hammertime
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Given the new cap, that's not bad. Same as what we're paying noffa probably
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Tom Shines
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Yeah maybe … but I’m still going to go with them over what some anonymous blowfly here reckons….
It wouldn’t surprise me if year 1 is $550k tipped in from the Dragons (his salary there) & then decreased year after that.
Strider
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I think he is worth it, based on he destroyed Brooks performance when he played 7 Dragons vs Tigers early this year.
balmain boy
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I wouldn't believe that for a second. Buzz, wtf would he know.
If we did sign that deal it's up there with the worst in WT history! Very hard to believe we would sign a reserve grader on that much, for that long too. Would be extremely incompetent, even for us!
His realistic current value is about 300k. The WT tax may mean we had to pay more.
It was initially being reported as a 2 year deal, with an option of a third. Then somehow got announced as 4 years. I reckon at least one if not 2 of the years are options.
Tom Shines
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Well… I’m going to believe it over someone here‘s gut feelings that it is an overpay …
Good point @hammertime, I know dragons haven’t been much better but also makes sense for a team that has got consecutive wooden spoons to pay overs for any player. Just how it is until the results change 🤷♂️
balmain boy
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It's your right to be gullible if that's what you want to do.
They just pluck numbers out of nowhere. Especially when it's someone that hates us, of course he inflates things to make us look even worse.
GNR4LIFE
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I’m sure if he underperforms that figure will get bigger and bigger. If he’s that underwhelming, he’ll be on a million a year.
Tom Shines
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Yeah … these things never get leaked …everything in the NRL stays a secret… particularly with our team…
You keep going with your gut feelings instead
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cqtiger
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And AFB will still have a close relationship with the Fainu’s when he signs with someone else
I don't understand why people are freaking out at $550k per season?
Shortage of halves with NRL experience, increasing salary cap, over the next 2 years with the cap increasing, that money will look like chumps change. Compared to what we were previously paying a perennial underperformer in the same position, its nothing.
The kids 21, some people in here are talking as if he has been in first grade for 10 years and shown no promise or signs of improvement. Scarred, I think.
Shortage of halves with NRL experience, increasing salary cap, over the next 2 years with the cap increasing, that money will look like chumps change. Compared to what we were previously paying a perennial underperformer in the same position, its nothing.
The kids 21, some people in here are talking as if he has been in first grade for 10 years and shown no promise or signs of improvement. Scarred, I think.
426Tlgerland
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Yep give the kid a chance , could shock a few in hear , I say he will go well with Sezer and push us up a few spots in 24
NOt sure but hes gppd at catching chips near the tryline.
He might have a good footy brain but he doesnt have the body or speed to back it up.
fibrodreaming
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Why is it necessary to take sides regarding the amount of the Sullivan deal. Is it a great deal or, is it a modest deal? Who knows?
I make it a matter of policy to believe nothing I read in the rugby league media. They make stuff up. They are more akin to gossip columnists than real journalists and their sources usually have an agenda.
Best to maintain an open mind until there is an official announcement from the club.
weststigers
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Sullivans salary is a function of the halves tax...every club has to pay it because there is not enough talent to go around in that position.
Most clubs will have 4 halves - 2 starters and 2 reserves. Total salary cap on these players is around 2 to 2.5 million - clubs can break that up however they like. Manly have Cherry-Evans and Brooks. Combined, they are on around 1.8 million. Moses and Dillon Brown are on around 2 mill combined. The issue these clubs face is there is a lack of depth if one or both go down injured.
I think we will have the balance right considering salary cap limitations. Even Api can slot into half if need be.
We have around a million locked up in Fainu and Sullivan. Sezer has a few hundred thousand for next year and Doueihi is taking up around 600k. If Luai signs on for 1.1 or 1.2 mill, then that's about right in the scheme of things once Sezer and Doueihi depart.
It would look like this as an estimate.
Luai 1.1 mill
Sullivan 550k
Fainu 500k
Galvin? 200-300k
Performance will dictate whether we persist with these players or the funds can be spent better elsewhere.
Most clubs will have 4 halves - 2 starters and 2 reserves. Total salary cap on these players is around 2 to 2.5 million - clubs can break that up however they like. Manly have Cherry-Evans and Brooks. Combined, they are on around 1.8 million. Moses and Dillon Brown are on around 2 mill combined. The issue these clubs face is there is a lack of depth if one or both go down injured.
I think we will have the balance right considering salary cap limitations. Even Api can slot into half if need be.
We have around a million locked up in Fainu and Sullivan. Sezer has a few hundred thousand for next year and Doueihi is taking up around 600k. If Luai signs on for 1.1 or 1.2 mill, then that's about right in the scheme of things once Sezer and Doueihi depart.
It would look like this as an estimate.
Luai 1.1 mill
Sullivan 550k
Fainu 500k
Galvin? 200-300k
Performance will dictate whether we persist with these players or the funds can be spent better elsewhere.
Tom Shines
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Thats fine …we can all do what we please…you want to dismiss it then you do that …
For me,,, when I have a choice between going with whats in the media, or what an anonymous person here reckons,,, I’ll go with whats in the media …
Ive seen some pretty wild things said in these forums … not much accountability around what’s said here …
Jedi_Tiger
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Rothfield is the same bloke who had Brooks salary for 2023 yo yo from 1.3 million to 1 million the 950k then back up to $1.1 million in 4 separate articles...
The journos just pluck numbers out of thin air
Littlebittipsy
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We’re optimistic’: Panthers prepared to up Luai offer to ward off Tigers
SMHPanthers officials are prepared to increase their offer to Jarome Luai of a contract longer than two years to ward off big-money interest from Wests Tigers.
Luai, along with superstar halfback Nathan Cleary, will be back on deck on Friday when he begins pre-season training with the premiers.
The race for the Luai’s signature has become the most talked-about story over the summer after the 26-year-old, three-time premiership winner was paid a personal visit by Tigers coach Benji Marshall, and last week met with Canterbury supremo Phil Gould.
There have been suggestions Luai wanted to make a call on his future for 2025 and beyond by the time he resumed training.
But Penrith chief executive of rugby league Matt Cameron said the club was happy to give Luai all the time he wanted. The Panthers’ offer is reportedly worth around $850,000 a season for two years – some $300,000 less per season than the offer on the table from the Tigers, which is for four years and includes the chance to play halfback.
A third year on the Panthers offer, which would take Luai through until the end of 2027 – the same year his good friend Cleary is up for renewal – might just be enough to convince him to stay put.
“We’ll get Jarome back in the building on Friday and pick up our conversation from there,” Cameron told this masthead.
We’ve been in constant dialogue with him. He spoke to the coach [Ivan Cleary] just last week. We’ve been 100 per cent transparent with him, and he’s been 100 per cent transparent with us as to what is going on.
We just want to get him back in the building, make sure his shoulder is OK, then talk about his contract. There’s no rush from us. This talk of him wanting to sort out his contract before returning to training has never come from us, so I can’t comment on that.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – we’re optimistic we’ll get a deal done with Jarome.
“It will not be all about the money. And we’ve got a pretty good track record of players recommitting to the club and taking a little less for the chance to pursue something pretty special.”
Aaaaand here we go.
We have been used again to inflate a marquee players contract elsewhere haha.
I have no doubt he will stay with Penrith
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