Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[AdelaideTiger]

Brandon Smith looks to be going to Souths immediately. Roosters probably freeing up cap space.

Chooks are clearing the decks across the board

 

[AdelaideTiger]

What's people's thoughts on Fletcher Baker for some middle forward depth. He looked like he was developing into a really good player at Easts before it just not working for him in Brisbane. He's still pretty young and wouldn't break the bank.

Looks bog average when I've seen him for the broncos decent depth nothing more

 

[Fish88]

Very hard to say no to running the rush on Fifita. Probably the most gifted forward of this generation in par with Haas. With the likes of Jarome and co that might help him buy into the culture here.

He is absolutely worth the risk, the potential is massive!

 

[Vicious]

I don’t want him at that price either … but I’ll bet you that he ends up getting paid that much … The issue is that there are two desperate teams about to enter the competition that need to build a team from scratch and either of them will pay him and take the risk that they can get the best out of him

You could argue that the two high profile edge back rowers that appear to be available in David Fifita and Kai Pearce-Paul would form a much better and much more dangerous edge back row combination than what we currently have.
So do we sit back and potentially let the Perth Bears sign them both, or do we take a chance on improving our team and sign one of them ?

 

[Tom Shines]

Fifita being shopped to a Sydney club and willing to take a pay cut

YES

He has guaranteed $1m rest of this year and next … my tip is that he will then head over to Perth in 2027 on the same coin

 

[JC99]

David Fifita come on down!

At his best he is an absolute freak. I would back Benji and Luai to get him motivated and firing

 

[Tom Shines]

So do we sit back and potentially let the Perth Bears sign them both, or do we take a chance on improving our team and sign one of them ?

All I’m saying is that you won’t get Fifita at $600k

 

[Conbat07]

At the right price and he wants to join to fit into the culture we are building sure! Who are the Sydney clubs he got shopped to? Wont be Roosters lol, not that many teams would have cap space for him

 

[JC99]

At the right price and he wants to join to fit into the culture we are building sure! Who are the Sydney clubs he got shopped to? Wont be Roosters lol, not that many teams would have cap space for him

We need a second rower and we have money to spend, the stars are aligning

 

[jadtiger]

Very hard to say no to running the rush on Fifita. Probably the most gifted forward of this generation in par with Haas. With the likes of Jarome and co that might help him buy into the culture here.

He is absolutely worth the risk, the potential is massive!

I would say it is very easy to ignore Fifita especially at the money he would expect.

 

[Big Red]

All I’m saying is that you won’t get Fifita at $600k

His salary for the rest of the year is ~ $500K and next year it’s $1M. If Titans contribute $100K for the remainder of this year and $200K for next year, his salary averages out to be $600K spread across two seasons. If Richo’s got money burning a hole in his pocket, this would be a good buy. If it’s true Fifita’s uncle is Bula’s father in law, a family connection and change of scenery could be exactly what he needs.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

We need a second rower and we have money to spend, the stars are aligning

Unless the Roosters allowing Young to leave & releasing Smith now has something to do with Fifita even with Wong & Crichton.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

like foran did with fifita luai would be able to keep him in line
a million times better player than Kai Pi%s Poor

 

[JC99]

Unless the Roosters allowing Young to leave & releasing Smith now has something to do with Fifita even with Wong & Crichton.

Maybe, or it's DCE they're after

 

[rex2ce]

No way in hell the Tele would refer to us as a "massive Sydney club". DCE to the Roosters seems most likely.

Unless they are giving Fifita another shot

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I would say it is very easy to ignore Fifita especially at the money he would expect.

we would be paying KPP what 700k we could probably get fifita for not much more

 

[colinbh]

you'd think it'd be DCE to Easts.

Correct.

 

[hammertime]

One thing about Fafita is that apparently, the dispute was that he wanted to play on the right. Given it is Seyfarth's position, maybe we can accommodate that.

 

[Ecto-1]

Given the fact that the rumour came out that Fafita was coming to us before all this news dropped has got me wondering 🤔

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

One thing about Fafita is that apparently, the dispute was that he wanted to play on the right. Given it is Seyfarth's position, maybe we can accommodate that.

It was the left he wanted to play HT.