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IFR33K

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Ffs poo. Is there anything you haven’t ruined? There goes the best movie ever.
 

Soto

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Brisbane Broncos star David Fifita declares his allegiance to the club

https://www.couriermail.com.au/spor...b/news-story/0b077563d6d9490990afa80ef1e4b9fb

No suprises here...

I do particularly love this...

But the battle for Fifita’s signature has taken a compelling twist.

The Broncos have met with Fifita’s mother Gwen, who played a key role in brokering his current NRL contract. Fifita still lives at home and Gwen has informed the Broncos her son has no intention to leave with the parties to commence extension talks from next week.

While Fifita could earn more elsewhere, the cheaper cost of living in Brisbane is a factor, as is the Broncos’ network of third-party sponsorships and corporate opportunities for a Queensland Origin young gun.

 

strider

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Not when theres Bronco dollars up for grabs

Though of course those dollars would never be reliant on him playing for a certain club
 

hineyrulz

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Wow what a shock!!

A player being offered more but happy to stay at the Donkeys :thinking:


It’s hilarious with all their advantages they have won FA in well over a decade.
 

Soto

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Wow what a shock!!

A player being offered more but happy to stay at the Donkeys :thinking:


It’s hilarious with all their advantages they have won FA in well over a decade.
Hmmm so they have now got:
Milf reportedly on $1m
Boyd $800k
Have retained TPJ, Lodge, Haas and now Fifita on upgraded contracts with some of these also reportedly close to $7-800k a season.
Oates $500k a season.
The above 7 players on about $5m. The rest of the 23 players share $4.5-4.8m. Seems right about $200k each. Qld currency, broncos $ clearly seem to extend further north of the border.
 

hineyrulz

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Hmmm so they have now got:
Milf reportedly on $1m
Boyd $800k
Have retained TPJ, Lodge, Haas and now Fifita on upgraded contracts with some of these also reportedly close to $7-800k a season.
Oates $500k a season.
The above 7 players on about $5m. The rest of the 23 players share $4.5-4.8m. Seems right about $200k each. Qld currency, broncos $ clearly seem to extend further north of the border.
Gillett is also on very good money. They will lose Super NZ international Alex Glenn and all will be sweet.

Move along people nothing to see here.........
 

Bandwagon

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Milford $1000,000 Link
Boyd $800,000 Link
Jack Bird $1000,000 Link
Payne Haas $500,000 Link
TPJ $600,000 Link
Matt Lodge $700,000 Link
McCullough $500,000 Link
Ofahengaue $500,000 Link

That's 5.6 million there, there's no half back and it leaves Boyd at 5/8, the cap for 2020 is 9.8 million, and the minimum wage $110,000, and 22 spots left to fill.

Assuming they re-sign Fifita you would expect it's gonna be minimum at the same price as TPJ $600k, Turpin is off contract, and the Warriors have reportedly made a decent offer to him, Sign him, or replace him with an average NRL half and there's gotta be at least 500k in it

That'd give 'em 10 players taking up 6.7 Million, so 3.1 million left over. Assuming they can run with say players 21 - 30 on minimum, which I reckon would be a stretch and would leave them sorely lacking depth, that'd take up another 1.1 million, leaving them with 2.0 million under the cap to sign players 11 through 20 ( 10 players ) , which has to include at least one first choice centre, two first choice wingers,

Isaako re-signed last year till 2022 ( can't find a price ) , Oates is unsigned but is reported to want 500k ( previously on 375k ) and Staggs is signed till 2020 reportedly on the cheap, but is also getting interest from the Knights and Manly, so if they want to keep him, will likely need some kind of upgrade. I don't think Oates or Staggs would have too much trouble pulling 300k elsewhere, and Isaako was re-signed during a purple patch ( particularly as a goal kicker ) so would not be on minimum.

When you add all that up, they end up with basically all their players outside of their top 17 minimum wage contracts, so no real depth at all . and probably the worst halves pairing in the NRL.

Something's gotta give.

Edit: I forgot Gillett who signed a four year deal last year, there was reportedly interest from other clubs, but he was also injured with a neck? injury at the time, probs wouldn't have been huge dollars, but 300k a year I'd think at the least given he's still an Origin player.
 
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jk13

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Soon we’ll hav players mums at our centre of excellence pushing other teams $$$ out of the way
 

strider

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Need to put a second team in Brisbane to create some competition.

The South Brisbane Sock Puppets.

Build a stadium at Annerley, turn Chardon's Corner into a leagues club. Phil Economidis as coach.

I'd support them.
so you would leave us? o_O
 

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