Mr Invisible
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Given the way I'm hearing our club are treating prospective signings, except the Turbos to super speedy run far far away.
true true, but players of this calibre, the darlings in the media and NRL, will be looked after in many ways after their career, unlike middle rung or unknown career footballers... their echelon of player knows that life after footy is still gonna be pretty good whether they take a million at the dogs or 800 at manly etc...Circa a million dollars per year and Captain tag for Jake would make Belmore look like Paradise
End of the day these boys career is 8 years if lucky on average
Money talks
We will have a war chest
players at melbourne improve not just bc of bellamy, but because of what they learn on the field in real time/scenarios from the likes of smith, slater etc... like you would under cronk or back in the day under lockyer, johns etc... coach is no more than 50pc of it...I reckon Bellamy could improve
Jackson
CHN
Smith
Okunbor
Meaney
Cogger
Lewis
Foran
To’omaga
Ogden
Harper
What a team player! Now how can those brothers turn this down?I’ll take one foot ....only fair we share the burden
DES - OMG please dont go, it horrible down there... they will pay youse 3 times your salary to play footy plus if you factor in the tolls it will be an expensive trip every weekIf they sign one of the brothers i will be amazed...
Can you imagine the shit Hasler would be spinning to them about coming to Belmore?
So basically, we need to buy an entire footy side!Lets face it...We will be paying overs for any player we approach regardless, Unless we sign a coach that would be a magnet !!!
We need to build the SPINE 1 , 6, 7, 9.
We need a prop and possibly a center.
Some overpaid players will have to take pay cuts
We will have to sacrifice some players in order to achieve a well balanced team !
Then...and only then we can afford everyone we need !!!
Hopefully we pick up quality youngsters who see a clearer pathway into the NRL alongside of the marquee players we get. That can offset the cost of the marquee players. Next year will be a year when anyone not performing can be released. We won't have to pay every recruit massive money. There's plenty of people with ability stuck behind established talent. Our recruitment staff just need to be on their game to make good use of the available cap space. I don't see it as a doom and gloom situation.btw people talking about us having this amazing war chest... 2 things... a) it will run down pretty quickly as we need to pay overs on every signing and b) regardless of war chest, we will still be up against the usual clubs, easts, souths, broncs etc who can seem to attract all of the best players with minimal interference from the nrl
BahahahahahaWe couldn't even get the Mario Brothers let alone the Trbojevics!
Thankfully we didn't! That would have been another Des masterstroke. What a joke it was that Sione played on the wing for Australia before he'd played ten FG games. It probably ruined his career.We couldn’t even jag the Mautautia brothers and we think we getting Turbos ♂
That was a close one. None of them are playing FG right now..Thankfully we didn't! That would have been another Des masterstroke. What a joke it was that Sione played on the wing for Australia before he'd played ten FG games. It probably ruined his career.
I thought NRL stated that they won"t register back ended or ratchet type contracts.....I'd say we are a very small chance. The manager is just using us to bump up the price.
And we're facing the king of back loaded contracts. DCE is coming close to the end of his contract and 30 years old, Hasler will just pay the turbos more in the later years of their contracts.
Couldnt agree more. Our once great club has now become a joke and the media loves all the rumours and shit. Move forward and make the club stronger.It’s just a fucking merry go round, we need some stability and fast, maybe then we will stop being the joke of the nrl and be a force again..!!!
We are linked to anyone an everyone, yet we get no one (most of the time) we are always looking to sack someone an move on, because the performance of team/board/coach is not up to par.!! need to get some proper systems in place that WORK, then can actually build on that moving forward!!!
Nothing but politics that selection. Alex Johnston deserved the jersey that season, yet Aussie selectors were hoarding the talent and poached Sione off Samoa 'just incase'Thankfully we didn't! That would have been another Des masterstroke. What a joke it was that Sione played on the wing for Australia before he'd played ten FG games. It probably ruined his career.