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Saints never wanted DV :conf:

mrs_carney posted:
Saints never wanted DV :conf:

Yes they did, we were in a bidding war with them and they pulled out and got Lyon, this is how i led to beleive anyway.

mrs_carney posted:
Saints never wanted DV :conf:

oh yes they did dv chose us over them they didnt pull out ,then they found a lion in the jungle instead

i think the story goes something like this,saints we're bidding for david verilucky as a smoke screen so wigan wouldn't come anywhere near jamie and his magic ball.i think the plan might have worked

dr aiden nealson posted:
i think the story goes something like this,saints we're bidding for david verilucky as a smoke screen so wigan wouldn't come anywhere near jamie and his magic ball.i think the plan might have worked

I heard the rumour on RLfans but it seems a little far-fetched to me.

Vaealiki was told by Parra basically to see what he could get because they were buying Tahu and there were more than a few issues there. He received offers from Saints, Wigan and another English club (can't remember who but i think possibly London) and also 3 NRL clubs Bulldogs, Souths and NZ Warriors. Dave decided he needed a change so was gonna take one of the English offers and ended up choosing Wigan because of a few players he knew there and who were going there. And Wigan had also offered him a deal a few years earlier.

I assure you that at no time Saints interest was a cover for them buying Lyon for the simple fact that at the time Dave was signed there was no possibility of Jamie going to England. He was at that time in arguments with the Parramatta club about walking out on them and he had his eye set on going to Manly.

It was only a little while later when Parra issued Jamie with a release on the condition that he was not to play in the NRL that there was ever consideration of going to England.

Just thought i'd clear that issue up

Oh and it's good to see the official Wigan site has changed the pic they were using to accompany stories about Iafeta. For a while there they were using a pic of Wairangi Koopu.

Vaealikis Girl posted:
Oh and it's good to see the official Wigan site has changed the pic they were using to accompany stories about Iafeta. For a while there they were using a pic of Wairangi Koopu.

Maybe he's our signing for next week and they got confused.