Rumoured/Confirmed Signings and More Crap XVIII

[hineyrulz]

Good signing, we desperately need his experience and toughness in the middle.

Now for a class centre and prop.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Watmough is past his best and is just chasing the money now.

He has always been high maintenance and a troublemaker.

Enjoy the petulant child especially his penalties and dropped balls every game. His body is stuffed and will be lucky to last 3 years.

Haha suck those lemons bitch.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Some reports saying it's a 2 year deal with the eels

Manly were reportedly offering him a 2 year extension beyond 2015, so I'd say there's no chance he's here for 2 season. It's 3 years minimum, and maybe longer. He might be a big thicko, but he's probably got a decent manager.

My biggest reservation is that we now might not have the money for Norman's double leg transplant.

 

[natheel]

Good leader on and off the field. Watch the likes of Moeroa thrive while choc is at the club

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Even if he plays 17 games a season over the next two or three years his experience and knowledge alone is worth it. The best value result was that he sign for 2015. If he had of come in 2016 it wouldn't have been worth it. I think Hayne leaving may have managed to push the signing across the line.

We STILL need to sign another quality centre and prop or second row IMO. But the club has moved in the right direction to move on from Hayne.

It's also not just what he does on the field (that's bloody important but), it's also how he handles himself at training, rehab etc - it all helps the younger players.

A quality prop is what we need now, to really fix up our middle.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Manly were reportedly offering him a 2 year extension beyond 2015, so I'd say there's no chance he's here for 2 season. It's 3 years minimum, and maybe longer. He might be a big thicko, but he's probably got a decent manager.

My biggest reservation is that we now might not have the money for Norman's double leg transplant.

Hayne's departure means we could have front loaded Watmough, allowing us to pay less in later years or even reduce the length of the contract.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Watmough does 2 things,runs sideways and loses 10 metres Benji Marshall style or stops at the line and does his James Graham/wannabe halfback passing thingy,just catch the ball and run forward please champ,that's all you have to do,no sideways movement or passing from you buddy.

 

[Craig Johnston]

hope he brings some friends

 

[yy_cheng]

Hayne's departure means we could have front loaded Watmough, allowing us to pay less in later years or even reduce the length of the contract.

Yup. If he was to come 2016, it would definitely be detrimental.

1. Hoppa
2. Semi
3. Champion
4. Vai/Morgan/...
5. Buretto/Vai/....

Still worried about our backline considering our erratic halves

 

[eel01s]

We need him to mentor our young forwards. He does that and that will be worth far more than what we are paying him.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Hayne's departure means we could have front loaded Watmough, allowing us to pay less in later years or even reduce the length of the contract.

I'd expect it would be front-loaded given the Hayne situation, at least relative to how the initial offer was structured. But I don't see why we'd reduce the length of the contract. I doubt Watmough would accept a significantly reduced offer so if a 3 or 4 year contract costs us roughly the same then we might as well keep him the extra year.

 

[Gronk]

W/Tigers have signed Kimmorley as NYC coach.

No pressure JT.

 

[El Diablo]

so he is our Watmong now

 

[Gronk]

We need him to mentor our young forwards. He does that and that will be worth far more than what we are paying him.

Choc will teach them all about being a merkin. :x

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Watmough does 2 things,runs sideways and loses 10 metres Benji Marshall style or stops at the line and does his James Graham/wannabe halfback passing thingy,just catch the ball and run forward please champ,that's all you have to do,no sideways movement or passing from you buddy.

He makes a hundred metres (forwards) every week. Who cares how much he runs sideways if he's going forward anyway?

 

[Rhyno]

Great signing. Was getting worried thinking he would stay with manly

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Still worried about our backline considering our erratic halves

With an improved pack watch our halves get a lot less erratic.

 

[Mickyd39]

Choc will teach them all about being a merkin. :x

that's excatly what our forwards need, a bit of merkin about them.

Well done BA on getting him to the eels.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'd expect it would be front-loaded given the Hayne situation, at least relative to how the initial offer was structured. But I don't see why we'd reduce the length of the contract. I doubt Watmough would accept a significantly reduced offer so if a 3 or 4 year contract costs us roughly the same then we might as well keep him the extra year.

A three or four year contract wouldn't cost us roughly the same - the difference would probably be about $400k. Obviously then it would come down to whether Watmough intends to play that final year (or longer) and whether he thinks he could earn another contract if he initially took a year less than he wanted (for more money up front). Obviously both player and club are taking risks with long contracts for 30+ year olds.

Anyway I'd say the difference here is between a two and three year contract rather than between three and four years. We could be offering Watmough $1.2M for two years vs $1.6M for three. And a $400k contract in 2017 won't be as significant a proportion of the salary cap as it is right now.

Anyway it's all speculation. And we'll never know all the facts.

 

[Eelementary]

so he is our Watmong now

Is it official? I'd laugh so hard if he was snatched from under our noses...