Tevita Pangai Junior off contract.

[Como Connection]

Just imagine if we did sign Pangai. Our pack would be the best in the comp by far and we would have so much depth in the forwards. Pangai would add to our power game. We would also have James Graham's spot already covered for when he retires. We have got 3 very promising edge backrowers in Leilua, Host and Ford, so there is no need for us to sign Gillette.

I think we have some good exciting young backs coming through, in Lomax, Marsters, Johns, Field, Sailor and Herbert, so I don't think we need to sign any backs either.

Sign him Millward or if anyone knows Millward personally get into his ear and give him a nudge.

I have his mobile number FF.
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[Frank Facer]

I have his mobile number FF.
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Can you give him a call for me?

 

[Como Connection]

Can you give him a call for me?

Not possible from Greece I'm afraid.

Can you give him a call for me?

In Athens at the moment and not returning until mid May.
Do you want me to PM the number to you.
4:40am here, flight to Crete in three hours.
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[Frank Facer]

Not possible from Greece I'm afraid.

In Athens at the moment and not returning until mid May.
Do you want me to PM the number to you.
4:40am here, flight to Crete in three hours.
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Yeah OK. I will give him a call. lol

 

[Como Connection]

Yeah OK. I will give him a call. lol

So is that a no?
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[Frank Facer]

There is a new article on Foxsports right now about Pangai, being the most in demand forward in the game, Cronulla have joined Easts and Newcastle in bids to sign the 113kg prop. We should also join the race. We are now a very attractive club. We have more chance of winning a comp than Newcastle, Cronulla and Brisbane now. We have one of the best forward packs in the comp. Lets make our team stronger and weaken Brisbane at the same time and don't let Cronulla, Easts or Newcastle get stronger either. I will provide the link for anyone who wants to look up the article for themselves.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...d/news-story/32c521e8c33090af3cd6ed767053fa33

 

[kit66]

Plays low minutes, misses a lot of tackles, is good for a drop ball and a penalty per game and with other teams chasing him hard he'd be too expensive.
Re-sign Ah Mau and wait for someone cheap and useful. Boyd from Canberra would suit our team, hard worker, quality defender and still makes good metres.

 

[Frank Facer]

Plays low minutes, misses a lot of tackles, is good for a drop ball and a penalty per game and with other teams chasing him hard he'd be too expensive.
Re-sign Ah Mau and wait for someone cheap and useful. Boyd from Canberra would suit our team, hard worker, quality defender and still makes good metres.

If Pangai was a bad as you say, then he wouldn't be the most in demand forward in the game right now.

Boyd wouldn't be cheap either.

 

[kit66]

If Pangai was a bad as you say, then he wouldn't be the most in demand forward in the game right now.

Boyd wouldn't be cheap either.

Might be the lack of Props on the market. I didn't say he was bad, I said we could do better.
Who else is on the market - Papali, Boyd, Pangai......

Pangai's strengths are breaking tackles and getting an off load away which isn't really what we lack. We would do better to find a good defender who also makes good metres and gets quick play the balls. We have enough ball playing forwards and guys that can off load, we need a real worker in the middle I think - not a lazy defender like Pangai.

 

[Frank Facer]

Might be the lack of Props on the market. I didn't say he was bad, I said we could do better.
Who else is on the market - Papali, Boyd, Pangai......

Pangai's strengths are breaking tackles and getting an off load away which isn't really what we lack. We would do better to find a good defender who also makes good metres and gets quick play the balls. We have enough ball playing forwards and guys that can off load, we need a real worker in the middle I think - not a lazy defender like Pangai.

Junior Paulo is also off contract. He could be worth signing.

 

[BennyV]

Junior Paulo is also off contract. He could be worth signing.

In terms of value for money (after LAM is signed) this is where I’d be looking.

 

[watatank]

I think trying to join the race to sign Pangai is pretty risky. The other teams in contention are in position to make a better offer to Pangai and we would also have to risk not signing Ah Mau and missing out on both. I think I'd rather just sign Ah Mau and then look elsewhere.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Re sign Leeson, first and foremost.

Boyd off the pine would be ok, but he's a bit soft is the knock on him.

Wonder what Sir J. Graham could do for him?

Bit left of centre, but I wouldnt sneeze at bringing Matt Prior back to fill this spot

 

[mickeylane]

Junior Paulo is also off contract. He could be worth signing.

Not at $600k a season he's asking for

 

[mickeylane]

Re sign Leeson, first and foremost.

Boyd off the pine would be ok, but he's a bit soft is the knock on him.

Wonder what Sir J. Graham could do for him?

Bit left of centre, but I wouldnt sneeze at bringing Matt Prior back to fill this spot

I like the Matt Prior idea...

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Not at $600k a season he's asking for

He can ask that but wont get it... how much does Boyd want?

 

[Frank Facer]

Not at $600k a season he's asking for

Yeah, I would happily pay Pangai 600K a year over the next 3 or 4 years. It would probably turn out to be a bargain. Graham may only have one more year after this year, we need to have another really good prop to cover when he departs. Other good prop are on much more than 600K a season right now. Fifita signed with Canterbury for over 850K a few seasons ago. We were apparently offering Fifita over 700K at the same time and since then the salary cap has risen dramatically.

I think if we signed Pangai, that we would have the strongest pack in the comp with the best depth too. I think that could pave the way for us to win the comp next year. We still should be swapping Aitken and Nightingale this year, so that we are more prepared to win next year's comp. We would also be a better chance of winning this year's comps, if we did so.

 

[Frank Facer]

Pangai would have been exactly what/who we needed tonight.

 

[possm]

Might be the lack of Props on the market. I didn't say he was bad, I said we could do better.
Who else is on the market - Papali, Boyd, Pangai......

Pangai's strengths are breaking tackles and getting an off load away which isn't really what we lack. We would do better to find a good defender who also makes good metres and gets quick play the balls. We have enough ball playing forwards and guys that can off load, we need a real worker in the middle I think - not a lazy defender like Pangai.

We had a player with those skills and let him go - Packer

 

[Frank Facer]

Pangai is still unsigned for next year. We have already lost Ah Mau. We should be going all out for Pangai. His form since he came back from being injured early in the season has been very good. I thought he was Brisbane's best forward, until Bennett put him back on the bench.