Bird Contract

[2012....Sharks Year]

No where near that. He has no form behind him.
How he can go and see teams and ask for 900k with a straight face is exceptional.

Well Newie's offer upfront means its achievable...reckon Birdy just wants that sort of money at a competitive club. At the end of the day we were the lucky ones that got Bird at the bargain price for 3 years. Will always be remembered as part of our first premiership as will Benny.

 

[cb4]

Someone will always pay you what you think you are worth, regardless if you are bad at your job.
Bird isn't bad at his job, but he will be over paid at 900k.

Who ever is advising him that he is a 6 or 1, is giving him the wrong advice. As a 6, he has less skill than Sean Rudder.
As a 1, he can't catch a spiral bomb or defuse a grubber.

He is being set up to fail.

 

[Ads]

Guess I would look at it this way. Can we get better than Bird for the same money? If so let him go.

 

[bubs]

Standing down. Wade and Prior both 're-signed.
Where's the 'like' button here

 

[Arnold]

Round 20.

Exactly.

 

[cb4]

Guess I would look at it this way. Can we get better than Bird for the same money? If so let him go.

If you want to look at it that way.

We have a better fullback, we have two better halves. We don't have a better edge second rower unless Lewis stays on.

We will be alright if he leaves.

 

[Arnold]

Jack was always the one out of the 2 that I would be able to live with losing.

Its part of winning the Comp.

 

[Weaponhead]

If he wants more ball he should talk to Flange about a roving 13 role taking over from Gallen or Lewie's right edge role. He ain't a 1 and we have a better 6. He is a ball runner and fits best as a backrower.

He gets pumped deluxe by certain media types which ups the asking price. He has talent but does the game changing impact match elite player $$$?

 

[Special K]

Bird is too small for 13. 13 is another prop in 2017/2018 etc. Please stop this thinking. He'd be a backrower replacing Lewis.

Lewis is 6"2 105kg. Bird is 6"0 93kg. I can't think of another edge backrower that small.

 

[Surely]

He's a centre who should run straight for a change.

 

[sandshark]

I'm thinking that he is pretty hesitant to sign for a side like Newcastle or Parra, it could be a long time between final berths and success (Parra looking more likely than Newcastle).

I wouldn't go over 650K for him.. He is still young and hard to pick in terms of what his best position is.
He wants the money and he wants the love; centre just isn't where he thinks he will get it.

As long as we have Holmes and a few other youngsters secured, I'd be ok with this one continuing his journey elsewhere.
We can't keep them all.

 

[Defer to the coifed]

As long as we have Holmes and a few other youngsters secured,

Who else do we have that can play at the back? How many games has holmes missed through injury in 12 months? How many Bird? How many times Holmes carried off? How many time should Bird have been taken off, injured?
Should read, as long as we have Bird and a few others, we will be ok.

 

[carcharias]

Bird 6
Maloney 7
Curtis Scott centre

 

[wibble]

He is a great talent, but he is not an elite 5/8.

$900 k seems like elite spine money to me. I'd take Thurston, Cronk, Smith, or Maloney for that money (yes, I rate Maloney as worth the same to us as those guys).

Maybe Hodgson, Granville, Morgan, Hunt, Milford, Taylor, Munster, Slater, Tedesco, Pearce, or Cleary (depending on other positions).

Foran, Johnson, DCE, RTS, only if I didn't have one of the others.

I don't think Bird is in that company yet.

Mind you, I'd happily pay him that rather than Brooks that sort of money....

 

[carcharias]

He reminds me of Freddy
He'd kill it at 5/8 with Maloney at 7

 

[PJ]

Freddy could kick

 

[wibble]

Freddy could kick

And tackle. And catch. And throw superb passes. And had a great sidestep. And only became an elite 5/8 after years in the game.

Bird is about as hard to tackle though.

 

[Defer to the coifed]

Bird was very good again tonight.

 

[2012....Sharks Year]

Bird was very good again tonight.

Yeah went ok in his most suited position. Thought Val was excellent at the back.

 

[Stake Removed]

After they way the Eels halves played, they will be offering more for Bird then before