Rumoured Targets 3

[Alex28]

I’m what context? As in you’d just hate to see them win it and one of our players helped?

Because it’s not for his lack of trying to help us!

I don’t think many share the same views as me about loaning. My thought is it can be beneficial for players to see how these top clubs operate and bring something back with them, all while we give some inexperienced guys some real game time which they’ve severely lacked during COVID times.

We can send Parra Phoenix Crossland while Moses’ thumb heals up too.

I hate Parramatta the most out of all the NRL teams. I love the fact we killed the best chance they had of winning one since 1986.

I don’t want one of ours to help them at all!

The loan scheme sucks really. The top teams will just start keeping $500K in their cap and just cherry-pick talent from the lower teams to try and win a premiership.

 

[Apey]

Sounds like a good idea if we're keen on locking up that spoon.

 

[Jono078]

The loan scheme sucks really. The top teams will just start keeping $500K in their cap and just cherry-pick talent from the lower teams to try and win a premiership.

I’d be surprised if it stayed like this for much longer. Concessions were made for COVID. It needs to go back to June 30 at least. This is far too late in the season and as you said, top teams will just try to cherry pick great talent to help them over the line.

 

[PhilGould]

Truthfully it makes no difference to me where we land in the bottom 4, but do people really think Klemmer's presence will be the difference between spoon or no spoon?

 

[Burwood]

Truthfully it makes no difference to me where we land in the bottom 4, but do people really think Klemmer's presence will be the difference between spoon or no spoon?

Klemmer makes zero difference- he could continue to pump out +180m each and every week and we’d still in this position on the ladder. The only way we avoid the spoon is by having a spine that starts playing like first graders.

 

[PhilGould]

Knights enforcer David Klemmer denies he will be joining Parramatta Eels on a short-term loan deal​

The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that Parramatta had made a last-ditch bid to the Knights to release Klemmer to them for the rest of this campaign.

But Klemmer told the Newcastle Herald by text message: "No not true. I'm committed to the club."

Newcastle Knights enforcer David Klemmer denies he will be joining Parramatta Eels on a short-term loan deal

Klemmer insists he is "committed" to the Knights.

www.newcastleherald.com.au

More words in it but those 2 sentences sum it up.

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[Yosh]

I’m what context? As in you’d just hate to see them win it and one of our players helped?

Because it’s not for his lack of trying to help us!

I don’t think many share the same views as me about loaning. My thought is it can be beneficial for players to see how these top clubs operate and bring something back with them, all while we give some inexperienced guys some real game time which they’ve severely lacked during COVID times.

We can send Parra Phoenix Crossland while Moses’ thumb heals up too.

He has about as much talent as Moses's thumb, so even trade!

 

[mozza91]

Why the f**k would we want to get rid of our best forward and only bloke in our pack that looks like giving a complete f**k each week

Madness

This. They can have Brodie Jones instead. Don’t even have to give him back at the end of the season either.

 

[Knight Tales]

And what are the odds they convince him to join them in 2024. He is exactly the sort of forward they need to keep the middle consistent. Klem just does his job 100% every week. He knows no other way.

 

[Old dog]

Speaking of Brodie J, he went off in first half, didn’t return, Injured, anyone confirm

 

[The Axe of Druss]

What’s gonna happen is Ells get Marty now +1. Eegles get Klemmer now +2 and Knights get a bloke named Greg.

 

[PhilGould]

Tim Sheens’ plan to retain halfback Luke Brooks on less money​

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Article talks about the Knights pursuit of Brooks, even going as far to say "some in Newcastle believe signing Brooks could be the key to saving O’Brien’s job as huge pressure builds on the Knights coach."

But Sheens is adamant Brooks will be going nowhere next season and even says they want to extend his deal further - at a lower salary.

 

[Burwood]

Speaking of Brodie J, he went off in first half, didn’t return, Injured, anyone confirm

Having made one run for 11m in the opening 24 minutes and outdoing his Round 19 effort, the coach decided to give him a well earned rest?

