Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

His phone's ringing off the hook because these player managers want a superannuation payout for their players. No wonder they're pissed at having to deal with him. Koloamatangi will be 33 at the end of his current deal and probably the highest paid forward in the game. This has bitten us on the arse before, so why would we do it again?

 

[JokerEel]

If they're smart they won't get caught again. Like the Storm and Bulldogs. They have learnt their lesson. Hopefully we don't get caught again.

That wasn't the question

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How much do other clubs TPA providers pay? And if you don't know the answer, does that mean there are none?

 

[JokerEel]

How much do other clubs TPA providers pay? And if you don't know the answer, does that mean there are none?

You are the one telling the story

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Well we know they offered Maloney $200k nearly ten years ago. TPAs for Origin players would have to be a lot more nowadays. The salary cap is about $2.5M more than it was back then, so a player of Maloney's level would be getting about $250k in TPAs now.

 

[JokerEel]

Well we know they offered Maloney $200k nearly ten years ago. TPAs for Origin players would have to be a lot more nowadays. The salary cap is about $2.5M more than it was back then, so a player of Maloney's level would be getting about $250k in TPAs now.

You are still telling the story and not answering how much the players are getting through your TPAs and why these are the new PO..

 

[gaffer]

Can confirm that a couple of player managers I’ve spoken to, expressed the same view that it’s not a negotiation more a battle. In essence they don’t approach the club as a first choice,

when we have a tigers life member in charge of signing players it just makes you wonder if He has Parras interests in mind

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You are still telling the story and not answering how much the players are getting through your TPAs and why these are the new PO..

You're the one who started talking about POs, not me. But if you're going to be a smartarse, how much are players getting paid for their POs?

 

[JokerEel]

You're the one who started talking about POs, not me. But if you're going to be a smartarse, how much are players getting paid for their POs?

0 panthers dont offer them.

You are the one who brought up TPAs

 

[Poupou Escobar]

0 panthers dont offer them.

You are the one who brought up TPAs

Because they have form. Do you reckon Maloney was the only one?

 

[JokerEel]

Because they have form. Do you reckon Maloney was the only one?

What you want me to start going back and pluck POs like you have? They dont do them any more and still sign players that are wanted by other clubs. We have signed players that are not wanted by their current club or had no club.

So spare us the BS on POs and TPAs we have been terrible in the recruitment retention and development under the current HOF.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

POs and TPAs are likely the reason for the difference in pulling power between clubs. Do you think the Bulldogs recruited so many stars because they were so successful?

 

[TheRam]

Our recruitment/retention decline coincided with us no longer offering POs. Anyway the only one that burnt us was Matterson's. The rest helped us build a team capable of scraping into a grand final.

The more crucial question is how come he can't sign quality without PO's while other clubs can and don't bust the bank doing it?

 

[Legal Eel]

What you want me to start going back and pluck POs like you have? They dont do them any more and still sign players that are wanted by other clubs. We have signed players that are not wanted by their current club or had no club.

So spare us the BS on POs and TPAs we have been terrible in the recruitment retention and development under the current HOF.

Most rational people know this to be true

the idiot you are arguing with has no interest in the veracity of your posts - he is openly here to troll parra fans

 

[hindy111]

The more crucial question is how come he can't sign quality without PO's while other clubs can and don't bust the bank doing it?

Brilliant analysis. Well done

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The more crucial question is how come he can't sign quality without PO's while other clubs can and don't bust the bank doing it?

That is a crucial question and we know TPAs make a huge difference in recruitment and retention because a bunch of clubs have been busted for it including ours. You think this shit isn’t ongoing? What are merkins talking about when they mention Roosters sombrero or Broncos dollars?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Brilliant analysis. Well done

It wasn’t an analysis, it was a question that he thinks is answered by incompetence.

I get you want someone to blame, but until you can guarantee there’s no imbalance in TPAs and other rewards outside the cap, the best explanation is that we are one of the clubs following the rules, as you’d expect with Sarantinos as CEO. He would know very well all about our attempts to match the big clubs with TPAs, and how we got caught, and what it would mean for his job if we got caught again.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Flanno giving the Dragons fans the bird on the way out.

Kyle is our best 3 or 4 players and best halfback at the club.

While signing Ilias and Atkinson to play halfback there then making them scapegoats.

 

[Zoso]

i'm stunned he wasn't shown the door after giving every man and his dog in the team player options
thank god we re-signed mitch and took them out or i doubt he'd still be here

More to the point Dylan Brown was blocking the pathway of two halves that we eventually lost. Worse, the player option in his contract gave him the power.
The terms of that contract, and/or the naive belief Drown wouldn’t leave, cost us THREE halves.
Edit: and delivered us Pezet.
How he has a job after that is astounding.

 

[Avenger]

Flanno giving the Dragons fans the bird on the way out.

Kyle is our best 3 or 4 players and best halfback at the club.

While signing Ilias and Atkinson to play halfback there then making them scapegoats.

I expect his NRL coaching career to end about 8pm on 10 April 2026.