Dragons tell Zac Lomax he is free to leave the club

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No smart move by him . Had been reports previously Lomax was one of those wanting out . Flanno has basically said that is fine but we not paying any of your salary if you leave . Smart business why be the fool having someone on your cap playing for another club. This way they either keep him and he plays good because he reliases no one else will take him or he fucks off and they save a ton
Understand the logic and great outcome if lomax is prepared to take a haircut and move on but does that ever happen. He is playing like a busted arse doesnt want to be there and they are paying big overs for a reserve grader.
 

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No smart move by him . Had been reports previously Lomax was one of those wanting out . Flanno has basically said that is fine but we not paying any of your salary if you leave . Smart business why be the fool having someone on your cap playing for another club. This way they either keep him and he plays good because he reliases no one else will take him or he fucks off and they save a ton
They will release Hunt and know Lomax will be the next one to sook so yes very smart from the Dragons nipping it before it can even happen. Probably smartest thing saints have done lately
 

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They will release Hunt and know Lomax will be the next one to sook so yes very smart from the Dragons nipping it before it can even happen. Probably smartest thing saints have done lately
Dragons, Tigers and Us all in rebuilds now.
 

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Based on limited watching I don’t think Lomax is a shit player, he’s just playing like shit. Their roster isn’t that bad, it’s just very unbalanced and needs a few quality players to be added in select positions. Plus they have a more than decent pathways in the Illawarra. Flanagan will need a little time to rebalance the roster, promote and recruit. But that’s his strength.

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Lomax is a 400k a season player getting paid 800k a season.
 

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Lomax on $800k?!
Schuster also on 800k.. some players are rorting it. Good luck to them if they can get away with it, and if they arent bulldogs. We do have our own overpriced players though. Tpj, kikau and thompson for example
 

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Based on limited watching I don’t think Lomax is a shit player, he’s just playing like shit. Their roster isn’t that bad, it’s just very unbalanced and needs a few quality players to be added in select positions. Plus they have a more than decent pathways in the Illawarra. Flanagan will need a little time to rebalance the roster, promote and recruit. But that’s his strength.

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Agree I think he just needs discipline and better attitude .
 

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Well he ain't going anywhere because no club is going to pay him 800k. Maybe 600k at a very desperate club...
 

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He and Best have become the most overrated and overpaid centres in the game.

Looking back they both had good first years and their managers were good enough to dupe their shitty respective clubs.
Funnily enough great centres are as hard to find now as halves imo. Used to be so many of them in the 2000s but now it’s a handfull
 

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This is what shits me about the NRL. Hunt wants to leave and everyone is up in arms yet as soon as a club tells a player to piss off under contract no one cares.
The current system is not good. if it’s good for the clubs it should be fine for the players.
 

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Can’t believe he managed to rob saints of 800k per annum

‘what kind of dropkick hands out these contracts ?
 

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$800k for a confirmed centre? Doubt any team is going to pick that up.

When is there going to be a reckoning on player agents inflating their players prices? Lomax hasn't even played origin.
 

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Funnily enough great centres are as hard to find now as halves imo. Used to be so many of them in the 2000s but now it’s a handfull
There's plenty of quality centres (Crichton, Mitchell, TTrbojevic, Farnworth, Graham, Manu, Holmes etc), most of them just want to play fullback (or 5/8) for the money.


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$800k for a confirmed centre? Doubt any team is going to pick that up.

When is there going to be a reckoning on player agents inflating their players prices? Lomax hasn't even played origin.
When is there going to be a reckoning on Clubs paying stupid overs.

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When is there going to be a reckoning on Clubs paying stupid overs.

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Clubs have to take some of the responsibility, but for clubs that are struggling to attract, it is hard not to get at least a little desperate. Then they find themselves up the creek paying a lot of money to a player no longer performing or even wanting to be there.
 
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