No, it's not my valuation, it's the valuation of the very same team that will likely win the premiership this year. Smith's performance this year has been so dependent on Bellamy he should pay him royalties.
It's Melbourne, I'm sure they can find the extra Cap space somehow, if they really want to. But it would mean letting go of someone that they may well want to keep, they they need and have to replace with a minimum contract player. A big question they have to answer is will they want to that to keep both Grant and BSmith, or would the team be better with the Cap spent on just one of them.
Do you have evidence to support your claim they've only offered him $600k?
Olam I mentioned, KBromwich has a player option for 2023 so that will be interesting. Especially if JBromwich leaves at the end of his contract in 2022.
I didn't say they've only offered him 600k, I said their offer was < 600k..... but no, I have no firm evidence....just a common sense guess. If sources are claiming clubs are trying to pry him away for between 700-800k, it would stand to reason Melbourne's offer was at least 50k below the lowest point of that ceiling. Not to mention my valuation of the roster storm have (including another high priced hooker).
It was reported, and shared in this forum (link), that sponsorship was a factor. It was also a problem in 2018 as well (link). Also, I don't know that it is confirmed if Laundy is our biggest sponsor, or merely our loudest. If as a whole the sponsors wanted Elliott to stay, he probably would have stayed.
Oh wow, a vague telegraph article citing unnamed sponsors who had not yet agreed to terms with the club, with no quotes attributed to either the club or anyone associated with these mystery companies. Compelling. The mad monday article doesn't even make specific mention of Elliott. A logical person would have to deduce Fine, the players who threw up and passed out in the street and the fact club officials were on hand and openly encouraging the shenanigans may have factored into decision making. Not to mention that murmurs at the time were pretty strong that Jaycar had been looking for an out in the first place and the incident just afforded them a convenient opportunity.
Pfft, don't be ridiculous, Michael Caryannis is an experienced journo and wouldn't risk printing complete falsehoods.
You said they'd offer him market value of $600k-$650k. That isn't market value, that's a number that you've purported to be all that the Storm will be prepared to offer him.
Sure....those tries are all on Smith....the overall momentum of the team had nothing to do with 'em. He's good. He's far from great.
We will produce our own 9,his name is Josh Cook.
To be fair, Melbourne have a number of strike players which means the opposition has to spread their defenses, hence leaving opportunities to be had and BSmith is very good at spotting opportunities. Stick him in a team with zero strike players like us and there would not be as anywhere near as many opportunities for him to exploit.
If teams are trying to pry him away for around the 700k mark, Melbourne offering him 6-650k is not an unreasonable deduction. Market value isn't the best term I guess.....it is too dependent on what desperate teams are willing to pay. I'll rephrase - Smith is not worth 700k or above and we would certainly need to offer him 700k at the very least to pry him away.....probably substantially more. 700 is a conservative estimate. Why anyone would want this goose after he just took a public swipe at the club is completely beyond me.
Or Ambrosyev.....given the fact we have brought so much young talent to the club, trying to chase Smith for overs would be a fool's errand. We need a halfback and fullback much more than we need a hooker atm.
here we go again..the big difference is he wouldn't get into your dopey boy's position ever so enough now, time put the bottle down lol...your hating on a gun player over a throwaway line that meant nothing and even if it was a dig it is fucking TRUE anyway.
You don't say that about a club you are considering joining if you have the right attitude. Not to mention the bloke was actually rested from a game a month or two ago because he was feeling frustrated. Who does that?
What should I call a fool who publicly disparages the club? What do you think he is worth? 800k a season? A million?
And that's what I'm getting at, where are you getting that he isn't worth $700k from? That's your valuation