Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Odessa said:
Spoke with someone who recently got back from PNG after spending 13 months working there there had to fly in and out every 3 months because of the visa

They lived in a 5 star hotel compound all locked in if he left the compound he had two security guards with him at all times .

The company he worked for hired a second security company to monitor the first one because the first one took bribes and people got kidnapped

He saw a beheading in Port Moresby during the day he saw people losing limbs in fights and getting mugged losing limbs saw a white guy get sliced open buying the last pack of Weetbix because the local guy wanted them said it was batSh!t Crazy said he could tell me more but unless you see it and live it you won't believe it the vilance can not be put into words

He said when you go outside don't wear Nikes watchers rings necklaces anything in your hair no camera don't take a bag just an ATM card go as basic as you can


And said we should start a pool for the first NRL player or family member to get kidnapped said it will happen just who when and how many

Just crazy he came back lost his wife and suffered PTSD
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Johannesburg is one of the most dangerous cities in the world , and is home to the lions . SA has a multi million dollar rugby comp , and isn’t exactly a safe place , with most if not all players living in gated communities surrounded by security and armed guards . Bullet proof vehicles also isn’t out of the question. Qatar and Saudi Arabia house professional football comps with guys like Ronaldo on 100m a year minimum, and they’re not exactly safe either . India is pretty loose as well, plenty of people looking to do some nefarious shit at the expense of some rich Aussie making bank in the IPL.
A guy working in and around the gas lines / mines / oil rigs etc is gonna be much closer to the front line of shenanigans then nrl players who will live like royalty over there.
Theres firms who specialise in this, and shielding people from the day to day . If the nrl wants it to be a success these firms will need to be employed . Which they probably already are .
 
Lestronge said:
Johannesburg is one of the most dangerous cities in the world , and is home to the lions . SA has a multi million dollar rugby comp , and isn’t exactly a safe place , with most if not all players living in gated communities surrounded by security and armed guards . Bullet proof vehicles also isn’t out of the question. Qatar and Saudi Arabia house professional football comps with guys like Ronaldo on 100m a year minimum, and they’re not exactly safe either . India is pretty loose as well, plenty of people looking to do some nefarious shit at the expense of some rich Aussie making bank in the IPL.
A guy working in and around the gas lines / mines / oil rigs etc is gonna be much closer to the front line of shenanigans then nrl players who will live like royalty over there.
Theres firms who specialise in this, and shielding people from the day to day . If the nrl wants it to be a success these firms will need to be employed . Which they probably already are .
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Jo'burg is largely fine. There are areas you don't go to and many areas it's totally fine to go to. I had no qualms waking around the city in many areas. But yes also some dodgy areas you get told to avoid and if you do you're largely fine
 
Lestronge said:
Johannesburg is one of the most dangerous cities in the world , and is home to the lions . SA has a multi million dollar rugby comp , and isn’t exactly a safe place , with most if not all players living in gated communities surrounded by security and armed guards . Bullet proof vehicles also isn’t out of the question. Qatar and Saudi Arabia house professional football comps with guys like Ronaldo on 100m a year minimum, and they’re not exactly safe either . India is pretty loose as well, plenty of people looking to do some nefarious shit at the expense of some rich Aussie making bank in the IPL.
A guy working in and around the gas lines / mines / oil rigs etc is gonna be much closer to the front line of shenanigans then nrl players who will live like royalty over there.
Theres firms who specialise in this, and shielding people from the day to day . If the nrl wants it to be a success these firms will need to be employed . Which they probably already are .
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I was mugged in Joburg way back in 1998, for a second I thought I was gone.

balmain boy said:
Jo'burg is largely fine. There are areas you don't go to and many areas it's totally fine to go to. I had no qualms waking around the city in many areas. But yes also some dodgy areas you get told to avoid and if you do you're largely fine
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I'm sure it is, I must have been in a dodgy area
 
Lestronge said:
Johannesburg is one of the most dangerous cities in the world , and is home to the lions . SA has a multi million dollar rugby comp , and isn’t exactly a safe place , with most if not all players living in gated communities surrounded by security and armed guards . Bullet proof vehicles also isn’t out of the question. Qatar and Saudi Arabia house professional football comps with guys like Ronaldo on 100m a year minimum, and they’re not exactly safe either . India is pretty loose as well, plenty of people looking to do some nefarious shit at the expense of some rich Aussie making bank in the IPL.
A guy working in and around the gas lines / mines / oil rigs etc is gonna be much closer to the front line of shenanigans then nrl players who will live like royalty over there.
Theres firms who specialise in this, and shielding people from the day to day . If the nrl wants it to be a success these firms will need to be employed . Which they probably already are .
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It's a life style change the reason for the tax free money


But I was listening to 2GB or some radio station on the weekend and they said the mining industry is kicking up a stink over the NRL players not paying tax and they said things could change
 
innsaneink said:
Kights played yesterday and.can.confirm injury news...we have 24 hours jump and.still nothing

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Cant you just forget about the past ink and focus on the rugby league ahead.. some of you think this is the 21st century and think its possible to update fans in a timely matter via modern technology. Please be more patient and wait for the update via the local paper due to be delivered on Wednesday.
 
