Official Jesse Ramien

[CHOGM]

Would rather Jesse over Banana Boy every day of the week.

Agree. Over the last two seasons, the games we play without him really stand out. We’re so much stronger when he plays.

 

[Gumby]

Dolphins and tigers are our biggest threat in regards to keeping him. Word is there prepared to pay big money to get him. Potentially 750k a season.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Dolphins and tigers are our biggest threat in regards to keeping him. Word is there prepared to pay big money to get him. Potentially 750k a season.

He should take it if he wants to be miserable again.

Don't bother coming back next time though.

 

[Sparkles]

He should take it if he wants to be miserable again.

Don't bother coming back next time though.

He'd do better there than at Newcastle... a tough decision if it's a long'ish contract.

I'm don't think we'd miss him so much as to pay overs.

 

[andrew's_sharks]

I would pay him 650 per year three year deal and bonuses or makes rep sides.

 

[andrew's_sharks]

I would pay him 650 per year three year deal and bonuses or makes rep sides.

Actually prob a 4 year deal he is pretty young still.

 

[Gumby]

He should take it if he wants to be miserable again.

Don't bother coming back next time though.

Agreed.

 

[Blix]

I would pay him 650 per year three year deal and bonuses or makes rep sides.

At 650k I would be saving the money.

Yes he is quality when the team is making yardage and he has room for his barnstorming runs.

But the good teams are beating up on the current forward pack anyway.

I think 650k would be better spent going towards a gun prop.

Would make the rest of the backline more potent as well.

Ramien is good and I am hoping he stays but 650k seems too much considering what else the team requires.

 

[HaroldBishop]

At 650k I would be saving the money.

Yes he is quality when the team is making yardage and he has room for his barnstorming runs.

But the good teams are beating up on the current forward pack anyway.

I think 650k would be better spent going towards a gun prop.

Would make the rest of the backline more potent as well.

Ramien is good and I am hoping he stays but 650k seems too much considering what else the team requires.

You can't underestimate the work both he and Sifa do coming out of our end, can't think of many centre pairings that are better in that area.

He's supposedly on 500k now. With the cap going up 18% that takes him to 590k.

650k isn't that much extra relatively speaking.

 

[Jaz]

60k isn't much extra but IMO Jesse really only played to the level of his pay check last year.

Like Blix I'm more worried about our forwards. Iro makes plenty of metres too.

 

[HaroldBishop]

60k isn't much extra but IMO Jesse really only played to the level of his pay check last year.

Like Blix I'm more worried about our forwards. Iro makes plenty of metres too.

I thought he had a very good year.

If he cuts out the brain explosions he'll be elite imo.

 

[snowman]

id go 600k max for him but would have to be a 4 year deal and he needs to stay away from nathan browns daughter as part of the contract

 

[Sparkles]

60k isn't much extra but IMO Jesse really only played to the level of his pay check last year.

Like Blix I'm more worried about our forwards. Iro makes plenty of metres too.

Ramiens numbers are good, but $650k is getting to elite, game breaking centre money. I didn't see that last year and I don't see him getting there this year either. Hope to be proven wrong, of course

We'd be a different team without him but I don't think a worse one.

If he did go, we'd likely sign Frizell and make him part of the games best centre pairings anyway...

 

[andrew's_sharks]

At 650k I would be saving the money.

Yes he is quality when the team is making yardage and he has room for his barnstorming runs.

But the good teams are beating up on the current forward pack anyway.

I think 650k would be better spent going towards a gun prop.

Would make the rest of the backline more potent as well.

Ramien is good and I am hoping he stays but 650k seems too much considering what else the team requires.

Taking into account the new cap. I respectfully disagree

 

[snowman]

that new cap doesnt give us 2 mil to play with though, we have a **** tonne of clauses which would see us be about the same as before in terms of cap availability

 

[Blix]

Taking into account the new cap. I respectfully disagree

All good to disagree, just trying to understand what you are saying though.

You disagree that 650k wouldn’t be better off spent in the current sharks lineup on a quality prop?

For mine 650-700k is absolute top top money he could attain that a Newcastle or west tigers would chuck at him purely as no one wants to go there to watch their career die.

If Cronulla starts paying overs like this there will be holes everywhere else

 

[HaroldBishop]

that new cap doesnt give us 2 mil to play with though, we have a **** tonne of clauses which would see us be about the same as before in terms of cap availability

No, but it bumps him up to 590k straight away. An extra 60k isn't much.

As I said earlier, I'd prefer him to lost the brain farts though.

 

[bort]

All good to disagree, just trying to understand what you are saying though.

You disagree that 650k wouldn’t be better off spent in the current sharks lineup on a quality prop?

For mine 650-700k is absolute top top money he could attain that a Newcastle or west tigers would chuck at him purely as no one wants to go there to watch their career die.

If Cronulla starts paying overs like this there will be holes everywhere else

That’s an interesting one

For starters do you really think he’d go back there?

But also what’s your theory on their backline?
Young Best Gagai Marzhew is already pretty solid I’d say. Are you suggesting they should move Gagai to fullback sign Ramien and that’s how they play Ponga at 6 (in 2024)?
Or they could not retain Young and move Gagai to wing I suppose

 

[Blix]

Nuh don’t think he will go back there.

My point though is that the bottom dwellers need to pay extra to acquire players as they are less desirable.

The bottom dwellers would be offered significantly more for the same player as compared to a Penrith for example.

If Ramien is trying to play off what we are offering against one of these horrible teams I would be hoping Cronulla wouldn’t be matching

 

[bort]

Okay, thought Newy seemed like an oddly specific choice given the player.

From main articles floating around I think Tigers and Dolphs are linked to him