@Jedi_Tiger said in [WT Player Recruitment & Retention for 2021](/post/1278239) said:
interesting we still have not made a move on Liddle beyond 2021 so maybe still waiting on Harry to make decision re Smith.
We have Simpkin to end on 2022
Mate i think Harry is loooooong gone.
Not necessarily.
It feels like Cam Smith is going around again. Surely he would've announced his retirement by now.
If CS9 is playing in purple in 2021, I'm not sure Harry will be.
With Brandon already leaving after 2021 I reckon Harry will stay. All he has to do is stick out one more season not being first choice/coming off the bench and then he’s the main man for the best NRL team in the world. Even better for him is Cam retires and he’s already their #9
I dunno man , 12 months is a long time in football. Look at players like Mortimer, Smith ,Josh Hannay, Evan Esan Marsters with us . Even Friends value,like 4 years ago , was through the roof , and as he was shut out of origin , due to injury and playing behind the best hooker ever , his value plummeted . Not saying he would have cashed in anyway , but still.
My point is , just because your number 1 in 2020 , doesn’t mean there’s not a kid or 2 lurking around the corner , ready to at least match whatever you put out in the previous year .
Riding the pine after playing origin , is hardly a good thing for your career , the year after your breakout , regardless of the circumstances .
In all that , I don’t think he’s coming here . I think the mail on Simpkins is he’s a weapon , and we will look back on 2020 and think , at one point we had the 2 best hookers in the world playing for us. That’s my bold prediction .
Considering how good Harry did for us and that he proved himself in the origin arena, he could afford to share the role with Cam Smith for another year I feel. No matter what he decides to do he’ll have clubs willing to throw huge money at him so if he wants to stay at Melbourne it won’t be a detriment to his career
Hopefully Simpkin and Liddle can do good
If Harry wasn’t staying at the storm they wouldn’t be letting the cheese negotiate. The most would have to wait is 1 year and most likely still be in the 17. The cheese will just play in the forwards all year unless he is swapped out