What's new
The Front Row Forums

Register a free account today to become a member of the world's largest Rugby League discussion forum! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Rumours and Stuff

Avenger

Immortal
Messages
33,974
Take a listen starting around the 30-minute mark, where they discuss some of the contract figures for our players with these options. Penisini is reportedly on over $700k, and Brown is at $1m. Honestly, our salary cap still feels way out of balance. I get that these figures are a bit inflated, but now Gutherson seems like a bargain at $875k for 2025.


Thanks BA
Thanks MON.

 

Noise

Coach
Messages
18,156
Take a listen starting around the 30-minute mark, where they discuss some of the contract figures for our players with these options. Penisini is reportedly on over $700k, and Brown is at $1m. Honestly, our salary cap still feels way out of balance. I get that these figures are a bit inflated, but now Gutherson seems like a bargain at $875k for 2025.


Thanks BA
Thanks MON.

Don’t you know the player options mean we got them cheap? Smart business by us
 

Stevie

Bench
Messages
3,152
We would need the centres to make a lot of carries.
I agree but I think they will do that anyway. Lomax does more dirty grunt work than most which we desperately need regardless of the number on his back. Let’s hope Penisini rises to replicate that work ethic.

Simonsen never dogs the tough stuff, I’d have him over Sivo 10 times over and JAC has a crack too.
 

Stevie

Bench
Messages
3,152
If we get JAC the elephant in the room is the fact Simonsen is touch and go to be ready for round 1. He also hasn’t played footy in a long time.

PLUS JAC (if he signs) will miss the first 4 weeks of footy.

The start of the year is going to be critical for us so it will be interesting to see how the spine looks in that early period, perhaps it births a star?
 

Poupou Escobar

Post Whore
Messages
91,125
Take a listen starting around the 30-minute mark, where they discuss some of the contract figures for our players with these options. Penisini is reportedly on over $700k, and Brown is at $1m. Honestly, our salary cap still feels way out of balance. I get that these figures are a bit inflated, but now Gutherson seems like a bargain at $875k for 2025.


Thanks BA
Thanks MON.

If the options are for overs then they will definitely take them up. Let’s see what they do.
 

Delboy

First Grade
Messages
7,537
Take a listen starting around the 30-minute mark, where they discuss some of the contract figures for our players with these options. Penisini is reportedly on over $700k, and Brown is at $1m. Honestly, our salary cap still feels way out of balance. I get that these figures are a bit inflated, but now Gutherson seems like a bargain at $875k for 2025.


Thanks BA
Thanks MON.

That’s the elephant in the room, not only the disfunction of a roster with virtually no backline players and short of available players for th e past 2 seasons. It’s the sense that too much was paid to older players , add multiple options and a salary cap which doesn’t seem to have available amounts expected.

Guess it’s wait and see what the R&R duo can extract from the market, it’s time for results to reflect their position.
 

King-Gutho94

Coach
Messages
15,230
Take a listen starting around the 30-minute mark, where they discuss some of the contract figures for our players with these options. Penisini is reportedly on over $700k, and Brown is at $1m. Honestly, our salary cap still feels way out of balance. I get that these figures are a bit inflated, but now Gutherson seems like a bargain at $875k for 2025.


Thanks BA
Thanks MON.

Absolutely ridiculous if true.

There is no way they are leaving on that reported money. Because no other club is dumb enough to pay them that money.

But hey the positive of all these POs were they keeping everyone's price down on the cap and was smart business.

What a crock of shit

Thanks MON and BA.
 

Soto

Bench
Messages
4,209
Absolutely ridiculous if true.

There is no way they are leaving on that reported money. Because no other club is dumb enough to pay them that money.

But hey the positive of all these POs were they keeping everyone's price down on the cap and was smart business.

What a crock of shit

Thanks MON and BA.
Would find it to be absolute BS that a centre who is not rep level and may not ever be (don't say he's played for Tonga) could and should be anywhere near $700k.
I think some of these podcasters need to go for HIA
 

King-Gutho94

Coach
Messages
15,230
Would find it to be absolute BS that a centre who is not rep level and may not ever be (don't say he's played for Tonga) could and should be anywhere near $700k.
I think some of these podcasters need to go for HIA
100% it can't be true.

If it's the case Penisini will be activating it quick smart.

No club is paying 700k for a centre that hasn't played rep footy or not even close to that level.
 
Top