@tiger5150 said in [Jackson Hastings set for NRL return with Tigers](/post/1341707) said:
I think this signing will make us as fans nostalgic for Braith anasta and Moses Mbye.
The thing i'm confused by is that we have Mbye already on the books who appears to serve the ball playing utility role very well (and played well there on the weekend). Now we're going to pay presumably half his salary to play elsewhere next year, whilst signing someone to play the exact same role.
Sorry, I must have missed that he has signed elsewhere with us paying half of his salary?
Which club was it?
Maybe we will keep him and sell Brooks?
I think we have some pretty smart blokes running the show now, I believe they’ll get it right.
If Mbye leaves which would makes sense if Hastings is coming, how much freight do you think we'll have to pay? If he's on, say, $800k, do you think anyone is going to pay more than $400k for him? Unlikely.
The blokes running the show signed Joey and extended Nofo for 4 years.
I could see the Bulldogs taking him back on 400k
Possibly so, and then we'd be paying i'd imagine $400k for Hastings so we'd be net the same as if we kept Mbye. If Hastings is a heap better than Mbye, makes sense. But is he?
I'd imagine Hastings would be on much less than 400k.
I think I read, he would be on a smaller salary first year, to make sure all was good, then increase commensurate to a half's money?
If that's the case then hopefully it's a similar situation to Leilua and Roberts where anything beyond that first year is a club option.