News Phil Gould battling three rival clubs to keep Bulldogs forward

[halfcast]

Hes our forward leader

 

[Squirtlevstar]

 

[cookieman909]

Bit of a concern this hasn’t been done yet tbh.

 

[John Matrix]

And what’s his worth?

Regardless wether he signs or not the complaints will be in once he signs both ways

His worth, I’ll leave that to Gus.

if the club wants him they will keep him, if they do or don’t people will argue so it means nothing here in the end.

People sook when we don’t secure players, people sook when we pay overs..people sook with we who sign - can’t win.

 

[B-Train]

I like what Gus does but for a guy like Gus to talk about other teams locking up players before they even hit the November window I'm shocked somebody like Kingy hasn't already been sown up... Obviously he is now in the shop window so good luck getting this guy sorted at a decent price.

I doubt it would drag on too much. Who knows, maybe King didn't want to sign it as he knows he was injured last year so his value wouldn't be as high. Maybe King is backing himself in a contract year and now that he's healthy to to try and prove himself and get more..

 

[CMP]

Yes but sometimes they like to see what a player brings this year before working out figures,king was good in 22 but ordinary in 23 hope he kills it this year but i get what they are doing

He was playing busted for the majority of last year. He kept putting his hand up to play because of serious player shortage. To say he was ordinary is true but looking at the complete picture. There were huge reasons for this.

Lock Him up now Gus. A fit King will be massive for us this year.

 

[DinkumDog]

I like what Gus does but for a guy like Gus to talk about other teams locking up players before they even hit the November window I'm shocked somebody like Kingy hasn't already been sown up... Obviously he is now in the shop window so good luck getting this guy sorted at a decent price.

Occam’s Razor mate. If the club genuinely thought there was pressure from other clubs they would’ve already done something. Instead they likely know he wants to stay (just married and settled) and they’re seeing how pre-season went given his tough injury run last year, have probably already told him he’s staying and a deal will get done etc. It’s just the media hunting for a story because other clubs can talk to him so suddenly there’s ’pressure’. Regardless, assuming he re-signs the colourful circus identities will then be saying it took too long and we paid too much…

 

[chemdog]

everyone needs to chill, this will be sorted very soon

 

[Brendan7]

This article is nonsense without any clubs named

Odds on Rooster and Souths are 2 of them. Souths have no props (as it is Jai Arrow is playing a sort of prop) and lose Burgess this season, and the Roosters lose JWH soon and always have money somehow.

This is why the team needs to start winning games, the buck stops soon, players won't waste their career in the bottom 6.

 

[Trafford10]

= to one Kevin Hardwick, no big deal either way.

 

[T-Rocket]

Max is a stud. Hopefully it gets sorted soon

 

[CrittaMagic69]

His management has us by the balls knowing there's no quality props available. King may also be tempted by solid offers from more successful clubs with competent middle rotations because fuck going through what he did last season again. Makes sense that no deal is done.

 

[Dingo]

No brainer

 

[DFLWatto]

Get it done gussy

 

[Cook]

As much as we need him, he ain’t world class. I doubt he’ll command to much on the open market

 

[CrittaMagic69]

As much as we need him, he ain’t world class. I doubt he’ll command to much on the open market

He's SOO level, debuts last season if he isn't playing for a bum club like ours.

 

[bradyk]

We can't afford to lose him because he's our only established middle that we can rely on to do a job (I wouldn't go too far myself saying he's much better than that) and also there's pretty much nothing left on the market anymore. I'm sure his manager will be using this to their advantage in negotiations.

 

[cyborg66]

tigers can have him!!!!

 

[Magic Burton]

He's SOO level, debuts last season if he isn't playing for a bum club like ours.

King will command interest on the market and we will probably have to pay above market value as playing prop for our club is more demanding on the body than playing a support role at clubs with more established props.

Roosters are losing JWH and they like the four prop rotation and one in reserve.
Dolphins are losing Bromwich, Nicholls and Wallace they need to find at least one.
Storm still haven't replaced the loss of the Bromwich's, Kaufusi and Smith. Welch is pretty much at the end.
Souths losing Burgess end of 2025
Warriors losing AFB
Broncos losing Taupau
Titans we know Hasler wouldn't mind getting one on us and King previously played there

King will attract interest. He won't be seen as a starting player. He will fit into somewhere.

 

[haz123]

He's SOO level, debuts last season if he isn't playing for a bum club like ours.

TPJ was playing for a "Bum club like ours" remember..