Rumours and Stuff

[T-Boon]

Jesse Ramien may be an option to look at for centre. He is on $500k aged 28. Would he be an upgrade on the centres we have. I think so.

 

[Avenger]

Jesse Ramien may be an option to look at for centre. He is on $500k aged 28. Would he be an upgrade on the centres we have. I think so.

Not with Nathan Brown at the club. He coached him at Newcastle and boned him.

 

[Gherkin]

These Muppets are saying that Pezet can deliver a premiership.

We don't even know if he's an improvement on Footy Dean.

How many NRL games has he started?

Anyway not against it, but keep it real please.

https://spotify.link/zgt7JuN3HXb

Anasta has been talking him up as if he's the next Andrew Johns

 

[Pazza]

He would've thought the same thing as all the other clubs who use them to compensate players outside the cap.

Im sure hes not a fan, just like matt cameron.

Stop pretending we're the only ones who use them. You can also stop pretending we didn't use them to build a consistent finals contender.

When did i ever say we're the only ones that use them? From memory melbourne, the tigers, titans use them. We're the one organisation that really ran with it and had multiple POs in the one offseason which ive always felt was poorly thought out.

The POs helped retain players but i feel like thats got to do with the lack of ability of the club.to sell a vision to the players.

While you're there you can stop pretending we have a better squad now that we're supposedly no longer using them, since they're no longer reported in the media.

We got beach and jim quoted as saying we arent using them moving forward. Maybe having 2 mil tied up in POs as of nov 1 2024 might have somthing to do with the lack of signings??

 

[Soren Lorenson]

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[hineyrulz]

Jesse Ramien may be an option to look at for centre. He is on $500k aged 28. Would he be an upgrade on the centres we have. I think so.

We already have one slow clumsy dumb centre with shit hands.

 

[85 Baby]

Not with Nathan Brown at the club. He coached him at Newcastle and boned him.

Alright! Free love baby

 

[Matty Bhoy]

Like everything it would just depend on the money NAS would command. We are certainly short one front rower who can add some punch and bend the line. If it happens, I’ll back JR’s judgement and hopefully Moa can work on his tackling technique.


I would also have to go on some kind of spiritual mental health/finding myself retreat because I’ve done nothing but spew hate about him to mates for the past few years.

 

[85 Baby]

yes...

unless of course another club continues to carry the freight in the next deal or the player just walks away without a pay out...or of course he breaks the terms and conditions of his deal and is released for disciplinary reasons.

Not entirely true. The cap covers the 30 highest remunerated players with some separate rules for everything outside that. If that player agrees to a contract variation (and NRL ratifies it - otherwise to them the original contract stands - again some nuance if that player still plays for you) and that variation means they are no longer in your highest 30 paid, no longer paid or no longer a player, then the payments also MAY no longer fall under the NRL top 30 salary cap rules, but they can (should but not always - see Sam Burgess) come scrutiny

 

[hindy111]

We already have one slow clumsy dumb centre with shit hands.

Don't mind him but we cant have Penisni/Russel and Simmonson both as back ups. To much wasted cap space.

 

[jason taylor]

We already have one slow clumsy dumb centre with shit hands.

Not to mention his subpar passing game to open wingers - Ramien is a strong avoid. He’s been declining year on year for a while now. There’s a reason the Sharks are happy for him to walk (KL Iro is their strike centre these days).

 

[Gherkin]

Can we pay NAS per game? Would work out pretty cheap with all the time he spends suspended

 

[Angry_eel]

It would certainly be hard defending ourselves not being a grubby team with NAS in there.

 

[T-Boon]

The combo of Commentator/Player Agent that Anasta has going on has to be the worst in sports right?
Are there two more loathed roles in sports? Both are absolute parasites. Commentator less so than agent of course but the way the commentators hang around almost like they have the job through a sort of nepotism.
To make matters worse for Anasta he was a Dogs player and moved to the Roosters probably exactly for these types of parasitic opportunities.
I would rather be a janitor/tax collector than this combo.

