Lol seriously the dogs are crazy ! Their team is horrendous , Flanagan Cotric and addo Carr will not change that . They have no halves , and no 9 , and now , if the figures are to be believed , 2.25 mil locked up of their cap in 3 wingers . ( cotric is a winger IMO) . That’s insanity . DWZ has already failed as a fullback , cotric wasn’t much chop there when he played , and addo Carr is 50 /50.
The deal we offered was Smart money , and fair money. Their pack cannot go forward , they’ve signed no one to improve that , and actually we have signed their most elite junior away from them. I don’t see the big deal sorry . I would have loved to have given him a go , but I wasn’t confident he would have stuck around in the 1 at all. IMO he will be wearing 5 by mid next year .
From all accounts we have some elite backs coming through , so I say if he takes our deal awesome , if he wants more money , awesome , I wish him all the best .
That team as it stands will not win football games. And I’m supremely confident our issue was the middle defensively , of which I think we will shore that up , with already better signings . I’m ok with Mbye wearing the 1 honestly . Doueihi is clearly our 6 moving forward . And as of right now in a spine position Liddell is infinitely better than Anybody they will trot out in their spine , including JAC .
I tend to agree and compare it this way.
We were in negotiations with Tamou prior to finals football and he committed a 2 year deal to us and also made it known in his speech wishing the panthers moving forward all the best.
I would have thought we would have tabled a deal to JAC around the same time and all we have heard is on going negotiations about player swaps, Souths and Bulldogs interests then nil decision until after the GF then maybe origin.
With the November deadline looming its an easy decision if you have not taken up the offer by then we look elsewhere.
We allow the Player/Manager 1st option to play for the club if there not interested then play elsewhere.
JAC would be a good signing however considering negotiations are protracted like Mitchell it is sounding like he is also looking elsewhere, just pull the offer on the 1st, speculation finished and options decreased, it also shows we are a club that wants to build the right culture with Players that want to play for the club not just the best deal on the table.
To be fair Melbourne have also had a hand in the negotation process which has not made this as simple as us negotiating simply with JAC/manager.
It's the player that wants to break his contract not Melbourne, it sounded all to messy from the start a player swap deal, then wanting to play another position.
From all reports the deal i heard that the Tigers offered was reasonable, Bulldogs splashing lots of coin around wondering how they can afford it when board a rabble.
Rather keep faith in Hartigan/Madge to build a roster that complements positions we require not what players dictate they want, even if we miss out on JAC which in all honesty seems likely if no decision after GF.
But the release was based on a like for like swap which we havnt to my knowledge been able to satisfy.
But did the like swap **have** to come from us?? Doggies might be just clearing the decks and saw an opportunity
for both parties.
Melbourne can choose who to release him to as far as I’m aware so if dogs offer them a player they’ll release him to them
Spot on
We had a chance they wanted Nofo or Talau
we said no
Dogs at least offered Storm someone that Storm were happy to accept
I don't think JAC will go to whoever Melbourne choose to release him to. The signing of the replacement is nothing to do with JAC's negotiations with the club he chooses to join.
I see it similar to when Lucy was released to us once the Dragons signed Merrin.
