Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
No chance the Bulldogs will pay him 800k or higher.
I know Gus is getting old, but does he really think Bula at fullback and Galvin in the halves is winning him a Premiership?
He is not that silly and he knows there will be an opportunity to sign Kalyn Ponga, Ryan Papenhuysen, AJ Brimson or Jaxon Purdue, so I cannot see him frantically signing Bula as of November 1 when the above listed players either will be available or likely to become available.
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You’re exactly right. They won’t pay him 800 or higher out of the cap.

They are one of the top sides who need a fullback upgrade.
 
Tiger-ferret said:
You’re exactly right. They won’t pay him 800 or higher out of the cap.

They are one of the top sides who need a fullback upgrade.
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Gus Gould has already said Bula could be anything in a stronger team - if he wants him bad enough he will make sure he is remunerated and then it will be up to WTs to decide whether we believe the same and are prepared to back him.
 
TigerSkins05 said:
One would hope that type of behavior was when he was single .. now he is married with a kid .. here's hoping his behavior has improved. Also remember it takes two to tango ..so Mrs Lichha (to be then) was pretty much gutter trash. Plus i dont think the current Mrs Elliott would take that sort of behavior from her husband .. she would rip his left testicle out with her front teeth in a heartbeat .. !!

"Absolute dog act that shouldn't be taken lightly. Who ever does that, isn't a team player" .. another certain former Bulldog / Cowboy player had this behavior he's whole career .. and still does .. !!
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Yeah, was a while ago. Mrs lichha wasn't in the team and to me, that's the issue. These guys are supposed to be brothers. Not sure how our squad would feel about it... If it were me, this would be an Api / romy call
 
teddy23 said:
Would be great off the bench for us and can fill multiple positions in the forward pack. Could potentially even start him at lock.

High motor with his line speed in defence and his tackle efficiency really sticking out. He also runs the ball strongly with a nice offload.

I’ve always admired him as an underrated player, I think this would be a really solid signing. You won’t ever question Elliot’s effort I can promise you that.

Go get him Richo!
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He is better than Mavrik Geyer…and at about the same price
 
cktiger said:
God… how?
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Like I said , I’d spent some time in Townsville , around 07/08 and yea people would say he’d always be out , and the running joke was don’t leave your missus alone with him .
Like I said I don’t have much knowledge on it , rather than anecdotal shit . It seems others have heard the same things .
 
tigahhh said:
you’ve missed my entire point. bula leaving in isolation wouldn’t be the end of the world. him leaving after galvin & tds also did, who were supposed to be our long-term spine members, doesn’t give a lot of optimism for the future of the club. our pathways in key positions are bare now
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Other players will come and go - they ae no different. It was only the blind that thought that Galvin was going to stay long term given his requests for a release over several months and we'll see if TDS makes the grade at the Eels before losing too much sleep.
 
Lestronge said:
Like I said , I’d spent some time in Townsville , around 07/08 and yea people would say he’d always be out , and the running joke was don’t leave your missus alone with him .
Like I said I don’t have much knowledge on it , rather than anecdotal shit . It seems others have heard the same things .
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What I cant understand is why any women would be swayed by him.
Definitely not what you'd call either intelligent or attractive ...and possessing one of the more stupid, annoying, laughs on the planet.
Was North Queensland though...I suppose.😄
 
Lestronge said:
Man there is an absolute abundance of fullbacks in the nrl , and just below . Straight off the top of my head , we could offer Paps 2 years , allowing Brooke’s and oitman time to mature . We could go to market and snatch Brimson from the titans , Purdue from the cowboys , Faalago from the storm. Thats without much thought , and consideration of what’s out there . If thr young fullback who’s playing halves at Newcastle can’t make the switch I’m sure he’ll be available as well .
Bula is a great fullback , and we should do whatever we can to keep him , but if he’s got one foot out the door , there is literally heaps of options Available , both internally and externally.
It is simply nothing like the Teddy situation where we lost him and the guy who should have replaced him in Papenhuyzen.
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Pretty much agreed.

I don't think we have a lot of options internally though. Juniors coming up, Mason who hasn't been very good.. We could replace internally, but we would loose a dynamic player who can cross the line.

We would pay top freight for Paps I think. Warbrick though could be interesting, doubt the storm would part with him, but could be interesting.

Plenty of options and plenty of clubs that kinda want to move on their fullbacks. Bula does seem like a player I want to keep, but not for crazy money.
 
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