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Josh Davis

BlueNGoldBlood

Juniors
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atleast luke burt we all know is solid enough to play in firsts but this davis is untested and he wants more money even tho he hasnt even come over here yet

sure he might be something special but the keyword is MIGHT and if he only wants more money then comes over and is nothing flash then it will all come to nothing, he hasnt even come to australia yet to prove he is worth paying more so is he worth hassling over :?
 

Utey

Coach
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I think if Burt actually played on the wing he would be a whole better player. With Davis not comign Burt is more likely going to be played in the centres #-o for a whole year. Burt needs to learn how to tackle but he had 14 line breaks this year so....
 

Utey

Coach
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Whats the odds of that? Tahu one side and Iam guessing because Peterson will be on the wing thatll push Burt to the centres. But I hope Iam wrong.
 

Eelementary

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Iafeta said:
strider said:
Its lovely isn't it....give em a scholarship to do nothing but live a fun life - then they demand it all from you....no middle ground - give me what I want or bye bye.....kids these days :roll:

Scholarships are like schoolies week, when alls said and done you eventually forget about it. How many players have the Warriors for instance had on scholarship end up elsewhere? Marcus Perenara himself is one.

He's after what, $40 to $60K, he's got to relocate country, find new accomodation, live in a lifestyle he has little idea about, its not an easy thing to do.

Fair enough, but I've had to relocate to further places than ACROSS THE FRIGGIN' TAsman and for much less money than $40k.

Why should he be treated like a king?

And just so people don't rip my head off - if he is THAT good, I want him here. NOW.
 

stuke

Bench
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is he still under a scholarship with us for next year??

if he is i feel we need to say to him to get himself over here and train his butt off and get a go at grade...as we will be the only team who he is capable of doing it for.
 

Utey

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I dont think he would be. Why are the EELS the only team he can do it for, Iam sure the Roosters will end up notching him up pretty quickly. Their lower grades are full of players who are shown the money. :roll:
 

Iafeta

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True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.
 

BlueNGoldBlood

Juniors
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i wish they did pay him more to come and play for us, as he seems like hes verrry talented. but it doesnt appear our management thinks the same very logical way that every other person does :roll:
 
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Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.
 

Iafeta

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Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.

But its the other way around my friend. Come on, Parramatta were OFFERING the player a position. It wasn't responding to your usual ad in the paper. :lol: :lol: The player is the wanted commodity, not the need for a job as is the case in the shark eat shark world we live in.

And also, at my last interview I stated their salary wasn't good enough, they hired me 2 days later for an extra $10K on what they were offering. Sell yourself like a prostitute in an interview and you can get away with blue murder. So for a league player who was contacted by the club in the first place not vice versa like in the pleb real world market we live in, to demand to ask for an extra what, $5-$10K I think is fair enough.

And to think, the club wants Thommy Leuluai instead and he's only interested in a 2 year deal because he wants to go home. :lol: A: Pay a bloke a little bit extra and sign potentially a star for his career like the Roosters B: Sign Thomas Leuluai for 2 years so he can earn experience to replace Stacey Jones at the Warriors. Hmmm, tough one. :lol:
 
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Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.

But its the other way around my friend. Come on, Parramatta were OFFERING the player a position. It wasn't responding to your usual ad in the paper. :lol: :lol: The player is the wanted commodity, not the need for a job as is the case in the shark eat shark world we live in.

And also, at my last interview I stated their salary wasn't good enough, they hired me 2 days later for an extra $10K on what they were offering. Sell yourself like a prostitute in an interview and you can get away with blue murder. So for a league player who was contacted by the club in the first place not vice versa like in the pleb real world market we live in, to demand to ask for an extra what, $5-$10K I think is fair enough.

And to think, the club wants Thommy Leuluai instead and he's only interested in a 2 year deal because he wants to go home. :lol: A: Pay a bloke a little bit extra and sign potentially a star for his career like the Roosters B: Sign Thomas Leuluai for 2 years so he can earn experience to replace Stacey Jones at the Warriors. Hmmm, tough one. :lol:


Mate the Roosters do that because thats the only way they attract players to the club, they have no Jnr base where as Parra do have. The article said that he wanted to be on a reserve grade money but at 17 he will be starting in the Flegg comp before he goes anywhere trust me.

He might be tatented but as Albert hopoate said in another thread/post, He is "stupid" for not going to Parra as he has missed out on an oppurtunity and because Parra take good care of the Juniors. Its obvious Davis' Manager has given him bad advise because if he does stay In Wellington he will be losing out on developing with an NRL club and at 17 its pretty crucial. If he does sign somewhere this year for next season well the best of luck to him then.
 

Stagger eel

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Personally! I would of thrown him the 30 to 40K he was asking, but then again I have no idea about Parramatta's financial situation and how far into the second tier cap they actually are,

Our club has a tendency to play by the rules and if the extra money meant we were going to go over the cap than the hard decision has to made.

I'm also a bit mythed as to why we're so hell bent in securing Thomas with 4 potential first grade halfbacks already in the books, but maybe he's just getting Witt's money.

I can understand arguments to both sides of the equation.
 

