Latrell Mitchell Contract Discussion

[Coastie_Tiger]

There was a meeting....?

There’s been a very brief point of communication with the club about if the deal would be revisited but Latrell has not directly met with anyone from the club since Taree.

Is a meeting on tomorrow? Could the club be keeping it low key?

Just my opinion but I doubt it Mitchell has only ever used us as leverage, I’d love him here but not if he doesn’t want to be here.

 

[tigerap]

Also the club is inches away from securing Stefano from the Eels for 2020.

Thanks pom, what about Addo Carr

It hasn’t advanced more than that we expressed interest & what we have to offer. Storm needing to be more clear on “compensation”

What exactly are we offering?

JRey

 

[Chaos]

Pascoe rates AJ. If latrell decides on Souths and AJ is made available Pascoe will sign him

Umm.. is Justin now doing the player talent evaluations himself?

Funny thing is Johnston has been discussed before Latrell came into the picture. Was told he could explore his options & a couple of discussions between the club (mainly Madge) has occurred with him.

given we have to still spend a fair chunk of our cap to be compliant in 2020, has Madge been in discussions with any other players that haven't been mentioned?

It’s all got to come to ahead in the next 2-3 weeks. Plenty of clubs moving behind the scenes & it’s only going to take a couple of quick decisions for this player market to explode. But scoring ability is the target. If Stefano falls through for 2020 (which it’s highly unlikely) an impact forward will be chased but so far Setu is impressing.

Any idea who is most likely to be playing nine for us

And as importantly, any idea who will be playing fullback?

Corey Thompson will seemingly get first crack at the fullback spot given his strong performances in the position last season

Mate I know you're a bit of a star on the forum but was that comment genuine? IMO he is a fair winger and an awful fullback. If I had to rate the fullbacks from all clubs he'd be in my bottom 4. If he plays fullback this year we are no chance of the 8.

That’s a little unkind. I think Corey is a great fullback.

He’s a good winger but he’s an awful fullback.

Wow, your entitled to your opinion, However, labeling Corey as an awful fullback May be up there with one of the most absurd comments I’ve read here in the forum, in MY opinion.

 

[HabboTiger]

Pretty average, bottom three in nrl

 

[TCL]

Pascoe rates AJ. If latrell decides on Souths and AJ is made available Pascoe will sign him

Umm.. is Justin now doing the player talent evaluations himself?

Funny thing is Johnston has been discussed before Latrell came into the picture. Was told he could explore his options & a couple of discussions between the club (mainly Madge) has occurred with him.

given we have to still spend a fair chunk of our cap to be compliant in 2020, has Madge been in discussions with any other players that haven't been mentioned?

It’s all got to come to ahead in the next 2-3 weeks. Plenty of clubs moving behind the scenes & it’s only going to take a couple of quick decisions for this player market to explode. But scoring ability is the target. If Stefano falls through for 2020 (which it’s highly unlikely) an impact forward will be chased but so far Setu is impressing.

Any idea who is most likely to be playing nine for us

And as importantly, any idea who will be playing fullback?

Corey Thompson will seemingly get first crack at the fullback spot given his strong performances in the position last season

Mate I know you're a bit of a star on the forum but was that comment genuine? IMO he is a fair winger and an awful fullback. If I had to rate the fullbacks from all clubs he'd be in my bottom 4. If he plays fullback this year we are no chance of the 8.

That’s a little unkind. I think Corey is a great fullback.

He’s a good winger but he’s an awful fullback.

No way near awful ..
Momirovski is an awful fullback , as is Mbye !

2018 Mbye infinitely better than Thompson.

Glad your not the coach .
Mbye’s positional play at the back is / was pathetic.

Agree, it’s also Thompson’s weakness as well.

 

[sheer64]

Have we signed him yet?

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Have we signed him yet?

Yep signed, sealed and delivered baby!!! ....Who?

