wstigers11
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I always thought they were more to do with in case Benji got sacked.
OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295
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weststigers
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I'm with you though. Timing while we are doing well sucks. Hopefully people dont follow him over from our mob.
Tom Shines
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PNG are the Silvertails ?
So they were going to upgrade our highest paid player who is already on massive overs onto even bigger overs without actually knowing what the new salary cap will be. That seems a worse outcome than what we have now.
Meanwhile Luai's camp was going to agree to this despite knowing that they are already well positioned to renegotiate when the cap does rise and to take advantage of opportunities such as PNG.
Richo may have been trying to negotiate an upgrade/clause removal (though even this I doubt since he agreed to them in the first place). I don't see any reason why Luai's management would agree to it.
Tiger-ferret
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Yep, (the analogy could be off) but they effectively have double the salary cap and are desperate for players. Their easiest strategy IMO is to target a happy playing group of close knit players to get a core of a team. We are ripe for the picking.
The extra 2 teams were always going to cause problems for us. We need to start locking down players.
Tom Shines
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I’m sure they are trying to re- sign them .. but the players might want to test this hot market November 1 …won’t just be a problem for us
Looks like a really happy group who are on the up. Who’s doing the negotiating? If they can’t sell WT now it’s a concern.
Tom Shines
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Benji trying to sell them on it … if he can’t do it no one can
Odessa
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To work 4 years to setup your kids ??
A friend worked in the mines 6 weeks on two weeks off with a young family he could do it
Living in a in 5 start compound breakfast lunch and dinner at the buffet
Family flying in and out every few weeks your flying to see them every few weeks
It's not the end of the world
The biggest problem for me would be boredom what to do after a year you can not leave the compound at all no going for a walk basically living at work with day release could you ever switch off ?
Benji’s selling a different message. I.e. we’ve achieved nothing, one week at a time.
That’s why you need a GM type guy looking big picture.
wstigers11
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💯 we need a recruitment manager
Tom Shines
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If it was me playing …I would wait and see what is gunna happen with the broadcast deal ( might double..) , and then maybe even go to this hot market with 2 new teams before extending … Im sure most players are the same .,what’s the hurry ? I’m under contract another 18 months still
Tiger-ferret
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Agree and there are probably lots of clubs with a group of key players coming off contract at similar times. (I don’t follow other teams rosters and contracts that closely).
It’s just that it’s our ring leader that has flown to png…
Yeah that’s what the manager is telling the player.
The operators like Richo are masters at selling the opportunity cost.
Major injuries, long term security, a club on the rise.
Hopefully someone in our organisation is onto it.
Tom Shines
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Richo is gone unfortunately .. there aren’t many like him waiting around for another club to pick them up
Be good to see Shaun get a signature like Terell May or Sam Fainu to show we’re not in a complete recruiting slumber.
Tom Shines
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PNG if they get him are just doing the same thing we did,,,
Tom Shines
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He must have got Twal and AD locked up… that’s looking nice now I must admit 👍
Tiger-ferret
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And?
Hard to argue. Wasn’t overjoyed at the time.
