shankspony
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How silly of the club to let go players who were way over paid for what they delivered and didn't want to be at there...
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Tucker
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Who was over paid?
How come when discussing the overpaid and underperforming players from last year
the Fullback never gets a mention?
Bula? He didn't play badly I didn't think. Good defensive plays. Needs to sharpen up in attack a little bit that game against Panthers that time in the wet showed me he can be really good.
Bateman and Klemmer. Think Papalii was a god deal for his form at Parra. Was only on 625k or something here. Bateman was on 600k and that is 150k over what he should be. Rep or not.
Klemmer was cheap in first two years due to Newcastle but this year he's on 800k? Definately good deal getting rid of him.
Dennisspicer1
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No thank you, If he gets a suspension for indiscretion and asks to pay a fine, he prefers to not pay fine, and sit out of team for that time,
That's what he did @ Parra.
Dennisspicer1
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Tucker
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One of the people he was talking about was Papal'ii. Klemmer's salary in 23 and 24 was majority subsidised by Newcastle. Your assessment of Bateman is also wrong. He had the runs on the board and was still a current International....and not for some teir 2 setup, but England. 600K for that was very reasonable.
I dont think that number is correct. At all.
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Rock Hopper Steve
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Only shown glimpses of what he is possible of, 700k to be realistic is hope for potential at the moment, needs a big season now.
Tucker
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Hed be silly not to.
Its going to cost him a bomb though....
Kelce68
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100%
I'm certain we only got Klemmer out of his last year at Newcastle, not 2 years.
Newcastle paid two years party. Then we paidfull freight. Averaged put to 650k or something but this year and the next would of been full freight.
Kelce68
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He did that in one instance, yes.
Believe me, the only reason it was (reluctantly) mentioned is we need 'first grade' second rowers yesterday and the remainder of the year on a cut-price contract was worth a mention.
Any other first-grade standard edge suggestion will probably Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon Ryan immediately, but the cupboard seems beyond bare as of options for this current season.
Hopefully a less-rotten fruit pops up very soon.
Tucker
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Ok, maybe you are right there. They really should make these guy's salaries more transparent. We dont need to know their take home pay but surely what they take from the cap should be public.
Yeah two years I believe. That's why the deal wasn't bad at all. Averaged put to 650k for the 4 years. Something like that anyway
Didn't realise he was on that much. No. 500k would of been ok. But he could be anything
Kelce68
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Jahream Bula 2024
21 Games
10 Tries
7 Try Assists
7 LBs
2nd (to Dylan Edwards) for Fullbacks in support plays, despite only playing 21 games.
Ave Running Metres of 161m
I don't have some other stats on this just yet, but I'd argue he would be considered relatively 'safe' as well. Defusing kicks, general positional play, cover D, etc.
Seems pretty 700k ish for me. Especially considering the average wage for a fullback these days.
Tucker
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For the club last year he had the:
- The most tries
- The most line break assists
- The most meters ran
- The most kick return meters (13th in the comp)
- The most player in support runs (equal 9th in the comp)
- The most kicks defused (equal 3rd in comp)
- Second most tackle breaks
- Third most line breaks
He wasnt excellent, Id love to see more receipts, more passing, more try assists and less errors, but he earned his money IMO.
