Nabuli in player swap

@cktiger said:
@fergiefurr said:
@Sabre said:
I just don't get what others see in Aitken.

I'm the same. The guy is average as. Dragons fans, and coaching staff, and huge wraps on him though.

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Hate to be playing outside him - last week he had plenty of opportunities to get the ball to his winger and hogged it.

I've noticed that in a few games.
Seems to have a habit of wanting to be the hero.
 
Re: Lawrence / Nabuli swap.

I think for the Tigers they are more concerned about fixing their salary cap mess than retaining one or two players ATM. Prior to Lawrence's switch to 2nd row…..most said his best days are over, we want him gone. Lawrence is probably on $400k-$700k next year depending on if there are any back ended payments in his final year. Club has already ditched Galloway, if Lawrence goes as well......the club see's a $1,000,000 million salary cap problem gone and the potential to rebuild the side where they think we need coverage ATM. Its probably why they were happy to let Blair, Austin, Koro and so go last year.....came down to do we need them more than fixing the salary cap mess.

With Richards, Galloway, Moltzen definatley gone....2016 is focused on upgrading Taupau's contract and maybe signing 1-2 players to the roster where required. At this stage we probably cannot expect much more.

I have been very critical of the footy we have played this year...especially between rounds 8-18 in most part. Even though we lost to the Roosters & Bronco's in the last 2 weeks I really like what I'm seeing in our attacking play .....completion has let us down but if we held the passes last week we could have scored 20-30 points against the Roosters and the same against the Bronco's......thats pretty good against Top 4 sides.....where we are falling down is discipline....giving away very silly penalties and allowing sides to dominate possession and pressure against us......we lose the penalty count almost every week.....for a young side, hard to win like that & this is costing us every week. Until we fix this we will struggle.

I really like what I'm seeing from Moses in the last few weeks.....this kid can play, and it takes a little pressure off Brooks and the predictability of our play. I'm positive that with a little more time and hopfully injury free.....these guys will develop a crack combo.

In 2005 we got smashed by the Bronco's 40-22 and everyone said how bad we were. I actually saw alot of positives in that game....in fact I thought we were pretty good apart from some of the defensive lapses.....and the last 2 weeks I have felt the same, we smashed the Rabbits 5-6 weeks ago...anyone see what the Rabbits did to Newcastle last week. We have potential, we just lack consistency

Pateince.
 
No interest in Nabuli, and I can't see how the Dragons would fit Lawrence in their cap given they apparently have issues as it is.
I'd only want to move Lawrence on if:
* the club takes a huge portion of his salary, if not all of it
* we are able to recruit one or two FG-ready players with the $$$
 
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.
 
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

how can we keep him on 300k if he's earning 500-700k next season? Sounds great though!

If we could offload Lawrence for 75% of his contract, say 450k of a 600k contract i'd take that. that 450k could be spent on 2 decent players with some experience, say back row and centre. Not world beaters, but a solid first grader, especially if they have some leadership qualities.

Nabuli would be a waste. We had Koro and Mr T and didn't want either. One is now a Wallaby, the other one of the leading try scorers in the comp. Nabuli was always worse than the two we had. All he has is size. Not much skill or speed compared to Mr T or Semi.
 
@Balmain Boy said:
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

how can we keep him on 300k if he's earning 500-700k next season? Sounds great though!

If we could offload Lawrence for 75% of his contract, say 450k of a 600k contract i'd take that. that 450k could be spent on 2 decent players with some experience, say back row and centre. Not world beaters, but a solid first grader, especially if they have some leadership qualities.

Nabuli would be a waste. We had Koro and Mr T and didn't want either. One is now a Wallaby, the other one of the leading try scorers in the comp. Nabuli was always worse than the two we had. All he has is size. Not much skill or speed compared to Mr T or Semi.

Its pretty simple. Offer lawrence a 2 year extension giving him a 3 year contract. If he is on $700k next season, offer him $500k for the 2 season extension effectively giving him a 3 year deal worth $1.2 mil. Pay him $400k per season

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@benji#6 said:
@Balmain Boy said:
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

how can we keep him on 300k if he's earning 500-700k next season? Sounds great though!

If we could offload Lawrence for 75% of his contract, say 450k of a 600k contract i'd take that. that 450k could be spent on 2 decent players with some experience, say back row and centre. Not world beaters, but a solid first grader, especially if they have some leadership qualities.

Nabuli would be a waste. We had Koro and Mr T and didn't want either. One is now a Wallaby, the other one of the leading try scorers in the comp. Nabuli was always worse than the two we had. All he has is size. Not much skill or speed compared to Mr T or Semi.

