Douglas a Titan?

[fizman]

Just watching Foxsports linking Luke Douglas to the Titans.

 

[Tucky]

Oh Bugger

 

[blacktip-reefy]

pew pew

 

[imasharkie]

massive loss along with the likely move by Snowden to Knights.

 

[SharkShocked]

Like rats leaving a sinking ship eh?

 

[BrisVegas]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...s-douglas-becomes-a-titan-20110420-1dong.html

New blow to the Sharks as Douglas becomes a Titan
Glenn Jackson
April 20, 2011 - 6:12PM

They may lose Kade Snowden to Nathan Tinkler's Newcastle, but Cronulla are first set to be rattled by the loss of their other young prop, Luke Douglas, who is believed to have signed a new deal with Gold Coast.

The Herald understands the Titans have claimed their second coup in eight days, by signing Douglas, the 24-year-old prop. While most have concerned themselves with the future of Snowden, the NSW representative, the Titans quietly negotiated with Douglas. They are believed to be set to announce a new three-year deal as early as tonight, following on from last week's announcement they had secured Jamal Idris on a long-term deal.

The loss of Douglas would be a huge blow for the Sharks, who are still bracing for the loss of Snowden. He was set to re-sign with the club before Tinkler convinced him to hold off.

The Titans have been criticised for having an ageing forward pack, but the signing of Douglas would go some way towards countering that. The club is still negotiating with current co-captain Luke Bailey and is confident of re-signing him.

Officials see Douglas as a perfect front-row partner for the veteran.

 

[imasharkie]

first they steal Birdie from us, now Dougie.
Looks like our new leaders are leading us no where but up the garden path.
oh well can't even say..."there's always next year" now.

 

[TheOx]

Close to Yamba where his family is.

 

[carcharias]

that's nice.

 

[imasharkie]

Close to Yamba where his family is.

His family live in Cronulla.

 

[sharkamania]

Close to Yamba where his family is.

His Mum and Dad look after a house full of junior Sharks and his two brothers live in Sydney.
Very sad day

 

[TheOx]

it's sickening.

 

[Special K]

Being a sharks fan seriously sucks sometimes... I read he will be taking a pay cut to leave also.

Nice work dickheads

 

[Eion]

If true this is a real worry. With snowie almost certainly going how we could let dougie go is beyond me and will be a significant f**k up by the current admin.

 

[TheOx]

His family live in Cronulla.

I didn't know they moved down...his old man used to work the door at Yamba Bowling Club.

 

[blacktip-reefy]

There is more to come. Dont write off Snowy just yet though.
As for the Yamba excuse, pharken bullshyte. Yamba is nearly 4 hours away from Robina. Like saying moving home to Newcastle to be near family in Bega.

 

[BrisVegas]

Now it has seemingly been confirmed by Rothfield.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...old-coast-titans/story-e6frexnr-1226042377987

Cronulla forward Luke Douglas signs three-year deal with Gold Coast Titans

Exclusive by Phil Rothfield From: The Daily Telegraph April 20, 2011 6:20PM

THE NRL's most durable forward, Luke Douglas, has quit the Cronulla Sharks to sign a three-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans.

The rangy prop, who has played well over 100 games straight in the NRL, agreed to terms yesterday.

He will be taking a pay cut from his current $350,000-a-year deal with the Sharks.

He will join the Titans at the end of the season.

Odd about the pay cut part, unless they are only counting his base pay from the Titans, and are omitting any independant 3rd party deals, or performance based incentives (number of games played, SoO or Kangaroo's selection) etc.

 

[sharkamania]

Did not see this coming. The one player we needed to develop and build around

 

[Special K]

Losing Douglas hurts more then losing Snowden and is up there with losing Bird(... and rogers.... and campbell)

Gutted.

 

[imasharkie]

Dougie knows he's a better chance of winning a premiership and getting paid at the Titans