for AD are accurate then Richos not fighting it !

 

[Halbrowne61]

Im far from convinced he can be a genuine lock forward.
If I was devising a game plan to keep Latu and Doueihi (and Bula) on the field, Doueihi would have the 13 on his back and defend in the middle but would play right side in attack. Latu would defend right half position but be the first receiver in attack, some might call it a ball playing lock role but it is more of a true halfback role. I think Latu is a natural first receiver and Doueihi is not, more a second received.
Now I mention Bula because I think for this to work he needs to be a constant presence up the middle 3rd be it taking hit ups when required, as an inside runner for the 2nd receivers or a support runner for the forwards or if Latu wants to take on the line.
Now I appreciate this would put a big workload on Doueihi. One I'm not sure he is capable of doing for 80minutes to be honest. I think you vary between starting him on the bench and playing a genuine middle forward for the first 15-20 or starting him and attacking edges early before trying to run through their middle late in the half. This is where Api should be thriving with Latu and Bula alongside him.

Nothing personal either but what someone else is earning should have no bearing on what he is offered. It certainly may influence his self evaluation but wasting money on others doesn't justify what we should be able to spend on Doueihi. I'd put this alongside the "loves the club" type arguments.

So we keep him as a mister fixit. Always handy, especially in a club like ours.
Local junior, been to hell and back injury wise, been moved around but 1. he’s learnt how to tackle , 2.runs straight and sets up those around him, 3.has a kicking game inc goal kicking and 4.hates losing.
Sounds pretty good to me.!

 

[Snidest 0]

So we keep him as a mister fixit. Always handy, especially in a club like ours.
Local junior, been to hell and back injury wise, been moved around but 1. he’s learnt how to tackle , 2.runs straight and sets up those around him, 3.has a kicking game inc goal kicking and 4.hates losing.
Sounds pretty good to me.!

For how much?

He has one offer of 350K - and one for 500K.... same 2 year term.

How much would you increase it to?

Given the BS "local junior" narrative (same "local" junior who went straight to Souths and only came back because of Latrell pushing him out) and has been available for less than 50% of eligible games since he signed...

The club has shown more than enough loyalty - we don't need to match the Dragons offer and ruin our cap balance for a guy who only pulls out his best efforts when marketing himself!

Your 20 years of business in the pacific didn't benefit your basic understanding of supply-demand economics or toxic employees did it?

 

[clontarfkid]

Stop listening to commentary so much. Our forwards showed up versus Roosters and Bulldogs and gave our halves time to play, which they did well.

That doesn’t necessarily equate to a massive contract upgrade, it just means we need our forwards going well.

Don't need" commentary "to form my opinion thanks very much
..just facts.
Hes been our best for the past month,even those games where our forwards didn't turn up
And no one..cough...is recommending a ..quote " massive contract upgrade".Pretty extreme
I'm just looking at his recent performances relative to what the market value appears to be,and am thinking it's more than $350k which we're supposedly offering
And given what were currently paying our incumbent halves...he seems at say $500 x 2 like a more proven and sensible investment than Bud,Latu and even luai
He wld be a loss

 

[Vicious]

For how much?

He has one offer of 350K - and one for 500K.... same 2 year term.

How much would you increase it to?

Given the BS "local junior" narrative (same "local" junior who went straight to Souths and only came back because of Latrell pushing him out) and has been available for less than 50% of eligible games since he signed...

The club has shown more than enough loyalty - we don't need to match the Dragons offer and ruin our cap balance for a guy who only pulls out his best efforts when marketing himself!

Your 20 years of business in the pacific didn't benefit your basic understanding of supply-demand economics or toxic employees did it?

Have you watched the Wests Tigers play their last 4 games by any chance ?
You must have been on the drink with Richo and missed them ?
We just had our best win in the past 10 years, our local junior playing halfback led the way and was a stand out man of the match by everyone who watched the game, now we don’t want him as our halfback and we want him gone to another club.
Talk about madness

 

[Merlot]

So we keep him as a mister fixit. Always handy, especially in a club like ours.
Local junior, been to hell and back injury wise, been moved around but 1. he’s learnt how to tackle , 2.runs straight and sets up those around him, 3.has a kicking game inc goal kicking and 4.hates losing.
Sounds pretty good to me.!

5/ up until 4 weeks ago he has shown no consistency or leadership qualities (on field) in his time here

 

[Moh]

It's clear AD wants to stay, just depends on what we're willing to play.

I don't think AD is the guy the Dragons think he will be for them.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Have you watched the Wests Tigers play their last 4 games by any chance ?
You must have been on the drink with Richo and missed them ?
We just had our best win in the past 10 years, our local junior playing halfback led the way and was a stand out man of the match by everyone who watched the game, now we don’t want him as our halfback and we want him gone to another club.
Talk about madness

I’m not knocking the result and he had a great game but I’d doubt douehi dominates on a flat dry track. The conditions took their pack out of it. He threw an obvious forward pass to almost butcher our first try. I don’t want him gone but we have to be sensible. We can upgrade him next year if he holds his form.

He is one of our best players but would he be one of Penriths, melbournes, broncos, raiders etc best players? Dogs didn’t want him either.