OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]
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AmericanHistoryX
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no 2 is not true - number 1 is official.
I was following him on twitter today iv'e never really gone on to twitter before but it seems him robbie and lote are on it quite a bit, anyway a few people left him messages "don't leave" and he said it's not his choice and he also mentioned he had a meeting thats why his phone was off i just tried to find him on there again but i can't but everyone is talking about it.
Thanks Bryce for a great service at the Tigers and best of luck with the Sharks in the future - I must say this is a good move for all involved - Gibbs wasn't going to be a starting player at the Tigers next year and it means he gets a good offer as a starting front rower
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@boonboon said:
It's not just the Sharks who are interested in him, but consider this, with Douglas and Snowden both gone for next season, that leaves the Sharks without a starting front row and seriously cashed up. They had $400k set aside for upgrading Snowden so of course they have plenty of cash to get a good front rower.
PYMBLEPETE
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@willow said:
Thats all true Willow, but the apparent facts seem to be that:
The Tigers are paying a squillion dollars for Blair and
Fifita was signed to the Tigers for next year and so has been released by the club
So in my book all that has happened has been within the Tiger's control and its not down to the Sharks being cashed up.
mike
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The Minister of Defence will be missed. Good luck Gibbsy and thanks, wish you all the best in 2012 and beyond.
I am disappointed that Gibbsy is going, one of my favourite WTs forwards, I have always been impressed by his determination, toughness and commitment. I will be keeping an eye on his progress at Cronulla, all the very best to him, BUT in the meantime give us your best for the rest of this year. I liked the way he was screaming at our forwards last Monday night to get stuck into the Knights forwards.
AmericanHistoryX
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thanks for the memories brother. blood in blood out
TigerDave81
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Not sure if anyones mentioned it but on my league central app, which is basically the daily telecrap, it states Fifita has signed with the Sharks already. Not gospel I know but the next best thing.
Don't get the logic behind it. Obviously it will free up cash for Blair but is he that good that we lose our best prospect in a forward since skando and o'neill!!
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Don't get the logic behind it. Obviously it will free up cash for Blair but is he that good that we lose our best prospect in a forward since skando and o'neill!!
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It all comes down to supply and demand. Cronulla are absolutely desperate for props - they're 2 starters are leaving and there isn't much else. Gibbs and Fifita are (sort of) available - well they have permission to shop themselves around. Now if Cronulla are prepared to pay Fifita 350k (or whatever) what are our options?
1\. Match that amount and risk not having enough money for other players
2\. Do the sums, realise the price is well above what his actual worth is, and let him go.
Now it's easy to say Blair will cost 500k so 350k should be easy to find. Well not exactly - the Blair contract from my understanding will feature a lot of 3rd party money. So basically the same salary cap money could buy Adam Blair (a test forward rated as one of the best in the world) or Fifita (an extremely promising prop who may or may not kick on as a player).
Bear in mind as well that aside from Fifita and Gibbs (and Payten) we have KG, Woods, Groat, and some other young guys. So potentially we are looking at a starting rotation of:
Galloway
Farah
Woods
Ellis
Blair
Heigington
With BMM, Groat and others for the bench.
Yeah I hope we keep Fifita but with a salary cap these are the tough calls a club needs to make. Anyway we'll see what happens.
1\. Match that amount and risk not having enough money for other players
2\. Do the sums, realise the price is well above what his actual worth is, and let him go.
Now it's easy to say Blair will cost 500k so 350k should be easy to find. Well not exactly - the Blair contract from my understanding will feature a lot of 3rd party money. So basically the same salary cap money could buy Adam Blair (a test forward rated as one of the best in the world) or Fifita (an extremely promising prop who may or may not kick on as a player).
Bear in mind as well that aside from Fifita and Gibbs (and Payten) we have KG, Woods, Groat, and some other young guys. So potentially we are looking at a starting rotation of:
Galloway
Farah
Woods
Ellis
Blair
Heigington
With BMM, Groat and others for the bench.
Yeah I hope we keep Fifita but with a salary cap these are the tough calls a club needs to make. Anyway we'll see what happens.
robbie farah (robbiefarah)
RT @CharlieBubba71: Sad day for the Tigers, losing Gibbo is a disaster for the club on many fronts. He is a funny bugger and a quality c …
Saw this on the Yahoo sport page, I guess it's true then. Don't know what the rest of the tweet says - I don't go on twitter, but I imagine someone on here would? Don't like that Robbie says it's "a disaster for the club on many fronts" - what does that mean??? No mention of Fifita though.
RT @CharlieBubba71: Sad day for the Tigers, losing Gibbo is a disaster for the club on many fronts. He is a funny bugger and a quality c …
Saw this on the Yahoo sport page, I guess it's true then. Don't know what the rest of the tweet says - I don't go on twitter, but I imagine someone on here would? Don't like that Robbie says it's "a disaster for the club on many fronts" - what does that mean??? No mention of Fifita though.
