Have you heard whether a meeting did actually take place on Thursday at the least?
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Haha, noted
Yeh. A key phrase I popped in there was 'of note'. The others are all very replaceable.
Pascoes_barber
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Rank stupidity?
Theyl still be top 6 so will have a chance. A chance that Parra knows only if Mitchell is there
Jedi_Tiger
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Not sure mate I am catching up for a beer with the player manager this Thursday so can ask but he may not know. He didn't know about thursday meeting when I spoke to him last Tuesday all he told me was our deal was 300k more than Parramatta.
Doesn’t sound like a guy who has made a decision.
Sounds like a guy that is waiting for the I's to be dotted and the T's crossed but unsure which club that will be. Fingers crossed it's us
Does anyone know a meeting really took place
Ahh ok, keep us posted, as you always do.
Tiger_Fanatic3
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Someone did say tho Moses was spotted at WT training last week??
To be fair too both clubs this is bullshit , he has all the offers with his manager , so is he just grandstanding now because if we are $300,000 more than slimmmy eels and a extra year what the hell is he waiting for , or he just trying to squeeze that extra year out of the eels .
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Doesn't look good for eels fans lmao
'and yes it will be the hardest decision of my life' sounds more like we are in the box seat. You rarely say that unless you putting in preleaving reasons.
If he resigns fair enough but hel lose 1.2million. I know what I would do.
100%.
I loved my previous workplace. The people, the work, the business, they were all great. My wife was about to go on maternity leave with our second child when a business who had been tapping me on the shoulder for a couple of months with no luck came to me and said they'd beat my current salary by $40k per year.
As much as I loved where I worked, you can bet your bottom dollar I signed that contract faster than you can say Wests Tigers.
Haven't looked back.
As a young dad, entering what will be maybe the last contract he signs as a player, he has a huge decision to make, but from where I am standing, an additional $1.2 million over the length of the contract makes it pretty hard to refuse.
I also guarantee if he rejects it and stays with Parramatta, but doesn't win a premiership, he will be regretting the decision.
Basically, he will get paid more at Wests Tigers to not win a premiership.
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My take on the situation is there are some intricacies / legal activities that need resolving for the duration of his contract in order for him to sign it whilst also be nrl compliant. Given how the clubs have jumped their offers and most of the jumps relates to 3rd party deals this would become complicated for the duration of his deal.
There was talk around a 3rd party for us pulling out weeks ago and new one jumping in last minute.
Origin Dates & Impact
Looking ahead to origin, here is some analysis on its impact to us. Origin is three Wednesday nights this year. Provided it follows the same pattern of all players selected in the origin squads being forced not to play the immediate round before each game, below is the likely impact for us.
Personally I think we’ve done pretty well here as we play Canberra most likely without their origin players two days after origin 1 in Campbelltown, we play the Storm in Campbelltown definitely without their origin players just before game 2, and Newcastle likely missing their origin players two days after game 3 as well. Please note this isn’t meant to be a debate about who makes the origin team, it’s realistic, and I’ve put question marks on the unlikely but possible selections.
Game 1: Wed May 31
BEFORE: Bye weekend - no impact
AFTER: Play Canberra at Campbelltown Fri June 2 (2 days later)
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Wighton, Papali’i - Canberra
Game 2: Wed June 21
BEFORE: Play Storm at Campbelltown Sat 17 June
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Munster, Coates, Grant, Welch - Storm
AFTER: Bye weekend - no impact
Game 3: Wed July 12
BEFORE: Play Sharks at Commbank Thurs 6 July
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Hynes? - Sharks
AFTER: Play Knights at Newcastle Fri 14 July (2 days later)
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Ponga, Gagai, D/J Saifiti? - Knights
Looking ahead to origin, here is some analysis on its impact to us. Origin is three Wednesday nights this year. Provided it follows the same pattern of all players selected in the origin squads being forced not to play the immediate round before each game, below is the likely impact for us.
Personally I think we’ve done pretty well here as we play Canberra most likely without their origin players two days after origin 1 in Campbelltown, we play the Storm in Campbelltown definitely without their origin players just before game 2, and Newcastle likely missing their origin players two days after game 3 as well. Please note this isn’t meant to be a debate about who makes the origin team, it’s realistic, and I’ve put question marks on the unlikely but possible selections.
Game 1: Wed May 31
BEFORE: Bye weekend - no impact
AFTER: Play Canberra at Campbelltown Fri June 2 (2 days later)
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Wighton, Papali’i - Canberra
Game 2: Wed June 21
BEFORE: Play Storm at Campbelltown Sat 17 June
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Munster, Coates, Grant, Welch - Storm
AFTER: Bye weekend - no impact
Game 3: Wed July 12
BEFORE: Play Sharks at Commbank Thurs 6 July
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Hynes? - Sharks
AFTER: Play Knights at Newcastle Fri 14 July (2 days later)
No Koroisau - Tigers
No Ponga, Gagai, D/J Saifiti? - Knights
teddy23
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Usually if a player was leaning towards staying you go with the “Obviously I’d like to stay here, but it’s with the club and my management now and we’ll come up with a decision on what we do when that times comes”
However, reaffirming how it’s gonna be a hard decision gives the indication he may be letting the eels fans down easily instead of ripping the bandaid
However, reaffirming how it’s gonna be a hard decision gives the indication he may be letting the eels fans down easily instead of ripping the bandaid
Kaito
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My impressions as well. Or you trot
the old "look, I love this club & the fans"
line out. He's letting them down gently
it would seem. The "I'll leave it to my
management" is telling too. Hasn't had
many media engagements and Parra
have kept him out of the spotlight
recently. We could of course be wrong,
but I wouldn't be confident if I was a Parra
fan. Looks & sounds like he has one
foot out the door. Would suck to be them.
Baby Broncos, anyone?