 

[happy_tiger]

If we sign Johnston people need to be asking questions of our complete recruitment team and coach

I thought it was Pascoe's fault?

I can throw him in as well if it will make you feel better .....what about Jason Taylor and Scott Longmuir as well

 

[jirskyr]

Andrew Webster at SMH reporting it's official - Latrell agreeing to terms w Souths, subject to NRL and Roosters. I think it's the first non-gossip journo to state so?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mitchell-agrees-to-terms-with-souths-but-roosters-want-money-back-20200109-p53q6c.html

>Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has finally agreed to terms with South Sydney, who are confident he will be at Redfern on Monday morning for his first training session.
>
>The contract is yet to be officially signed, however, and also needs to be ratified by the NRL salary cap auditor.
>
>Another final stumbling block could be the Roosters, who are expected to ask for the $116,000 they have already paid the 22-year-old international since November to be returned to them.
>
>It was unclear at the time of writing exactly what the Rabbitohs deal would look like, with Souths wary of making any announcement before the contract was officially signed.
>
>The club has said all along it could only offer him a one-year deal for 2020 and would then have to move on players from 2021 to accommodate a larger deal.
>
>What is certain is that Souths do not have to register a contract for Mitchell at "market value" for the 2020 season, despite reports saying otherwise.
>
>The large deals offered to him by the Roosters and the Wests Tigers are irrelevant to his contract for this year.
>
>According to the NRL, Souths only need to match the value of Mitchell’s current deal with the Roosters. That figure is $700,000, of which two months has already been paid.
>
>Other clubs interested in Mitchell have offered to compensate the Roosters for what they’ve already paid him, but it is unlikely Souths would consider it — or have the salary cap space to do so.
>
>Mitchell’s imminent signing is another chapter in a long-standing feud between the two foundation clubs, which have fought over players like Ron Coote, Craig Wing and, in more recent times, Angus Crichton.
>
>It will also finally bring closure to one of the messiest off-season contract negotiations in recent memory.
>
>They started in November when he rejected the Roosters’ $800,000-a-season extension on his current deal.
>
>Mitchell then spoke to the Tigers, Cowboys, Titans and Bulldogs, but a management dispute with accredited manager Wayde Rushton so he could sign Matt Rose stalled the process.
>
>A settlement worth $55,000 was reached with Rushton earlier this week.
>
>Souths had made Titans forward Jai Arrow their focus instead of Mitchell, signing him to a four-year deal from 2021 after the shock retirement of Sam Burgess in the off-season because of a shoulder injury.
>
>They had been confident earlier this week of securing Arrow a season early, but when that became less likely they moved onto Mitchell.

 

[happy_tiger]

There was a meeting....?

Warwick farm yesterday

 

[cktiger]

If true the NRL have crawled up Souths backside again.

 

[happy_tiger]

Pascoe rates AJ. If latrell decides on Souths and AJ is made available Pascoe will sign him

Umm.. is Justin now doing the player talent evaluations himself?

Funny thing is Johnston has been discussed before Latrell came into the picture. Was told he could explore his options & a couple of discussions between the club (mainly Madge) has occurred with him.

given we have to still spend a fair chunk of our cap to be compliant in 2020, has Madge been in discussions with any other players that haven't been mentioned?

It’s all got to come to ahead in the next 2-3 weeks. Plenty of clubs moving behind the scenes & it’s only going to take a couple of quick decisions for this player market to explode. But scoring ability is the target. If Stefano falls through for 2020 (which it’s highly unlikely) an impact forward will be chased but so far Setu is impressing.

Any idea who is most likely to be playing nine for us

And as importantly, any idea who will be playing fullback?

Corey Thompson will seemingly get first crack at the fullback spot given his strong performances in the position last season

Mate I know you're a bit of a star on the forum but was that comment genuine? IMO he is a fair winger and an awful fullback. If I had to rate the fullbacks from all clubs he'd be in my bottom 4. If he plays fullback this year we are no chance of the 8.

