News Canterbury head of football Phil Gould has been caught in another clandestine meeting, this time with a potential signing — New Zealand Warriors forwa

[Howie B]

Bro
He's already said he wants Manu, AFB and Dearden. That suggests mass roster upeveal if he gets his way.
Look at it this way. Blake Lawrie won their player of the year
He would be a squad player in 14 of the teams in this comp

Flanno Snr is a cock. He wants everything.

When we sacked Baz he was saying he wanted the job because he could the best out of Kyle. Said he was an elite junior.

Fuckin elite junior ballboy maybe

 

[D0GMATIC]

Twiggy’ Forrest set to join forces with Dragons, NRL in big-money deal
St George Illawarra Dragons, one of Australian sport’s most iconic brands, are close to striking a $1.2m-a-season jersey sponsorship deal with Australia’s second-richest person.

When I read the article,my first thought was, there goes AFB. The timing couldn't be any worse for us. I think we were in the box seat to get him until this

 

[TheAlmightyJish]

When I read the article,my first thought was, there goes AFB. The timing couldn't be any worse for us. I think we were in the box seat to get him until this

Arthur Laundy is still a Billionaire, and our leagues club is loaded. Sure he is much much richer than them. But there's only so much under the table cash you are gonna give to a player. Twiggy Forrest isn't gonna give AFB 100 Million dollars or something mate. Laundys backing is gives us just as much bargaining power as Forrest for the dragons. It's also yet to be seen how hands on he will be with them.

 

[bowleggedwog]

Both are average at best

That’s the prob for a long time, started under des mediocrity was a pass as long as it looked good on a pie graph. Now the clowns after birth accepts averillo & Waddell as good 1st graders .

 

[bricktamland]

My two cents. AFB met us first, we have players on the rise / signings. Not tigers or dragons. That speaks a lot to me. He knew gus from warriors and got him there which is big. I know Hopoate and afb are mates so Hopoate would have good things to say about us. In the Tonga 23 squad he has Moses suli from dragons to ask what the clubs like ( they were trying to move him on), then tigers he played with Staford toa..

We have some good years ahead and I think gus is the man for the job. If we miss out on afb surely we get tamaoulolo or tbat prop from roosters. Dragons are the one I worry bout , but he got sacked by them. Not re signed but sacked.

 

[Bulldogs09]

My two cents. AFB met us first, we have players on the rise / signings. Not tigers or dragons. That speaks a lot to me. He knew gus from warriors and got him there which is big. I know Hopoate and afb are mates so Hopoate would have good things to say about us. In the Tonga 23 squad he has Moses suli from dragons to ask what the clubs like ( they were trying to move him on), then tigers he played with Staford toa..

We have some good years ahead and I think gus is the man for the job. If we miss out on afb surely we get tamaoulolo or tbat prop from roosters. Dragons are the one I worry bout , but he got sacked by them. Not re signed but sacked.

Didn’t he meet tigers first?

 

[bricktamland]

Didn’t he meet tigers first?

Journos said Gould met him at Sydney airport so id assume he got first word and set up a meeting properly with Laundy etc

 

[bricktamland]

Also warriors fan page on Instagram look like they are cut as that they let Curran go, would all prefer Curran over capewell

 

[D0GMATIC]

Didn’t he meet tigers first?

Met all 3 in 48 hrs, he is clearly looking around

 

[kmr07]

It's easy to say "so and so was never leaving"
It's the number 1 excuse when you fail to lure a player.

I can assure you, just about every player (other than JT) has had their contract renewed in the last 4 years. You can argue that players who have not gone onto market cannot have contract discussions before Nov of their final year but you'd have to be naive to think such discussions dont take place anyway.

My point is, we have Gus and CC in charge of forward planning this team and roster. If they aren't thinking 2 or 3 years ahead, they aren't doing their jobs properly.

We are not an established team where you lose 1 or 2 players and are tasked with finding replacements year to year.

We are rebuilding and need to be constantly on the look out.

TPJ was on the outer for 2 years. Thommo was out of the team that while time and the club was trying to get rid of him that whole time. Us fans knew we were in some trouble for middle forwards before season 2023 and here we are even in more trouble for '24.

