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Rumoured and Confirmed Signings and Crap IX

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IFR33K

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Supposedly after Norman, Edwards and now Williams. Throw Farah in the mix, hoppa coming in '14, I can't see much $$$ left for the plane.

Surely we won't let him go.
 

Eels Dude

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/penrith-panthers-set-sights-on-jarryd-hayne-after-missing-out-on-cowboys-ace-johnathan-thurston/story-e6frexnr-1226595083499

Some clubs have interest in Jarryd but Sticky says he won't be going anywhere plus Jarryd also says in there he is happy at Parramatta.

Just get it done!

Sticky was confident on Friday morning Papali was coming yet on Friday afternoon it was confirmed he wasn't.

To re-iterate your point. Get it f**king done already.
 

natheel

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Sticky was confident on Friday morning Papali was coming yet on Friday afternoon it was confirmed he wasn't.

To re-iterate your point. Get it f**king done already.

i'm sure he was but what quote from Hayne makes me confident is

"I am in no rush. We have 10 months on my contract to go. I am here and I have always said I am happy here."

Makes me know he is happy (der) but also tells me because he isn't in a hurry he is happy for his manager and Eels to nut out a deal and he will sign when it meets his requirements. If he didn't say the part with he is happy at Eels then i'd be worried.
 

IFR33K

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This deal should of been done before round one.

Hate to think we may pay 'through the roof', if he enters negotiations with rival clubs.
 
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This deal should of been done before round one.

Hate to think we may pay 'through the roof', if he enters negotiations with rival clubs.

Well, there's what we want, and then there's what the player and his manager wants. Been said hundreds of times, but there is/was zero incentive for Hayne to have signed up early. Players in that category can wait as long as they want, and their clubl don't really have a lot a huge amount of choice about it.
 

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i'm sure he was but what quote from Hayne makes me confident is

"I am in no rush. We have 10 months on my contract to go. I am here and I have always said I am happy here."

Makes me know he is happy (der) but also tells me because he isn't in a hurry he is happy for his manager and Eels to nut out a deal and he will sign when it meets his requirements. If he didn't say the part with he is happy at Eels then i'd be worried.

He doesn't have 10 months to go does he? Wouldn't his contract end at the completion of this season? That would give him a chance to play rugby in Japan, make a quick million bucks and then come back to the NRL and re sign with us. Why should he sign now?
 

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BRISBANE'S decision to drop their pursuit of Johnathan Thurston has backfired, with the club set to lose their best young backline talent Corey Norman to Parramatta next season. On the same day Thurston confirmed he would stay at North Queensland on a $5 million four-year deal, Norman was tipped to be on the verge of announcing he would head to the Eels in 2014 on a deal worth more than $400,000 a year.
Given Brisbane's recruitment strategy has been based around retaining their group of young stars, losing Norman would be an enormous blow as they would need to groom a new playmaker.
The Broncos, who refused to comment about Norman's possible defection yesterday, believe they are still a chance to retain the 21-year-old.
Norman's manager Paul Sutton spoke to the club yesterday and said no contract had been finalised with the Eels.
"There's always speculation," Sutton said.
"We are still talking to the Broncos. Nothing has been agreed."
The Eels have endured a major run of recruitment disappointments, including Josh Papalii backing out of his deal last week, and will no doubt move heaven and earth to ensure Norman is not another potential star to slip from their grasp. Just 12 months ago Norman was anointed as Brisbane's successor to Darren Lockyer, and a future Origin fixture, forming a halves partnership with Peter Wallace the club hoped would carry them into the future.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/n...an-to-parramatta/story-e6frfgbo-1226595094890
 

Gronk

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Sorry Gronk - but that is pretty dumb. So we shouldn't mind letting our number one player (by a mile) and our superstar go because it will free up cash to sign players who are no-where near as good but will fill a few holes for us? I can't see any logic in that whatsoever.

You didn't read what I said. I said that I'd want to keep him, but if Penrith have cleared the deck chairs for a $1.3m/year offer for JT (Source: Foxsports) then they might throw it at Hayne. So realistically we might lose him.

If we do, well we have Hoppa arriving on his malvern star in October. Not a bad replacement. We then can improve in areas that we are lacking.
 

cv8z

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You didn't read what I said. I said that I'd want to keep him, but if Penrith have cleared the deck chairs for a $1.3m/year offer for JT (Source: Foxsports) then they might throw it at Hayne. So realistically we might lose him.

If we do, well we have Hoppa arriving on his malvern star in October. Not a bad replacement. We then can improve in areas that we are lacking.

Surely with the money he's on he wouldn't be on a Malvern Star?
It can't do the K's required
 

Joshuatheeel

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So we are offering Norman $400k, gee we won't have much cap space left if the media is to be believed:

Hoppa - $800k
Darcey - $300k
Sandow - $550k
Norman - $400k

That is over $2 million. Plus if we add the reported $500k we offered josh and aprox $800k I dare say the media will report we are offering Hayne that is over $3.3m on 6 players - I find that hard to believe.
 
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