Its pretty simple. Offer lawrence a 2 year extension giving him a 3 year contract. If he is on $700k next season, offer him $500k for the 2 season extension effectively giving him a 3 year deal worth $1.2 mil. Pay him $400k per season

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@Tigerbenb said:
$400k for Chris Lawrence? Omg, you have got to be kidding me. Hell no this is how we got in this mess

Dude if you realise the current salary cap is $5.5M for Top 25, that equates to $220K per player. Minimum wage is $80K.

You don't reckon in the current line-up that Rowdy is worth a bit less than double the average payment?
 
@benji#6 said:
@Balmain Boy said:
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

how can we keep him on 300k if he's earning 500-700k next season? Sounds great though!

If we could offload Lawrence for 75% of his contract, say 450k of a 600k contract i'd take that. that 450k could be spent on 2 decent players with some experience, say back row and centre. Not world beaters, but a solid first grader, especially if they have some leadership qualities.

Nabuli would be a waste. We had Koro and Mr T and didn't want either. One is now a Wallaby, the other one of the leading try scorers in the comp. Nabuli was always worse than the two we had. All he has is size. Not much skill or speed compared to Mr T or Semi.

Its pretty simple. Offer lawrence a 2 year extension giving him a 3 year contract. If he is on $700k next season, offer him $500k for the 2 season extension effectively giving him a 3 year deal worth $1.2 mil. Pay him $400k per season

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Lawrence's $700k for next season is guaranteed, whether it's with us or elsewhere.
Why would he settle for only $250k per season for the two after that? He'd command more than that on the open market easily.
 
Any updates on this?
He could make it….
Just needs the right people around him.
 
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

Yep and make him captain
 
@Balmain Boy said:
@madunit said:
I'd be tempted to keep Lawrence on 300k a season and keep him as a back rower. He's the best back rower at the club and with a full off-season in the role, he will only get better.

how can we keep him on 300k if he's earning 500-700k next season? Sounds great though!

If we could offload Lawrence for 75% of his contract, say 450k of a 600k contract i'd take that. that 450k could be spent on 2 decent players with some experience, say back row and centre. Not world beaters, but a solid first grader, especially if they have some leadership qualities.

Nabuli would be a waste. We had Koro and Mr T and didn't want either. One is now a Wallaby, the other one of the leading try scorers in the comp. Nabuli was always worse than the two we had. All he has is size. Not much skill or speed compared to Mr T or Semi.

Well written BB. I don't know how you can force a player to play for significantly less than he is entitled to be paid. You have to back the club and its plan to fix whatever the situation is with the salary cap.
 
Written in today's tele that he has signed for the qld reds union team so end of discussion abs another crap article written by phil rothfield
 
@WTDiehard said:
Re: Lawrence / Nabuli swap.

I think for the Tigers they are more concerned about fixing their salary cap mess than retaining one or two players ATM. Prior to Lawrence's switch to 2nd row…..most said his best days are over, we want him gone. Lawrence is probably on $400k-$700k next year depending on if there are any back ended payments in his final year. Club has already ditched Galloway, if Lawrence goes as well......the club see's a $1,000,000 million salary cap problem gone and the potential to rebuild the side where they think we need coverage ATM. Its probably why they were happy to let Blair, Austin, Koro and so go last year.....came down to do we need them more than fixing the salary cap mess.

With Richards, Galloway, Moltzen definatley gone....2016 is focused on upgrading Taupau's contract and maybe signing 1-2 players to the roster where required. At this stage we probably cannot expect much more.

I have been very critical of the footy we have played this year...especially between rounds 8-18 in most part. Even though we lost to the Roosters & Bronco's in the last 2 weeks I really like what I'm seeing in our attacking play .....completion has let us down but if we held the passes last week we could have scored 20-30 points against the Roosters and the same against the Bronco's......thats pretty good against Top 4 sides.....where we are falling down is discipline....giving away very silly penalties and allowing sides to dominate possession and pressure against us......we lose the penalty count almost every week.....for a young side, hard to win like that & this is costing us every week. Until we fix this we will struggle.

I really like what I'm seeing from Moses in the last few weeks.....this kid can play, and it takes a little pressure off Brooks and the predictability of our play. I'm positive that with a little more time and hopfully injury free.....these guys will develop a crack combo.

In 2005 we got smashed by the Bronco's 40-22 and everyone said how bad we were. I actually saw alot of positives in that game....in fact I thought we were pretty good apart from some of the defensive lapses.....and the last 2 weeks I have felt the same, we smashed the Rabbits 5-6 weeks ago...anyone see what the Rabbits did to Newcastle last week. We have potential, we just lack consistency

Pateince.

Spot on mate
 
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