This is good news. We don’t have the cap space to take the chance on a converted fullback at 750k a year. Losing young players on peanuts like Talau who is a starter is a double blow as you can’t replace him for the same money.
If true I would be trying to get Nick Meaney hugely underrated player. Treated poorly at the Dogs he’s the best fullback at the club.
I. would like a current Kangaroo, SOO player and premiership winner. Keep your Meaney's and DWZ's at the Bulldogs.
Meaney can play and would be a better goal kicking option than anyone we have. Fox is a gun but he’s a winger if it’s huge money it’s a risk we can’t take and lose a young player. It’s all relative.
What, Joey Leilua is on what $500k? Paying JAC $750k is a bargain. He's three times the player Leilua will ever be.
How many wingers do the roosters, Storm pay 750k? Losing a player we want like Talau on $250k and having to pay 450k to replace him makes zero sense. This is the issue it’s not in isolation. You will then spend 1.1m on a centre and a winger taking a punt he’s a fullback.
It could work but it’s the type of wild punt we can’t afford. BJ, Reynolds, Packer contracts have no relevance to doing a deal for a new player.
I’d pay Fox the contract we proposed any day but it won’t happen that way. He will want big money whether he plays wing or fullback and the Storm want Nofa or Talau.
I've posted it way back, recruit JAC and Saab. Nofoaluma to Storm.
If you release Nofa it will kill the culture of the squad. Have to keep your own that perform strongly. We should learn from past mistakes.
The losing culture?
Any culture he’s not the reason we are losing. Look at the best teams they never let performing players leave if the dollars are reasonable you have to keep your players. If not the next time someone comes good they leave. Loyalty goes both ways. It won’t always work but letting Nofa leave would be stupid. He’s the heart and soul of the club atm.
I like Nofa and he had a good year but I’d be going to him and saying, here’s a new deal on the same money, with incentives if you play rep footy and finals. We need more from you in the big games. Sign it now or it’s off the table. We can’t be mucking around wasting our time with upgrades when nobody, including him, is earning one.
He’s early an upgrade no idea what he’s on but 450k 3 year extension I’d offer tomorrow. Probably less than he will get elsewhere but it should be the way for long term players.
My point is, If we can’t lock up guys like him and Aloiai on team friendly deals, we’ve got no hope. You need your supposed loyal guys to just sign on and play good footy, not squeeze us for every drop.
And the club should also offer what they are worth in a show of good faith.
You are worth what somebody is willing to pay, and some clubs like it or not have much deeper pockets than us, if Nofa is being lauded by us for his love of Tigers he needs to play for a bit less at this club. Brady did it for years in the NFL, and look at his record.
Who gives a rats about what Brady did in the NFL?
Tired of people quoting crap from the NFL - this is a Rugba Leeg Forum.
It’s THE most famous case of a player in a salary cap sport playing for less than market value. Tedesco and Andrew John’s did it too (apparently) if you must have a RL example. Point is, these ‘loyal’ WT Nofa and the like need to behave like it if we’re to get out of the doldrums
Rubbish - he is worth the money he is getting and deserves an upgrade.
I would not blame him for leaving if the Club adopts your attitude. They can afford it easily, revise JAC offer to winger money only or see ya.