Huh..it was a direct quote from a Wests Tigers article...

.https://weststigersforum.com/topic/30482/eight-rookies-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2020/6

You Ok Geo ...can you get that head off the lounge now

 

[happy_tiger]

Pascoe rates AJ. If latrell decides on Souths and AJ is made available Pascoe will sign him

Umm.. is Justin now doing the player talent evaluations himself?

Funny thing is Johnston has been discussed before Latrell came into the picture. Was told he could explore his options & a couple of discussions between the club (mainly Madge) has occurred with him.

given we have to still spend a fair chunk of our cap to be compliant in 2020, has Madge been in discussions with any other players that haven't been mentioned?

It’s all got to come to ahead in the next 2-3 weeks. Plenty of clubs moving behind the scenes & it’s only going to take a couple of quick decisions for this player market to explode. But scoring ability is the target. If Stefano falls through for 2020 (which it’s highly unlikely) an impact forward will be chased but so far Setu is impressing.

Any idea who is most likely to be playing nine for us

And as importantly, any idea who will be playing fullback?

Corey Thompson will seemingly get first crack at the fullback spot given his strong performances in the position last season

Mate I know you're a bit of a star on the forum but was that comment genuine? IMO he is a fair winger and an awful fullback. If I had to rate the fullbacks from all clubs he'd be in my bottom 4. If he plays fullback this year we are no chance of the 8.

That’s a little unkind. I think Corey is a great fullback.

He’s a good winger but he’s an awful fullback.

No way near awful ..
Momirovski is an awful fullback , as is Mbye !

2018 Mbye infinitely better than Thompson.

Glad your not the coach .
Mbye’s positional play at the back is / was pathetic.

Ability to organise defence far better imo, better passing game. Much more skilful.. If Thompson so good why is Madge trying to sign a fullback so desperately?

I'm going to poo on both of your parades

Like comparing week old mullet guts / overcooked pipis with chilli mud crab as far as fullbacks go

 

[krayola]

So did mitchell actually have a meeting with us today or was it just all rumours with no spark?

First up in the morning

Was it a positive meeting?

He doesn't know, it's smoking gun stirring everyone again.

Wrong. I liased with mr Pascoe this morning as previously stated. He is 50/50 on how it will go. End of the day, when it comes time to put pen to paper if he can forgo close to 1 million dollars over a
4 year period then that’s on him.

He can either follow in footsteps at Souths or create his own footsteps at the tigers.

No one really knows the character of the man.

I am in no way associated with this smoking gun person

I don't understand why you are being associated with this Mr Smoking Gun and his successors on this forum. It's as plain as the nose on your face that you are far too polite and civil to be these other people. The way you conduct yourself with your manners and insightful information makes you a credit to this forum. If anything I think you could be related to another forum member Magpies1963, perhaps the product of a illicit night of passion at the Chullora or Bass Hill drive-in.

Incredible work. So, smokinggun, Magpies1963, woke smoke and coivtny are all the same user. Kudos.

 

[krayola]

Pascoe rates AJ. If latrell decides on Souths and AJ is made available Pascoe will sign him

Surely it should be who Madge rates not Pascoe

Be surprised how little the HC is involved in those decisions with new signings and cap management

That’s not even remotely close to the truth. Madge is directly involved & very selective on both new signings & re-signings. Gets advice on up & coming talent from scouts which he’s also closely involved with.

Every club differs. Madge doesn’t decide the numbers and terms.

He is consulted on value/worth & term of the deal. He’s hands on with roster management.

He literally has no say on value and worth. If he likes a player the club will attempt to get them.

How can a HEAD COACH not have not have any input on what a player is worth to his team & $$ on the cap.
1st you said he had next to nothing to do with recruitment.

We appreciate your input here Pom.

Just ignore Wokespoke and whatever 'personality' smoking gun is today. It is rather obvious he makes it up, contradicts himself literally every third post...you don't need to waste time explaining yourself to him mate.

