Rumours and Stuff

[Chipmunk]

What would be the 2026 equivalent of Kris Keating and Feleti Mateo in the halves?

Josh Shuster and Tanah Boyd

 

[Parra Pride]

Agree we need to also buy players that buy into what Ryles is selling..

There are a few players off contract next year that wouldn't be bad options..

Kai Pearce Paul goes ok

Would also get Doueihi and turn him into a second rower. Mainly because he gives 110%

I don’t like Pearce Paul because his name reminds me of Paul Pierce and f**k Paul Pierce and especially f**k Boston.

 

[Eelementary]

Love to see this tomorrow.

1. Iongi
2. Russell
3. Penisini
4. Drown
5. Lomax
6. Volkmann
7. Hawkins
8. Lane
9. Hands
10. Paulo
11. Williams
12. Doorey
13. Hopgood

14. Smith
15. Matterson
16. Guymer
17. Moretti

*Edit: Typed Hands instead of Hopgood.

My issue with that is - is Brown a better centre than his competitors for centre (Lomax, Simonson, etc.)?

If not, I don't get the point of continuing to give him game time - he's not an Eels in 2026, so unless he's proven that he's the match-winner people deem him to be, he's not an automatic selection (or, at least, he shouldn't be).

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

I still can't get my head around it. This would have to be the stupidest deal in the history of rugby league. The Knights recruitment are cooked.

 

[Jake the snake]

seriously though. How does the idiot CEO and O’Neil keep their jobs? They allowed the player options. Signed off on it. Is someone accountable ? Or nothing to see here ?

They have managed one disaster after another. Remember how they tried to sign Bennett after he had done the deal with Souths, the whole BA sacking fiasco. Why are they still employed?

I’ve said it plenty of times the CEO has no f**king idea.

I’ve also said on plenty occasions they have turned us into the Tigers. These idiots were hired with no experience in managing footy clubs.

who offers a player 10 years with options in his favour? He’s Not even a top 50 player. It was only by luck that these morons found similar morons at the Knights to take 5/8 off our hands and rescue us with what would have been a long 10 YEARS.

Again where’s the accountability? but but but it’s Good Governance - coming last

 

[Avenger]

seriously though. How does the idiot CEO and O’Neil keep their jobs? They allowed the player options. Signed off on it. Is someone accountable ? Or nothing to see here ?

They have managed one disaster after another. Remember how they tried to sign Bennett after he had done the deal with Souths, the whole BA sacking fiasco. Why are they still employed?

I’ve said it plenty of times the CEO has no f**king idea.

I’ve also said on plenty occasions they have turned us into the Tigers. These idiots were hired with no experience in managing footy clubs.

who offers a player 10 years with options in his favour? He’s Not even a top 50 player. It was only by luck that these morons found similar morons at the Knights to take 5/8 off our hands and rescue us with what would have been a long 10 YEARS.

Again where’s the accountability? but but but it’s Good Governance - coming last

Thank God they were incompetent on this occasion. He is not the answer. Never been more relieved. We will have better options and flexibility to strengthen our roster on positions where we are weak. I just don’t know if MON is the guy to do it.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I still can't get my head around it. This would have to be the stupidest deal in the history of rugby league. The Knights recruitment are cooked.

So your telling me we have been demoted down the pecking order for stupid deals

 

[Gronk]

seriously though. How does the idiot CEO and O’Neil keep their jobs? They allowed the player options. Signed off on it. Is someone accountable ? Or nothing to see here ?

They have managed one disaster after another. Remember how they tried to sign Bennett after he had done the deal with Souths, the whole BA sacking fiasco. Why are they still employed?

I’ve said it plenty of times the CEO has no f**king idea.

I’ve also said on plenty occasions they have turned us into the Tigers. These idiots were hired with no experience in managing footy clubs.

who offers a player 10 years with options in his favour? He’s Not even a top 50 player. It was only by luck that these morons found similar morons at the Knights to take 5/8 off our hands and rescue us with what would have been a long 10 YEARS.

