Broncos Player Movement and Rumours 2020

[Kooly87]

Doesn't Lodge have 2 (yes t w o !) years of player options? Those guys with options are going nowhere. It is easy to secure most of your players with generous offers, just like racking up the purchases on your credit card because you can deal with the payments sometime in the future...

I don't see Lodge as a major problem in this regard. He's still got plenty of years in him and he's almost certainly still going to attract interest from other clubs so there is a chance he doesn't take up those player options and takes a better offer elsewhere.

 

[IceWorks]

I don't see Lodge as a major problem in this regard. He's still got plenty of years in him and he's almost certainly still going to attract interest from other clubs so there is a chance he doesn't take up those player options and takes a better offer elsewhere.

Begs the question then. Why does the club offer them?

 

[Kooly87]

Begs the question then. Why does the club offer them?

I'm certainly not defending player options, far from it. I actually despise them.

I'm just suggesting that in Lodge's case at least it probably won't burn us as badly as it has with some other players we've offered them to.

 

[nopatience101]

I think the Broncos problems you know started when they paid Milford a million a season. He had a wonderful purple patch but they were still paying on potential. Since then all of Haas, Flegler (reportedly), TPJ, Lodge, Seibold and Joffa have been paid inflated wages based on potential. Then the horrible over the hill contracts to Boyd, Gillett and Kahu compound the error.

It started when they lost Hunt & bought a centre to replace him on 900k a year.

 

[Ffs...]

It started when they lost Hunt & bought a centre to replace him on 900k a year.

And bought two fullbacks and tried to turn them into game managing halves...why who the hell knows..

 

[Kooly87]

It started when they lost Hunt & bought a centre to replace him on 900k a year.

If you ever feel like making yourself really sick, just remember that the $900K for Bird is more than we were prepared to offer David Fifita for his services.

 

[Cult]

If you ever feel like making yourself really sick, just remember that the $900K for Bird is more than we were prepared to offer David Fifita for his services.

And if you ever start to feel too sick just remember it's probably not even close to that number. Or it's way higher, who knows..

 

[Dexter]

Looks like the positioning to have a crack at Cam has begun.

Could be Ikin starting the ball rolling. ( pure speculation on my part )

 

[Foordy]

Begs the question then. Why does the club offer them?

Same reason the Storm do

 

[Sproj]

Same reason the Storm do

Because the Broncos have a system that works like clockwork, players who perform at and above their pay grade consistently and one of the best coaches in the game with recent sustained success?

 

[Gaz]

For 2021 clear:
Isaako
Oates
Bird?
Offa
Milford
Hoppa
TPJ &/or Lodge

Happy for the club to chip in 30-40% of their contracts + Boyd’s, Fifitas and Kahu’s $ that should be enough to free up space for C.Smith. Plus go after another 1 or 2 older heads.

How good is fantasy land.

for 2020 clear:
White
Morris
Lockyer
Seibold

Need to start at the beginning of this mess and work forward - urgently.

 

[Foordy]

Morris
Lockyer

the only way to get rid of those 2 is to buy some Broncos shares ... wait until the board elections ... and convince the majority of other shareholders not to vote them back in

 

[Gaz]

the only way to get rid of those 2 is to buy some Broncos shares ... wait until the board elections ... and convince the majority of other shareholders not to vote them back in

Or have a talk to Lachlan. He would be pretty pissed off with the rest of us if he’s fair dinkum.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Or they could do the honourable thing and move on.

 

[TariqT]

I said a couple of weeks back Matt Dufty and Euan Aitken after watching them recently. But I think we need more size in their positions.

However, after watching the St George game the other night, I think we should try to get Tristan Sailor.

He showed a great combination of speed, strength, good ball skills with great reads, and what looked to be equal or better kicking than Milf at his best. He kept the Dragons in the game.

He reminded me a little of Dylan Brown with perhaps more speed in his running. It would be interesting to see him play outside Deardon.

He's also a son of one of our greats.

 

[Foordy]

Or have a talk to Lachlan. He would be pretty pissed off with the rest of us if he’s fair dinkum.

even he has to follow corporations laws in this country

 

[Gaz]

even he has to follow corporations laws in this country

Nudge nudge wink wink. Sure.......

 

[Allo]

It started when they lost Hunt & bought a centre to replace him on 900k a year.

No no you’re wrong. We were still getting Taylor back after signing Bird remember .....

Pisses me off to no end every time someone pulls that one out every time I pose the same thing you did