Iafeta

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shiznit said:
he doesnt want to go back to NZ.
he wants to go to the UK.

Leuluai? He was quoted as saying he likes it in New Zealand and could see himself back there in a couple of years.
 
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The fat is we don't know How much Parra were offering him maybe he was on 40k and asking for another 40k. We don't know, But I have to say I have never seen Parra pull out of negotriations like this something must of pissed them off hard.
 

Iafeta

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Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.

But its the other way around my friend. Come on, Parramatta were OFFERING the player a position. It wasn't responding to your usual ad in the paper. :lol: :lol: The player is the wanted commodity, not the need for a job as is the case in the shark eat shark world we live in.

And also, at my last interview I stated their salary wasn't good enough, they hired me 2 days later for an extra $10K on what they were offering. Sell yourself like a prostitute in an interview and you can get away with blue murder. So for a league player who was contacted by the club in the first place not vice versa like in the pleb real world market we live in, to demand to ask for an extra what, $5-$10K I think is fair enough.

And to think, the club wants Thommy Leuluai instead and he's only interested in a 2 year deal because he wants to go home. :lol: A: Pay a bloke a little bit extra and sign potentially a star for his career like the Roosters B: Sign Thomas Leuluai for 2 years so he can earn experience to replace Stacey Jones at the Warriors. Hmmm, tough one. :lol:


Mate the Roosters do that because thats the only way they attract players to the club, they have no Jnr base where as Parra do have. The article said that he wanted to be on a reserve grade money but at 17 he will be starting in the Flegg comp before he goes anywhere trust me.

He might be tatented but as Albert hopoate said in another thread/post, He is "stupid" for not going to Parra as he has missed out on an oppurtunity and because Parra take good care of the Juniors. Its obvious Davis' Manager has given him bad advise because if he does stay In Wellington he will be losing out on developing with an NRL club and at 17 its pretty crucial. If he does sign somewhere this year for next season well the best of luck to him then.

If they take such good care of them, how come so many players have left Parramatta lately? Blokes like Hindmarsh and the Manly lot have been pretty scathing about the joint. Put it this way, if I were in New Zealand growing up, Parramatta would not be anywhere near my preferred choice. Tough, but true. Perhaps if I was coming through in 1986 and there was no local NRL side then for sure I'd go to Parramatta, but I don't think an underachieving club with coaching and administrative problems is where I'd be hoping to go to.

Tough, but true. Personally, I hope Parramatta do well, I like the club especially with PJ and Marcus Perenara there, but thats reality. When you open the paper with your bowl of cornies you don't read about Parramatta, and if you do its usually not good. Unless you're a high flying club or a club with a large NZ background such as (cack) Manly or Melbourne, you don't rate highly in the kids minds.

He has 3 other offers apparently.
 
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Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.

But its the other way around my friend. Come on, Parramatta were OFFERING the player a position. It wasn't responding to your usual ad in the paper. :lol: :lol: The player is the wanted commodity, not the need for a job as is the case in the shark eat shark world we live in.

And also, at my last interview I stated their salary wasn't good enough, they hired me 2 days later for an extra $10K on what they were offering. Sell yourself like a prostitute in an interview and you can get away with blue murder. So for a league player who was contacted by the club in the first place not vice versa like in the pleb real world market we live in, to demand to ask for an extra what, $5-$10K I think is fair enough.

And to think, the club wants Thommy Leuluai instead and he's only interested in a 2 year deal because he wants to go home. :lol: A: Pay a bloke a little bit extra and sign potentially a star for his career like the Roosters B: Sign Thomas Leuluai for 2 years so he can earn experience to replace Stacey Jones at the Warriors. Hmmm, tough one. :lol:


Mate the Roosters do that because thats the only way they attract players to the club, they have no Jnr base where as Parra do have. The article said that he wanted to be on a reserve grade money but at 17 he will be starting in the Flegg comp before he goes anywhere trust me.

He might be tatented but as Albert hopoate said in another thread/post, He is "stupid" for not going to Parra as he has missed out on an oppurtunity and because Parra take good care of the Juniors. Its obvious Davis' Manager has given him bad advise because if he does stay In Wellington he will be losing out on developing with an NRL club and at 17 its pretty crucial. If he does sign somewhere this year for next season well the best of luck to him then.

If they take such good care of them, how come so many players have left Parramatta lately? Blokes like Hindmarsh and the Manly lot have been pretty scathing about the joint. Put it this way, if I were in New Zealand growing up, Parramatta would not be anywhere near my preferred choice. Tough, but true. Perhaps if I was coming through in 1986 and there was no local NRL side then for sure I'd go to Parramatta, but I don't think an underachieving club with coaching and administrative problems is where I'd be hoping to go to.

Tough, but true. Personally, I hope Parramatta do well, I like the club especially with PJ and Marcus Perenara there, but thats reality. When you open the paper with your bowl of cornies you don't read about Parramatta, and if you do its usually not good. Unless you're a high flying club or a club with a large NZ background such as (cack) Manly or Melbourne, you don't rate highly in the kids minds.

He has 3 other offers apparently.


So why is Marcus Perenera coming??

