Peter O'Sullivan Appreciation thread

[Celticman98]

Problem with Schiller is we signed him to replace Dom, didn't we? Not saying he'd on the same wage, but I don't think he's some cheapie either, and it's clear he is very far down the outside back pecking order now.

Niukore I think we're all hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

Schiller started on the right wing for the first half of the 2025 season until Dom Young returned to the club in Round 16.

Dragons actually offered Schiller the chance to go there not long after Dom came back to the Knights which he said no and that was the wrong call in terms of first grade opportunities as he has hardly played much NRL since.

 

[Billy]

Brisbane is a very hard place to work.
Old boy culture is massive at Brisbane.
POS got a very free hand under Parr and at his last few clubs.
Every player he moves on at Brisbane will have old boys calling him out.
Imagine the media **** storm when he sacks Walsh.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

To be honest, I just hate this news!
It would have been better for POS to see out his contract.

They won't be successful again until Madge is gone, when has Madge won back a dressing room.

 

[Seano]

Problem with Schiller is we signed him to replace Dom

I don't remember that narrative. Yes, Schiller has dropped down the pecking order because he played poorly when he got his shot. But not every player is going to be successful, no matter who the recruitment manager is....his potential is still there, though; he's shown it in the reggies. He'll probably get another shot because of that, but just maybe not at the Knights.


We also had Jenkins, and that didn't work out either...at least for us.

"Pleasantly surprised"... already sounds like Marta will be the new go-to for when things go wrong....Tommy Cant will be relieved.

 

[R_A]

Cap is a much better place than when he joined. We were paying Hastings nearly 800k to play reserve grade, Brailey 600k to be an okay hooker, and stuff like KPP on 700k for potential and to play under a coach that basically considered attacking football blasphemy.

That was what it was at the time. POS probably finds a way to get Klemmer off the books like he did with Saifiti as Klemmer was a casualty from the Saifiti's emergence and them needing to find a halves guy to replace Pearce.
Everyone loved the Brailey re-signing at the time (myself included) as he was just starting to come back from his injuries but it's tough when you have a guy with who has the potential to rise as one of the elite hookers instead has a very mediorce rise like Brandon Smith (for the dollars they're on)
KPP yes, was a mistake though I don't think anyone would have sneezed at 450-550k, and probably a lesson for those jumping the guns on young english prospects.

You'd take someone like Dylan Brown on $1.3m instead 11 times out of 10

 

[JOJO82]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't POS still contracted to the knights and has another year or two left? How is he allowed to go? Are we getting compensated somehow?

 

[Good Times]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't POS still contracted to the knights and has another year or two left? How is he allowed to go? Are we getting compensated somehow?

We'll be releasing him. Our compensation will be being relieved of the obligation to pay him for those future years.

 

[mullenmagic]

He was under contract at the Dolphins when we signed him, too. That’s just how the business works.

 

[JOJO82]

We'll be releasing him. Our compensation will be being relieved of the obligation to pay him for those future years.

Ah right interesting....so technically we could have forced him to see our the contract?

 

[Sheent14]

Schiller and Kepa'oa were low-risk, high-potential-reward bets. Time is probably running out, but either could still crack it for a steady run in the NRL.

Niukore hasn't even walked in the door yet; I wish people would give him a chance.

Lowkey a positive for the Niukore signing is he can also fill in at right centre or backrow if players are out. You can slot him right next to Brown, whom both have alot of experience playing next to eachother at Parra.