Re: That's what is available.. : Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:53 am  

asmadasa wrote:

Josh Bowden (29) at 6ft 2 and 17 1/2 stone is still available, has got a few good years left in him with something to prove and probably won’t demand a big contract…. Just the type of player Trinity picked up in the past… eg Westerman.

Yep our type of player ! But we don't want another Green.

Re: That's what is available.. : Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:31 am  

cheshirecat57 wrote:

Yep our type of player ! But we don't want another Green.

That’s always the gamble.

[PopTart]

Re: That's what is available.. : Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:09 am  

vastman wrote:

Why? He was coming at one point I can guarantee you that.

Frankly, I have no idea as to his current plans but he's clearly not worth that now is he. If he stayed in the NRL he'd be lucky to get half that, probably less. Also, is that per year or the contract in total? Does make a difference.

We could probably pick him up for 80 -100 k P/A deal now which is nothing like the figure you quoted. It's not cheap but it's not beyond the bounds of possibility.

Let's be right here, if AF did join us it's not about the money so much as linking up with his twin at the twilight of their careers, that's our drawcard for Andre,w not the cash. I doubt he'd come to SL for any other reason, but then again stranger things have happened.

He was in a coma in August and had major life saving surgery so I don't think he's joining anybody any time soon.

Re: That's what is available.. : Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:18 pm  

PopTart wrote:

He was in a coma in August and had major life saving surgery so I don't think he's joining anybody any time soon.

I believe he’s 100% fit and recovered.

His surgery was life saving true but it wasn’t major in the medical sense. It was also an induced coma if I recall which is not the same.

People are put into induced comas for all kinds of reasons but I suspect in this case it was to allow his body to relax before surgery.

I’m not diminishing his injury but from what I understand it one of those if it goes right a 100% recovery one, which is great.

Can’t see any reason why he isn’t fit to play now. I’ll look through Google, see what’s been said.

All the same I don’t think the deal is a goer anymore.

Re: That's what is available.. : Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:35 pm  

TimmySmith wrote:

Can’t remember what thread it was on but more speculation in the papers this morning that Billy Magoulias has been offered to SL..

He was but not to us, he is joining Warrington from 2022.

Re: That's what is available.. : Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:29 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

He was but not to us, he is joining Warrington from 2022.

Magoulias saying today Trinity were the other serious option for him after we came in with a strong bid.

Think he would have been a good signing for us, his style would suit the way we play.

He also said the major draw was working with Powell…he will soon regret that decision! He may get results but not many of his players enjoy working with him.

Re: That's what is available.. : Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:09 pm  

jonh wrote:

Magoulias saying today Trinity were the other serious option for him after we came in with a strong bid.

Think he would have been a good signing for us, his style would suit the way we play.

He also said the major draw was working with Powell…he will soon regret that decision! He may get results but not many of his players enjoy working with him.

Yes it’s a shame isn’t it. Think he’d of been a good fit at 13 for us. It’ll be interesting to see who else pops up who’ll we’ll be interested in and if we were ever interested in Kane Evans.

Re: That's what is available.. : Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:13 pm  

jonh wrote:

Magoulias saying today Trinity were the other serious option for him after we came in with a strong bid.

Think he would have been a good signing for us, his style would suit the way we play.

He also said the major draw was working with Powell…he will soon regret that decision! He may get results but not many of his players enjoy working with him.

I suppose the plus side there is we clearly have some cash to splash on a quota player. MC one hell of a poker player

I wonder whether his recent comments regarding costs of quota players were linked to this lad. Perhaps he asked for extras we wouldn't pay and Warrington would. The Powell bit certainly doesn't ring true, I seriously doubt his name is a drawcard to most Aussies.

Re: That's what is available.. : Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:28 pm  

I guess it is the same for Langi who didn’t join us because Chester was no longer the coach. I wonder how many believe that to be the case but the bottom line is that neither have which is very disappointing.

Re: That's what is available.. : Mon Nov 01, 2021 5:08 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I guess it is the same for Langi who didn’t join us because Chester was no longer the coach. I wonder how many believe that to be the case but the bottom line is that neither have which is very disappointing.

Well not quite.

I agree, Langi was disappointing because he had agreed, this bloke never signed anything so that's just how it goes. Why the need to make it a bigger deal than it is?