How many rugby league club clubs have any of you worked directly for. I’m at 4. I might know a thing or 2 about internal structure

I've worked for six and a half. I'd say your internal structures are wobbling again.

 

[tigerap]

Andrew Webster at SMH reporting it's official - Latrell agreeing to terms w Souths, subject to NRL and Roosters. I think it's the first non-gossip journo to state so?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mitchell-agrees-to-terms-with-souths-but-roosters-want-money-back-20200109-p53q6c.html

>Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has finally agreed to terms with South Sydney, who are confident he will be at Redfern on Monday morning for his first training session.
>
>The contract is yet to be officially signed, however, and also needs to be ratified by the NRL salary cap auditor.
>
>Another final stumbling block could be the Roosters, who are expected to ask for the $116,000 they have already paid the 22-year-old international since November to be returned to them.
>
>It was unclear at the time of writing exactly what the Rabbitohs deal would look like, with Souths wary of making any announcement before the contract was officially signed.
>
>The club has said all along it could only offer him a one-year deal for 2020 and would then have to move on players from 2021 to accommodate a larger deal.
>
>What is certain is that Souths do not have to register a contract for Mitchell at "market value" for the 2020 season, despite reports saying otherwise.
>
>The large deals offered to him by the Roosters and the Wests Tigers are irrelevant to his contract for this year.
>
>According to the NRL, Souths only need to match the value of Mitchell’s current deal with the Roosters. That figure is $700,000, of which two months has already been paid.
>
>Other clubs interested in Mitchell have offered to compensate the Roosters for what they’ve already paid him, but it is unlikely Souths would consider it — or have the salary cap space to do so.
>
>Mitchell’s imminent signing is another chapter in a long-standing feud between the two foundation clubs, which have fought over players like Ron Coote, Craig Wing and, in more recent times, Angus Crichton.
>
>It will also finally bring closure to one of the messiest off-season contract negotiations in recent memory.
>
>They started in November when he rejected the Roosters’ $800,000-a-season extension on his current deal.
>
>Mitchell then spoke to the Tigers, Cowboys, Titans and Bulldogs, but a management dispute with accredited manager Wayde Rushton so he could sign Matt Rose stalled the process.
>
>A settlement worth $55,000 was reached with Rushton earlier this week.
>
>Souths had made Titans forward Jai Arrow their focus instead of Mitchell, signing him to a four-year deal from 2021 after the shock retirement of Sam Burgess in the off-season because of a shoulder injury.
>
>They had been confident earlier this week of securing Arrow a season early, but when that became less likely they moved onto Mitchell.

I'm waiting for Paul Crawley's confirmation.....

 

[tony soprano]

Andrew Webster at SMH reporting it's official - Latrell agreeing to terms w Souths, subject to NRL and Roosters. I think it's the first non-gossip journo to state so?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mitchell-agrees-to-terms-with-souths-but-roosters-want-money-back-20200109-p53q6c.html

>Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has finally agreed to terms with South Sydney, who are confident he will be at Redfern on Monday morning for his first training session.
>
>The contract is yet to be officially signed, however, and also needs to be ratified by the NRL salary cap auditor.
>
>Another final stumbling block could be the Roosters, who are expected to ask for the $116,000 they have already paid the 22-year-old international since November to be returned to them.
>
>It was unclear at the time of writing exactly what the Rabbitohs deal would look like, with Souths wary of making any announcement before the contract was officially signed.
>
>The club has said all along it could only offer him a one-year deal for 2020 and would then have to move on players from 2021 to accommodate a larger deal.
>
>What is certain is that Souths do not have to register a contract for Mitchell at "market value" for the 2020 season, despite reports saying otherwise.
>
>The large deals offered to him by the Roosters and the Wests Tigers are irrelevant to his contract for this year.
>
>According to the NRL, Souths only need to match the value of Mitchell’s current deal with the Roosters. That figure is $700,000, of which two months has already been paid.
>
>Other clubs interested in Mitchell have offered to compensate the Roosters for what they’ve already paid him, but it is unlikely Souths would consider it — or have the salary cap space to do so.
>
>Mitchell’s imminent signing is another chapter in a long-standing feud between the two foundation clubs, which have fought over players like Ron Coote, Craig Wing and, in more recent times, Angus Crichton.
>
>It will also finally bring closure to one of the messiest off-season contract negotiations in recent memory.
>
>They started in November when he rejected the Roosters’ $800,000-a-season extension on his current deal.
>
>Mitchell then spoke to the Tigers, Cowboys, Titans and Bulldogs, but a management dispute with accredited manager Wayde Rushton so he could sign Matt Rose stalled the process.
>
>A settlement worth $55,000 was reached with Rushton earlier this week.
>
>Souths had made Titans forward Jai Arrow their focus instead of Mitchell, signing him to a four-year deal from 2021 after the shock retirement of Sam Burgess in the off-season because of a shoulder injury.
>
>They had been confident earlier this week of securing Arrow a season early, but when that became less likely they moved onto Mitchell.

So mitchell spent 55k removing one manager, probably cost him money to remove original manager to rushton, knocks back, 800k from roosters, a mil from us, then signs for less for rabbits.

 

[Snake]

It's obvious LM doesnt want to come here. WT management need to keep our dignity and totally close the door on LM. I'll be guttered if the door is left open for him and he either plays for Norths or takes a big pay cut to play elsewhere. We'll never be taken seriously by any quality player.

Yeah surely the club has some idea of what's going on

Who knows he may have already signed with us and we are close to announcing it

But if the rumors are true about his genuine interest in joining the rabbits and he is stalling with us Just publicly announced that we are closing the door on LM for good so he has no bargaining power with rabbits

And there are

Andrew Webster at SMH reporting it's official - Latrell agreeing to terms w Souths, subject to NRL and Roosters. I think it's the first non-gossip journo to state so?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mitchell-agrees-to-terms-with-souths-but-roosters-want-money-back-20200109-p53q6c.html

>Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has finally agreed to terms with South Sydney, who are confident he will be at Redfern on Monday morning for his first training session.
>
>The contract is yet to be officially signed, however, and also needs to be ratified by the NRL salary cap auditor.
>
>Another final stumbling block could be the Roosters, who are expected to ask for the $116,000 they have already paid the 22-year-old international since November to be returned to them.
>
>It was unclear at the time of writing exactly what the Rabbitohs deal would look like, with Souths wary of making any announcement before the contract was officially signed.
>
>The club has said all along it could only offer him a one-year deal for 2020 and would then have to move on players from 2021 to accommodate a larger deal.
>
>What is certain is that Souths do not have to register a contract for Mitchell at "market value" for the 2020 season, despite reports saying otherwise.
>
>The large deals offered to him by the Roosters and the Wests Tigers are irrelevant to his contract for this year.
>
>According to the NRL, Souths only need to match the value of Mitchell’s current deal with the Roosters. That figure is $700,000, of which two months has already been paid.
>
>Other clubs interested in Mitchell have offered to compensate the Roosters for what they’ve already paid him, but it is unlikely Souths would consider it — or have the salary cap space to do so.
>
>Mitchell’s imminent signing is another chapter in a long-standing feud between the two foundation clubs, which have fought over players like Ron Coote, Craig Wing and, in more recent times, Angus Crichton.
>
>It will also finally bring closure to one of the messiest off-season contract negotiations in recent memory.
>
>They started in November when he rejected the Roosters’ $800,000-a-season extension on his current deal.
>
>Mitchell then spoke to the Tigers, Cowboys, Titans and Bulldogs, but a management dispute with accredited manager Wayde Rushton so he could sign Matt Rose stalled the process.
>
>A settlement worth $55,000 was reached with Rushton earlier this week.
>
>Souths had made Titans forward Jai Arrow their focus instead of Mitchell, signing him to a four-year deal from 2021 after the shock retirement of Sam Burgess in the off-season because of a shoulder injury.
>
>They had been confident earlier this week of securing Arrow a season early, but when that became less likely they moved onto Mitchell.

