BAGNF05
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@cochise said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290547) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290545) said:@cochise said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290535) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290529) said:@cochise said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290525) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290519) said:@cochise said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290508) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290506) said:@Jedi_Tiger said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290500) said:@avocadoontoast said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290480) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290476) said:@avocadoontoast said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290473) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290468) said:@avocadoontoast said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290465) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290461) said:@avocadoontoast said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290452) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290447) said:@Elderslie_Tiger said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290386) said:@Jedi_Tiger said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1290164) said:Nofo has had ONE good year
One very good year and some ordinary years mixed in his career agree he's a very good clubman but appears that someone is in his ear stroking his ego
But you make roster decisions based on projected performance and Noff does appear to be rising to an elite performer, what he did prior to last year is really a non factor.
It’s a huge factor. He’s had one good season since 2016.
I disagree. If I’m going into a room for a retention meeting to discuss how I project he’ll perform in 2021, a great year in 2020 is carrying much more weight than an average 2017 - and I also think he’s been a good (maybe not great) player since his debut. To me Noff found more confidence in himself last year which I know is powerful in rugby league. He believes he will play origin, good on him.
In the past 4 seasons he’s played to his contract value once. To reward him with an upgraded 4 year contract is bonkers imo.
I’d pay 3 years at 500 with a club option, that’s probably max for me.
$400k x 2 absolute max.
Then he’s gone and we probably pick up a worse player and go backwards
If he goes we won’t be going backwards on the ladder. He is a bit overrated on here due to his perceived loyalty. Funnily enough I went into the south’s forum to see their reaction to potentially signing Nofo and it is pretty much unanimous that they’d prefer Mansour.
on this forum most on here think he is Eric Groth senior or Ken Irvine
Not old enough to see those guys but when you don’t have many truly good players in your squad, you can’t just let the ones you do have go for the sake of a few dollars.
Yeah lets pay him $100k over value and then what happens when the player that can truly change our club comes on the market and we are short of $ because we overpaid a winger? You would be the 1st to criticize the club for missing the big name.
We’ve signed half of the NSW under 16’s team from 2015-2019 surely we have some in the kitty for actual NRL players.
So lets waste it by overpaying a winger, again I'm not saying don't sign him, I'm saying don't overpay him.
I’ve put a cap at 500 I’m not saying go chips in. That’s still a lot less than we’ve given some of our dead weight and Noff is really making a contribution.
I’m just saying don’t lose him for the sake of a few dollars as it only prolongs the cycle of mediocrity where we lose our best players and can’t sign replacements that are better. As Sterlo says, good teams always have a suitable replacement lined up when they lose a player.
If I thought we could go out and get Xavier Coates in his place, then let him go. But based on recent history, that will not happen.
I don't care what we have paid others, if we keep making the mistakes of the past we are destined to repeat the outcome. I would be ok going to $450k for Noffa but that is absolutely max
Repeating mistakes of the past like letting dangerous attacking players go who then go onto win dally m’s, Clive Churchill’s etc.????
Are you serious? Noffa a chance to win a Dally m or Clive Churchill? I wouldn't let Noffa go, I would offering him a contract of around $450k which is above his value.
Stick him on the end of Souths backline he could easily score 4 tries in a GF mate, there’s your Clive Churchill. Of course not Dally M as a winger but you get the drift.
I’m sure Storm weren’t sweating too much about Papenhuysen’s defense when they signed him either. Class is class.