Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

Blaize has been told he’ll partner Cleary in the halves next year

HOOPS: Panthers on verge of NRL coup as young gun set to join premiers in big Eels blow

HOOPS: Panthers on verge of NRL coup as young gun set to join premiers in big Eels blow

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They have a massive gap at 6, and a big hole in their salary cap.

 

[Tmars]

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How good are Parra no wonder were so well run coming 16th atm.

So we were well run between 2019 and 2022?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Special talent. If you signed him expect a gem in 2yrs. I can spot talent.

He’s a very similar player to Luai. It’s a good swap for them.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

"It’s the latest example of how Parramatta’s player options in contracts have come back to bite the club.

Both the Talagi’s had options in their contracts but informed the club earlier this year they intended to test the market."

So we gave a 16 year old a Player option.

Did we give him a free schooner a beer on tap as well while we did it fmd.

A player option is virtually zero cost. If you get injured in your off contract year you don’t have to worry about losing a year of your career. It only costs the club if the option is activated.

 

[Tmars]

Hopefully Te Hurinui Twidle will be a better player then Blaize

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He must be pretty average. The Panthers, a struggling organisation

Five-eighth is probably his best position, if he can improve his defence. Do we need another five-eighth?

 

[Chipmunk]

Potentially seven starters. At least six would be on starters money, possibly Dunster as well. Whichever backs we bring into the squad will be backups.

Russell and Dunster would be on f**k all, Dunster is MO, so could be even very low.

We were willing to pay Talagi $500k, so we have some money spare for 1 more decent back.

 

[Chipmunk]

How much of your cap should you commit to your starting backline, and how much do you think we’ve already spent?

I hope we keep Simonsson but I won’t be surprised if we can’t. Lomax is taking his place in the squad.

We were obviously prepared to commit around $500 for Talagi, so we have that.

 

[Parra Pride]

One thing I really want to know, is who the f**k paid off the media and commentary to suck off Blaize so much? The glazing was f**king outrageous.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ryles needs to figure out quickly why young players have no interest in wearing the blue and gold.

They got bigger offers from rivals and one of them pretended it was for personal reasons.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Or why they don't want to spend years more in reserve grade while our highly paid first graders continue their careers.

This is the thing. We couldn’t fit Sanders into the team. We could fit Talagi in at centre (with Lomax on the wing) but he wants to play in the spine and get paid accordingly. Sure we could’ve put him at fullback but we are already paying Gutherson as a fullback. Moving him to centre doesn’t change that. How much can we afford to pay a second fullback with one already on the books?

The only merkin who’s leaving that we definitely could’ve used next year is Matt Arthur. There would be money for an upgrade, since Lussick and Hands would be cheap. In any case, Arthur was already contracted for next year.