 

[T-Boon]

On a more positive note than my previous I read this morning that Ryan Girdler (who I always liked) has basically quit commentary and has gotten into the "wellness" business (wankish word I know). Sounds like he runs retreats or something. I have total respect for this and applaud Ryan for leaving commentary and taking a very good life direction.

 

[hineyrulz]

Not with Nathan Brown at the club. He coached him at Newcastle and boned him.

Take it to the pride thread merkin!!!

 

[RealdEel]

NAS is best coming off the bench after 30 minutes putting in a 20 minute effort. Running over players then going off maybe then coming back on with 10 to go.

He just needs to reign in the stupid shit he doesn't and would be decent for 2 seasons.

 

[Glenneel]

Purdue!!!!

Ramien at Sharks apparently able to negotiate.

 

[Glenneel]

NRL market watch: Parramatta Eels’ shock interest in Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Parramatta’s free agency moves may not be over with the Eels targeting recently released Melbourne forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona in a surprise move.
Melbourne enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona is being targeted by the Parramatta Eels in the wake of his $1.7 million departure from the Storm.
This masthead can reveal Asofa-Solomona has fielded interest from two NRL rivals, including the Eels, after brokering an immediate release from the final two years of his Melbourne deal.
The Eels have been active in the market in recent days with Parramatta coach Jason Ryles snaring boom Storm playmaker Jonah Pezet for the 2026 season.
Now the Eels have Pezet’s Storm teammate Asofa-Solomona on their radar.
The 200cm giant has a number of options at his disposal – big ‘NAS’ has been sounded out by Japanese rugby and has also been linked with the controversial R360 rebel league.
But NRL clubs have not given up hope of keeping Asofa-Solomona in rugby league.




Well-placed sources say Asofa-Solomona is unlikely to remain in rugby league next season but that hasn’t stopped the Eels reaching out to the monstrous prop.
Having secured Pezet for 12 months, the Eels are also keen to beef-up their forward stocks and have identified Asofa-Solomona as the man mountain to lead a finals fightback next year.
The Eels have 14 players off-contract next season, including former NSW Origin forward Ryan Matterson and veteran prop Junior Paulo.
Asofa-Solomona would be seen as a front-row successor to chief spearhead Paulo, but the 29-year-old is mulling over whether a code defection to rugby union would be a better fit.
Another major option for Asofa-Solomona is professional boxing, with the 130kg hulk giving serious consideration to testing himself as a heavyweight in the fight game.
Asofa-Solomona knocked out former NRL star Jarrod Wallace in a footy fight two years ago and may yet juggle boxing with playing rugby union overseas if he knocks back a move to the Eels
The 215-game veteran told New Zealand radio last week he hadn’t ruled out staying in the NRL.
“I’m pretty blessed to have some options … I could not tell you what I’m going to do,” he said.
“I need to sit down, write things out, and make a sound decision, but I’m not closing the door on league or rugby.
“Rugby is an option but then again I love the game of rugby league – it’s so exciting – that’s what I love about the game.”
Asofa-Solomona was on around $850,000 at the Storm but lost his way under coach Craig Bellamy and was overlooked for Melbourne’s grand final loss against the Broncos earlier this month.
There is a view the Storm sorely missed Asofa-Solomona’s size in the decider and could have won the premiership if he played.
It is understood Asofa-Solomona has become frustrated with rugby league and feels he was not being used in the right way by the Storm.
A former Origin and Test prop himself, Ryles understands what it takes to succeed in the game’s toughest position and would back himself to get the best out of Asofa-Solomona

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-market-watch-parramatta-eels-shock-interest-in-nelson-asofasolomona/news-story/78c3d814d4748fd606dd93482f448abc

My only concern is how Storm got $1.7m off their books for no cost. I call bullshit on this but nothing to see here NRL. Deaf, dumb and blind!

 

[T-Boon]

My only concern is how Storm got $1.7m off their books for no cost. I call bullshit on this but nothing to see here NRL. Deaf, dumb and blind!

Is that what happened? Unbelievable but believable at exactly the same time.