So mitchell spent 55k removing one manager, probably cost him money to remove original manager to rushton, knocks back, 800k from roosters, a mil from us, then signs for less for rabbits.

And there are still contributors here that want him at our club..what a great signing that would be ….Not!

 

[Geo]

It's obvious LM doesnt want to come here. WT management need to keep our dignity and totally close the door on LM. I'll be guttered if the door is left open for him and he either plays for Norths or takes a big pay cut to play elsewhere. We'll never be taken seriously by any quality player.

Yeah surely the club has some idea of what's going on

Who knows he may have already signed with us and we are close to announcing it

But if the rumors are true about his genuine interest in joining the rabbits and he is stalling with us Just publicly announced that we are closing the door on LM for good so he has no bargaining power with rabbits


And there are

Andrew Webster at SMH reporting it's official - Latrell agreeing to terms w Souths, subject to NRL and Roosters. I think it's the first non-gossip journo to state so?

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mitchell-agrees-to-terms-with-souths-but-roosters-want-money-back-20200109-p53q6c.html

>Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has finally agreed to terms with South Sydney, who are confident he will be at Redfern on Monday morning for his first training session.
>
>The contract is yet to be officially signed, however, and also needs to be ratified by the NRL salary cap auditor.
>
>Another final stumbling block could be the Roosters, who are expected to ask for the $116,000 they have already paid the 22-year-old international since November to be returned to them.
>
>It was unclear at the time of writing exactly what the Rabbitohs deal would look like, with Souths wary of making any announcement before the contract was officially signed.
>
>The club has said all along it could only offer him a one-year deal for 2020 and would then have to move on players from 2021 to accommodate a larger deal.
>
>What is certain is that Souths do not have to register a contract for Mitchell at "market value" for the 2020 season, despite reports saying otherwise.
>
>The large deals offered to him by the Roosters and the Wests Tigers are irrelevant to his contract for this year.
>
>According to the NRL, Souths only need to match the value of Mitchell’s current deal with the Roosters. That figure is $700,000, of which two months has already been paid.
>
>Other clubs interested in Mitchell have offered to compensate the Roosters for what they’ve already paid him, but it is unlikely Souths would consider it — or have the salary cap space to do so.
>
>Mitchell’s imminent signing is another chapter in a long-standing feud between the two foundation clubs, which have fought over players like Ron Coote, Craig Wing and, in more recent times, Angus Crichton.
>
>It will also finally bring closure to one of the messiest off-season contract negotiations in recent memory.
>
>They started in November when he rejected the Roosters’ $800,000-a-season extension on his current deal.
>
>Mitchell then spoke to the Tigers, Cowboys, Titans and Bulldogs, but a management dispute with accredited manager Wayde Rushton so he could sign Matt Rose stalled the process.
>
>A settlement worth $55,000 was reached with Rushton earlier this week.
>
>Souths had made Titans forward Jai Arrow their focus instead of Mitchell, signing him to a four-year deal from 2021 after the shock retirement of Sam Burgess in the off-season because of a shoulder injury.
>
>They had been confident earlier this week of securing Arrow a season early, but when that became less likely they moved onto Mitchell.

So mitchell spent 55k removing one manager, probably cost him money to remove original manager to rushton, knocks back, 800k from roosters, a mil from us, then signs for less for rabbits.

And there are still contributors here that want him at our club..what a great signing that would be ….Not!

I guess we could just plod along by recruiting plodders to fill spots...?

 

[Telltails]

AJ must be going somewhere or the deal doesn't fit into their cap.