OFFICIAL Jahream Bula #269

[Mighty_Tiger]

The conundrum with Taruva is hes on $400k as a winger...
If he excels over the next month as a fullback,he mite almost double his $$ as both new club swld be keen
Hes vulnerable

23yr old quality back who has a team influence & can fit into any position in the backline isn’t common. He also studies the game & is always learning.

It’s why I put him in the same bucket as the Fainu bros that we must secure quickly. His best years are to come.

 

[user118245]

Paps loves his golf, he could always go to LIV Golf instead, Oh wait. 🤔

All Saudi projects have failed. I reckon they’ll pull out of most of them except the soccer teams

 

[Buttface]

his old man Buba Kennedy played centre for balmain in the late 90's

Mrs Kennedy lives in one of the retirement homes around the corner from me I see her walking the dog.
She has absolutely no idea about football though.
“My husband use to play that football where you pick the ball up” she said to me once.

 

[Lukic]

Turuva won't excel at FB. He'll do his job defensively and in support play I'm sure, but he hasn't shown any ball playing ability. At this stage, he's nothing more than a fill-in fullback in firsts.

 

[mtd#2]

Agree. Might come down to turuva & fonua. Fonua really wants to stay though

The only club I worried about for him was Melbourne.. but his brother isnt anywhere near the starting side and it looks like Bellamy's time in charge might be over with the neurodegenerative disease (hard to see him sticking around for too long). So I think Pole will stick around.

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

🤣 🤣 🤣

You blokes kill me.
For the past 100 weeks, all we hear is how HBG are blah blah blah.
"Can't re-sign players"
"My cousin, Roger Fabri told me directly that Bula won't sign because HBG has got 3 letters, and 3 is an unlucky number in Bula's culture"
So now, HBG in all of it's glorious incompetence, signs Bula . . . and still the geniuses here want to bad mouth them. Oh, and before you Mensa graduates tell me that of course HBG had nothing to do with Bula re-signing . . . . I know. They also had exactly the same to do with him NOT re-signing.
It's a great signature, a great sign that our club is moving forward.
We should be celebrating this. But again, The People's Front of Judea comes to mind.

 

[Tiger Stripes]

Good news. I wonder what new clauses are in this contract that they won’t tell us about that will leak one or two years down the track.

And what are the up-and-coming fullbacks' thoughts on hanging on? eg. Brookes, Attard etc.
Hate to lose Logan Brookes whose contract is up this year I believe.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I wonder how first choice replacements Mestrov and Benny would have gone running the joint? 🤔

I’ll also say that AD, Twal and Sione all on unders ..

dodged a bullet with no Mestrov for sure

 

[Telltails]

Are the option clauses so bad? They can work in favour of the club - re Luai's. We get him for three of a five year deal and it allows us to free up cap money to secure players that are important for building the squad while allowing Luai to look after his best interest.
Clubs are always looking at ways to offload players that no longer fit into their plans.

 

[Tom Shines]

You blokes kill me.
For the past 100 weeks, all we hear is how HBG are blah blah blah.
"Can't re-sign players"
"My cousin, Roger Fabri told me directly that Bula won't sign because HBG has got 3 letters, and 3 is an unlucky number in Bula's culture"
So now, HBG in all of it's glorious incompetence, signs Bula . . . and still the geniuses here want to bad mouth them. Oh, and before you Mensa graduates tell me that of course HBG had nothing to do with Bula re-signing . . . . I know. They also had exactly the same to do with him NOT re-signing.
It's a great signature, a great sign that our club is moving forward.
We should be celebrating this. But again, The People's Front of Judea comes to mind.

I’m sure it was Dennis negotiating the deal with Isaac

 

[clontarfkid]

Cant see it being reported anywhere. Close to a million is probably fine as long as it doesnt ratchet up with the cap increase. E.g. the cap goes up 20% and his contract matches

Almost every contract will ratchet up with the cap increase
If not,manager isnt doing his job

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Are the option clauses so bad?

The clauses are fine. The issue is the club not disclosing them at the time of the announcement. It’s misleading.

 

[clontarfkid]

I’m sure it was Dennis negotiating the deal with Isaac

Money talks ..makes the beneficiary lucky somehow!

 

[Tom Shines]

Money talks ..makes the beneficiary lucky somehow!

the club can’t win … they leave and it’s a disaster …they stay and it’s clearly because they paid overs …

 

[bptiger 0]

Turuva won't excel at FB. He'll do his job defensively and in support play I'm sure, but he hasn't shown any ball playing ability. At this stage, he's nothing more than a fill-in fullback in firsts.

Give the bloke a break, he’s filling in , and when he has filled in he has been fantastic, really what do u expect from 😳

 

[wstigers11]

Did the article even say how long ?

 

[clontarfkid]

And what are the up-and-coming fullbacks' thoughts on hanging on? eg. Brookes, Attard etc.
Hate to lose Logan Brookes whose contract is up this year I believe.

Every time u resign an established first grader ,potential replacemens become available to the marketplace unfortunately
Like TDS..sometines youve gotta release next in line and groom the one following
We have a good nursey which is better managed now,so Panthers 2.0 hopefully

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Did the article even say how long ?

Multi year. So 3 or 4. End of 29 or 30 most likely. At least end of 29.

 

[clontarfkid]

the club can’t win … they leave and it’s a disaster …they stay and it’s clearly because they paid overs …

No -one is saying that..the comment was in reference to 3 digits being" unlucky"..somehow the tealeaves change with $$
And btw..undoubtedly some of Luais $$ wld have suddenlty materialised to retain Bula
Probably paying him the $1mill that Moses always wanted,regardless of his real value..but thats the premium to lock in key players in the current environment

 

[Tom Shines]

No -one is saying that..the comment was in reference to 3 digits being" unlucky"..somehow the tealeaves change with $$
And btw..undoubtedly some of Luais $$ wld have suddenlty materialised to retain Bula
Probably paying him the $1mill that Moses always wanted,regardless of his real value..but thats the premium to lock in key players in the current environment

That’s speculation for now ..they have held firm a long time with Bula ..much to the angst of many here ..we’ll see if more leaks occur around the value ..Does the round $1m make it sound better for Moses ? Surprised his mouthpiece didn’t leak it then in his big reveal …

As you said ..they have a good nursery…so if they overpay a few big names they can promote a few talented kids to fill the gaps … You also need good players to attract good players as our club has painfully learnt over the last few years when they couldn’t hang on to decent players no matter how much they offered to overpay