The Rumours Thread

[Dragons4me]

This is a good interview with Tim about the job

‘Definitely a desire to be great’: First interview with new Dragons CEO

Tim Watsford believes Dragons are a sleeping giant that is just about to be awakened.

www.smh.com.au

Sounds very positive.
Dare I dream for the Dragons brand??
Major sponsor second richest Australian.
Substantial government investment onto new COE.
Promisingly early signs of team cohesion under a very good coach.
Oh how I dream of the Dragons being a powerhouse club second to none whose fan base covers the entire NSW south eastern seaboard and beyond.

 

[saints4ever]

Sounds very positive.
Dare I dream for the Dragons brand??
Major sponsor second richest Australian.
Substantial government investment onto new COE.
Promisingly early signs of team cohesion under a very good coach.
Oh how I dream of the Dragons being a powerhouse club second to none whose fan base covers the entire NSW south eastern seaboard and beyond.

We all do

This thing is we SHOULD be the team he says we are. We should be the biggest and the best in the game off the field for engagement and brand recognition. The NRL should need us over at Vegas to make sure its a chance of being successful etc

But we will see

 

[hewi]

Hope the other club is not us.

https://archive.md/VwpJ9

 

[blacksafake]

Hope the other club is not us.

https://archive.md/VwpJ9

Wouldn’t think so.
Especially with Atkinson signing.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Sounds very positive.
Dare I dream for the Dragons brand??
Major sponsor second richest Australian.
Substantial government investment onto new COE.
Promisingly early signs of team cohesion under a very good coach.
Oh how I dream of the Dragons being a powerhouse club second to none whose fan base covers the entire NSW south eastern seaboard and beyond.

St George rides again!

It would literally be bliss. What we once were, we become again now.

 

[getsmarty]

Wouldn’t think so.
Especially with Atkinson signing.

Most likely Roosters or Dogs....

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Hope the other club is not us.

https://archive.md/VwpJ9

I presume it's the Cowboys. They're the only club I know stupid enough to sign players on10 year contracts.

 

[Jubilee]

I presume it's the Cowboys. They're the only club I know stupid enough to sign players on10 year contracts.

The last 4 years of the contract are spent trying to offload the player. And Brown is not DCE.

 

[Jubilee]

And the other thing is, how many great young players move through a club in ten years? The NRL is an unstoppable talent conveyor belt. Why tie your club to just one player for ten years? Madness.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

And the other thing is, how many great young players move through a club in ten years? The NRL is an unstoppable talent conveyor belt. Why tie your club to just one player for ten years? Madness.

At the end of the day the clubs know they won`t get 10 years out of a player like Brown, so really it is $13m over 5 or 6 years when they think they might be able to win a premiership with him, they are prepared to write the balance off. The ten years/ $13m is just the carrot to get him to sign.

 

[The Word]

At the end of the day the clubs know they won`t get 10 years out of a player like Brown, so really it is $13m over 5 or 6 years when they think they might be able to win a premiership with him, they are prepared to write the balance off. The ten years/ $13m is just the carrot to get him to sign.

Except that $1.3m per year will still be in their salary cap in those letters years so can’t write that off.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

Except that $1.3m per year will still be in their salary cap in those letters years so can’t write that off.

They don`t care, as I said, if they can get a premiership within those 5 or so years they won`t care if they don`t win another one for the balance of the contract. The extended contract with the big money is just to get him to sign.

 

[Mojo]

They don`t care, as I said, if they can get a premiership within those 5 or so years they won`t care if they don`t win another one for the balance of the contract. The extended contract with the big money is just to get him to sign.

But… he’s just not that good?!

 

[Jubilee]

They don`t care, as I said, if they can get a premiership within those 5 or so years they won`t care if they don`t win another one for the balance of the contract. The extended contract with the big money is just to get him to sign.

Not smart. Newcastle have the basics of a good team, they have good juniors, loyal fans. They can win a comp without mortgaging their future with a player who, maybe I am wrong, seems to me to be a bit mercenary.

I say this as a fan of a club who has done this twice, with Hunt and Norman.