The Rumours Thread

[Dragon David]

Oh, did I say that I hate the Bulldogs. I despise them and thank goodness I won't be seeing them again this year. The lying bastards.

 

[TheRev]

I'd welcome any speed and quality into our squad, but wing is the bottom of the list.. im alright with our wing depth CTui/SFinau and Feagai/Allan as backup.. we might see kids like Kirk & Williams floating around in NSW Cup also.

The question is where Holmes is playing.. centre or fullback.. whichever one hes not playing is going to have sketchy coverage... centre in particular is in trouble with max/tamale/bird/lomax all moving on.

Essentially Mat Feagai & Allan are our only depth coverage for Wing, Centre & Fullback.. oh dear..

The only centre junior is Buchanan who is a few years off.. Johnson in NSW Cup might do a job.. but im not sure how serious we are about him.. he doesnt have a contract either... but we need atleast 1 more bloke to come in, and it cant be a wing exclusive buy like JAC.

 

[saintmar]

Give JAC a 1 year contract with an option on the condition of weekly drug tests

 

[Carrera28]

I don't mind us signing JAC for two years with a two year option in our favour.

BUT.........

He must have ultra strict performance clauses similar to Dugan, his salary must be performance related and he has to agree that if he damages the Dragon's brand he is sacked with no payout. The only time Dugan behaved semi reasonably in his career was his four years with us because he knew he he could be sacked.

I think Flanno would be good for JAC in terms of his developing him as a human being.

But it depends whether Flanno wants to risk JAC's bad behaviour impacted Valentine Holmes' performance which is important for our 2025 plans.

 

[qld redvee]

I don't mind us signing JAC for two years with a two year option in our favour.

BUT.........

He must have ultra strict performance clauses similar to Dugan, his salary must be performance related and he has to agree that if he damages the Dragon's brand he is sacked with no payout. The only time Dugan behaved semi reasonably in his career was his four years with us because he knew he he could be sacked.

I think Flanno would be good for JAC in terms of his developing him as a human being.

But it depends whether Flanno wants to risk JAC's bad behaviour impacted Valentine Holmes' performance which is important for our 2025 plans.

did flanno have anything to do with JAC when he was at cronulla ( before tigers storm)

 

[SEAT 1A]

A big no on JAC.

He's to big a lose unit and injuries are creeping in.

You don't put yourself in that position in regard to your career, still in season and the biggest game for the Dogs in years.

I can't see any riggle room with the second test, and he's been charged. It's a hell of a lot worse than any picture.

 

[JubileeJeffro]

Dont need him and Val, imagine the nights out!!

 

[Slippery Morris]

I heard a rumour that Saints are in for Lachlan Illias but not offering too much coin so will be a cheapy. There is still a lot to work on but Saints are keen if they can get him for 300-400 a season.

How true it is I am not sure but it is from someone who has connections with Braith who is Lachlan's manager.

 

[qld redvee]

I heard a rumour that Saints are in for Lachlan Illias but not offering too much coin so will be a cheapy. There is still a lot to work on but Saints are keen if they can get him for 300-400 a season.

How true it is I am not sure but it is from someone who has connections with Braith who is Lachlan's manager.

In my opinion didn't set the world on fire at souths so just how much potential does he have. Plus how good will he be after injury,, maybe a train and trial contract

 

[St Tangles]

I heard a rumour that Saints are in for Lachlan Illias but not offering too much coin so will be a cheapy. There is still a lot to work on but Saints are keen if they can get him for 300-400 a season.

How true it is I am not sure but it is from someone who has connections with Braith who is Lachlan's manager.

Id offer 250K maximum

400K is way overs

 

[TruSaint]

I heard a rumour that Saints are in for Lachlan Illias but not offering too much coin so will be a cheapy. There is still a lot to work on but Saints are keen if they can get him for 300-400 a season.

How true it is I am not sure but it is from someone who has connections with Braith who is Lachlan's manager.

At the price you mention, I would take him. On the proviso that his surgery went well and all is okay.

 

[Gardenia]

Yes, it'll be hard to land a 7. We're probably looking at an O'Sullivan or Tannah Boyd.
I would imagine some of the idea to letting Hunt leave, will be forward paying some of his wage against our current players for 2025. It will leave more in the 2026 kitty to go hard at top-drawer half.
Not sure how much of the cap you can pre-pay, but it has been done before by the Knights

O’Sullivan over Boyd every day of the week IMO. Boyd is too timid

 

[mattw5]

I heard a rumour that Saints are in for Lachlan Illias but not offering too much coin so will be a cheapy. There is still a lot to work on but Saints are keen if they can get him for 300-400 a season.

How true it is I am not sure but it is from someone who has connections with Braith who is Lachlan's manager.

It's a no brainer imo, Cook could be pushing it with Flanno also.

 

[TheRev]

Like ive been blabbering on about.. we need 2 halfbacks if hunt is going (one for depth).. the beauty is it also creates competition.. there is no guarantee the depth signing doesnt end up the better prospect.

Ilias is as good as any other depth signing, the fact Braith is talking to us is an indication he hasnt got much traction elsewhere.. the challenge will be the price and any clauses Anasta will probably want.. but tbf.. hes a lower end player and its probably not going to be a long contract, maybe 2yrs... so its not really a massive risk for either party.

 

[Dragsters]

O’Sullivan over Boyd every day of the week IMO. Boyd is too timid

So much this!

 

[Dragsters]

At the price you mention, I would take him. On the proviso that his surgery went well and all is okay.

I reckon O'Sullivan would be a better option at half paired with Tyran Wishart would be a good combo imo and Hunts' money would probably cover both...

 

[Cupper]

I like the thought of Ilias.

didn’t get a fair crack at Souths, he was the “halfback” but never got the chance to actually run the team. Think there’s a good player in their when actually allowed to play the natural halfback role.

 

[Jubilee]

How difficult is it to predict how young talent will go in the NRL? If you go back just 2-3 years Ilias was touted by some as a prodigy at Wests and then Souths. In contrast, the name Lachlan Galvin was unknown but now Gus is saying he will be one of the greatest ever. Crazy.

Anyway, Saints do need someone of reasonable quality if Hunt goes until more permanent arrangements can be made. If he turned out as good an injury discard as Liddle, I would be very happy.

 

[Dragon David]

I like the thought of Ilias.

didn’t get a fair crack at Souths, he was the “halfback” but never got the chance to actually run the team. Think there’s a good player in their when actually allowed to play the natural halfback role.

Souths thought that Ilias had great potential allowing him to slot into Adam Reynolds half back position in 2022 so he must have some upside to him. I think trying to emulate the Adam Reynolds way of playing put too much pressure on him. I can remember when we played them in 2022 that he got hooked from the game by Demetriou when we were running all over the Bunnies. I don't think he really recovered from that incident.

‘Good for his development’: Daley, Rothfield clash over ‘public humiliation’ of Ilias hooking

‘Good for his development’: Daley, Rothfield clash over ‘public humiliation’ of Ilias hooking

www.foxsports.com.au

He might be worth being signed up by us on a reasonable figure . He would not be the worse.

 

[BigRedVee]

I reckon that Ilias would be a great signing. He’s definitely not the finished product but the talent and skills are there.