Rumoured Targets 3

[Chicken_Hunter]

Dragons forum jizzing themselves over tariq like they have just signed JT. Do they even watch footy?

I dont believe for a second he signed with them for 400k a season. Makes no sense to be out of pocket 200k a year.

 

[Wato]

Dragons forum jizzing themselves over tariq like they have just signed JT. Do they even watch footy?

I dont believe for a second he signed with them for 400k a season. Makes no sense to be out of pocket 200k a year.

Shows a lack of belief from him that his form will turn around and with the amount of talent off contract at the end of next year Tariq sims would be pretty low on most clubs priority lists.

 

[Noname36]

Just don't sign any pension seekers.

This was exactly how we got into the current situation. Signing too many older blokes without the money to replace them when they retired.

Bennett played it perfectly though. Signed them all and then did a runner before the inevitable shit his the fan.

 

[Noname36]

I can't see any downsides to this - other than the potential risk of losing Korbin but Tariq was here for Korbin (and the stupid money he was on) not the other way around.

I'm pleasantly surprised to be honest. I thought we'd bend and upgrade him for sure. I guess it proves Brown is happy to make the right calls and not let the current pressure make him fold and make the wrong ones in panic.

 

[Swarzey]

Korbin is mature enough to make his own decisions. He left a pretty comfortable spot in Brisbane to create his own path in Newcastle. IIRC it was Korbin they wanted and Tariq was just a bonus.

Given our young side I wouldn't mind one slightly older head we can get 3/4 years out of. If we can somehow get a clone of 2013 Jeremy Smith that would be great.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

In other words, we are now Cuba. You won't have any money, but the beaches are cool and we are all on the same shitty wicket.

People get on spare tires and float across shark infested waters to flee that shit.

What the f*ck?? Where did this comparison come from??

 

[slotmachine]

i would like a time machine and to get luke lewis, but 2 years younger

 

[Caped Crusader]

Macca has lost it. Old mate needs a lie down

 

[perverse]

All we need to say to Korbin is that he's a better player than his brother, but his brother wanted to earn more. A lot more. No bullshit.

 

[The Showstopper]

Jesus H Christ Hayne would make this young side very dangerous.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

It's delusional, but with all the cap space we would have, it
Would be a great buy, and surely he would be the one block we could get a Third Party deal for.

 

[Alex28]

I take it from the Knights press release that we have Tariq for the rest of the year?

 

[borat]

I take it from the Knights press release that we have Tariq for the rest of the year?

Would you want to keep him?

If he is on the sort of money at the Knights as suggested, wouldn't that cash be better spent elsewhere? I could see the reasoning of keeping Tariq if he was on peanuts but not on the sort of cash being reported.

 

[Knight76]

I think Alex28 means it's disappointing we have him for the rest of the year. Though with the rate we churn through players, we may need him if we can't replace him.

 

[borat]

I just would have thought freeing up the cash now would be more valuable to the Knights than any fringe back rower the Dragons will offer in exchange.

The Knights could stick to their guns and ask for a better quality player but the Dragons won't do that with finals footy the goal.

 

[Still Nutty]

I take it from the Knights press release that we have Tariq for the rest of the year?

I take it from Brown's comments at the press meeting after the game that he holds no animosity to Tariq about his decision to take the Dragons offer for 2017 and that translates into using him if he stays here but it would also be about the Dragon's capacity to carry a salary for this current year - I'm certainly expecting that we wouldn't continue to pay his salary but can the Dragons manage it this year?

If they can't then he has to stay and we might as well have him as a filler for injuries and suspensions (how long with Korbin get?)

EDIT - just checked the judiciary and KSims will have to sit out 1 match if he takes the early guilty plea because of 30 carry over points he has hanging over him...but I can't believe it was only listed as a Grade 1, careless?! After seeing it last night and knowing we always seem to get ramped up in the severity grading, I expected him to have a couple of weeks on the sideline

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Midley has come out and said that Rochow is the type of player we hope to retain. I reckon our offer to him will be too low but we may go 2 to 3 years on it.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I just would have thought freeing up the cash now would be more valuable to the Knights than any fringe back rower the Dragons will offer in exchange.

The Knights could stick to their guns and ask for a better quality player but the Dragons won't do that with finals footy the goal.

Legally, TSims has to be paid his full $600k (he could choose to forgo it, but why would he?). The Dragons wont have much room in their cap for this year, so we'd be paying the majority.

We wouldnt gain much cap space from moving him on and we would lose what little bit he does offer.

 

[Burwood]

I'm happy for Tims to see out the year here just so he can cop a suspension in the last game of the season and miss the opening 8 rounds of 2017.

 

[PhilGould]

Mike Cooper now being linked as a possible player swap for Tariq. Would be very happy if we got him.