(Archived) THE RUMOUR MILL - Player Movement

[CHOGM]

I think it's Martin Kennedy, he apparently is struggling to make friends in the team

He's a Northern Rivers boy. My mum knows his mum well. I might get mum to pass on just how welcome and friendly we are at the sharks.

 

[sharks2010]

His shiner at the 9's? He got punched by a patron in the mall after a night on the drink

dont let the truth get in the way of jimbobby adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with tripping over a puddle

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

He's a Northern Rivers boy. My mum knows his mum well. I might get mum to pass on just how welcome and friendly we are at the sharks.

Friend of mine used to go out with him. Massive douche bag. Wasnt he the next big thing in props 4 years ago???

 

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Friend of mine used to go out with him. Massive douche bag. Wasnt he the next big thing in props 4 years ago???

I think it was more like two, when there was there argument to which state he would pledge allegiance to.

 

[Great_White_Shark]

Friend of mine used to go out with him. Massive douche bag. Wasnt he the next big thing in props 4 years ago???

Funny you say that, an ex girlfriend of mine went on a date with him recently in Brisbane and she said he was a massive ****wit and she wouldn't go on a second one with him!

 

[CHOGM]

Funny you say that, an ex girlfriend of mine went on a date with him recently in Brisbane and she said he was a massive ****wit and she wouldn't go on a second one with him!

And I think he's caught up with ASADA too isnt he? Not a good prospect for us then.

 

[Great_White_Shark]

And I think he's caught up with ASADA too isnt he? Not a good prospect for us then.

Yes very true, I'd forgotten about that

 

[Frenzy]

The Rabbitohs have approached James Graham as a possible replacement for Sam Burgess

THE Rabbitohs’ search to find a replacement for Sam Burgess includes another tearaway English front rower – the Bulldogs’ James Graham.

The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Souths have lodged an expression of interest with Graham’s agent David Riollo.

It was originally thought the Rabbitohs were throwing every penny they had at the Sharks’ Kangaroo prop Andrew Fifita.

There is now a concern about getting into a bidding war with Nick Politis at the Roosters and the Wallabies.

Hence the move for Graham, whose contract is up at the end of the season.

The Rabbitohs would lose nothing if they could entice Graham to Redfern as the replacement for Burgess.

They are both similar in style with huge motors and tremendous ball skill.

Bulldogs boss Raelene Castle and coach Des Hasler have been in talks with the Englishman for a number of weeks.

They will meet again early this week and are desperate for him to stay.

The Bulldogs do have room to manoeuvre in the salary cap but are keen to spend it on a fullback.

They haven’t given up hope of snaring disgruntled Broncos star Josh Hoffman this year as Ben Barba’s replacement.

This season is a huge year in the NRL for quality front-rowers coming off contract.

Apart from Fifita and Graham, Penrith former State of Origin prop Tim Grant is available.

So too is big Dave Shillington at the Canberra Raiders and Sam McKendry at the Panthers.

It’s why Fifita and Graham are so keen to get their contracts sorted as soon as possible.

Fifita is desperate to stay at Cronulla, but only if their offer is competitive.

At this stage they are at least $200,000-a-season behind what others are offering, almost $1 million over a long term agreement.

The Sharks are struggling to match the other offers because skipper Paul Gallen, five-eighth Todd Carney and Test forward Luke Lewis are soaking up a large portion of the salary cap.

Like Graham, Fifita is looking to set himself up for life with a four-year deal at his next club.

There is also talk of St George-Illawarra becoming the latest bidder for the Origin prop.

He doesn't need as much as what the others are offering. Just need to be in the ballpark

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/the...-1226834670702

 

[Gards]

fyi for what it's worth, the 750k price tag being thrown around is the figure given out by fifita of what it would cost from him to at least think about leaving the sharks from what I've heard, doesn't mean he expects the sharks to pay that figure

And also when have you seen a prop forward like him, he isn't a honest toiler, he is far from a guy who runs up and gets tackled, maybe that's what you saw from turning up at half time on your pretty leather jacket

Haha must admit that last sentence made my chuckle mate but I saw plenty of Fifita last year and he was immense. Not saying Fifita is one of those honest toilers, my post said he offers more than most props, the guy's a bit of a freak and would hate to lose him. Was more about the overall state of this team relying on a prop to get us try's ect. He was our leading try scorer last year, our attitude shouldn't be damn we need to pay him whatever because we need that again from him, it should be wtf our leading try scorer was a prop, what the **** are the rest of these ****s doing on the field?

We need to fix hooker, halfback our backs ect and we won't be able to if we pay overs for fifita and/or keep investing in marque back rowers ect.

We constantly rely on blokes like Lewis, Gallen, Fifita, Graham to get us wins. And while blokes like that play an important role for us on the field we need to get to a place where by we are relying on our halves, hooker, centres to deliver the goods. At the moment it still looks like a disjointed effort between what the forwards are trying to deliver and that of the backs. They don't look in alignment and poor Carney is somewhere in the middle of all that with a massive weight on his shoulders to bring it all together.

 

[puma1355]

I rekon we offer parra $150k to take sandow. Parra confirmed he will be nsw cup in round 1...always rated him when he is on his game

 

[1990 sharkie]

If we lose fifita we should try and get tim grant will be half the price of fifitas 750k but will shine with our style of footy

 

[CHOGM]

So judging on the above article some clubs are offering him almost 1mill a season? Does that mean we're offering 750k if we're 200k short? I can't believe we would miss out with a 750k offer.

 

[CHOGM]

If we lose Fifita, we need to replace him with an attacking player capable of scoring points, because that's what he is to us. We'd be better off spending 250 on a good up and coming prop, and throw the rest of the the money we didn't spend at a class centre or 7 or 9.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

So judging on the above article some clubs are offering him almost 1mill a season? Does that mean we're offering 750k if we're 200k short? I can't believe we would miss out with a 750k offer.

it means that over the course of a 5 year deal, our offer is worth 1 million less. Ie 200,000 a year.

We might have offered him 550,000 a season, dragons 750,000 a season. 550,000 is a pretty sensible figure.

 

[CHOGM]

it means that over the course of a 5 year deal, our offer is worth 1 million less. Ie 200,000 a year.

We might have offered him 550,000 a season, dragons 750,000 a season. 550,000 is a pretty sensible figure.

Ah I see. Cheers. I don't see how we can't back end this deal if it's for five years. In three years Lewis and Gal are gone aren't they?

 

[stormshark]

I rekon we offer parra $150k to take sandow. Parra confirmed he will be nsw cup in round 1...always rated him when he is on his game

Agree with this, but wouldnt they face a massive shortfall for several years whilst continuing to pay him unless they both walk away, which would be unlikely?

 

[snowman]

Ah I see. Cheers. I don't see how we can't back end this deal if it's for five years. In three years Lewis and Gal are gone aren't they?

Gals last year is next year. We will back end it

 

[SHARKSTER]

Gals last year is next year. We will back end it

I didn't think Gal was like that.

Not that there is anything wrong with that

 

[egg]

I didn't think Gal was like that.

Not that there is anything wrong with that

Yeah, there is.

 

[Born&bred]

I didn't think Gal was like that.

Not that there is anything wrong with that

Yeah, there is.

So you're a homophobe?