Please God.But unfortunately seen this before and not gonna get excited yet.
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"900k starting 2028. I think latrell is much better value at 1.1m"
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It's pretty hard to get excited about these rumours when we still don't have a CEO and the GM of Football and Head of Recruitment roles must be looked at as lame ducks at the moment.
Then again maybe agents are seeing this as a great time to pounce because there are some folks like MON and Roger's who would be desperate for some "good news" stories and will probably be pretty keen to "make it happen" even if it's short term planning.
Best is great, I don't think I get as excited as others about him. He's definitely a massive upgrade on who we have but...I don't know, I just don't see that much X factor or game-breaker in him. He's just a very, very good centre. He would be a fantastic signing, but he shouldn't be the headline act.
Captain, If I'm Best I am not coming to Parramatta for less than Dylan Brown dumb type money. Why would you when Newcastle are on the verge of some very exciting years. Unless he has aspiration's to play for his Father-inlaws old club to impress his Brats Doll , you'd be batshit cray cray. At 26/26 he's at least one contract away from such a silly move. Our only hope is if they win a comp this year and we offer a stupid amount of money and a stupid long contract. Even then I'm not leaving a future top 4 club at his age for a bottom 4 club with no foreseeable future of changing that.
I don't think best wants to leave Newcastle but he's odd man out. All their youngsters need big upgrades and their star 7 is making 1.5 mill a season lol. Nothing left for Brandman
Sound logic Wiz, and even if Newy don't have the coin to keep Best we aren't going to be the only ones trying to sign him so I agree it'll be an overs on dollars, overs on contract length and (god forbid) possibly some options in his contract that favour the player.
We need upgrades in the back 5 and if he's one of them I'm all for it but make no mistake we need more.
My only issue is he does get injured but never too long. He has averaged around 18 NRL games a season since 2022.
And he turned 25 this year. So has another 5+ years at the top if not more.
He's worth the million in my view. I'd get him AND Blaize. Blaize can cover fullback and halves too, and likes of Penisini and Samrani could use competition.
900k starting 2028. I think latrell is much better value at 1.1m
Probably not a terribly shocking price given the salary cap in 2028. We've got to face facts that we will be overpaying for our players.
My fear is he's going to be wasted unless we put the right talent around him. We desperately need size/height in the back row. He's the kind of guy who needs talent around him, he's not going to do it all on his own like a Ponga or a Walsh.
I'd prefer Best than Latrell. Best still gets injured a lot but he rarely puts in anything other than 100%. Trell is injury prone and unpredictable in effort.
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