i agree with pretty much everything you said on the last page, happy. holding down the fort by yourself as it were.
But, the predicament that grant finds himself in is that he is NOT prepared to pay overs for any player however good he is. If the Chooks can afford exorbiant prices for teddy, i dont see any reason why we should continue in that bidding war which will hamstring us for numerous years and almost certainly lose us many players not just limited to nofo and koro, but potential brown, seve and lovett in a couple of years.
You're right that it's the tigers fault that our cap is a mess, we are STILL paying gibbs this year. This is the last if im not mistaken, and i wouldnt be surprised if we backloaded Ellis' contract too. Add in Lawrence and Blair who are being paid big overs.
mayer's trying his best to make sure stuff like that never happens again here though, and that includes paying teddy an APPROPRIATE amount. which will be very competitive unless other clubs are giving it everything to get him (or 3rd party deals)
Well Mayer was happy to pay 400k which I consider gross overs for an under 20's player who is yet to play an NRL game..yet he doesn't want to go anywhere near that figure for a proven 1st grader.
No one would be complaining if Mayer offered appropriate amounts to the appropriate players instead he gets his mates to put out spin in the paper on a daily basis. What for ?
Grant Mayer how about instead of the usual BS you feed to the papers of "working hard" "number one priority" you tell us what you have actually offered in the "lucrative" contract. Then we can all make up our minds as to how hard you are actually working.