Rumoured targets thread

[justagamemate]

We need to sign him. He's the leader in the pack we are missing. Mason can't do it all.
Imagine,

8. Snowden
9. Buderus
10. Mason
11. Scott
12. Houston/Sims
13. Lewis

Yes sir!

 

[Allstar Knights]

8. Snowden
9. Buderus
10. Mason
11. Scott
12. Lewis
13. Houston

14. Tetetevano - put him back on an edge and tell him to run hard.
15. McKinnon
16. Sims
17. O'Donnell

Cuthbo is very unlucky, but I think by 2013, that's the best forward pack we can field if we somehow miraculously got Lewis.

 

[Johns Magic]

I may have made this up but I seem to remember Bennett saying a while back that Lewis was one of the players in the NRL that he was most wary of coming up against.

Bennett drafted him into the All-Stars squad this year as his coach's pick so he's obviously a big fan.

That's the only thing giving me any hope whatsoever that we might have a chance.

 

[RHCP]

Luke Lewis would be a huge signing, absolutely massive.

If we don't resign House, Edwards and Tuimavave, surely that comes close to $400K + third party deals?

If only this happened before we signed Beau Scott, we'd be in the box seat.

 

[Newie is God's Country]

Not a fan of backended deals but we may have no option if we are going to make a play.

 

[Nuffy]

Pipe dream nothing more, seems our cap is bursting with the team of quality we have now.................

Does however make you wonder exactly how some clubs do it, Bulldogs have been adding players constantly and yet they are in the market for more.

 

[Nuffy]

Tele is reporting that the release will be announced this afternoon.

The bloke will be signed to a deal by tomorrow at the latest.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...se-from-the-club/story-e6frexqi-1226420608097

 

[Rod]

If Sharks got Lewis and we got J. Smith, I could live with that.

 

[aqua_duck]

If Sharks got Lewis and we got J. Smith, I could live with that.

I like jeremy Smith but he's 33 next year

 

[justagamemate]

Hopefully Wayne gets his man!

 

[perverse]

Luke Lewis would be a huge signing, absolutely massive.

If we don't resign House, Edwards and Tuimavave, surely that comes close to $400K + third party deals?

If only this happened before we signed Beau Scott, we'd be in the box seat.

We would still need to replace 2 of them with 2 more players in our top 25 on at least minimum wage (55k each). You can't replace 3 blokes with 1 under the cap. Assuming those 3 do add up to said amount, which I actually doubt, then you'd have, at most, around 290k to spend on Lewis, but most likely even less.

I'd kill to have Lewis, but I can't see it happening unless he wants to take a very significant pay cut. Keep in mind that Willie and Gagai's pay will only increase substantially next year.

 

[RHCP]

We would still need to replace 2 of them with 2 more players in our top 25 on at least minimum wage (55k each). You can't replace 3 blokes with 1 under the cap. Assuming those 3 do add up to said amount, which I actually doubt, then you'd have, at most, around 290k to spend on Lewis, but most likely even less.

I'd kill to have Lewis, but I can't see it happening unless he wants to take a very significant pay cut. Keep in mind that Willie and Gagai's pay will only increase substantially next year.

Yeah, pipe dream now that I've thought about it more.

Stranger things have happened in rugby league though (can't let the dream die yet!)

 

[voltron]

that would be awesome
lewis is an awesoem ball playing second rower, a leader, and damaging in defence
and i would love to see Mckinnon play under him and learn from him.
would be so awesome

 

[Joker's Wild]

TBH its his defence that Id like to see here more than anything else. He can absolutely smash players and is very quick off the line.

Make it happen Tinks

 

[RABK]

We spoke to Lewis manager today, one of about 11 clubs who did so.

Each club goes back and does number crunching to see if he can fit.

We'll be near the bottom in terms of cap space but near the top in terms of been an ideal home for Lewis.

Tigers are favourites, apparently have a bit of cap space to work and Lewis is very close with Sheens.

 

[RABK]

Our chance will be Bennett and working out a backended deal. Eg 200k first year, 400k 2nd year, 700k 3rd year. But at least we are 'trying' to sign him.

 

[justagamemate]

Bennett usually gets what he wants

 

[Frances the Mute]

Signing him would certainly take the sting out of the Knights on onfield performance and the fact it would almost certainly get rid of Houston and Edwards would just be icing.

 

[RABK]

No not really. Nate Myles, Beau Champion and Greg Bird he missed out on in 2011. Cameron King, Sam Kasiano and JWH are three he missed out on this year. (Though Kasiano form bumped up his negotiating price and Bennett pulled the offer)

Bennett misses out on signings just as much as other coaches.

If we offer the exact same contract dollar for dollar and word for word as the tigers Lewis will choose the Tigers over us. Bennett is not the recruitment Death Star with a player tractor beam.

 

[League_God]

no way in the world will lewis sign with us. I'd love to see it, but not a chance.
It's too good to be true.
Our likely side in 2012 will be:

1.Boyd
2.Aku
3.Gagai
4.Tahu
5.McManus
6.Mullen
7.Gidley
8.Snowden
9.Bedsy
10.Mason
11.Scott
12.Houston
13.Costigan

14.McKinnon
15.Cuthbertson
16.Edwards
17.Adams/Hilder

I gotta tell you....just looking at that bench and backrow shits me to tears.

...but, I've never coached a side to a premiership :roll:

We talk about our lack of homegrown props...how about our lack of homegrown anything.

In good news though McKinnon and Gagai are already our two best players and will both play rep footy in the future