The Titans have previously stated their desire to build a future around Kane Elgy and Ash Taylor. Understandably so, as they are both on a different level to Roberts.

Elgy has suffered with injuries so i'm guessing they'd like to keep Roberts on the cheap as very good back up. but 3 into 2 doesn't go so Roberts is understandably within his rights to be open to other offers.

i'm not sure it will happen but where does Robert's go? he's played for the two perennial wooden spooners in Newcastle and gold Coast. I'm not sure he has many options left in the NRL he could be the next Michael Dobson... performing well in superleague but unable to cut it in the NRL....

Andrew Johns finished up with a wooden spoon before joining Wire so your point doesn't hold up well

seriously...

he missed almost half that season with a broken jaw..they lost 13 on the bounce without him and he came back and they won 8 out of 11 and he almost won player of the year.......

I cant even begin to compare Tyrone Roberts to Andrew Johns not even after a bag full of Joeys dancing sweeties....!!

I think this Tyrone stuff is a smoke screen and will sign George Williams

im reserving judgement on this signing until that extremely nice, know it all Leeds gentleman comes on here and tells us how good he is.

If Gold Coast want to keep him they will do, earlier in the season he came out and said how much he is enjoying it there and wanted to stay and fight for his place. The salary cap has gone upto $9.4m for the 2018 season up from $7m for this season so there is an extra $2.4m there. Incidentally that increase is basically nearly 80% of our total salary cap. There is no way we can compete unless you really want to pee existing players off by using a mammouth offer as a marquee.

Well we're going to HAVE to use the marquee to make huge offers and that's what I think we're doing - we've no choice. Pretty sure Mr Moran won't be telling the rest of the squad what these wages will be so there's no issue. If i was a fellow player i'd be happy we were signing quality and that quality would help me play in big games and earn some trophies and, therefore, bonuses.

that isn't how it works pal.
You buy a top player X...X wins you games...you get finals and you get fat win bonuses.

I think the 2018 cap has come in much lower than many clubs were expecting as well, meaning some clubs are having to move players on to fit in their existing squad. Clubs had already factored in a higher salary cap than they have been given - I think some were working to $10M.

Marquee or not, you'd always potentially run into that problem within a squad. Crap players who add nothing on big money will pee other players off. For example I'd be peed off if I was Chris Hill looking at Roy Asotasi's wage slip in 2015.

But players from the NRL, earning their market value over here would not be a problem.

I understand the point, but surely if the players want more money they have to put in the performances to merit it - then look to negotiate at contract time.

The same thing was raised when we signed Jiffy.
However the players were very happy. They took winning pay almost every week.

That reminds me of when Doncaster used to be one of the teams that regularly got beat. They went about a year and a half without a win, then they pulled off a shock win...it almost made them go bust. Having to pay out for winners wage!!

Just reading a report on Fox News that Titans are hopeful of Roberts signing a 2 year deal even though its understood the Warrington deal is bigger. But it seems everyone is waiting to see where Cronk is going to go and there won’t be a decision on his future for at least 2 weeks. So if we do get Roberts it’s going to be weeks before we know, done deal my ####.