Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[pawsandclaws1]

Sky reporting Arthur Laundy and his family have purchased 9 radio for $56m.

 

[cktiger]

Tino definitely isnt a true 13

To be honest, at this point in time, would rather have Cooper Bai.
The kid is special and only going to get better.

 

[weststigers]

To put it in perspective Teddy was playing origin before he left us. There’s still a couple in front of Bula imo. Potential is there but you can get caught paying overs for potential

He wasn't fantastic for Fiji. Seemed timid against average opposition.

Hopefully he was just cruising in the off season trying to avoid injury.

 

[Vicious]

If he won't accept this type of deal then stuff him and his D head manager, for someone who loves the club it's taking too long.

Sign before kickoff or just take up the club option that gives us two years to prepare for life after, no letting him go early, as much as he still has to learn we have no one of equal ability at the moment.

I’ve been saying for over 12 months that Bula via his management will be expecting to be paid a lot more than what we would expect to pay for him.
A million dollars per season is a big investment and you need to be certain that player has superstar qualities.
As I’ve also said previously the recent HBG shannanigans has now backed the club into a corner as if we lose Bula on top of that the uproar from a large portion of our fans would cause big damage to the Wests Tigers brand, therefore we are virtually forced to pay him what he is asking for.
I acknowledge that even if we re-sign him at approximately 1 million per season before the 2026 season starts it’s an each way bet as he could hopefully commence the 2026 in scintillating career best form and the 1 million per season then starts to look like money well spent. But if he shows no improvement on previous seasons the 1 million per season then becomes around 300k per season too much.
My opinion has always been he is a talented player, but nowhere near a 1 million dollar per season player.
But geez I hope I’m wrong and the upcoming 2026 season will reveal the answer.