 

[Loose Cannon]

Tim Sheens’ plan to retain halfback Luke Brooks on less money​

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Article talks about the Knights pursuit of Brroks, even going as far to say "some in Newcastle believe signing Brooks could be the key to saving O’Brien’s job as huge pressure builds on the Knights coach."

But Sheens is adamant Brooks will be going nowhere next season and even says they want to extend his deal further - at a lower salary.

Imagine having your employment status dependent upon snaring the signature of a halfback who is yet to play finals a decade into his career.

 

[Tom155]

 

[Jono078]

Paul Kent said we're still paying Kiraz's salary. How wonderful... When we haven't even filled our top 30 either.

Apparently we were prepared to let Klemmer go but we couldn't come to an agreed deal.

It sounds like Klemmer wanted to extend his deal with us once he came back and that was the thing to end the discussion.

 

[Spot On]

Paul Kent said we're still paying Kiraz's salary. How wonderful... When we haven't even filled our top 30 either.

Apparently we were prepared to let Klemmer go but we couldn't come to an agreed deal.

It sounds like Klemmer wanted to extend his deal with us once he came back and that was the thing to end the discussion.

The discussion on 360 was that Klemmer wanted a 2yr deal at Parra from next year.

 

[Jono078]

The discussion on 360 was that Klemmer wanted a 2yr deal at Parra from next year.

I was confused with how they discussed it. I thought that at first and then I thought what I wrote was correct.

Kinda alarming if Klemmer wanted out completely...

 

[PhilGould]

The Parramatta Eels reportedly were blocked in their attempts to sign Knights enforcer David Klemmer for the remainder of the 2022 season on a loan deal.

Reports circled Sea Eagles prop Marty Taupau would make the short move, but that play was rejected by Manly coach Des Hasler.

Brad Arthur then turned his attention elsewhere in a bid to secure a front rower before the August 1 deadline but Knights powerbrokers also denied the request according to The Daily Telegraph’s Buzz Rothfield.

“They contacted Clint Zammit, who took it to Adam O’Brien and the senior management at the Knights... they made the decision, and they made it about an hour ago that they would not realise him,” Rothfield said on NRL360.

Rothfield revealed there were a number of sticking points that were unable to be negotiated, including the lenghth of the deal.

The Eels reportedly wanted Klemmer on a short-term loan, but the bustling prop wanted a longer contract to extend his stay at Parramatta past 2022.

“I think there were too many issues involved in the deal, David Klemmer, to join Parramatta for these five games, wanted two years, not just the last year of his contract,” Rothfield said.

“And there were a lot of things like this they couldn’t sort their way through.”

“So he would have gone for the remainder of this season and then another couple of seasons on top of that,” Fox League’s James Hooper said.

While the 28-year-old has been one of Newcastle’s best in 2022, Rothfield believes a move for Klemmer was entertained by Newcastle powerbrokers and could have been finalised.

Knights coach Adam O’Brien was said to have met with club bosses on Monday afternoon who reportedly “wouldn’t have fought too hard to keep him”.

“I can’t sit here and say that definitely, but what I am hearing within the club they wouldn’t have fought too hard to keep him,” Rothfield said.

“If the right deal could have been done, why would that have been? He is only 28, he has been around, he has played Origin, he has played Test matches.

“I think there is a feeling around that the club that Klemmer hasn’t fitted into game plans like they’d probably hope he had have this year.

“That he might take one or two too many carries each half, when Joey has trained them during the week to switch it or spin it or whatever.

“I just think he can be a hard guy to coach, and that is why I am saying that I don’t think they would have tried overly hard, they wouldn’t have kicked him out the door, but that is why they entertained it today.”

Eels’ Klemmer pursuit blocked by Knights bosses after enforcer wanted long-term deal

Eels’ Klemmer pursuit blocked by Knights bosses after enforcer wanted long-term deal

www.foxsports.com.au

The full interaction. Video in the article too.

 

[Alex28]

Hearing how he has talked about Newcastle this year, I’d suggest Buzz and Paul needed to make up a story just before going to air.