wow only seems a few years ago we were nudging 20k and towards the top of the list then again who wants to waste there hard earn on watching the brand of football we've been playing since 2015
This isn’t really a surprise the membership numbers usually correlate with on field results. When we start winning again they will be back.
They are already signed
End of 2020 I want them resigned especially smith
ROFL - Really?
What did Terry have to say?
I thought that 13,000 on Sunday was good considered the circumstances
Uncle Nick, learnt from the best and that was Bullfrog...His daughter and son in law are now in charge and although they are not him they certainly saw the way the club was run under him. Things are different to the past and it takes time and skill to build the "Salary Sombrero" the Roosters have so things wont happen over night. I think there is still some change in the front office to come before things settle down, and if I was Hill I would probably have my Seek file up to date.
I would’ve thought our level of performances would’ve been obvious have you seen our first grade squad?!
I'm aware of what the level of performance is, I am curious as to what they had to say about it.
What do you expect then to say...
Terry was just talking the old days and when he cracked that field goal to realise that they were two behind, also borught up general chit chat stuff.
I was shocked that it was open Mic to be honest. Anyone could have given it a good ole crack it they wanted.
Well that would be a shame. I’m not a fair weather fan and believe we will rise again.
I don’t think it’s about affordability, it’s about responsibility. I’ve been on a board before (nothing to do with sport) and it’s the directors duties to run the business responsibility. I don’t know of any director that would authorise a $50k spend just to get something off their chest (even collectively). How do you explain that to shareholders who ultimately front the money? Don’t get me wrong - as a fan it riles me as much as anyone else, but with my business hat on, it’s hard for me to disagree with their stance.
Yeah, 6pm is early and not easy for many, but it was the same time last year and many more came. Maybe Ramadan is a factor, but I reckon most have just accepted that 2019 is our Annus Horribilis and we just have to look forward to 2020 and beyond. I remember the great feeling after ‘08 when in ‘09 we were competitive again. Sure we still have nothing in the trophy cabinet since ‘04 but our time will come.
Hi Wendog - did you see the bit about 2021 with 23 spots to fill and $8.5m to spend? I get the feeling that’s the focus - there will be some big announcements next year. In the meantime, we have to see out his dismal time with a largely inexperienced squad and coach and reduced dollars to fix the problem - all of which everyone well and truly knows.
im no mathematician, but ... we have 7 players off contract this year and youd expect their replacements to at least get a 2 year contract. Contracted players for years 2021 and above equal 6 (Crighton, Napa, Okunbor, Meaney, CHN and Ogden)... so thats 13 confirmed squad members for the start of the 2021 season.. so 23 spots and 8.5 cannot be accurate in the slightest.. unless he means including the recruitment at the end of this season as well ??
I think so, yeah, perhaps my wording wasn’t clear when I said that those 23 spots in ‘21 has to factor in retentions. So it certainly won’t be that many new spots but it will be more than ‘20 when there’s 7 spots. Plus in ‘21 all of those unfavourable deals (back-ended, ratcheted etc) are gone. Another thing Hilly said to me last night is that moving forward contracts will be done more as a % of the cap rather than outright $. That way if the cap moves up or down, so do the $ as opposed to what got us in strife for ‘18 - when we were committed to $ not % on an assumed cap of $10m+, which was we know turned out to be $9.5m. Not that the cap will be moving for at least the next 4 years until there’s a new media deal and the game knows how much revenue it will be getting as its main source of income.
I was told afterwards that it was for "disciplinary reasons" and that's all I could get.