Ryan Papenhuyzen

[Speed2burn]

Mmm, we seem to have a good thing in Laurie, as electrifying as Paps is..I think we should continue to invest in Daine

This is why we haven't made the finals in 10 years

So Laurie is to blame? he looks like he will be really good for us

Let’s be honest, paps probably wouldn’t come back to us anyway

 

[DGilly]

Mmm, we seem to have a good thing in Laurie, as electrifying as Paps is..I think we should continue to invest in Daine

This is why we haven't made the finals in 10 years

So Laurie is to blame? he looks like he will be really good for us

Let’s be honest, paps probably wouldn’t come back to us anyway

Look at the above post, I'm not blaming Laurie I'm blaming the attitude of not going after great players because we might be able to develop one. I mean think about it, Laurie's ceiling is Papenhuyzen. Who says he'll reach that ceiling? I want him at the club too but he can play 6

 

[Speed2burn]

Mmm, we seem to have a good thing in Laurie, as electrifying as Paps is..I think we should continue to invest in Daine

This is why we haven't made the finals in 10 years

So Laurie is to blame? he looks like he will be really good for us

Let’s be honest, paps probably wouldn’t come back to us anyway

Look at the above post, I'm not blaming Laurie I'm blaming the attitude of not going after great players because we might be able to develop one. I mean think about it, Laurie's ceiling is Papenhuyzen. Who says he'll reach that ceiling? I want him at the club too but he can play 6

You may be right , and I’m all for signing marquee players in positions we visibly lack talent, however in my view..fullback, for now is one position that should be down the pecking order

Unless Laurie does a complete 180 and his form turns to trash (which I don’t see probable, his effort levels and toughness for a little fella is through the roof)

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I heard his interview. He's a marketable player and I have no doubt he and Munster will be offered huge $ from the Storm.

 

[Tiger5150]

Yay another Paps thread!

Someone was telling me the other day, that he used to play for us?

 

[jirskyr]

Papy $1.1M over two years? Sure thing. Over 1 year? Hell no. Only a handful of players get that, esp with reduced cap post-COVID.

As pointed out we already have a good long-term FB option, what do you do with Papenhuyzen, play him 5/8th?

Also Paps isn't off contract until 2023? Long ways off.

He's one of the best players in the NRL in what universe would he take 550k a year? He's worth every cent of 1.1m. We pay Mbye 900k ffs

Mate salary cap 2021 is $9.9M and you want to spend 11% of that on Ryan Paps who plays in a position we've got covered?

I'm not suggesting he'd ever come for $550K, what I am suggesting is $1.1M would be a farce. What Mbye does or does not earn has nothing to do with it, you don't compare future salaries with the current outgoings of one of your mediocre footballers.

 

[jirskyr]

Every contract Bellamy signs will be his last.

He's the John Farnham of coaches.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Doubt he comes here

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Sign him up ...

Package deal with Munster..

Agreed, make him the games first $2mil a year player.
Munster that is, they can keep Pap.

 

[sleeve]

Agree with the Boss it won,t happen. But to fantasize, Paps at FB, Laurie at 5/8,another centre and wing, and we are rocking! People were wetting their pants over JAC, Cheese, and Staggs who still has a question mark over consistancy and an acl. Paps is twice as valuable at a similar price.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Paps would be a great move at fullback and Laurie at 6
Adam Douhie and centre replacing Joey L

 

[Tim Sheens]

Guy sure can play, just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[sleeve]

Paps would be a great move at fullback and Laurie at 6
Adam Douhie and centre replacing Joey L

Joey i think is on big dollars, and an extra $200,000 spent on Paps is a no brainer. He has got his premiership, he is a local product and Bellamy is going , we could be an outside chance for the right $$$$.

 

[twentyforty]

Does anyone seriously think that’s the market we’re in? Didn’t the LM saga resonate?
We are building everything. We need to keep our focus on the Daine Lauries and Harry Grants.

 

[DGilly]

Does anyone seriously think that’s the market we’re in? Didn’t the LM saga resonate?
We are building everything. We need to keep our focus on the Daine Lauries and Harry Grants.

Well one of them is already gone so I don't really rate that strategy

 

[DGilly]

Papy $1.1M over two years? Sure thing. Over 1 year? Hell no. Only a handful of players get that, esp with reduced cap post-COVID.

As pointed out we already have a good long-term FB option, what do you do with Papenhuyzen, play him 5/8th?

Also Paps isn't off contract until 2023? Long ways off.

He's one of the best players in the NRL in what universe would he take 550k a year? He's worth every cent of 1.1m. We pay Mbye 900k ffs

Mate salary cap 2021 is $9.9M and you want to spend 11% of that on Ryan Paps who plays in a position we've got covered?

I'm not suggesting he'd ever come for $550K, what I am suggesting is $1.1M would be a farce. What Mbye does or does not earn has nothing to do with it, you don't compare future salaries with the current outgoings of one of your mediocre footballers.

Look at how many players are on 1m+ in the NRL and tell me that 1.1 isn't market value for one of the best players in the entire NRL

 

[PabloX]

Agree with the Boss it won,t happen. But to fantasize, Paps at FB, Laurie at 5/8,another centre and wing, and we are rocking! People were wetting their pants over JAC, Cheese, and Staggs who still has a question mark over consistancy and an acl. Paps is twice as valuable at a similar price.

That centre is AD

 

[twentyforty]

Does anyone seriously think that’s the market we’re in? Didn’t the LM saga resonate?
We are building everything. We need to keep our focus on the Daine Lauries and Harry Grants.

Well one of them is already gone so I don't really rate that strategy

So because you fail at a point in your strategy (can’t sign Harry) you throw the toys out of the cot?
The point I was trying to make is..why go after a $1m established player when we are better suited to a $500k up and comer?

 

[DGilly]

Does anyone seriously think that’s the market we’re in? Didn’t the LM saga resonate?
We are building everything. We need to keep our focus on the Daine Lauries and Harry Grants.

Well one of them is already gone so I don't really rate that strategy

So because you fail at a point in your strategy (can’t sign Harry) you throw the toys out of the cot?
The point I was trying to make is..why go after a $1m established player when we are better suited to a $500k up and comer?

Because the Storm are literally the only club that have ever been able to pull that strategy off. We can't

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Does anyone seriously think that’s the market we’re in? Didn’t the LM saga resonate?
We are building everything. We need to keep our focus on the Daine Lauries and Harry Grants.

Well one of them is already gone so I don't really rate that strategy

So because you fail at a point in your strategy (can’t sign Harry) you throw the toys out of the cot?
The point I was trying to make is..why go after a $1m established player when we are better suited to a $500k up and comer?

Because the Storm are literally the only club that have ever been able to pull that strategy off. We can't

If we get a 2nd set of books we can compete too. Worth a shot.