Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Lestronge said:
The titans are exhibit A on this strategy . They will get the spoon this year , with one of the best rosters on paper in the comp . Investing hugely on middles and fullbacks . Even the cowboys didn’t with JT , when 1 mil was more like 1.5 mil for today’s salary cap . It was fine when the only other huge salary they were paying was the other JT , but once guys like Morgan came with their hands out , they’ve fallen in a hole . Hugely saved by the massive cap jump a few years ago , which wasn’t originally forecasted .
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1m+ for 2- 3 years for a middle while you are in a premiership window and he could make the difference between top 8 and serious contender is smart . 1m+ for a middle for 5 years in almost any scenario will end in tears.
I would love to have Tino, however not at $1m+ for 5 years, I would rather pay $1.5m for 2 years. If you are a contender and the club is moving forward after 2 years he would probably extend anyway. This all or nothing 5+ year contract stuff is dangerous. It invariably includes clauses that favour the player as well.
 
balmain boy said:
Interesting what this means for other juniors like Tavana, now there's seemingly no more Dev spots for 2026. All our Dev spots on forwards too
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Yep so in summary are development players for 2026 are:

Charlie Murray, Jared Haywood, Pheonix Godinet, Christian Taupau-Moors, Lachlan Broederlow & Ethan Roberts.

Interesting that they are all forwards unless we free up a spot. There is some speculation from us forum-ites that Broederlow's form this season in JF has cast doubt on his spot moving forward.

Otherwise means Javon Andrews must be top 30 and we'll have a number of backs as Train & Trialists.
 
TheEnz said:
1m+ for 2- 3 years for a middle while you are in a premiership window and he could make the difference between top 8 and serious contender is smart . 1m+ for a middle for 5 years in almost any scenario will end in tears.
I would love to have Tino, however not at $1m+ for 5 years, I would rather pay $1.5m for 2 years. If you are a contender and the club is moving forward after 2 years he would probably extend anyway. This all or nothing 5+ year contract stuff is dangerous. It invariably includes clauses that favour the player as well.
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He will not sign for 3 years . It’s fairyland stuff . He’s got a 7 year 1.5 mil offer from the dragons and bears on the table . That’s the range of years and money you have to play in now .
They will be real dark years in 31/32 for whichever club pays that . He can’t stay on the field now at 26 yo. It will be Matt Ballin level bench riding in those years for whichever team.
I’d much rather get a Hamlin uele or a Talakai and move him into the middle for a fraction of the cost , without having this albatross around your neck , that might bare fruit in 26,27,28 , but will block pathways for the juniors and severely hamstring your capabilities in the salary cap , even if it goes to the expected 15 mil by 2030, I’ve seen projected . 1.5kil then for a prop who’s the best in the world and killing it … muah chefs kiss . For a guy who’s as likely to be helping the assistant coach with the defensive strategies in the box as he is to be playing on the field … yuck . We litterally have just come out of this with Reynolds and Packer , and McQueen , and some of you guys are desperate to get right back into that pit of despair . I dunno … I tend to prefer to learn from mistakes…
 
Lestronge said:
He will not sign for 3 years . It’s fairyland stuff . He’s got a 7 year 1.5 mil offer from the dragons and bears on the table . That’s the range of years and money you have to play in now .
They will be real dark years in 31/32 for whichever club pays that . He can’t stay on the field now at 26 yo. It will be Matt Ballin level bench riding in those years for whichever team.
I’d much rather get a Hamlin uele or a Talakai and move him into the middle for a fraction of the cost , without having this albatross around your neck , that might bare fruit in 26,27,28 , but will block pathways for the juniors and severely hamstring your capabilities in the salary cap , even if it goes to the expected 15 mil by 2030, I’ve seen projected . 1.5kil then for a prop who’s the best in the world and killing it … muah chefs kiss . For a guy who’s as likely to be helping the assistant coach with the defensive strategies in the box as he is to be playing on the field … yuck . We litterally have just come out of this with Reynolds and Packer , and McQueen , and some of you guys are desperate to get right back into that pit of despair . I dunno … I tend to prefer to learn from mistakes…
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Guys like Sione Fainu are on a fraction of the money, yet allow us room in our cap to breath.

Paying that sort of cash would severely limit squad depth and frankly for that sort of cash you want a match winner....I mean think about it...it's more money than Nathan Cleary. It doesn't make a whole lotta sense.
 
tigahhh said:
Gus on his podcast talking about it’s ridiculous to pay a middle $1.5m… funny he said the same thing about our offer to galvin before he ended up signing him. he wants Tino and is trying to drive his price down
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More use 3rd party deals, house/appartment and length of deal to drive it down officially on the books.

Gus entering the battle to sign him drives the price up by default.
 
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