Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:40 am  

Large Paws wrote:

So, damned if we do and damned if we don’t!

Not really. Hull could speak to his representatives, sound him out and make him an offer without leaking to the press that they’ve done so. How do we know it’s not his agent feeding those stories to the press? We don’t, I could be wrong but the HDM article especially has the hallmarks of the club feeding the info for me. The same with the Sailor ones last week and going back to the Rowley situation and how that broke. Short of announcing it on the official socials the club are as good as saying look at how ambitious we are. I’m not criticising that approach, I like been kept in the loop and the transparency but it’s open to criticism is those moves don’t come off.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:50 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Rumours of Armstrong been a marquee player, only played about 7 NRL games. so maybe is annoyed with his salary compared to others, he should be in the top 3 salaries.

Lam himself is on a marquee contract at Leigh, as the federation trained marquee player. Armstrong will be on decent money, but not sure it will be marquee money, or as much as Lam is on.

I think he just wants out. His job at Leigh next year could be more difficult than this year, without Asiata making him space and O'Donnell and Leutele running lines outside him. So a move will help build his reputation further and get his NRL deal.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:29 am  

DSJ1983 wrote:

Not really. Hull could speak to his representatives, sound him out and make him an offer without leaking to the press that they’ve done so. How do we know it’s not his agent feeding those stories to the press? We don’t, I could be wrong but the HDM article especially has the hallmarks of the club feeding the info for me. The same with the Sailor ones last week and going back to the Rowley situation and how that broke. Short of announcing it on the official socials the club are as good as saying look at how ambitious we are. I’m not criticising that approach, I like been kept in the loop and the transparency but it’s open to criticism is those moves don’t come off.

Seems a bit of a coincidence that the same say the press announce Sailor chooses Saints over us, a story gets leaked to say we are after Lam.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 12:51 pm  

Armstrong is and will be on mega money at Leigh. Believe the reporters is Aus were shocked at the amount of money Leigh offered and Newcastle simply did not or could not compete with it

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:11 pm  

more likely to sign larry the lamb

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:40 pm  

Anyone else take Matty English for next year?

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:46 pm  

Clearly Myler is changing the guard for next year. Can't be easy after the past years. Doing his best to get deals over the line.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:51 pm  

Lachlan Lam
Maiko Sivo
Matty English
Tim Lafai
AJ Towse

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:56 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

Lachlan Lam
Maiko Sivo
Matty English
Tim Lafai
AJ Towse

These would be some good solid signings!

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Jul 19, 2024 2:16 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

Lachlan Lam
Maiko Sivo
Matty English
Tim Lafai
AJ Towse

Those 5 would see us challenge the top 6, would be some message can't see it though.

Think Lafai is the one, we might get, probably Towse too.