Luke Thompson consolidated thread

[Mr Shhh]

I’d be somewhat down with this article if it was Hetherington being shopped as it’s clear he can’t stay on the field enough. As fans we were sold the story that we were clearing out cap space and not doing business like this anymore as it hindered out ability to compete on the field. Was it all a lie?

Hard to shop players no **** wants. That’s why we’re stuck with the dregs, plodders and cats.

 

[Jarrad El Hickey]

Surely there’s someone else in the pipeline if this is the case very strange move but I guess all we can do is trust gus maybe his awful judiciary record will scare the tigers off

 

[bradyk]

That’s how I read it

It'd say 900k out of 1.7m if that's what they meant.

 

[From the area]

I'd be so gutted if his is true.

Yes his judiciary record isn't great but he is one of a few blokes that rips and tears every game he plays. He is slowly getting used to NRL and another off season will do him wonders.

He also needs to cement a position and not be chopped and changed.

Agree, he’s a leader and he’s very inspirational in his hard running. Need to be kept and fuck off Elliott and Waddell. Keep some cheap go hards like Chris Smith and Stimson save money that way. Oh and also I reckon play him second row and for 80mins get that hard running on some angles and at smaller blokes instead of props all the time.

 

[ATT]

Yes but you have to get another front rower. Leaves us $500k to secure someone who is half as good. It kinda doesnt make sense bc we only have JJ, Vaughan for a year (maybe longer) and TPJ...the rest left are not up to scratch and dont look like they ever will be as our forward pack.

I agree with what you have said. In my opinion but you build front rowers of the Bennett’s theory. Once there worth a large portion of you cap. You let them go to highest bidder. And you keep the young , cheap and aggressive ones comming through. This way you spine gets most you cap. And the aggressive forwards are young and keen. Reference Hass. This theory goes against my gut feel to want keep players like Thompson. But my head tells me Bennett’s way works.

 

[EXPLORER]

Gus will make the hard calls for the best long term
Unlike previous admin

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Isn't he on $725k?

The DT I think originally had him listed on something like that in the rich list but they've now just added an extra 100k+ just because

 

[Bulldogsforlife23]

Na na na this better be only for year 2022 we pay for his contract cause thats his last year with us

 

[coach]

Dumb

 

[El Padrino]

Buy or sell....I don't care anymore, pay players per position not what the market dictates.

 

[MIR-PROD]

Bs Buzz hates Gus because he won’t talk to him and blocked him on twitter and probably his number too. So there’s no way he could get this info if it was legit

 

[Howie B]

Na na na this better be only for year 2022 we pay for his contract cause thats his last year with us

Nope he has a player option for 2023

 

[wendog33]

I agree with what you have said. In my opinion but you build front rowers of the Bennett’s theory. Once there worth a large portion of you cap. You let them go to highest bidder. And you keep the young , cheap and aggressive ones comming through. This way you spine gets most you cap. And the aggressive forwards are young and keen. Reference Hass. This theory goes against my gut feel to want keep players like Thompson. But my head tells me Bennett’s way works.

Yes I see that as a good methodology, but we are not advanced enough into that plan atm to have either all young forwards OR left with mostly plodder 2ndrow and lock and other average FR options.

We have as big a need for experienced FR to help Burton and BBO.

It's a mess. We can all agree on that lol.

Luckily its not just Barrett acting on his own with this and Gus has a sound strategy and will dominate. We mightn't like it, but drastic action needed.

Thompson facing further suspension so that further muddies the waters regards retention.

 

[chisdog]

The fact we are paying $800k plus for a 50 minute player is absurd .
This is why we struggle overs for players not in key positions the game changers 1,6,7 and 9

Is it a fact though? There was another report that he had $1.4M left over 2 years.

 

[ddt192]

The only positive that could come from this is that IF Thommo leaves then that shows all the players that absolutely NO ONE is safe. We’re actually shopping our BEST player around.

 

[chisdog]

It says $450k. Is that each season or over the 2 remaining? Why would you advertise that you are willing to pay $450k of an reported $700K (per season) deal to get rid of him? It doesn't make any sense.

 

[no1bulldog]

we would have the same spare if we fuck flanagan off, even more if we included Elliott, Waddell, Stimpson, Hetherington, JMK, Soup,

 

[no1bulldog]

The only positive that could come from this is that IF Thommo leaves then that shows all the players that absolutely NO ONE is safe. We’re actually shopping our BEST player around.

hasnt helped the last 6 years

 

[bradyk]

It says $450k. Is that each season or over the 2 remaining? Why would you advertise that you are willing to pay $450k of an reported $700K (per season) deal to get rid of him? It doesn't make any sense.

They're saying 450k out of 850k. If it was for the 2 seasons they'd say 900k out of the 1.7m. They also reported 725k a month or so ago.

 

[wendog33]

hasnt helped the last 6 years

No ...and done irreparable damage making us appear an unstable rabble who only have a bunch of plodder forwards, no leaders and no platform for any decent backs we might have had.