The Rumours Thread

[TruSaint]

Gonna be a long off season.

Not too sure what to make of the RCG matter, but it's clear Flanno has a massive job on his hands.

We have said this thousands of times, but we can't attract top level players unless we are competitive, and if we,... do we end up paying overs. It's a vicious circle.

I was honestly of the opinion that RCG was a done deal.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

"I was honestly of the opinion that RCG was a done deal."

So was I @TruSaint . A bit disappointing that it all seems to have come to nothing.

 

[Dragon David]

"I was honestly of the opinion that RCG was a done deal."

So was I @TruSaint . A bit disappointing that it all seems to have come to nothing.

This is the problem following all of the rumours OED. Best to skip rumours and wait until signings are officially confirmed on the website then you are not let down and deflated and depressed and being pissed off etc. etc.

We WILL have signings, we as the saying goes "have to be patient" and boy have we ever.

 

[mattw5]

I think with DSaif he is on something like $800-850k or thereabouts, he wants more to relocate, he is saying, I'm on $850k, if I have to move to QLD or Wollongong he has to uproot his whole family and then they need to rent somewhere to live etc all this extra that he needs to spend so he wants an increase in salary to compensate him or he will stay in Newcastle with his $850k.
Obviously we as a club are trying to get him for around $600k and get Newcastle to chip in the rest, Dolphins are willing to go to $700K supposedly but again he wants extra, stalemate currently.
Join us next week for another episode of "Day of our lives in the NRL"

Feel sorry for him being on 850K & have extra expenses

 

[SAP58]

Gonna be a long off season.

Not too sure what to make of the RCG matter, but it's clear Flanno has a massive job on his hands.

We have said this thousands of times, but we can't attract top level players unless we are competitive, and if we,... do we end up paying overs. It's a vicious circle.

I was honestly of the opinion that RCG was a done deal.

I agree but I do remember in the early days when there was indications that we were talking to him/manager that it was stated then that the sticking point will be we were not willing to give him 3yrs which is what RCG wanted.

 

[SEAT 1A]

This is the problem following all of the rumours OED. Best to skip rumours and wait until signings are officially confirmed on the website then you are not let down and deflated and depressed and being pissed off etc. etc.

We WILL have signings, we as the saying goes "have to be patient" and boy have we ever.

Agree Dave.

I told myself not to get excited by previous rumours.

Woke up this morning to check the news and read RCG not coming and felt so deflated.

Still backing Flanno though. He's responsible for the results and if he feels it's not the correct fit for the club, so be it.

 

[barry]

The development of the Couchmen boys makes the RCG miss a lot easier to accept.

Liddle transitioning into a 13 is the key IMO, or we sign a legitimate gun 13.

 

[twinkletoes]

Other clubs seem to make signings under the cover of darkness without anything being played out in the media...why are we so different...every signing is like "chinese" water torture in that it goes on publicly for weeks on end...most often ending in disappointment.

I heard last night the Roosters have just signed up a new recruitment manager Clint Zammit...out of the blue...don't know if he is any good but it just happended seamlessly...why can't we operate like that??

 

[twinkletoes]

The development of the Couchmen boys makes the RCG miss a lot easier to accept.

Liddle transitioning into a 13 is the key IMO, or we sign a legitimate gun 13.

Barry...I keep hearing about how good the Couchman boys will be, but I'm yet to see any real evidence that they are anything apart from solid toilers, and I have seen quite a bit of them. Am I missing something??

 

[John moz]

Get over RCG at 31 we need to focus on a marquee no 7 to replace hunt if not next year definitely 2026 after B Hunt retires.
Still we are so behind other clubs like Tigers they now have signed 5 new players for next season it shows we still don't have a Professional GM of football to get deals done .

 

[twinkletoes]

Out of left field....could Cook play half??

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Out of left field....could Cook play half??

I'm saying no. I remember back in 2013 Nathan Fien was playing for us. He had been going OK in a dummy half role, but when we moved him to the halves our attack went from ordinary to pathetic. I reckon using Cook in that role would be a similar disaster.