Player movements and rumours

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Julian, Apr 7, 2009.

  1. Lukic L Popovic

    Luciano Leilua to the Tigers.

    I like it. Madge seems to be a forward whisperer of sorts and he's got plenty of talent like his brother. Hopefully he can put it together as he matures.
     
  2. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    David Fifita has turned down, rumour has it, $6m over 5 years from Souths and says nothing will get him out of Brisbane
    Hard to understand decision given broncos are strapped and this season
    at least can’t come close to anything like that or even 50 per cent as much.
     
  3. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Umm what? Brisbane have shitloads of money after 21 when Bird, Boyd, Macca and possibly Milford leave.
     
  4. Toolman TR Man

    his mum lives in brisbane i'm guessing and so he will stay with her
     
  5. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    By which stage he will be down a million in lost payments

    Prefer Toolman's explanation, have heard the Mum makes all the decisions.
     
  6. AVA T Delonge

    His contract isn't over until the end of 2020, so he's only missing out on one season, and I imagine he's got a juicy upgrade at some point so he's maybe missing out on 500-600K? And with the salary cap going up each season the Broncos can just backend a new contract a bit to make up the difference. If the Broncos really don't want to lose him they can make up the lost wages.
     
  7. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Or leagues club can lose some cash again.
     
  8. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    His mum can have a nice win on a scratchie like Hannant.
     
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  9. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Boyd will retire at end of season. Good thing he wont take up his option, but that will be 2 years too late.
     
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  10. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Should have been forced to retire effective immediately. Simple solution was for Broncos to offer him an immediate start in mental health program. But if he plays 2020, the job is no longer available.
     
  11. Hurricane JD Hurricane

    The way I understand it, and I am new so i could be wrong, if say Souths, for example, offer him 1.2M per season and he wants it - a frequent next step observed over the psst 5 years is for him/the player and his manager to bitch and whine and threaten to put in a half hearted performance unless Brisbane release him immediately. That doesn't always happen but we got Kodi Nikorima released immediately last season when his contract was due to run longer. Now I know that is apples and oranges because Brisbane didn't give a fuck about losing Kodi and they would give a fuck about losing David but the dynamic I am describing still holds if Fifita really wanted to leave.
    Given a scenario like that, even given Boobiddy's suggested end of 2021 financial influx, Fifita is walking away from $1.5M here over two years and that is big coin.

    I hope what I have written is cogent. Had trouble organising the sentence structures.
     
  12. Magic AJ Parker

    Never thought I would be so happy to sign Josh fucking Morris at centre.
     
  13. Julian BJ Taylor

    Just on that. Sharks considering a swap for a forward is weird because they’ve got a rancid group of wing/fullbacks.
     
  14. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah especially since Moylan is (shock horror) injured again.

    When Bukuya might not make the 17 but Will Kennedy probably will you really don't need another forward.
     
  15. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I watch piss all these days, but sad to see Penrith extend Dylan Edwards contract. Whenever I've watched him he just does not look up to being a first grade fullback.


    Given the Sharkies are trying to free up some cap space and Hook got flicked for only having us in the top 4, I'd loved to have seen Penrith have a crack at bringing Moylan back to replace Maloney. Use that Edwards money + some rcg pesos.
     
  16. Julian BJ Taylor

    Agree strongly with this.

    Canberra had a bit of a fullback problem to solve last year and Edwards was an option. I didn’t like it but he was probably the best possible option at the time. Luckily Penrith baulked at the release and they signed CNK on minimum wage.

    Edwards looks to read the game well and seems solid but I couldn’t see a team winning a competition with him at fullback.
     
  17. Lukic L Popovic

    Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor de-registered by the NRL lol.

    Pretty harsh for CHN since all he did was break the team's code of conduct. I can see him disputing it in court given we've had Scott, Sivo, Fifita and Asofa-Solomona get arrested in the offseason yet be free to play.

    In any case, would like the Tigers to pick him up. Couldn't hurt to have him on the bench over Lawrence...
     
  18. morgieb MC Burridge

    Yeah CHN got dudded given that Lodge and May are still running free + Scott and Fifita more of less get off jack free (though Scott sounds like a stich up).

    Okunbor though is lucky to not go to jail.
     
  19. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Okunbor did nothing illegal.
     
  20. AVA T Delonge

    Technically possessed child porn (and she distributed it) if she sent nudes and was under 18.
     

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