You and I aren't being paid in the hundreds of thousands to sort it out. They are.

You’re naive if you don’t think that Gus and CC don’t already know this and are working behind the scenes to make this happen. I’d love to see who you would have landed had you been in their position. Why don’t you send your CV to the club and show us how you can lure a Tino or a Haas to the club?

 

[Kempsey Dog]

When I read the article,my first thought was, there goes AFB. The timing couldn't be any worse for us. I think we were in the box seat to get him until this

Laundy is rich also, doesn't matter of Dragons have this bloke or not. Money won't be an issue as all clubs in the race could offer 1mil imo. Best roster and chance of premiership will take priority surely

 

[albatross]

Laundy is rich also, doesn't matter of Dragons have this bloke or not. Money won't be an issue as all clubs in the race could offer 1mil imo. Best roster and chance of premiership will take priority surely

If AFB imagines himself in our side, we'd be be stronger than Saints or Tigers with him, but my guess is the Dragons and Tigers will offer him more than us, especially Tigers. Hopefully Gus's silky tongue works on him. Very interested to see if he makes a quick decision

 

[wendog33]

Add Safiti to list of front rowers Gus has missed out on

 

[EL Hefe]

Don't be fooled, this is a smokescreen to raid the warrior's utility player war chest

 

[Bad Billy]

Gilbert and fleg both youngsters who wouldve gone interstate happily for a good offer as any young bloke would at the early stages of their career

You asked them, did you?

 

[Bad Billy]

Yep most of them got overs which is what we should have been offering. Instead we had Gould refusing to pay overs for anything despite our pockets being full and our talent thin, leading with his ego thinking his presence would be enough to lure players to the club. It has cost us dearly when u sift thru all the key positions players weve missed on

These cúnts??
If we sign a player “that’s cause we payed overs, fucken idiots!!”
If we don’t sign a player “should’ve payed overs, fucken idiots!!”

 

[Dogiezz]

These cúnts??
If we sign a player “that’s cause we payed overs, fucken idiots!!”
If we don’t sign a player “should’ve payed overs, fucken idiots!!”
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Ignore them!

Polly wally

O4dickhead

Flanna flop

Reading their posts is like diaheria

 

[D- voice]

If AFB imagines himself in our side, we'd be be stronger than Saints or Tigers with him, but my guess is the Dragons and Tigers will offer him more than us, especially Tigers. Hopefully Gus's silky tongue works on him. Very interested to see if he makes a quick decision

Is It ime to get extravagant ???
As it stands our roster is well covered in every position some better than others except for props,
Through no lack of effort we have missed out on Haas Tino and Fotuaika amongst other forwards but where opportunities close others open,
AFB is one of the best props in the game and in high demand, we are the most desperate team in the comp for a prop of his caliber,
I ask, to what extreme should we go to insure he is signed ???
IMO, Gus needs to make sure he is signed and money isn't the reason we don't !!!
There is a lot more at stake if we miss out again !!!

 

[wendog33]

Is It ime to get extravagant ???
As it stands our roster is well covered in every position some better than others except for props,
Through no lack of effort we have missed out on Haas Tino and Fotuaika amongst other forwards but where opportunities close others open,
AFB is one of the best props in the game and in high demand, we are the most desperate team in the comp for a prop of his caliber,
I ask, to what extreme should we go to insure he is signed ???
IMO, Gus needs to make sure he is signed and money isn't the reason we don't !!!
There is a lot more at stake if we miss out again !!!

What about Guaranteed 10 year appointment as GM of The Locker Room when he retires.

 

[Bad Billy]

Is It ime to get extravagant ???
As it stands our roster is well covered in every position some better than others except for props,
Through no lack of effort we have missed out on Haas Tino and Fotuaika amongst other forwards but where opportunities close others open,
AFB is one of the best props in the game and in high demand, we are the most desperate team in the comp for a prop of his caliber,
I ask, to what extreme should we go to insure he is signed ???
IMO, Gus needs to make sure he is signed and money isn't the reason we don't !!!
There is a lot more at stake if we miss out again !!!

I don’t have much, but anything I have is Addins… and I mean anything.