Priority signings - contracts up for negotiation November - Eels Blogs

Players Below have contracts ending 2023 unless otherwise stated, in order of prioirity

Dylan Brown: Absolutely must, whatever it takes up to $1m.

Mitchell Moses (PO 2024): Absoulutely must keep up to $1m

Will Penisini: Do what can to keep without paying to much overs. Killing it at only 19.

Shaun Lane: Keep at current rate.

Sean Russell: Keeper at right price

Bailey Simonsson (PO 2024): Keeper if price is good value

Waqa Blake: On $600. Would let go unless he is happy with $300. Penisini is a priority.

Wiremu Grieg: Keep on low amount. Standout prop with Ogden from reserves.

Ofahiki Ogden (CO 2024): Keep on low amount. Standout prop with Grieg from reserves.

Bryce Cartwright: I would keep for right price but no point unless given game time.

Hayze Perham (2022): Keep as utility on low amount

Brendan Hands (not sure when): Seems OK but have not seen much of him.

Solomone Naduki (2022): Keep at lowest rate

Maika Sivo: Let go. He does some great things but does not have the fitness for NRL. Think it is time to move on.

Mitch Rein: Let go. Have not been impressed

Jacob Arthur: Let go. Some who know more than me say he can play but I don't see him being an NRL half.

David Hollis: Not performing. Let go.

"'This place' matters far less than what happens on the field. I suspect it wouldn't have been good for us if Lomax had stayed and kicked stones while chewing up ~8% of our cap. We are far better off with good culture than more talent, if it meant…"

"Lomax was replaced by Simonsson, who would probably have left otherwise. We use Lomax's money to sign a replacement for Simonsson and spend the difference elsewhere in the roster."

"It's good therapy, Clayton. A community service, so to speak. Better here than at home. No sane wife would put up with too much Poo Bombing (or maybe too much Unicorn lol). And they'd lock all the doghouses too not just the doors and windows. LOL. "

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LB June 20, 2022 at 10:05pm

Blake's deal is still being paid for from Penrith i believe, they are forking out some of the coin.

Naiduki, Hollis, Cartwright all gones.

Brown, Moses and Penisini must keeps

Lane, Blake and Simonsson can keep for current money, little bit more maybe.
- Wile E. Coyote > LB June 20, 2022 at 10:07pm
  
  Nothing against Blake but Penrith won't be paying the next contract and don't think we can afford $600k for him when we have other priorities for the cap space
  - LB > Wile E. Coyote June 20, 2022 at 10:13pm
    
    Well they did for RCG, so never know. But they would be stupid to do that again. Though Blake is not worth 600k nobody in the market would pay that. Blake got 600k as he was seen as a future Origin centre, not even close.
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    - EA > LB June 21, 2022 at 12:10pm
      
      Have u seen Farnworth try passing? He needs to develop it massively.
- Wile E. Coyote > LB June 20, 2022 at 10:09pm
  
  Naiduki will probably be minimum wage so don't see why we couldn't keep
Kurupt - Porn Addict, But I'm In Control June 21, 2022 at 5:36am

What about Zach Docker Clay, always thought he'd make a great 14, but haven't seen much of him in recent years.

Anyone know more, aside from him being at the dogs?
- Poppa > Kurupt - Porn Addict, But I'm In Control June 21, 2022 at 7:31am
  
  He has never made the grade, an espouted junior at Parra and just never had the goods......
  - Hector > Poppa June 21, 2022 at 8:07am
    
    Has been at eels panther dogs and i think he may have had a stint in super league. May be wrong . As pop said good junior. But that's as far as he went.
    - Kurupt - Porn Addict, But I'm In Control > Hector June 21, 2022 at 9:09pm
      
      Thanks gents.
Wile E. Coyote June 21, 2022 at 6:26am

We will have 6 players taking up about 5 mil of the cap (MM, DB, Gutho, RCG, JP, RM) plus Will Penisini and Lane and our hooker stocks are sketchy. The rest of the team needs to average $200k