Because they want to retain Cotric, Simonsson can shift to wing at a better price and they have another 1 or 2 youngsters that could do a job coming through. Financially it makes sense for them.
Yeah Nah.
less of a risk then Latrell at $1m in my opinion.
Yh true, I also don't want to score points.
So would, Staggs, Manu, Cotric, Scott etc and a number of our juniors. Just because he's available doesn't mean we should make an offer. Just my opinion.
Neither does BJ
Is that Leilua 2m from the line with an open Rapana but decide to take on 2-3 defenders?
You've isolated 1 play from an injury disrupted season were he wasn't even expected to play. You also conveniently want to leave out the part where his flick pass got them into the GF.Is that Leilua 2m from the line with an open Rapana but decide to take on 2-3 defenders?
It's not wasted money. He brings a skillset that we currently lack at the club and at the right price he is worth the risk.
True, but we shouldn't really compare it to stupid overpriced deals otherwise we would be comparing every potential deal to Foran and claiming it is a good deal lol
I've left out a lot, you've conveniently left out ever other blunder this year bar that flick pass
I honestly think Leilua's worth 400k. Which is probably why we're going to have to pay more (which is when I'd wait for the better Centres coming up in November). If we actually got him for 400k it'd be a good addition regardless. We know he has a lot of highs and lows but we just have to have trust in the coaching staff and leadership group that they can get the best out of him. If we're able to do that then we'll have a 500-600k Centre on our hands.I've left out a lot, you've conveniently left out ever other blunder this year bar that flick pass
Many other players id rather have than this bloke, that's all i'm trying to say. Not worth the money
He had a shit season, I don't deny that. Still came up with plenty of good despite people acting like he fucked up with every touch of the ball.I've left out a lot, you've conveniently left out ever other blunder this year bar that flick pass
Many other players id rather have than this bloke, that's all i'm trying to say. Not worth the money
Yep me too, lets do that. That is what im saying mate. Rather the risk with the likes of Averillo/Harper than take the risk with BJ who does have a pretty dodgey injury with the neck.
Exactly. I saw a recent interview with Suli where he admitted this was the difference - he finally realised it was his last chance at Manly. Nothing really to do with coaching although Des did drop him for a week or 2 and gave him an earfull when he got overweight at one stage. Wish Des had given Tony Williams a few ear bashings when he was with us. Never happened.
Lol point taken.. but my comparison is cause they play the same position and we are linked to both players. I can’t deny people’s criticisms of BJ.. but due to our desperate need for an attacking centre I think the price that’s been floated around is not going to be too detrimental to us salary cap wise compared to Latrell which would be a nightmare if he didn’t fire on that sort of money.
I agree with your whole comment mate but misjudging the salary cap increase was the tip of the iceberg and we released far more in player value than the extra salary cap Ray Dib was accounting for. Add up your rough salaries of all players we released and you’ll see what I mean