Rumours and Stuff

[TheRam]

The great Denis Fitzgerald was the driving force behind moving reserve grade back to the parks, another good idea he overthought to save money with his mantra “if they are not playing NRL by age 20, they never will”.

The man was an imbecile when it can to running Football clubs. Just an old school stand over guy. Thank crikey we are rid of him.

 

[eels_fan]

 

[eels_fan]

The Broncos’ hopes of retaining Kotoni Staggs have received a huge boost with Parramatta powerbrokers aborting a poaching attempt on Brisbane’s strike weapon.

It is understood Parramatta cannot afford to lure Staggs on an $800,000-a-season deal and have redirected their funds towards signing Maroons flyer Dane Gagai and upgrading halfback Mitchell Moses.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/spor...s/news-story/d9d07af9ac19190b60bcedf771efec54

 

[Gazzamatta]

Injured players are cheaper as there is less demand for them. That allows you to spend more in other areas of the team. About the strength of the squad overall rather than any given individual.

As for Kane Evans, we won nearly 60% of games with him.

Yep. What a star.

 

[lucablight]

The Broncos’ hopes of retaining Kotoni Staggs have received a huge boost with Parramatta powerbrokers aborting a poaching attempt on Brisbane’s strike weapon.

It is understood Parramatta cannot afford to lure Staggs on an $800,000-a-season deal and have redirected their funds towards signing Maroons flyer Dane Gagai and upgrading halfback Mitchell Moses.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/spor...s/news-story/d9d07af9ac19190b60bcedf771efec54

Might as well just keep Fergo if we’re going after Gagai.

 

[eels_fan]

Might as well just keep Fergo if we’re going after Gagai.

Gagai may be expecting less, and maybe they see him as a mentor for Penisi for a year or two.

 

[lucablight]

Gagai may be expecting less, and maybe they see him as a mentor for Penisi for a year or two.

Gagai is a current origin player. Fergo is not.

 

[Chipmunk]

It's the least we can do for the Broncos by letting them sign Kotoni Staggs for $800k!

 

[eels_fan]

Gagai is a current origin player. Fergo is not.

Doesn’t mean they don’t have different salary requests. Playing origin puts an extra $40k in Gagais pocket so he may be happy to take less

 

[strider]

Absolutely. We obviously signed an unfit Kevans at $500k per year for 3 years as it took him 2 years to get fit and when he finally was he was still gash. We also signed Waqa who was injured at the time and that hasn't worked out too well either. We signed Foran and Watmough, both injured. Again super fails. So yeah. I take your point. Maybe we learned from those experiences or maybe the then major voice in recruitment isn't that anymore.

Kevans broke his arm playing for fiji long after we signed him

 

[Tooooks]

I assume we were just trolling Brisbane and weren’t seriously considering Staggs for anywhere near the rumoured numbers.

 

[lingard]

Injured players are cheaper as there is less demand for them. That allows you to spend more in other areas of the team. About the strength of the squad overall rather than any given individual.

As for Kane Evans, we won nearly 60% of games with him.

Perhaps we would have won 70% of our games if he hadn't played for us. It's a meaningless stat.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yep. What a star.

He would've been on less than half what the top middle forwards are on. If he wasn't we wouldn't have been able to carry Paulo, RCG and Nathan Brown in the squad.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Kevans broke his arm playing for fiji long after we signed him

Yeah and contracts aren't worth the paper they are written on.

 

[Gazzamatta]

He would've been on less than half what the top middle forwards are on. If he wasn't we wouldn't have been able to carry Paulo, RCG and Nathan Brown in the squad.

$500k per year mate.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Perhaps we would have won 70% of our games if he hadn't played for us. It's a meaningless stat.

It's meaningful because it shows we were able to win with him in the side. In fact the Warriors are the first club where he's had a losing record. Maybe they've overpaid for him? The fact is we'll never know.

 

[strider]

Yeah and contracts aren't worth the paper they are written on.

I see your point. Lets see what @Barry O'Speedwagon thinks about broken arms

 

[muznik]

Gaga I?.. That’s a “NO” from me. I just don’t see any positives in that signing.
Either give Fergo another year or blood s junior.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

$500k per year mate.

It's getting bigger all the time!

 

[Gazzamatta]

It's getting bigger all the time!

Lol. Not at all the pie and coke you reckon. Thankfully he was the last of the BA 1 man committee signings.