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- May 11, 2015
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Please help this isnt going to happen. Should be a priority signing
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FOX Sports’ rugby league guru Ben Ikin says the Gold Coast Titans could corrupt the NRL player market in their pursuit of Queensland representative Matt Gillett.
The Titans are said to be interested in the Origin forward, who is off contract this year and yet to extend his deal with the Broncos.
The Titans have plenty of space in their salary cap to sign a big name player.
In the past 12 months the club has had Daly Cherry-Evans backflip on a lucrative offer, lost Aidan Sezer to Canberra, lost big money forwards Nate Myles and Dave Taylor and let James Roberts slip with a forged signature bungle.
As a result they have cash to spend, and are on the hunt for a marquee signing for 2017 and beyond.
Ikin says the Titans are in a position to totally corrupt the transfer market by offering overs to Gillett or another star.
“This is what I love about Market Watch and roster management, is when you have a player in the market like the Titans who have spent nowhere near their full salary cap, what they can do is corrupt player values,” Ikin told the Market Watch podcast.
“They are desperate to attract talent so they go to the stronger clubs and could basically retire Matt Gillett a millionaire of they want to.
“If they say internally that he is the guy we’re going to build our forward pack around, or they go somewhere else like they did with Daly Cherry-Evans and say this is the guy we build our club or backline around, you’re talking $800,000 or a $1 million (contract).
“All of a sudden a club like the Broncos, who have a really strong list with a lot of depth, simply can’t match it.
“It puts the player in a position, thinking do I stay at a club I know with a coach I’m happy with and have consistent on-field success, or do I potentially set myself up for the rest of my life?
“As Kerry Packer famously said a long time ago, everybody has a price.”
Gold Coast tried to lure Cherry-Evans north with a big-money offer last year and he accepted, before reneging in June to sign an extension with Manly.
While the club is still reeling from that backflip, it means the Titans have money up their sleeve to chase another big name.
And while Ikin understands the cash on offer will be tempting, he believes Gillett will opt to stay with the Broncos where he will soon become one of their most important forwards.
“Think about (Brisbane’s) roster at the moment,” Ikin said.
“If they’re smart they are backending Matt Gillett, because who’s going to come off in the next two years? Corey Parker and Sam Thaiday,” Ikin said.
“A lot of that money that has been channelled to those two guys is going to Matt Gillett. Particularly off the back of what I’ve seen in these first two rounds.
“He’s hitting holes again, he’s rediscovered how to get himself into space, he’s playing well down that right edge off Ben Hunt.”
Gillett, 27, has played 12 Origin games for the Maroons and a total of 131 with the Broncos since 2010.
After a quiet first season under Wayne Bennett, the Queensland representative has rediscovered his best form in the opening two games of the 2016 season.
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FOX Sports’ rugby league guru Ben Ikin says the Gold Coast Titans could corrupt the NRL player market in their pursuit of Queensland representative Matt Gillett.
The Titans are said to be interested in the Origin forward, who is off contract this year and yet to extend his deal with the Broncos.
The Titans have plenty of space in their salary cap to sign a big name player.
In the past 12 months the club has had Daly Cherry-Evans backflip on a lucrative offer, lost Aidan Sezer to Canberra, lost big money forwards Nate Myles and Dave Taylor and let James Roberts slip with a forged signature bungle.
As a result they have cash to spend, and are on the hunt for a marquee signing for 2017 and beyond.
Ikin says the Titans are in a position to totally corrupt the transfer market by offering overs to Gillett or another star.
“This is what I love about Market Watch and roster management, is when you have a player in the market like the Titans who have spent nowhere near their full salary cap, what they can do is corrupt player values,” Ikin told the Market Watch podcast.
“They are desperate to attract talent so they go to the stronger clubs and could basically retire Matt Gillett a millionaire of they want to.
“If they say internally that he is the guy we’re going to build our forward pack around, or they go somewhere else like they did with Daly Cherry-Evans and say this is the guy we build our club or backline around, you’re talking $800,000 or a $1 million (contract).
“All of a sudden a club like the Broncos, who have a really strong list with a lot of depth, simply can’t match it.
“It puts the player in a position, thinking do I stay at a club I know with a coach I’m happy with and have consistent on-field success, or do I potentially set myself up for the rest of my life?
“As Kerry Packer famously said a long time ago, everybody has a price.”
Gold Coast tried to lure Cherry-Evans north with a big-money offer last year and he accepted, before reneging in June to sign an extension with Manly.
While the club is still reeling from that backflip, it means the Titans have money up their sleeve to chase another big name.
And while Ikin understands the cash on offer will be tempting, he believes Gillett will opt to stay with the Broncos where he will soon become one of their most important forwards.
“Think about (Brisbane’s) roster at the moment,” Ikin said.
“If they’re smart they are backending Matt Gillett, because who’s going to come off in the next two years? Corey Parker and Sam Thaiday,” Ikin said.
“A lot of that money that has been channelled to those two guys is going to Matt Gillett. Particularly off the back of what I’ve seen in these first two rounds.
“He’s hitting holes again, he’s rediscovered how to get himself into space, he’s playing well down that right edge off Ben Hunt.”
Gillett, 27, has played 12 Origin games for the Maroons and a total of 131 with the Broncos since 2010.
After a quiet first season under Wayne Bennett, the Queensland representative has rediscovered his best form in the opening two games of the 2016 season.