Jack Afamasaga was signed the same way Josh davis was, he is sweet ;-)

Same with Weller Huaraki who is coming on.

Leulaui said Parra is the club that I wanto to go to.

Sorry but your arguement is hog wash.
 

Iafeta

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Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
Jake the snake said:
Iafeta said:
True EEL said:
gee some of you guys are fickle?????

i think Josh Davis could really (and will Really) be something special from ALL of the reports of his play in both the Bartercard Comp in NZ and for the Junior Kiwi's against Australia......

and now, 3 seconds after half the people here were naming him in their sides for 2005......its now like, "oh stuff him if he doesn't wan't to play for pride in our jumper".....oh boo hoo

talk about negative and selfish and it sounds like he just wanted what our other reserve graders are getting???? big deal???

Come on down, you've just won a fabulous new Mercedez Benz for posting the most LOGICAL post in this whole debate.

The fact is, he wanted what the other reggies got.

Now, thats not that much to ask for. One of the reasons the Roosters are successful I believe is because the Jersey Flegg comp I believe (I may be wrong) doesn't have a salary cap. They've therefore spent a bit extra, and brought through the likes of the other Kiwi centre, and captain Iosila Soaila or whatever his name is, and a bunch of other hombres. I think their theory would be, pay a little bit more now, bring them into the culture, and then make them want to be loyal to the club. It seems to have worked.

I personally would have paid Davis the little bit extra and reaped the rewards. Seems a pretty short minded decision. As short minded as some of these posts. One second, as the above said, he's in half your first grade sides, Josh superstar Davis this, Josh superstar Davis that, I want my daughter to mother a child to him ya-ya-ya, now that he wants what he believes he's entitled to (which isn't a great deal!!!) he's a money hungry biggot who you don't want at the club. The Roosters may be greedy, but they're successful, they wouldn't pass this opportunity up if they'd worked with him on a scholarship basis, that much is for sure.

Mate If I went for Job Interview and I'll could talk about is getting more money before they knew how I really went under the conditions they WOULD NOT HIRE ME or anyone else. Prove yourself first and then you will be rewarded.

But its the other way around my friend. Come on, Parramatta were OFFERING the player a position. It wasn't responding to your usual ad in the paper. :lol: :lol: The player is the wanted commodity, not the need for a job as is the case in the shark eat shark world we live in.

And also, at my last interview I stated their salary wasn't good enough, they hired me 2 days later for an extra $10K on what they were offering. Sell yourself like a prostitute in an interview and you can get away with blue murder. So for a league player who was contacted by the club in the first place not vice versa like in the pleb real world market we live in, to demand to ask for an extra what, $5-$10K I think is fair enough.

And to think, the club wants Thommy Leuluai instead and he's only interested in a 2 year deal because he wants to go home. :lol: A: Pay a bloke a little bit extra and sign potentially a star for his career like the Roosters B: Sign Thomas Leuluai for 2 years so he can earn experience to replace Stacey Jones at the Warriors. Hmmm, tough one. :lol:


Mate the Roosters do that because thats the only way they attract players to the club, they have no Jnr base where as Parra do have. The article said that he wanted to be on a reserve grade money but at 17 he will be starting in the Flegg comp before he goes anywhere trust me.

He might be tatented but as Albert hopoate said in another thread/post, He is "stupid" for not going to Parra as he has missed out on an oppurtunity and because Parra take good care of the Juniors. Its obvious Davis' Manager has given him bad advise because if he does stay In Wellington he will be losing out on developing with an NRL club and at 17 its pretty crucial. If he does sign somewhere this year for next season well the best of luck to him then.

If they take such good care of them, how come so many players have left Parramatta lately? Blokes like Hindmarsh and the Manly lot have been pretty scathing about the joint. Put it this way, if I were in New Zealand growing up, Parramatta would not be anywhere near my preferred choice. Tough, but true. Perhaps if I was coming through in 1986 and there was no local NRL side then for sure I'd go to Parramatta, but I don't think an underachieving club with coaching and administrative problems is where I'd be hoping to go to.

Tough, but true. Personally, I hope Parramatta do well, I like the club especially with PJ and Marcus Perenara there, but thats reality. When you open the paper with your bowl of cornies you don't read about Parramatta, and if you do its usually not good. Unless you're a high flying club or a club with a large NZ background such as (cack) Manly or Melbourne, you don't rate highly in the kids minds.

He has 3 other offers apparently.


So why is Marcus Perenera coming??

Jack Afamasaga was signed the same way Josh davis was, he is sweet ;-)

Same with Weller Huaraki who is coming on.

Leulaui said Parra is the club that I wanto to go to.

Sorry but your arguement is hog wash.

Look how many just signed up with Canterbury. Manly always have hoards of them thanks to the late 80's early 90's, Ridge, the Iros, Williams etc. Brisbane are even grabbing a couple.

Truth of the matter is, after running 13th or so, its less likely New Zealand kids are going to come to Parramatta. If it was the mid 80's and Sterlo still had hair, yep, the Eels are an attractive proposition. It all depends on how many offers they had, if its just the one and its their only chance, of course they're going to jump at it regardless of where its from.
 

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