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Avenger

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I know I've given it to ba in the past, but we really can't complain about his eye for players considering the jnrs/players we've let go compared to who he has brought to the club.

Most of the jnrs who have left , doolan dargan twal eisenhuth aloia and a shit load more who have amounted to nothing, compared to Brown, Lane, Moses, Sivo, guth, waqa ect.

Aloai is doing ok but we have better back rowers atm.

We really need to back ba's judgment on Utoki ect based on what's previously happened. Sure it was a shock, but ba's record stands in the positive
Plenty of us have been wrong about BA however as you rightly indicated his strengths is identifying the right player for our circumstances and boning the wrong one.
 

hineyrulz

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Pou? I thought it was whiney level at least.


You’re right! We should f**k Mahoney off because he wants more money that we have earmarked to save Oregon
We should tell all of them to get f**ked!!! Unless they take what we offer, f**kEN MERKINS!!!
 

Poupou Escobar

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If you have a roster slot for a backup on $150k and another club offers them a depth slot for $250k do you backpedal and let this other club change your plans? Outside your top 17 a hundred grand is a lot of money to try and juggle the recruitment/retention of the bottom half of your squad.
 

Bazal

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I know I've given it to ba in the past, but we really can't complain about his eye for players considering the jnrs/players we've let go compared to who he has brought to the club.

Most of the jnrs who have left , doolan dargan twal eisenhuth aloia and a shit load more who have amounted to nothing, compared to Brown, Lane, Moses, Sivo, guth, waqa ect.

Aloai is doing ok but we have better back rowers atm.

We really need to back ba's judgment on Utoki ect based on what's previously happened. Sure it was a shock, but ba's record stands in the positive

Lmao didn't you just bitch like two days ago about Alvaro and/or Evans being "kept" over Utoikamanu?
 

chiefy1

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Lmao didn't you just bitch like two days ago about Alvaro and Evans being "kept" over Utoikamanu?

Yes. Like ive always said I've never been a fan of Alvaro, and in my opinion it was a mistake to sign him for as long as we did.
But overall our roster has improved more than i can remember and the juniors we have let go thus far have amounted to next to zero.
 

Joshuatheeel

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Yes. Like ive always said I've never been a fan of Alvaro, and in my opinion it was a mistake to sign him for as long as we did.

While Stefo has a lot of potential, Alvaro absolutely killed him stats wise in his 5 NSW cup games this year:

https://www.nswrl.com.au/players/nsw-cup/wentworthville-magpies/daniel-alvaro/

https://www.nswrl.com.au/players/nsw-cup/wentworthville-magpies/stefano-utoikamanu/

Even Alvaro Stats back in 2014/15 when he first started in NSW cup were better.

Stefo may have a better career but would Alvaro be costing $800k over 3 years?
 

Happy MEel

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While Stefo has a lot of potential, Alvaro absolutely killed him stats wise in his 5 NSW cup games this year:

https://www.nswrl.com.au/players/nsw-cup/wentworthville-magpies/daniel-alvaro/

https://www.nswrl.com.au/players/nsw-cup/wentworthville-magpies/stefano-utoikamanu/

Even Alvaro Stats back in 2014/15 when he first started in NSW cup were better.

Stefo may have a better career but would Alvaro be costing $800k over 3 years?
I like Alvaro, but I reckon he’d be on $250/$300k which is the per year equivalent to an $800k contract over 3 years.

$300k is around the mean average nrl salary and I reckon Alvaro was at least an average nrl player when he signed.
 
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Poupou Escobar

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I like Alvaro, but I reckon he’d be on $250/$300k which is the per year equivalent to an $800k contract over 3 years.

$300k is around the mean average nrl salary and I reckon Alvaro was at least an average nrl player when he signed.
An average (median) player would earn less, probably a fair bit less than the average (mean) salary. This is because the minimum salary is just a bit less than half the mean, whereas the maximum (highest paid player) would be three or four times the mean.
 

hindy111

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He's not much chop anyway, no big loss. Can't keep them all......

Pauli Pauli and Tanginoa played NRL and rated just as high by many.
I've seen Salesi and Stefano. Wouldn't suprise at all if neither make it. Actually if Salesi did I would be quite surprised.

At this stage we have Hollis and Oregon to concentrate on. We have our starting props sorted for the next 3yrs so I honestly am not fussed.
Brown and Mahoney are priorities but we do have Schneider and Salmon who could be as good.
 

hineyrulz

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Pauli Pauli and Tanginoa played NRL and rated just as high by many.
I've seen Salesi and Stefano. Wouldn't suprise at all if neither make it. Actually if Salesi did I would be quite surprised.

At this stage we have Hollis and Oregon to concentrate on. We have our starting props sorted for the next 3yrs so I honestly am not fussed.
Brown and Mahoney are priorities but we do have Schneider and Salmon who could be as good.
I was talking about Brown.
 

hindy111

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An average (median) player would earn less, probably a fair bit less than the average (mean) salary. This is because the minimum salary is just a bit less than half the mean, whereas the maximum (highest paid player) would be three or four times the mean.

Alvaro did look elsewhere but nothing come as good as our option so he took it up. Same as Welch who was leaving untill did his knee.
My guess is he would demand about 200k based on 2019 form. And is worth that for sure. He might be on 300k. Not a big deal. 100k overs for a guy who can start and fill a bench spots fine.

300k on a guy who may spend his time in NSW cup is a concern
 
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