I partly agree with this, but he’s already shown more than Ponga, imo. Burto isn’t a million dollar player yet, but he’s not far off it. Around the 750-850k mark, I reckon…. And that figure could still go up depending on performances in the second half of the year.
What i think means fuck all, but at this very moment. Not a cent over 700 max absolute max. Kid has done nothing yet...
I doubt 700k would even get you a meeting with his manager to be fair.
You don't think the players have an idea who is in our sights as coach?
WTF #1 does it matter anyway, he is getting paid $1m+ a season, how much is in their Cap is just speculation and knowing Melbourne's history with Cap rorts it could be only $500k in their Cap.
WTF #2, you are applying a different measurement to Burton, why should you assume that if we pay him $1m that all of it is in our Cap? We have just as many loopholes available as anyone else.
If that's your take from what i said then lol.
I don't blame us but. Been a while since we've had someone decent in the halves. Plus all the stigma from the Thurston stuff up will never leave us.
So when his manger says "we'll think about it" after hitting them with that offer, you'd be happy to let him go then?
No doubt as others would pay more and inflate the market. Still doesn't change what's a fair wage for him. I just hope we don't get stuck paying a 1mil because of Roosters and Storm who have no cap.
But that's what everyone is talking about, we're talking about cap money. Don't care if he gets another $2m in third party, good luck to him, we're only worried about our cap balance.
Why the fark should we settle down, we are not the ones paying him, we certainly aren't signing his contract. We can rant and rave on here as much as we like, it has zero effect in the real world where Gould operates.
Kennellers havs a very very very short memory when it comes to Moses Mbye and being the next Thurston. We all know how that story went.
Not Marley, he has trouble distinguishing between what payer gets paid (that no one should give a fark about) and what is included in his team's Cap (the only thing that matters).
Any of the top 4 sides would happily make space for him at 700K a season. Penrith would for sure and he'd be back there in a heartbeat.
Tell him not to let the door hit him on way out. We have let go many players before him and he wouldn't be the last either.
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Ha ha yeah and no Premiership in 18 years! FFS.