Carney signs with Cronulla Sharks

[justin19]

I said it before he is a great player and would benefit from coming to the Titans. As our Salary Cap is full offer him a 1 year incentive based deal and go from there

[Titanic]

If the cap is full then it means Campbell was on zero ... I doubt that.

[TitansFan2020]

I would love to have carney here if he could produce at fullback. I beleive with him in the team our attacking flair would signifucantly rise causing us to be unpredicable like the tigers. But also our forwards all of which are now rep players, bar srama then our defence will be significantly better as well. So i say with the combined force of unpredictable attack and solid defence is a great power and if Carney is the one to bring it then so be it. He must also though be given respect and treated like any other average player so he can fully show class his skill without fealing the need to impress.

[karnage]

If the cap is full then it means Campbell was on zero ... I doubt that.

Not quite sure how you figure that out. Campbell was playing under the 2011 cap which had Friend, Myers, Boof, Tonga, Tomane, Capewell etc under it. Any new additions will come under the 2012 cap which would have to be very close to full with the signings of Myles, Idris, Champs and Douglas.

[Titanic]

He was re-signed for next year and then retired, surely that releases funds.

[SunnyCoastTitanFan]

He was re-signed for next year and then retired, surely that releases funds.

But we did sign Phil Graham since then, but I doubt for the some money that Campbell was on.

[karnage]

He was re-signed for next year and then retired, surely that releases funds.

Ahhh... fair enough.

[DIEHARD]

Titans' offer to Todd Carney based on model which saved Greg Bird

GOLD Coast has made a three-year offer for wayward former Sydney Roosters half Todd Carney, modelled on the Titans' deal with another troubled NRL star, Greg Bird.

Titans chief executive Michael Searle said yesterday it was a second-tier offer of $60,000 to $70,000, but it gave Carney the chance to play in the NRL again.

"It's similar to what we did with Birdie (Greg Bird). It's a three-year deal but there is an option at the end of each 12 months for both parties to sit down and discuss the next year," Searle said. "If he's happy and we're happy, then we go forward together again."

Bird joined the club in late 2009 after being cleared of reckless wounding charges against his then girlfriend, which led to his sacking from Cronulla. Bird resurrected his career at Gold Coast and was selected in the NSW Country and then NSW Origin teams

Carney is overseas and Searle said he did not expect to hear from the 25-year-old, or his manager, David Riolo, in the short term. The Titans begin pre-season training on November 7.

It is the first firm offer made public for last year's Dally M winner. South Sydney and Cronulla have also expressed interest and the Sharks are still very much in the hunt. Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan said earlier this week he had "a watching brief" on Carney.

The other two Queensland clubs have made it clear they are not interested in Carney.

Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin said Carney was not in his thinking for next year, and North Queensland football manager Peter Parr said no one at the Cowboys, to his knowledge, had spoken to Carney's management. The Cowboys were thought to be a preference for Carney since he spent a season with Atherton Roosters after Canberra sacked him in 2008 for alcohol-related incidents.

Searle said a chance meeting a few weeks ago with the Roosters five-eighth, released by the Bondi Junction-club in August for repeated breaches of team rules, had led to the Gold Coast offer.

Titans coach "John Cartwright and I were actually in Sydney on other business when we bumped into Todd and asked him if he was interested in coming to the Gold Coast," Searle said yesterday.

"We've always said we had no problems with him coming to our club provided he met our expectations about behaviour."

www.theaustralian.com.au

[DIEHARD]

We are getting deadset smashed about this on Sky Sports right now.

[Princey's Titanz]

Carney/Prince combo. That would be something special if they are both at their best for next year. Our strong backs will add a touch of class which will make us unstoppable in attack.

[ozynorts]

Carney/Prince combo. That would be something special if they are both at their best for next year. Our strong backs will add a touch of class which will make us unstoppable in attack.

have to agree that it would be a good combo. we need a 5/8 that can step straight in and change the game plan when needed. having prince and carney would give the defence all sorts of problems.

[Titanic]

I'm trying not to get too excited ... just had a cold shower.

[psmitty]

Robert Lui fighting for Wests Tigers future alongside Tim Moltzen as merry-go-round cranks into life
? By Josh Massoud
? The Daily Telegraph
? October 06, 2011 9:03AM
Robert Lui and Tim Moltzen are both fighting to stay at the Wests Tigers but for ver different reasons.

Tigers insiders have already arrived at the belief that Robert Lui needs to start afresh. And that belief has neatly coincided with Moltzen's backflip.
Lui faces court on Friday to answer assault charges over an alleged incident with his partner, Taleah Rae Backo, on September 19.

Police claim Backo suffered swelling to her face.

The relationship and circumstances are clearly complex. But that's unlikely to stop Wests Tigers from parting ways with their halfback, especially after Wednesday's news that Tim Moltzen is desperate to stay at Concord in 2012.
Well aware of Lui's talent and potential, senior Tigers people did their utmost to support him during a turbulent off-season in 2010.

Tigers Robbie Farah even accommodated Lui at his home in 2010, and again a fortnight ago when Lui was charged with assault.

Moltzen is understood to have informed coach Tim Sheens of his desire to renege on a three-year deal with St George Illawarra before Lui's latest woes.
The fact Wests are now preparing to go to contractual war against the Dragons is further evidence that Lui will be elsewhere in 2012.

Losing both players would decimate the team's spine.
Without his top half and fullback, Sheens would be heavily reliant on youngsters to fill two vital positions. Meanwhile, Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah would become ridiculously blatant targets for opposition defences.
If Lui goes and Moltzen stays, as expected, a fascinating off-season recruitment puzzle will be triggered.

And the central piece is Sydney Roosters discard Todd Carney: the clubs showing interest in Carney - Cronulla, South Sydney, North Queensland Cowboys, Gold Coast Titans and Newcastle Knights - will also have an eye on Lui's future.

It's no secret Cronulla have spoken to Carney, but the latest mail sugests he won't be wearing the black, white and blue next year.
The Titans are believed to have made an extremely modest offer that's very unlikely to be accepted.Souths have repeatedly denied any interest in Carney, but that's not what his closest allies in Sydney say.

Carney has told friends he's open to becoming a Rabbitohs player. At the same time, however, he's also concerned about the Redfern club's reputation for strict behavioural rules that might lead to more broken promises.

At the very least, Carney is now mature enough to realise this has been his downfall - not drinking, per se. He needs a strong mentor and there's none better than Wayne Bennett at Newcastle, which could squeeze Carney into their 2012 squad on match payments and then backload for future seasons.
Eternally hunting for a half to ride alongside Johnathan Thurston, the Cowboys are now embarrassed for options. Lui is from Townsville and Carney also has a number of close friends in North Queensland from his 2009 exile in Atherton.




Looks like from this article that he is unlikely to take our offer!

[karnage]

I'm trying not to get too excited ... just had a cold shower.

What is there to get excited about?? This can only possibly end one way - badly for the Gold Coast Titans. He has only ever damaged the reputation of clubs he has been at.

This talk about the Titans having strong values and leadership etc is rubbish in my opinion. If we had those things we wouldn't have fallen apart like a rusty wheelbarrow when a few players signed contracts elsewhere this year. It also didn't help Matt White who blew a high range DUI earlier this year.

This is bad, bad, bad...

[teke]

Not as bad as glassing someone and asking your mate to take the fall.