www.nzwarriors.com/threads/lance ... oid.34617/ What does everyone think about this?

www.nzwarriors.com/threads/lance ... oid.34617/ What does everyone think about this?

Lucky bar stewards hahah

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I'd rather send wello over and keep lance.

It'd be great for all concerned, pray it comes off, but doubt it will

Amen bro. Hohaia isn't negatively affecting us currently. Wello is.

Only cos he's not in the 17!

He'd soon change his tune if he started to get picked on the bench.

I can't see how we could get so lucky. Money off the wage bill, a quota spot freed up, could give the youngsters more playing time. Would be ideal!

If Lance does move on, what should we do?
He's one of our top earners, probably well over 100k and a quota spot.

Leave it till next years recruitment? or go shopping now?

Personally i'd be tempted to leave it until next year and get the right man for the job, not just who's free mid season. Also if some superstar does become a free agent, we have cash and a quota spot waiting

Depends who's available. Don't get someone for the sake of it, if the right man's available, go and get him!

Think big. Transfer fee. World Cup winning fullback we're talking here.

I'm always amazed at how popular he was there.

ambitious!

Reckon we could squeeze 50k out of them? It would cover Amor's transfer fee!

also ambitious!

They've just won the nines competition which carries a $370,000 winners prize.

i dont doubt they could afford it but the whole concept of getting a team to pay a transfer for Lance is "interesting"

£200,000, I'd take that! Hell, I'd personally fly him there!

Can't knock his credentials...

There's a few question in itself to be able to answer this - primarily, would saints be willing to use some or all of the £300k "windfall" bonus from the new sky deal on a transfer fee? - in recent years the answer would of been a resounding no - has Amor become an indicator for a more liberal approach?

If not, then the only Aussies available this time of year are going to be those in disgrace and ruin ... Blake ferguson anyone?



IF the answer is yes to the above then we're dealing with around half a million Aussie dollars (or half a burgess depending on how you want to think

) - coupled with ~100-150k of salary cap space all but the very top are off limits.

On the other hand, lance leaving leaves us short on cover in a few key positions. Whilst I'm fine with bringing the kids in most of the time, wasn't our hooker against Whitehaven a kid who usually plays second row? We would 100% need another hooker IF lance goes. It might be better to leave it and bring in cover if injuries occur to lomax/ Walsh/ Roby

If he's just cover for Roby, then let him Leave. Robes has had one injury hit season in 10! plus if the worst did happen we could always pick up a 9 as good as Lance from the championship for buttons

I present you Stuart Howarth as evidence on the contrary

- I certainly wouldn't stop him going - just advocating caution in reallocating the money! We could always bring in one for buttons as you say and still afford the best that's available? - who would we go for if we decided to spend right away?

The fact we got Howarth in instead of using Lance there tells its own story of Browns faith in Lance at 9.
He's just like Perry, great in the NRL, utter garbage here

True, lance and perry deserve there own special section in the bad signings category! For whatever reason they just didn't work out, which is a shame as they were likeable enough.