Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Kelce68 said:
He has one of the best resumes out of any half to come on the market in the last 5/10 years.
We actually have the money and space to go hard after him.
He is in an area of long-term need.
We're a realistic option for him, whether it's financially, geographically or connection-wise (Api).

The cognitive dissonance in that writer's room is as impressive as it is embarrassing.
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"Writers room" is a stretch. Pretty sure the bloke quoted himself in the headline.

The overblown egos and personal vendettas in the NRL media really is a joke
 
The Warriors will not release AFB without receiving a player or players in return that they believe to be suitable compensation.
So regardless if the Roosters or whoever else want AFB, they won’t be getting him unless they have a suitable player or players to trade to the Warriors in return.
Common sense tells me that there are no genuine props any other club could provide the Warriors as suitable compensation for AFB, therefore a player they have long been rumoured to want is Isaiah Papali’i.
In a perfect world we don’t want to lose Ice ourselves, but if it meant we gain an enforcer we have long been needing, I think the trade would be worthwhile.
It’s a possibility big Stef could transition into an edge back rower, he’d be hard to stop one on one wide of the ruck.
 
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Tito Santana said:
Yep - buy established players. Not potential.
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This would be the best way to guarantee not playing finals for another half decade. We already have too many long-term contracts for "established players" on the books that are going to reduce our cap flexibility just as some of the young guys start needing to be renewed: Bateman, Nofoaluma and Klemmer are all players that well run clubs would be trying to replace from within using their own talent on minimal wages, instead of paying for years past their use-by dates. Adding a bunch of additional mid-range first graders on 3-4 year deals would be absolute suicide for the Tigers.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Or a three-way trade ...

Ice to Warriors
AFB back to Manly (especially with Keppie & mower man possibly on the way out)
Haumole to Tigers
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Why on earth would either Manly or the Warriors do this? Manly, a club widely understood to be under cap pressure, has to work out how to accommodate the highest paid prop in the game. The Warriors replace their best middle forward, who may want to leave but is still under contract, with a wildly underperforming player who plays a position in which they have a production line of young talent, and the Tigers... get to dump a crap contract in return for getting one of the most promising players in the game? That. Isn't. How. This. Works.

I would say both clubs would hang up on you the minute you suggested this deal but actually they'd probably keep you on the line for a few minutes just so they could laugh at you.
 
Vicious said:
The Warriors will not release AFB without receiving a player or players in return that they believe to be suitable compensation.
So regardless if the Roosters or whoever else want AFB, they won’t be getting him unless they have a suitable player or players to trade to the Warriors in return.
Common sense tells me that there are no genuine props any other club could provide the Warriors as suitable compensation for AFB, therefore a player they have long been rumoured to want is Isaiah Papali’i.
In a perfect world we don’t want to lose Ice ourselves, but if it meant we gain an enforcer we have long been needing, I think the trade would be worthwhile.
It’s a possibility big Stef could transition into an edge back rower, he’d be hard to stop one on one wide of the ruck.
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Only way letting Ice go is ok is if we’re getting a suitable replacement. AFB is a great Prop and would take him, but Ice is one of our best backrowers we do not have a replacement for him. Blore, Seyfarth and whoever else we have aren’t up to it to cover him. We currently can’t afford to lose Ice given we’ve got no one to cover him.
 
Glenji95 said:
We also extended Joffa then released him 6 months later. If we could do it to him we could do it with Twal and Seyfarth. Although I remember Seyfarth turned down Warriors at the beginning of the year. Twal I would let go for AFB. Ice we can’t unless we’re getting a suitable replacement.
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I think anyone would let Twal go for the best front rower in the comp mate, but I’m sure warriors will want better then that...
The only kind of realistic thing would be Ice and Sam Fainu plays starting 2nd row
 
Demps said:
To other clubs?
Or to Luai, himself?

#know your worth 😂

In a game where there is a shortage of halves... I don't think anyones falling for that Ivan.
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To other clubs. No point trying it on Luai. Who cares if you doubt your value if the big offers are rolling in? The only viable plan is to try and reduce the value of rival offers and the difference between their and your offers.
 
Yossarian said:
To other clubs. No point trying it on Luai. Who cares if you doubt your value if the big offers are rolling in? The only viable plan is to try and reduce the value of rival offers and the difference between their and your offers.
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Ivan the snake.
Doesn't seem like a smart move in my eyes...
 
Juice said:
I think anyone would let Twal go for the best front rower in the comp mate, but I’m sure warriors will want better then that...
The only kind of realistic thing would be Ice and Sam Fainu plays starting 2nd row
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I don’t think they would take Sam Fainu they are just basing it on potential if they did. Ice while they might consider it it also severely weakens us. We can’t swap Ice for AFB unless we have someone that replaces Ice. The only one that would work is Haumole, but that’s unlikely.
 
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