cochise
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@Earl said in [Aloiai](/post/1272543) said:@cochise said in [Aloiai](/post/1272537) said:@Earl said in [Aloiai](/post/1272528) said:@Russell said in [Aloiai](/post/1272521) said:@TonyTiger said in [Aloiai](/post/1272464) said:There’s no doubt, WE’RE A SOFT TARGET. !
The MEDIA says we have to release Aloia so that’s what we’ll do.
We’ll probably send him over to Brookvale in a stretch limo and foot the bill, just to appease the pigs at News Corp.
I respect the Storm more for their hard edge demands for a quality replacement in the JAC negotiation. The very player they requested (and we protected) is now pee-ing us up against the walls of The Daily Telegraph building.
We are going to be compensated - have you forgotten that already. Just not with a player.
We aren't getting compensated at this point. Compensation would require Manly giving us something in return for releasing Aloiai. The proposed deal now is that we just get Aloiai off our books and therefore we sign someone else.
We did the same thing with Matterson and it allowed us to sign AD and LL.
My opinion is that we should have kept Matterson and we should keep Aloiai. These guys were our best forwards and close to best players in their last season with us. It just seems stupid to release quality players because they spit the dummy.
We should be compensated but I think the writing is on the wall in that we sign JO and release JA.
I would have much preferred to have the 2020 LL and AD over the 2020 Matterson?
For sure. We came out miles ahead here and I rate Matterson as a really good player. I actually reckon LL is a significantly better edge player than Matterson. I think Matterson in the middle is awesome and if we had kept him we would have our lock position sorted.
Problem is Matterson didn't see himself as a middle. Interestingly enough we had 2 players we would have accepted as a trade for Matterson and we signed them both anyway.