Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

[Whino]

Any news on the assistants?

 

[Blade23]

Any news on the assistants?

Wallace will be one. He has done his apprenticeship and is highly rated. If the club doesn't promote him there will be other clubs that will offer him an assistant position.
The other position is up in the air.
There have been a few applications already.

 

[Iamback]

The club submitted an offer to Martin months ago that was rejected. There has been no counter offer at this stage.
The club is not in a position to do so yet.
We are getting a public hurry on.
Once Staines is re-homed Martin’s deal will be countered and done.

Then we can all put up with Crichton's manager ; )

What number cap are clubs working towards?

very hard to get in a bidding war with no capq

 

[Kilkenny]

Wallace will be one. He has done his apprenticeship and is highly rated. If the club doesn't promote him there will be other clubs that will offer him an assistant position.
The other position is up in the air.
There have been a few applications already.

I’m not sure who the suitors may be for Charlie, his options seem very limited. Certainly no clubs available with a vacant fullback position, so his only options look to go elsewhere as a winger and back up fullback.

Rumours the Newcastle Knights May be interested in recruiting Rueben Garrick as there fullback for 2023 and moving Ponga into 5/8. Perhaps if this move unfolds Charlie could be a solid option for the Sea Eagles offering depth in wing/fullback positions. Only other side who could possibly offer Charlie a spot may be the West Tigers but they comfortable with Daine Laurie in the short term.

Im not sure where his future lies in the short term And he is on pretty decent money for one more season here if he chooses to stay and fight for his position.

Perhaps the only other club could be the Warriors, they are bringing in Nickoll-Klockstad but you could perhaps suggest perhaps Charlie would bring more to the role than he will. I think Charlie could be a great pick up for the Warriors whether he would be prepared to go there is another matter.

 

[Iamback]

I’m not sure who the suitors may be for Charlie, his options seem very limited. Certainly no clubs available with a vacant fullback position, so his only options look to go elsewhere as a winger and back up fullback.

Rumours the Newcastle Knights May be interested in recruiting Rueben Garrick as there fullback for 2023 and moving Ponga into 5/8. Perhaps if this move unfolds Charlie could be a solid option for the Sea Eagles offering depth in wing/fullback positions. Only other side who could possibly offer Charlie a spot may be the West Tigers but they comfortable with Daine Laurie in the short term.

Im not sure where his future lies in the short term And he is on pretty decent money for one more season here if he chooses to stay and fight for his position.

Perhaps the only other club could be the Warriors, they are bringing in Nickoll-Klockstad but you could perhaps suggest perhaps Charlie would bring more to the role than he will. I think Charlie could be a great pick up for the Warriors whether he would be prepared to go there is another matter.

The player market is stalled until the cap is sorted. Dogs need a backup too

 

[billypilgrimnz]

There is an article claiming Staines is on 500k. Surely that can't be true. 500k?

 

[Iamback]

There is an article claiming Staines is on 500k. Surely that can't be true. 500k?

$325k is closer to the mark.

He did get overs with the expectation he'd be fullback

 

[billypilgrimnz]

$325k is closer to the mark.

He did get overs with the expectation he'd be fullback

Yeah, I know I should trust league journos

 

[Iamback]

Yeah, I know I should trust league journos

It isn't the journo.

Someone leaked it to suit their agenda

 

[Kilkenny]

There is an article claiming Staines is on 500k. Surely that can't be true. 500k?

Just untrue. No where near reality. I think the widely reported $325k - $350k is closer to the mark. Overs as is, given his current deal was signed off the back of his rather explosive try scoring debut season. we are not that brain dead.

 

[Hamstring awareness]

Either way I hope we won’t be paying a percentage of his salary at another club.

 

[Kilkenny]

Either way I hope we won’t be paying a percentage of his salary at another club.

Well given he has one year remaining on his current deal would surely mean any topping up of his salary would be for 1 year only so probably a relatively small amount if we did have to chip in.

 

[Iamback]

Either way I hope we won’t be paying a percentage of his salary at another club.

Unless we can replace him with a guy on minimum wage, then getting rid of him makes no sense.

Paying Staines to play elsewhere and a player $120k ( or whatever it is) makes even less sense

 

[Hooked]

I don't believe this Telegraph rubbish Staines is on near $500k.
The club is usually careful with there signings and re-signings.
We are not the Tigers!
The same paper had us retaining Crichton on $750k now their bullshit rich list has him at $625k.
Make it up as they go along.

 

[Iamback]

I don't believe this Telegraph rubbish Staines is on near $500k.
The club is usually careful with there signings and re-signings.
We are not the Tigers!
The same paper had us retaining Crichton on $750k now their bullshit rich list has him at $625k.
Make it up as they go along.

I believe the rich list, Riccio is actually one of the halfway decent ones.

The rich list started at $500k and Staines wasn't on it,

 

[CCJohnC]

Staines $500K is for next season 2023 not this season.

 

[chrisD]

Staines isn't worth much more than minimum to anyone, no way we get off him without having to pay some.

 

[Iamback]

Staines isn't worth much more than minimum to anyone, no way we get off him without having to pay some.

Mybe getting $900k
Brooks $1m

Shows there are some dumb clubs out there, I wouldn't say never

 

[Blade23]

What number cap are clubs working towards?

very hard to get in a bidding war with no capq

The rumoured figure is $10.5mil. Clubs have been told for now, to aim for 15-20% less of that.

 

[Blade23]

Every year the NRL audits the clubs for player salaries. They provide average and median salaries for players in each position. They also provide the salaries of the players by position in a bracket system. Top 5 players per position etc. They don't name players.
The Telegraph rich list guesses from that document what players are on. A few of the journos are mates with player agents help to fill in the blanks.