Odessa said:
It's a life style change the reason for the tax free money


But I was listening to 2GB or some radio station on the weekend and they said the mining industry is kicking up a stink over the NRL players not paying tax and they said things could change
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😂😂😂
Who would of thought that a miner would whinge
 
innsaneink said:
Kights played yesterday and.can.confirm injury news...we have 24 hours jump and.still nothing

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If what has been quoted is true about having a dislocation going straight back in it could be anything from 1 week to 8 weeks ....it depends on how much damage was done and how much strength is in the joint ( that came straight from a phsyios mouth )
 
innsaneink said:
Just heard Ponga out for 8 weeks and Dyl Brown 4...we have the knights in 4 weeks.

I know Tinys injury is disappointing but imagine losing jerome.for a month and.bula for 2

Tough luck for Newcastle i loke to see the bottom end have some.success fir a change
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Not as bad as I expected. If they can be 50% win loss when those guys get back maybe they’re not cooked. 2 wins helps.
 
balmain boy said:
Jo'burg is largely fine. There are areas you don't go to and many areas it's totally fine to go to. I had no qualms waking around the city in many areas. But yes also some dodgy areas you get told to avoid and if you do you're largely fine
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I took over a bunch of young fighters many years ago for youth boxing event in Jo burg, and have also been one a few trips to PNG they both have that same unsettling feeling and have seen some crazy things there ,personally i would want to be paid ALOT more money relocating to that type of atmosphere espiecially when you have been brought up living in Oz. Surely they cant be playing under the same cap as the rest of the teams
 
Odessa said:
It's a life style change the reason for the tax free money


But I was listening to 2GB or some radio station on the weekend and they said the mining industry is kicking up a stink over the NRL players not paying tax and they said things could change
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With footy player salaries the way they are, your top guys are earning 700k to 1.2 million.

If you can imagine the every dollar over 190k is being taxed at 45% plus Medicare levy surcharge, the guy on 1.2 million is saving 450k a year just in his top income bracket.

Tbh, throws a salary cap out the window if you start doing that, but if not, there is really no incentive to play in PNG unless you are already from there.
 
They won’t struggle to get players , but because it will be a transit lounge where guys go there for 2 years to make bank , they won’t win anything , because by the time the team has gelled , half of them will move on . In sports like college football , this is ok and expected but mainly because every team in the league is suffering from the same thing most years .
Like how do they get cohesiveness against even us. Most of our squad is going around next year and probably the year after .Thats , core wise , 4-5 years . Which’s so important in modern football. It’s gonna be a real struggle until the team is mostly PNG boys.
I just hope the guys they do get , are big on communication and standards , so the PNG boys can emulate , and ultimately drive themselves .
 
Lestronge said:
Ah bullshit . They get a shit tonne of workers from the pacific islands and south east Asia/ expats from the other side of the world who fifo there. They can sook all they want , just greedy mining companies looking to take the piss as usual. Like those manipulative ads I’ve started seeing everywhere .
Also mining isnt a galvanising industry that adds tourism dollars , and can change the perspective of the world re. Port Moresby . It’s a resource depleting capitalist venture designed to suck places dry of all their natural resources then move on . I would love to know how much of the min8ng dollar over there is actually for the local people. Sweet FA I SUSPECT.
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You pretty much summed up the war in Ukraine strip it of its natural resources Blackrock has purchased up alot of land which they have been after for a long long time and the 15 trillion sitting in the ground the president of Ukraine has promised to the London bankers no peace until the bankers get there hands on it
 
Lestronge said:
HUH? You do realise he signed with the titans right ? Also ,maka absolutely loves the tigers , like most players do tbh ,which is so weird to say, and his manager is tartak, who has been steering players towards the tigers ever since benji started to show signs he could actually coach .
He is not a Bula situation . Makasini will leave us one day , probably around 25 , hopefully after we’ve won a couple of premierships m and dominate union for a while , make his bank . But that’s not today , and it won’t be tomorrow . Stop with this shit ..
Also by family I’m assuming you’re referencing the Galvin family??
Had a reputation for being awesome , and definitely was a well liked family apparently …. Never any issues at all .. no issues …amazing you know ….
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More just the pressure from former players on their children.

I have no doubt Sirro pushed his kids here a bit, then pushed them away.
I suspect Mavrik's dad drove him to Perth to get a different contract.


Here we see the Titans go all out, and get lucky that Marcus wasn't around to explain to his kid (and dare I say mr Campbell who is never getting a better contract offer) why they should take the offer.

Main point: it's damn hard to sign to a struggling club like ours when the former players know what teams like Melbourne can do.

side point: We have to win the families around players.
 
Odessa said:
It's a life style change the reason for the tax free money


But I was listening to 2GB or some radio station on the weekend and they said the mining industry is kicking up a stink over the NRL players not paying tax and they said things could change
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🙁

The mines are the biggest leechers and dodgers.

People don't realise how many factories they closed. I saw it in 2008, each day we worked in a CRM field. factories were closing, mines were opening.
The mines employ next to no one and leave a great big environmental disaster behind when they go bankrupt. But you don't mind paying for them do you?

Adds on 2GB, well spent. They buy their ears well.
 
Lestronge said:
They won’t struggle to get players , but because it will be a transit lounge where guys go there for 2 years to make bank , they won’t win anything , because by the time the team has gelled , half of them will move on . In sports like college football , this is ok and expected but mainly because every team in the league is suffering from the same thing most years .
Like how do they get cohesiveness against even us. Most of our squad is going around next year and probably the year after .Thats , core wise , 4-5 years . Which’s so important in modern football. It’s gonna be a real struggle until the team is mostly PNG boys.
I just hope the guys they do get , are big on communication and standards , so the PNG boys can emulate , and ultimately drive themselves .
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It’ll become our super league, send players there on 1 or 2 year prove its
 
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