Should we sign Carney or not? Yes or No?

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GOLD Coast has made a three-year offer for wayward former Sydney Roosters half Todd Carney, modelled on the Titans' deal with another troubled NRL star, Greg Bird.

Titans chief executive Michael Searle said yesterday it was a second-tier offer of $60,000 to $70,000, but it gave Carney the chance to play in the NRL again.

"It's similar to what we did with Birdie (Greg Bird). It's a three-year deal but there is an option at the end of each 12 months for both parties to sit down and discuss the next year," Searle said. "If he's happy and we're happy, then we go forward together again."

Bird joined the club in late 2009 after being cleared of reckless wounding charges against his then girlfriend, which led to his sacking from Cronulla. Bird resurrected his career at Gold Coast and was selected in the NSW Country and then NSW Origin teams

Carney is overseas and Searle said he did not expect to hear from the 25-year-old, or his manager, David Riolo, in the short term. The Titans begin pre-season training on November 7.

It is the first firm offer made public for last year's Dally M winner. South Sydney and Cronulla have also expressed interest and the Sharks are still very much in the hunt. Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan said earlier this week he had "a watching brief" on Carney.

The other two Queensland clubs have made it clear they are not interested in Carney.

Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin said Carney was not in his thinking for next year, and North Queensland football manager Peter Parr said no one at the Cowboys, to his knowledge, had spoken to Carney's management. The Cowboys were thought to be a preference for Carney since he spent a season with Atherton Roosters after Canberra sacked him in 2008 for alcohol-related incidents.

Searle said a chance meeting a few weeks ago with the Roosters five-eighth, released by the Bondi Junction-club in August for repeated breaches of team rules, had led to the Gold Coast offer.

Titans coach "John Cartwright and I were actually in Sydney on other business when we bumped into Todd and asked him if he was interested in coming to the Gold Coast," Searle said yesterday.

"We've always said we had no problems with him coming to our club provided he met our expectations about behaviour."
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snowman said:
scott prince
beau henry
jordan rankin
aiden sezer

unless prince goes to the tigers.......
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scott prince - #7
beau henry - Q Cup\Depth
jordan rankin - #1
aiden sezer - Q Cup\Depth
Todd Carney - #6


Can't see Carney coming on that sort of money, unless he gets a beach house with it! I love to have him though....

But I heard Joey is going to be training the halves on a more permanent basis :good:
 
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Titans is second tier, I think that shows that they don't have any cap space for him. Sounds like a marketing exercise from the Titans and that piece of **** Searle. Maybe they think there's a chance they'll get lucky, but the whole thing is a media stunt.
 
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Mark^Bastard said:
Titans is second tier, I think that shows that they don't have any cap space for him. Sounds like a marketing exercise from the Titans and that piece of **** Searle. Maybe they think there's a chance they'll get lucky, but the whole thing is a media stunt.
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True, but they haven't signed anyone since Presto retired, which makes it possible there is still a little bit left. The general media have never been kind to the Titans, Searle gives them **** all, they make up the rest....

dylan the villian said:
yeah i thought that too MB just trying to create more interest in him....
and joey training our halves you mean?
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Nah, sorry mate - Titans. Joey done a session with Prince, Henry & Srama last year. I heard it'll be an on-going deal from now on...
 
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Ryan said:
True, but they haven't signed anyone since Presto retired, which makes it possible there is still a little bit left. The general media have never been kind to the Titans, Searle gives them **** all, they make up the rest....
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Haha whatever you reckon...
 
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Absolutely not. we all know too well we have had enough pissheads at the vlub already. We need to build a new culture at the club. Townsend is going to be great for us.
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IF we don't sign talent like Carney , then we are going to keep sucking and will never even make the top eight with players like Townsend.
 
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Would be surprised if Carney took that deal since both us and even souths would be surely offering him more money.
 
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Bloody Titans. Get Bird, take presto, dougie now going after Carney.

Bloody Sharks for allowing it!;):D
 
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Dunny old James said:
Spot on Opeth !! Townsend is and will be garbage.
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Even if you are right, it is a bit early to say that. He has gotten alot of praise from media circles, Graham talked him up saying playing with him improved his own game, Flanno has given him praise, Gallen... While I can't prove you are wrong I will definitely argue these people's opinions hold more weight than "Dunny old James".

I still think we should sign Carney, I am still not convinced Townsend is the man for 2012 but I do think he has a big future and that the season would not be an automatic write off if the halves combo for next year did include him. So I will be gutted if we snub him and he goes somewhere else at some stage.
 
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Ryan said:
scott prince - #7
beau henry - Q Cup\Depth
jordan rankin - #1
aiden sezer - Q Cup\Depth
Todd Carney - #6


Can't see Carney coming on that sort of money, unless he gets a beach house with it! I love to have him though....

But I heard Joey is going to be training the halves on a more permanent basis :good:
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if rankin is your number 1, can you send zillman down to be our number 3?
 
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