Rumoured Targets 3

[Frederick]

Nathan Brown just said in an interview before on ABC 1233 that we'll be making a couple of new signings in the next week or two... Didn't say much more after that though.

Buhrer will probably be one if Tooheys article this morning is anything to go by

 

[PhilGould]

It's Kostjasyn and Buhrer

 

[Glendale]

The fact Manly are interested in Bird makes me think their plan is to replace Buhrer with Bird. That says to me we get whichever one of the two isn't going to be playing at Manly next year, I don't think getting both will be an option. Of the two I'd rather have Bird, but that's only because he suits our positional needs more, being an out an out lock forward, while Buhrer is better as an edge forward and I'm happy with having Barnett and Sione there next year. You aren't gonna get too many better players then Buhrer for under 300k though, gets a bad wrap cause he got picked for the Blues once but he's a very underrated player.

 

[slotmachine]

Toohey also saying teams are offering Vaughn more money that us. So that won't be happening.

 

[Noname36]

Vaughns already on 500k+ now so I always figured he'd be out of our price range anyway while we need to make a lot of new signings.

+ accounting for the fact that he's got BJ and Tapine around no doubt feeding him shit about the club and he was never gonna be a realistic target.

 

[Glendale]

Heres the interview with Brown:

 

[Spot On]

I don't envy Brown and Mooney putting this jig saw together.

 

[Noname36]

I was originally very against Bird but now he's the target I'm most hoping we land. Not just because we desperately need an experienced player now that Jez has retired but he offers a bit of an extra playmaking option which we also desperately need with Hodkinson (lol) and rookies halves (assuming Mullen will be mostly injured all year).

 

[Spot On]

Bird would be a no-brainer at the right price IF the club doesn't have to deal with off field crap every time he has a beer.

I can't see anything changing.

So, do you sacrifice all that your are trying to build at the club to get him??

I say no.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Didnt Manly just make Buhrer their captain for 2017?

Weird that theyd move him on

 

[Frederick]

Didnt Manly just make Buhrer their captain for 2017?

Weird that theyd move him on

Even weirder that they'd take Aku

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Cordner's name is being floated around again. Very unlikely given his contract.
Imagine this:
The Knights team that wasn’t:1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Nathan Ross, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Kerrod Holland, 5. Anthony Don, 6. Jarrod Mullen, 7. Trent Hodkinson, 8. Aiden Tolman, 9. Mick Ennis, 10. Korbin Sims, 11. Boyd Cordner, 12. Josh Jackson, 13. Greg Bird. Interchange: 14. Daniel Saifiti, 15. Sione Mata’utia, 16. Jeremy Smith, 17. Jacob Saifiti.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...s/news-story/9589af758617f95c7264d31d8e324961

I'd still fair dinkum go for Cordner, Bird and Ennis (if he puts his boots on for another year).

 

[Spot On]

Kerrod Holland is not first grade standard.

 

[Sydney Knight]

LOL at Anthony Don being a knights junior from Grafton

 

[Still Nutty]

Vaughns already on 500k+ now so I always figured he'd be out of our price range anyway while we need to make a lot of new signings.

+ accounting for the fact that he's got BJ and Tapine around no doubt feeding him shit about the club and he was never gonna be a realistic target.

This was my big negative on getting him here too...neither would be wrapping the Knights I would suspect

 

[Spot On]

I retract what I wrote earlier about Vaughn. I really didn't think he be on 500K plus.

 

[Alex28]

Cordner's name is being floated around again. Very unlikely given his contract.
Imagine this:
The Knights team that wasn’t:1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Nathan Ross, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Kerrod Holland, 5. Anthony Don, 6. Jarrod Mullen, 7. Trent Hodkinson, 8. Aiden Tolman, 9. Mick Ennis, 10. Korbin Sims, 11. Boyd Cordner, 12. Josh Jackson, 13. Greg Bird. Interchange: 14. Daniel Saifiti, 15. Sione Mata’utia, 16. Jeremy Smith, 17. Jacob Saifiti.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...s/news-story/9589af758617f95c7264d31d8e324961

I'd still fair dinkum go for Cordner, Bird and Ennis (if he puts his boots on for another year).

That team would never fit under any salary cap. It's a shit article.

Vaughn on $500K a year? Bullshit.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

isn't one of those big Sharks forwards still off contract? It's either Bukuya or Tagatese I think. Getting one of those guys would be a good addition to our forward pack.

Also it's a bit odd that we aren't looking to the super league for a front rower or two. We wouldn't have to pay overs and in the last decade or so a lot of the English forwards who have come out here have turned out to be pretty good. You would think that there would be a couple of big units who would want to come here and make a name for themselves.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

According to RLW Vaughan is pretty much only days from announcing his signing with the Dragons. Well that sucks..

 

[Whats Doing]

I read in a rumour thread that he had knocked back the knights