News Gus v Tigers: The Luai Lottery goes into overdrive

[Joelmcevoy2]

If gus offers more money abit he might choose us to play with his mates

 

[Dogiezz]

Yeah but will gus up the offer

Hi Charlie!

Why is your Kennel username Joelmcevoy2?

 

[Dog4life77]

Yeah but will gus up the offer

Well if our current offer is 1.05M..It would only be a 250k increase over the course of 5yrs..
Definitely not out of the question.
I think the question is..where is the proof we have even offered 1.05M over 5yrs?
Gus has said he won’t pursue someone til they say they are leaving their current club..and Luai only said that 2 days ago

 

[maroondog72]

We need him to unlock Kikau and Crichton because Burton's just going to keep giving them poopy ball

Not t for that kind of money over five years , it’s a cap killer. And the first average game he has you would crucify Gus for signing him on a big money long term deal. We just finished getting rid of all the flops that came to the dogs for an extended pay day I don’t want to go back there, do you?

 

[maroondog72]

I know you are asking @maroondog72 but IMHO I don’t think any prop is worth $1mil per season unless it’s less than 3 years. JT proved that how $million form only lasted a couple of years, and he is more like a $500-600k value player now that his minutes and metres have dropped.

AFB is cashing in on the lack of available big men that consistently deliver and move their teams forward. We desperately need a couple of genuine big boppers, but we are on the nose and both he and his manager know it.

Lol sorry baz didn’t see the tag I just posted pretty much the same reply in a condensed version………because I am a lazy cahunt

 

[CMP]

Not t for that kind of money over five years , it’s a cap killer. And the first average game he has you would crucify Gus for signing him on a big money long deal. We just finished getting rid of all the flops that came to the dogs for an extended pay day I don’t want to go back there, do you?

Not at anywhere near that money. He is a good player currently playing in a great team.

He isn’t the chief playmaker we need. He is a $800k-$850k player at best imo.

Signing Luai on $1.2m from a cap management point of view. Would be gross incompetence from our recruitment team. It is gross incompetence from any club signing him on that amount. He isn’t worth that much.

 

[maroondog72]

If gus offers more money abit he might choose us to play with his mates

He’s just won three Grand finals playing with his “mates” Joel. He’s after a big payday, and I think Gus is making sure he gets it.

 

[DinkumDog]

There's nothing wrong with Sexton he goes ok and will only improve.

I agree. No superstar but he showed in a handful of games he was more a 7 than Flange ever will be. A full pre-season, more experience in the top grade and as long as he stays confident he could be the closest thing we’ve had to a decent 7 since Hodko given since then we had the likes of Mbye, Frawley and Lewis.

 

[maroondog72]

Not at anywhere near that money. He is a good player currently playing in a great team.

He isn’t the chief playmaker we need. He is a $800k-$850k player at best imo.

Signing Luai on $1.2m from a cap management point of view. Would be gross incompetence from our recruitment team. It is gross incompetence from any club signing him on that amount. He isn’t worth that much.

More than happy for him to go to the tigers for five years on 1.2.

 

[DinkumDog]

and I think Gus is making sure he gets it.

…from Concord .

 

[B-Train]

The Luai lottery sounds like something you pay for in Bangkok that involves dozens of ping pong balls...

 

[Freakzilla]

Why would the Panthers only offer him a 3 year contract? If they offered him 900k a year for 5 years he would stay I would think.

 

[maroondog72]

I agree. No superstar but he showed in a handful of games he was more a 7 than Flange ever will be. A full pre-season, more experience in the top grade and as long as he stays confident he could be the closest thing we’ve had to a decent 7 since Hodko given since then we had the likes of Mbye, Frawley and Lewis.

I agree DD for a halfback coming into an already struggling side without a forward pack, mid season. I thought he went ok. I doubt he will take us to a GF but with a full pre season he will be a good stop gap for a season or two.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Not t for that kind of money over five years , it’s a cap killer. And the first average game he has you would crucify Gus for signing him on a big money long term deal. We just finished getting rid of all the flops that came to the dogs for an extended pay day I don’t want to go back there, do you?

What's the alternative? Pay overs for centres to come and play 5/8 because they come slightly cheaper than top tier 5/8s? In sorry but we need NRL proven talent in key positions. Get them in and then start plugging the gaps with youth. We're just repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

 

[maroondog72]

The Luai lottery sounds like something you pay for in Bangkok that involves dozens of ping pong balls...

Sounds like you’re speaking from experience…

 

[maroondog72]

…from Concord .

Yep

 

[bradtalo]

Didn't Ciraldo claim Luai has all the talent in the world to be a top 7 ?. If he really believes that you'd think we'd be willing to go to 1.2M like we likely would have for Hunt. Like someone else mentioned, Ciraldo said we wouldn't put up an offer until Luai confirmed he was leaving so I doubt he even had an offer from us before Friday at least. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't put in our offer til early this week hence why Luai hasn't signed yet or activated the 10 day clause. Hopefully we can offer 1M - 1.1M on the cap and make up the other 100-200K in TPAs.

If the Panthers offered 850K then 1M probably isn't enough to convince him to change. You'd think 1.05M or 1.1M would be the minimum. I'd be comfortable with us offering 1.1M + TPAs as long as we have enough left somewhere to also sign Terrell May. I do agree that Luai is better than Burton. He has a passing game at least and is capable of getting more out of Kikau, Crichton, Burton and the rest of our team. He would also be a motivator. Only way we should not pursue Luai is if we already have agreement from Dearden or Mam which I doubt.

 

[EL Hefe]

BRING LUAI HOME !

 

[Doggone1975]

I agree. No superstar but he showed in a handful of games he was more a 7 than Flange ever will be. A full pre-season, more experience in the top grade and as long as he stays confident he could be the closest thing we’ve had to a decent 7 since Hodko given since then we had the likes of Mbye, Frawley and Lewis.

Bloody hell that's depressing when you did the number 7 roll call of the last decade ffs

 

[maroondog72]

What's the alternative? Pay overs for centres to come and play 5/8 because they come slightly cheaper than top tier 5/8s? In sorry but we need NRL proven talent in key positions. Get them in and then start plugging the gaps with youth. We're just repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

The alternative is exactly what we are doing now, building from the ground up slowly
And not panic buying players on ridiculous money like we have in the past, Now I know you won’t like that answer and we are going to have another ordinary year next season but we will be better than this season . So saddle up princess you aren’t going to get the quick success you are after, it it will come eventually. On a positive note you will have plenty to bitch about for another season or two.lol