Barba? Has a single breakout year, wouldnt have been on much prior to that. Inu? Didnt you just claim that he was being partially paid by Warriors? Other fringers - who? Perrett and Brown? So that gives them the ability to upgrade Graham, Tolman, Finucane, Lafai, Morris, Kasiano, Klemmer, Lloyd Perrett, Tim Browne, Jackson, Eastwood (none of whom would be cheap due to competition in the market) plus purchase the likes of Lichaa, Loko and the Mata'Utai bros, none of whom would come cheap again. And you reckon you can nab a winger for $600k?
(Starting to see how your so far off. Barba was the Dogs TOP try scorer WHEN he re-signed in 2011 MAINLY OFF THE BENCH, this was the year before his Dally M. He was coming through the ranks and had as much hype as SBW, JT etc coming through. Many clubs attempted to poach him. When Klemmer went through this we paid him 330k a year so it's reported. Barba's hype was much bigger. It was also said when he join Brisbane he is not to earn more then his current deal at 450k a year for the year he was contracted. The back end of his contract is much bigger by the Broncos.
Inu was, like Loko is now paid heavily in his first 12 months with the club. That had passed with Inu. Meaning he was paid by the Dogs and off the Warriors books now. Unlike Loko for the Eels.)
I don't need to argue with you about what you believe players are worth or paid in the forward pack. Half the players you listed were not re-signed this year nor upgraded this year meaning it is irrelevant and your off topic.
Regardless of what you may have in your head, the club has had all of them on the books and are on the books wrapped up. The Mata'Utai boys have signed with the club and unless they pull out to stay with Knights will be with the club. That is in 2016. I'll say it again as you have missed it about 4-5 times. IT IS FOR 2016. In 2016 Pritchard, Perrett and who knows else will likely retire. They are on a reported 750k between them. At that stage Chase Stanley and Thompson are also off contract. They may well not be retained if the Mata'Utai boys come along. Fifita was signed for 2015. NO ONE has been signed since then. Do you really think the Dogs are going to leave that money sitting still waiting for 2016 when more money could come from 2015 players moving on? I don't. I expect the money that was there for Fifita to be spent on someone. The word around and the overall feeling and call it a gut instinct is that will be Brett Morris. He has not denied the request for a release in a month? The Dragons have basically confirmed he wants out with the reports they have put out. It almost sounds like an attempt to soften a blow coming. I am not the first to say this. Infact several Dragon fans have said it through out.
You have also ignored the fact Lichaa much like Loko is on a substantial less amount then Ennis and Inu. You can continue to ignore that but it is a fact. )
Again, please! Its like those Roosters fans who claimed SBW was signed for less that $500k in 2012, yet when he left he was suddenly leaving a million dollar of spare cap.
(It's nothing like that at all)
I am under no illusions about how poorly my club is run and the fact that the dogs have their house in order. We have one of the the two most marketable and recognizable brands in the league and we cant get our shit together. But this isnt about that. This is the dodgey dealings of your club. Dont believe what Raelene fed you about Dogs backing out of the Fifita deal, its known widely that he pulled the plug when he realised that less than half his salary was guaranteed under the cap and the rest was in TPAs, which he waant confident about. If the dogs have that kind of pull, fine, but i will go on record as saying that kind of thing is representative of everything that is wrong with our game.
(Ok, I won't believe the CEO of a club that is ran well. I'll believe a poster on a forum. For the record Fifita himself stated he was upset with the money under the cap yes. 450K under the cap for the first year, for the record that isn't less then half of 850k so you know. The club pulled out because he had said some very stupid things and no doubt realized they don't need another forward. It was widely reported that several members of the Board of the Dogs were EXTREMELY UNHAPPY with this signing and sore it as a knee jerk reaction as they Dogs had been saying for almost 12 months at that time they will being signing a "Rock Star" with Barba's money)
2002 must have hurt bro. But if you honestly think that the Dogs are on the straight and narrow since, and everything they do is above board, then you are the delusional one. Having Uncle Todd in the position he is in doesnt hinder the efforts either.
(More pointless comments. I don't really care what you think about Todd or Castle. There is a reason he was promoted to where he is. Because he is very very good at his job. This is why the Dogs are in the place they are. Castle was hand picked and no doubt if she continues doing what she is we are again heading in the right direction. I am happy for forum members to question this. It means they wish they had them instead of the incompetent people they do have running their club.)
