Finau Latu's Move to Canterbury Bulldogs

[thebigredv]

If the Dragons are in such bad shape why have Couchman X 2, Tonga, Jacob Halangahu, Egan, Stewart and LKT all recommitted to the club in recent times??
No way would the Bulldogs offer be the lowest on the table.

So we should lock up all those juniors - and more! We need a lot more hunger off the field.

The fans were talking about locking up Latu over the course of the last year or so and the club can't get it done. Nor can we sign any marquee or second tier props and it has been excruciating to see each prospect fall over, one after the other. Great to keep those players but we are going fairly average in this space in comparison to better run clubs.

Keep sugar coating everything and keep getting ready for being underwhelmed.

 

[Slippery Morris]

At the end of the day, the manager should have given Saints the right to make a counter offer after the Dogs one. That did not happen which is what pi$$ed off Flanno and rightly so. Sounds like Saints would have matched it or maybe gone a bit more. How do you know that the Dogs gave him the offer and put the heat on him to take it now or the offer is gone so he was pressured into committing? That is something I would expect from them especially a guy like Gould. Learning curve from the Dragons is for the good players, simply offer them early before they are allowed to talk to clubs. Simple.

Anyway, the best prop in the English Super League was sent back without playing a game for the Dogs, what's to say Latu will be better than him? Dogs are ruthless, if they don't like you after 5 minutes, you are gone.

Matt Nicholson and Morgan Smithies are doing ok in the Raiders. I am still confused why Saints just don't go abroad. Surely there is a big bopper there waiting for a taste of the NRL. Maybe the guy the Dogs released could be a risk for a year or 2.

 

[Gippsy]

Or, maybe the dogs gave his manager an under the table payment to ensure he accepted their lower offer. Something like, convince him to go to the dogs for less, better placed to win the comp, blah, blah etc, and we will pay you twice the amount that you would've lost in commission. No doubt something dodgy has happened.

 

[VodkaSaint]

Or, maybe the dogs gave his manager an under the table payment to ensure he accepted their lower offer. Something like, convince him to go to the dogs for less, better placed to win the comp, blah, blah etc, and we will pay you twice the amount that you would've lost in commission. No doubt something dodgy has happened.

Yes I did hear whispers of player managers receiving under the table cash.
There are many ways to wash the money, also can spend on holidays, home renovations and much more