A comment made on NRL tonight suggests Bulldogs to release the prop at the end of the current season.

Well that signing would quell any feeling of unease about Chris Hill leaving…and induce paroxysms of rage amongst the self (and currently most inappropriately) titled “entertainers”! If only we weren’t constrained by the Salary cap…

The rumours are he's already got offers from Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys. He's on $900,000 AUD at the moment and is looking for an increase to that. You're talking a £600k contract minimum. I think that's beyond most in Super League. Certainly possible for Warrington, Leeds and Saints but all would struggle with the marquee player bit.

Would be a great signing for any SL club, but I haven’t seen anything to suggest he wants to come back to the UK. He’s going well over there, earning far more money and I’m sure has things to achieve there.

Not sure we could fit LT under the cap as well as Tom Johnstone

He ain't worth that at all. I have watched him in the NRL and he's just a solid prop.

He has very little impact in the NRL, in some games he has looked completely out of his depth for me, I would be majorly surprised if any other team in the NRL would want him been that the doggies are the worst team in the comp at the moment by a stretch.

That's nonsense. He'd probably be the best prop in Super League if he came back next season. He took a while to adapt as a lot of players do, but he's in good form now, getting widely praised for his recent performances. He did 180m and 10 tackle busts in the NRL the last game I watched and they were raving about him. Barrett said recently he's been outstanding for most of the year and he wishes he had more like him. The Bulldogs are awful, but Thompson is more than capable of being a starting forward for most sides in the NRL and he certainly isn't having little impact.

thread title is a bit misleading

If the choice was Thompson for 3 years or Hill for 1 I'd take Hill, who IMO is a superior prop forward, even now. He's heavily overrated IMO, a good player but you could get better props than him that would command lesser wages.

He's stay in the NRL, he'll go the cowboys if he has any sense. Bulldogs happy to pay 400k of his contract apparently so it's a win for another club to pick him up. I hope he comes to the Tigers but we've missed the playoffs for like 10 years so the Cowboys would be a safer bet.

Doesn’t need the money though does he given his family’s wealth. It’s all about whether he wants to come back to the UK.

He's not going to come back and play for a lot less because his family have a successful business, unless he was desperate to get back here. This came up because his agent wants to get him secured to a 4 year deal on more money. It doesn't sound like that is the case.

Leeds and Catalans are apparantly making big plays for props currently, so it'd be a big bidding war if he was to come. Presumably Warrington and Wigan would also be in the hunt.

From what i have seen of Thompson he has done very little. In games i have watched he has just stood there watching the play go by just stood there with his chest pumped out. I'll have a look at his stats but ive not been impressed.

Appreciate he's part of a poor Bulldogs side but when I have seen them this year, he seems to add little to them.

I watch every NRL game and I agree with a few posters on here, he's not that good and Jack Hetherington, the other starting prop for the Dogs is by far the better player, in my opinion. Steve Roach was particularly scathing in one game stating "size of a giant, strength of a fairy" or words to that effect. I think there are better props in SL than him, Satae and Sao at Hull and Cooper at Warrington are three that come to mind.

Phil Gould interview would suggest that he's not going anywhere

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Thompson's over rated for me. Walmsley is a far better prop, and as someone has already mentioned, so is Chris Hill.

Jack Hetherington by far the better player?

2021 stats
Appearances - 15 each
Tries: Thompson 3, Hetherington 0
Tackle breaks: Thompson 36, Hetherington 16
Post contact metres: Thompson 838, Hetherington 622
Average hit ups: Thompson 14.9, Hetherington 9.8
Tackles made: Thompson 518 @ 94.7%, Hetherington 392 @ 90.7%
Average running metres: Thompson 142, Hetherington 98

Interesting definition of by far the better player you have there.

Wigan could do worse than not sign him.
Think he got a bit ahead of himself when he walked from Saints. The reality check might have brought his head back down from the clouds.

There is no reality check. It's just made up nonsense from people who can't give credit to players who used to play for a rival.

It was previously reported that he was on a 3 year contract at the Bulldogs for A$ 725K/ annum.
Canterbury have said he is not leaving after talks with the club and Phil Gould.

Hes been their best player this season by a long way

I would love him at Warrington

That went over my head.

Doesnt change my opinion of him. I havent rated what i have seen of him. It is also not because he came from a rival club as saddened alluded to. I follow all the English players in the NRL and hope they do well. He has not impressed me at all.