Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Merlot said:
the way it seems to be working out listening to the chit chat here ,Romeys money just gets sunk into propping up the ship to move forward 2 more spaces ,until it catches up with us to upgrade maybe Jovan n Latu ,and we do the whole balance the salary cap again. I want as a supporter for those 2 kids to do next year in Reggies , get Nikorema , O Sullivan or Humphries in the side to saddle up with Dougyhowser for another low placed spot at worst ,then set those 2 kids free .Jovon doesn't have the mentality , and Latu the physic ,yet . Whats another year in the grand scheme of things
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Latu has had a pretty much injury free season atm so im all good with him coming in next year. Javon im more worried about, i just dont want us to bugger their development because we need them, like we did with Galvin. Javon should spend the next 2 seasons in and out of first grade and reserve grade to find his feet and get used to N.R.L. Latu has to some extent been doing that but what boggles my mind is if we had been speaking to Luai for 5 weeks about going knowing we were going with our young halves then why the heck was Madden our half and not Latu and Latu our hooker / 14 and not Madden.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Long-term Javon with Latu our halfback. Will be interesting when the transition of Javon into the team commences with AD's seniority likely to keep him in the halves for the short-term.
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Not if Douhis form is the same as last week for the rest of the year. In saying that we cant just force Javon in if hes not ready, Madden cant do it consistantly long term. Might have to perservere with Douhi. Hes going to need to be much, much better than last weeks effort though.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
On a tangent with this suggestion & I get that Pat Richards has recently been employed as an Operations type manager in the Football Dept, but the Club should approach Penrith Head of Football Shane Elford to come across to become GM of Football.

There is no GM of Football with us atm with Shaun Mielekamp now appointed full-time CEO.

Keeps the 2005 band happy & straight away will see deficiencies in our entire football and strength & conditioning program from his experience at the greatest club in the modern era.

Thoughts?
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Good suggestion. Ivan Cleary might be willing to come back he would be handy in the role. Though no matter who it is, Benji needs to approve or they will be punted. The setup atm really makes the GM of football position obsolete. Even though we really need one to help Benji. Till Benji realises it and is willing to delegate more responsability it will end in tears unless its someome Benji trusts. Basically a yes man. Mind as well just let Benji do it himself if thats the case.
 
liltiger said:
Good suggestion. Ivan Cleary might be willing to come back he would be handy in the role. Though no matter who it is, Benji needs to approve or they will be punted. The setup atm really makes the GM of football position obsolete. Even though we really need one to help Benji. Till Benji realises it and is willing to delegate more responsability it will end in tears unless its someome Benji trusts. Basically a yes man. Mind as well just let Benji do it himself if thats the case.
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Nah we wouldn’t have the cash to pay what Ivan would be demanding
 
liltiger said:
Good suggestion. Ivan Cleary might be willing to come back he would be handy in the role. Though no matter who it is, Benji needs to approve or they will be punted. The setup atm really makes the GM of football position obsolete. Even though we really need one to help Benji. Till Benji realises it and is willing to delegate more responsability it will end in tears unless its someome Benji trusts. Basically a yes man. Mind as well just let Benji do it himself if thats the case.
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No chance Cleary would ever come back. Why would he? Why would he want to stain the legacy he’s built the last 6 or 7 years?
 
liltiger said:
Good suggestion. Ivan Cleary might be willing to come back he would be handy in the role. Though no matter who it is, Benji needs to approve or they will be punted. The setup atm really makes the GM of football position obsolete. Even though we really need one to help Benji. Till Benji realises it and is willing to delegate more responsability it will end in tears unless its someome Benji trusts. Basically a yes man. Mind as well just let Benji do it himself if thats the case.
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Not really obsolete. Mielekamp was in the role prior to being appointed Interim CEO & was still in that role then too. Before Shaun, Betsey was GM of Football.
 
Odessa said:
What do you think Richo would have done when Jerome chose PNG over the Tigers?

I have been thinking about it

I think Jerome would have been out of the club before the June 30 cutoff
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The question is would Richo have seen Luai as a GUN or as a move-on?

Answer: Richo manages the club.
If Benji tells Richo to punt Luai early, he would punt him. Maybe Richo would keep Luai here, I really doubt it.

Luai knows if it's working or not. Luai knows if he fits the team structure or if he doesn't.

The main difference IMHO would be Cooper Clarke. I reckon Richo would have his contract locked up and he would be in Tigers uniform for 2026. This wouldn't boost us into the 8, but we would be higher in the ladder with him instead of Mavrik or similar.

Richo and Shawn M are back of house people. Benji is the reason why stars resigned with us and in part the reason why Luai is leaving... In fairness though, PNG comes with a big cheque, it's not the best here... I can't blame Luai.
 
Vicious said:
A simple question for everyone to answer to themselves.
If Latu reaches the potential most people believe he has, will he be a better halves option than Luai at a fraction of the cost?
I understand there is no guarantee Latu will reach the potential most people believe he has, but I assume it was likely he would become frustrated and looked to head elsewhere at the end of his current contract that finishes in 2027 had Luai stayed with us for the full 5 years which would have partially blocked his path.
So by what we have done, it will surely give Latu the opportunity to own a spot in the halves for our NRL team in 2027 and finally be able to show us if he can live up to his potential.
It’s a risk we had to take particularly when we come to the realisation that Luai was not regularly providing value for money on the playing field and contract money was restricting us from having enough salary cap money available to sign more quality of depth within our playing roster.
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He won't be a fraction of the cost after reaching his potential so it's a weird comment.

At 500k, we are definitely losing out at this stage, so any savings we get going forward is simply paying back the 3 years of overs we paid him to be injured.
 
innsaneink said:
Apparently his clauses wouldve been removed had richo stuck around so PNG wouldve been moot...however I think this is probably a but of forum fiction tho...something, li ke.most things here none of us will ever know
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Agreed forum Fiction is too kind of a word for it.

I call it Forum Batman fanflick fantasy.
No one is removing clauses from contracts! They certainly are not going to do it because the GM is a 'nice guy'. Maybe someone would offer Luai 1.4 instead of 1.2 and to remove the clauses... It would be a dumb move, but they won't be removed for free.
 
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