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What a fucking weekend. You can watch Brisbane play in a Grand Final. Twice 😂

I wish I could say it was incredible (but it sadly isn’t) the way the RL journos are happy to link every single off contract player with even a tenuous link to Brisbane or Queensland with the Dolphins on the basis that coming to Brisbane will appeal to that player, yet they cannot make the same...

If the player media strike has taught us nothing else, it’s just how utterly valueless the rugby league ‘journalists’ are to the functioning and enjoyment of the game…

I reckon it’s an upgrade on next year and a three year extension. Just seems to be too much messing about for a deal that only extends him two more years.

Maybe not absolutely ideal, but when you’ve got the absolute best player in a position and you haven’t paid the most he could have got, or the most that any player in that position earns across the game, then it’s still a fairly decent bit of business. Haas gets slightly less than he’d probably...

I can’t see it not being a 3 year extension (2027). Seems pointless to have fucked around all this time over an additional two seasons. Would also mean we’re going through this circus all over again in 18 months time and I doubt any of the parties are interested in that.

Hard pressed to call it overs. It’s almost certainly less than he could have got from the top bidder elsewhere and arguably it’s less than anyone else would be able to get him for outside of maybe Melbourne or the Roosters. It’s a lot of money for a Forward, but that doesn’t necessarily qualify...

It’s a very good result for all involved, especially given the timing of it all. If success is so important then it’s nice to put your money where your mouth is and get a deal done in a timeframe that helps that team achieve that desired success. It’s not a bargain by any means, but it wasn’t...

It’s entirely possible that Haas is telling the truth about wanting assurances after his playing career, and that we really might be able to retain him for around that $1.1 million a season mark. I’d be putting it back on Haas though to say that those assurances are contingent on him keeping...

Have to think Mo will struggle to get even $600k out of the Titans now given how little they have left to allocate to their Forward Pack.

Neither of them are one club players.

To think there was people on here a few weeks ago thinking we could just brush Haas and go after Tino instead, as though there was some sort of discount or leverage to be had… 😂

Only an idiot would accept those terms. 🤦🏻‍♂️ He’s the most in demand forward in the game. He has literally all the leverage here and any objective person can see the sensible thing to do in his shoes is check out as many options as possible before making a decision. If once all is said and...

Yep that’s correct. Taking the same money to go to Sydney is actually a pay cut in real terms, and not a small one at that. Does get topped up with ‘culcha’ payments if he’s going to the Roosters though, so he can always console himself with that.

Taking ‘it’s not about the money’ and then extrapolating that into not caring about how much he gets paid at all is just ridiculous. Of course he cares about the money. Literally everyone cares about the money. Even Pat Carrigan isn’t going to play for minimum wage. His Manager’s statement was...

Sure, that’s fair enough. But it’s also fair to point out that 23 year old Middle Forwards DO have dips in form, and most of them, even the really good ones, have them far, far more regularly than he does - and they do so under a far lower workload than he’s been put through at this stage in his...

Yeah that’s my maximum too. It’s possibly slightly overpaying, but I think I’d be willing to roll the dice on that one and trust that we can get enough value out of him to justify it. I think we can use him as leverage to get other guys for less money too, so that in some way may be able to...

Players should take a leaf out of Tino’s book. It’s actually quite smart on their part. Tie your 5 or 6 year contract to the Coach - how many Coaches last 5+ years in the NRL? That way, if I’m a player I get all the security of a 5 year deal if it suits me while I can also be reasonably...

As long as it’s not a fucking pub…

Talk is cheap though. If I’m his management I’d want to know what a formal offer looked like in writing before I’d be too bothered about what figures the other clubs have thrown his way.