It keeps lagging when I try putting the article up so I won't bother but coming from code sports.
The eels are offering Jordan samrani in a player swap for Mitch Barnett and also a three year 2.6 million dollar deal.Personally I think it's a bit to much.Lmk your thoughts 💭?
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I doubt Warriors accept it though. They would want top tier quality. Lomax would have been ideal.
On a side note we last year signed the big boy Jordan Miller from Wests Tigers...
Hopefully Ryles can bring him thru alongside Ryda, TBrown and Sam
I wouldn't be swapping Samrani for an over the hill forward like Barnett.
We have enough over the hill forwards as it is.
One thing i will say is let's say this is true, could it be that we are about to get Tago? As MON said they are after a middle forward and another back. I doubt they move on a back in order to get Barnett. But if we get Tago, then Samrani becomes expendable to them as Kelly is the main back-up and possibly also Simonsson.
I really don't like these player swap offers being made public. Knowing our club (like the ryan matterson saga), we probably didn't even consult Samrani. Not a good look.
And even if they did consult Samrani, how would he feel knowing he's not wanted? We've got him for 2 more years ffs.
This is yet again, horrible recruitment and retention strategy by Mark O'Neil.
"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see" - Edgar Allan Poe
Samrani is a great back up and can see him having a 50-100 game career scattered over 6-10 years.
but at the end of the day we will be swapping a fringe player for a sure 17 player.
samrani is 4th choice winger (jac simmoson and Russell)
4th choice centre (penisini Russell and kelly)
and quite down the line for edge forwards (Williams Kautoga tuilagi guymer and 2 juniors coming through that will be on nrl contracts in 27.
with the expanded bench we know longer need that forward who can fill in as a back in a pinch.
from Samrani perspective he is fringe first grade quality so perhaps warriors may be a bit short in any of those positions he can cover. He'd also likely score a slight contract upgrade there too.
win for Samrani and win for the club.
I don't mind giving samarni but I just don't think Barrett is worth 820. Not sure we wouldn't just offer Kolo that extra year or may that money at the time
That's a bad idea on so many levels, I doubt there is much truth to this at all.
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