Again where’s the accountability? but but but it’s Good Governance - coming last

Do you understand that if he had a vanilla contract with us, he would have been a free agent in November and prolly signed the same deal with the knights after months of procrastination?

Actually, don’t bother answering that. I don’t think you will ever get it.

 

[Pazza]

Do you understand that if he had a vanilla contract with us, he would have been a free agent in November and prolly signed the same deal with the knights after months of procrastination?

Actually, don’t bother answering that. I don’t think you will ever get it.

If he had a vanilla contract we might still have Sanders.

The lack of clarity around your cap and roster is the issue with the PO, the club hasn't offered one since may 23

 

[gaffer]

let brown go now i 'd consider tyson gamble for the rest of the year in exchange

 

[Gronk]

If he had a vanilla contract we might still have Sanders.

Is that right. Sanders was free to negotiate Nov 23 and Brown Nov 24. Please explain.

EDIT: then delayed because of the junior clause, but announced like 1 day later.

 

[hindy111]

Do you understand that if he had a vanilla contract with us, he would have been a free agent in November and prolly signed the same deal with the knights after months of procrastination?

Actually, don’t bother answering that. I don’t think you will ever get it.

Do you understand most clubs negotiating started before NOV 1 so they don't let their stars test the market.
We could of sat him down end of 2023 and said listen we have two talented juniors on the books coming off contract end of 24 . We are giving you priority but if you can't extend now for 2026 onwards we will be doing best to secure these young talents before they leave also and if we do then your services won't be required. Right now you are priority but if you don't commit im keeping my options open.

Actually don't bother answering that. I dont think you'll ever get it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

seriously though. How does the idiot CEO and O’Neil keep their jobs? They allowed the player options. Signed off on it. Is someone accountable ? Or nothing to see here ?

He didn't end up activating the options so where's the harm?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

If he had a vanilla contract we might still have Sanders.

The lack of clarity around your cap and roster is the issue with the PO, the club hasn't offered one since may 23

There is also a lack of clarity around anyone off contract, unless you don't want them at the club. But if you didn't want them, you wouldn't have offered the PO in the first place.

 

[hindy111]

He didn't end up activating the options so where's the harm?

Unable to retain pathways for talented spine players x 2

 

[T-Boon]

I still can't get my head around it. This would have to be the stupidest deal in the history of rugby league. The Knights recruitment are cooked.

On paper for sure. Stupid because who else would have even offered $1m per year? So they just went an extra $300k? It’s like they had Kramer doing their negotiating.

 

[Gronk]

Do you understand most clubs negotiating started before NOV 1 so they don't let their stars test the market.
We could of sat him down end of 2023 and said listen we have two talented juniors on the books coming off contract end of 24 . We are giving you priority but if you can't extend now for 2026 onwards we will be doing best to secure these young talents before they leave also and if we do then your services won't be required. Right now you are priority but if you don't commit im keeping my options open.

Actually don't bother answering that. I dont think you'll ever get it.

That works if you had no intention of making Dylan an offer. Otherwise their managers would recognise that the opportunity remains limited.

 

[hindy111]

Thisnis the aftermath of what we did in early 2022 handing out all those wild contracts and the reason why we are now in a rabble. Every club needs to be able to refresh and bring in youth each year. We blocked everyone. Whoever was responsible for this is to blame. The squad management was irresponsible.

 

[Gronk]

I can see everyone is playing hypothetical this morning and if you intend to do that, you must also include the premise that if we didn't offer the POs to Moses and Brown, then they would have signed elsewhere.

 

[hindy111]

That works if you had no intention of making Dylan an offer. Otherwise their managers would recognise that the opportunity remains limited.

You make him an offer prior. But if he says no I want to test the open market in Nov 1 you turn your attention to the young kids. If one of them signs then you start looking for 2nd rowers and Dylan you move on from.
Its simple. Instead we've lost all 3 young talents.