FFS! Quade Cooper in secret talks with Parramatta Eels

[Suitman]

I have no doubt we've put a formal offer to him which would consitute a lot of money in NRL terms and to you and I. But when the dust settles I think he'll stick with union on at least double what anyone in the NRL can offer him and our halves for next year will be Mortimer & Robson.

The only other clincher we would have over union is the increased TV exposure he would have playing league instead... perhaps we could get him a Cameron Smith style TV deal

Quite possibly, and those were my thoughts too. But I believe we are in with more than a shot.

Suity

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Quite possibly, and those were my thoughts too. But I believe we are in with more than a shot.

Suity

Before or after the 2011 rugby union world cup?

 

[Forty20]

Quite possibly, and those were my thoughts too. But I believe we are in with more than a shot.

Suity

Is there something you wanna tell us, Suity?

Or is it simply your intuition?

 

[Fathead]

I believe we are in with MORE than a shot.

Suity

will you stop it Suity!!! - I cant believe that we are a chance.... All I can think about is a limp Ron Jeremy now !!!

 

[Parraren]

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/cooper-not-going-to-nrl-says-aru-boss-20100813-122f1.html

Arrogant pricks.

 

[84 Baby]

Quite possibly, and those were my thoughts too. But I believe we are in with more than a shot.

Suity

If you've got inside knowledge you gotta drop better hints. Otherwise I think most people will still believe we've barely left the gates while ARU are rounding into the final straight

 

[DeanPay98]

Well the ARU's comments show that its a lot of fuss over nothing I guess. Its a pretty cynical move in trying to bump up his ARU price and it comes at a bad time for us.

But to be fair to Ossie and DA they have really tried hard to sign a halfback but they just haven't had any luck.

 

[Redback71]

So we all had the wrong Cooper then :sarcasm::crazy: LOL

 

[Kenny Powers]

I can't remember who it was or what thread, but a few weeks back someone posted that the Eels were looking at someone outside of league. Rep to whoever that was.

 

[hineyrulz]

Arrogant pricks.

Yeah but Joke O'Neil also told us after the 2003 WC that Yawnion would become the domiant Rugby Code in Australia.

 

[Suitman]

If you've got inside knowledge you gotta drop better hints. Otherwise I think most people will still believe we've barely left the gates while ARU are rounding into the final straight

No inside knowledge mate, just little tidbits that are being fed to me.
At this stage, I probably know as much as anyone else around here. My gut feeling is that he wouldn't leave 'till after the World Cup. I don't believe the ARU will give him up without a fight, and in that respect, there's probably not an NRL club that could compete with them financially. In saying that - the ARU haven't exactly been throwing money around lately - they have also had to tighten their belt. Quade Cooper is a different case though. Probably the Wallabies most marketable asset atm.

Your guess is as good as mine, but then, stranger things have happened.

Suity

 

[sarahk]

Quade and Jarryd talk on twitter all the time! Thought i'd add the only insightful information i have.

 

[Parraren]

Just watched the youtube links on page 1.

Wow!

What a talent this guy is and at 22 the sky is the limit.

Wallabies would be nuts to let him go.

 

[Stagger eel]

No inside knowledge mate, just little tidbits that are being fed to me.
At this stage, I probably know as much as anyone else around here. My gut feeling is that he wouldn't leave 'till after the World Cup. I don't believe the ARU will give him up without a fight, and in that respect, there's probably not an NRL club that could compete with them financially. In saying that - the ARU haven't exactly been throwing money around lately - they have also had to tighten their belt. Quade Cooper is a different case though. Probably the Wallabies most marketable asset atm.

Your guess is as good as mine, but then, stranger things have happened.

Suity

I'm assuming you may get the same tidbits as me...

wanna hear something funny, I'll let the forumer own up to this if he wants but I got a text message from him saying that Ossie was dining with Paul Whatuera..turns out it wasn't Paul at all....;-)

I'm also hearing that we're in with a real shot...lets see waht happens.

 

[big boppa eel]

Yah, good player, he's a dickhead though...he'd have to be amazing on the field for me to forgive that, and tbh I'm not sure he is consistently that.

Yeah but ur a dickhead as well Bazal but nobody hold that against U. :sarcasm:

 

[Prop Forward]

Is there something you wanna tell us, Suity?

Or is it simply your intuition?

I will tell you right now, we are in with more than a shot.

Thats not from the horses mouth, but its from its neck if you know what I mean.

 

[DeanPay98]

No inside knowledge mate, just little tidbits that are being fed to me.
At this stage, I probably know as much as anyone else around here. My gut feeling is that he wouldn't leave 'till after the World Cup. I don't believe the ARU will give him up without a fight, and in that respect, there's probably not an NRL club that could compete with them financially. In saying that - the ARU haven't exactly been throwing money around lately - they have also had to tighten their belt. Quade Cooper is a different case though. Probably the Wallabies most marketable asset atm.

Your guess is as good as mine, but then, stranger things have happened.

Suity

I remember reading a while back that the ARU's finances were becoming a bit tighter. That might be a relevant consideration and it might go in our favour. With the Wallabies not winning much revenue might be down.

 

[Gronk]

I'm assuming you may get the same tidbits as me...

wanna hear something funny, I'll let the forumer own up to this if he wants but I got a text message from him saying that Ossie was dining with Paul Whatuera..turns out it wasn't Paul at all....;-)

I'm also hearing that we're in with a real shot...lets see waht happens.

It seems that the problem with the ARU contracts are that you get paid based on performance. So if you get suspended for two tests (like Quade just did) it costs you, say $50k. If the coach decides that Berrick Barnes is the go and does not pick Quade, then he's back to base salary. Theoretically he could only earn his base Reds contract coin if he doesn't play as many tests as he hoped.

If he chooses to play for Parra for say $500k, then he gets paid $500k. That certainty is attractive to players who have high investment commitments.

 

[sam54no]

So we all had the wrong Cooper then :sarcasm::crazy: LOL

nah I heard were in talks with Matt Cooper and Cooper Vuna. :crazy:

 

[Prop Forward]

The NRL is suggested to be brokering third party deals...they apparently want to get one back on Rugby