Rumoured & Confirmed Signings - Part 5

[murraymob]

Are

I'm hearing Shaun Lane could be free to talk with other clubs......

you sure your not Brad Arthur’s

trying to offload duds come on Hindy just jump ship a fully become a panther venture to the dark side

 

[Chins get the wins]

If Leota gets injured next year we are stuffed. We need a couple of experienced forwards to get us through.

Yeo is the one carrying the middle and it's every f**king week at this point

 

[age.s]

I'm hearing Shaun Lane could be free to talk with other clubs......

As long as he's only talking to other clubs.

 

[MugaB]

Are

you sure your not Brad Arthur’s

trying to offload duds come on Hindy just jump ship a fully become a panther venture to the dark side

 

[WestyLife]

Uncle Nick doesn't need paper bags since he is one of the most connected blokes in Australia.

He can get his players in on initial capital raisings for high return unlisted investment vehicles none of us has ever heard of.

The best we can do is send a player to Jim's Financial Planning in a converted fibro house on Henry St. Putting excess cash in a Vanguard Fund can't compete.

Many years ago I saw this in reality. Sell before you hold the bag.

A 10x return just a month or so after listing.

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This. Fafita doesn't care about winning a premiership it's an entirely financial decision.

 

[WestyLife]

Ye of little faith.

The club has a hit list of who they want. Fifita bolted to the top of it.
Just because we missed out on him doesn't mean we don't have other plans. Contracted players are on the list. Off contract players are on it.
Since it was announced Fish was leaving. The club has been contacted by numerous managers offering under-contract players. Terms are always the issue.

If we get who we want we will be fine. If not, there is plan to get through next year and strike 2026.

There are many ways this can play out.

Probably can't say but who are realistic options?

 

[WestyLife]

Why would contracted players be on the list? What are you admitting to here?

Players and clubs can talk and do whatever they want as long as no formal offer is made outside the designated dates.

 

[Hamstring awareness]

What was it in the end with Fifita?

Lifestyle of the city and Holbrook?

‘You know I barrack for Queensland?’ How Roosters won race for Fifita

Fed up with waiting, Roosters supremo Nick Politis was contemplating pulling the four-year, $3.3 million offer on the table to David Fifita. Then his phone rang.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Iamback]

Players and clubs can talk and do whatever they want as long as no formal offer is made outside the designated dates.

Managers too, as I said I doubt Fifita was the only one to contact us

 

[MugaB]

‘You know I barrack for Queensland?’ How Roosters won race for Fifita

Fed up with waiting, Roosters supremo Nick Politis was contemplating pulling the four-year, $3.3 million offer on the table to David Fifita. Then his phone rang.

www.smh.com.au

Yeah, they bought the mrs... pretty closed book there... looks like that secret weapon in Holbrook did a lot ...fmd

 

[Hamstring awareness]

Stick to what you are good at. You are good at developing players in your area, and country areas.

Fifi was always a bright lights big city player. A player we do well at recruiting.

You can try with Gussy, but I think it will be a waste of time. He is an inner city boy, who plays for inner city clubs.

Don’t disagree with any of this, the one thing giving me a Lloyd Christmas glimmer of hope is that Angus grew up around Young/Temora

 

[MugaB]

Don’t disagree with any of this, the one thing giving me a Lloyd Christmas glimmer of hope is that Angus grew up around Young/Temora

although I like Angus Crichton, I don't believe he is coming west he'd rather play RU or go back to souths, he doesn't seem like he'll give up the city lfe

 

[WestyLife]

Managers too, as I said I doubt Fifita was the only one to contact us

Yeah It'd be why Panthers leaked it. Signalling others to pitch their players.

 

[tripster]

With the benefit of hindsight the fact that Fifita signed with the Roosters showed we dodged a bullet.

He can’t seriously believe that the Roosters are a legitimate premiership contender in the near future. There are a long list of reasons for that. Keary is retiring and it is unclear who will play 6 next season. Sam Walker might prove to be a top half but is unproven and was playing reserve grade not long ago. It is unclear who most of their outside backs will be and Tedesco probably has one season left in him.

All of that shows that his primary motivation wasn’t to win a premiership. If that’s not his primary motivation then we dodged a bullet.

 

[The yak]

D

Do you know how close we could be to having a woman’s team

2027.

 

[Old and Disgruntled]

Is Kikau too far gone to have a nibble at. He looks disinterested at the Dogs?

 

[Iamback]

Yeah It'd be why Panthers leaked it. Signalling others to pitch their players.

Yep. Any player also knows there is $850k waiting.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Is Kikau too far gone to have a nibble at. He looks disinterested at the Dogs?

What? He's having a brilliant year

 

[BossleyPanther]

although I like Angus Crichton, I don't believe he is coming west he'd rather play RU or go back to souths, he doesn't seem like he'll give up the city lfe

This is true, Robbo even stated it

 

[Frankus]

With the benefit of hindsight the fact that Fifita signed with the Roosters showed we dodged a bullet.

He can’t seriously believe that the Roosters are a legitimate premiership contender in the near future. There are a long list of reasons for that. Keary is retiring and it is unclear who will play 6 next season. Sam Walker might prove to be a top half but is unproven and was playing reserve grade not long ago. It is unclear who most of their outside backs will be and Tedesco probably has one season left in him.

All of that shows that his primary motivation wasn’t to win a premiership. If that’s not his primary motivation then we dodged a bullet.

Well said! The way I see it, their best chance of a premiership is this season and that is a slim prospect at best. The are losing too many quality backs to be a threat the next few seasons. It’s not like they can simply replace Manu.