Eels in the media

[Bazal]

Not Jason Smith having a pre-game bunger.

Who the f**k is Jason Smith?

 

[Noise]

Who the f**k is Jason Smith?

Lol.I only venture to the NRL forum every so often but I’m glad I did when that post was made.

 

[Eelementary]

Is it astute though if signing him now, costs us the signature of a more premium player?

I think so.

I hardly think Prior would command huge coin...

If we are good at what we do, there is no reason why we cannot sign Prior, and get a bigger name forward.

 

[84 Baby]

I think so.

I hardly think Prior would command huge coin...

If we are good at what we do, there is no reason why we cannot sign Prior, and get a bigger name forward.

Read on to my later posts

 

[Incorrect]

Lol.I only venture to the NRL forum every so often but I’m glad I did when that post was made.

One of the all time great threads... I Bleed Monthly will never live that down, nor should he be allowed to....

 

[Bazal]

Lol.I only venture to the NRL forum every so often but I’m glad I did when that post was made.

One of the all time great threads... I Bleed Monthly will never live that down, nor should he be allowed to....

An icon of LU...

 

[Eelementary]

Read on to my later posts

I was replying to the post you quoted me on, though...

I'm not a big fan of Prior's, but I see the sense in signing him.

If we got RCG/David Fifira, and Matt Prior, I'd say we recruited fairly well up front.

 

[84 Baby]

I was replying to the post you quoted me on, though...

I'm not a big fan of Prior's, but I see the sense in signing him.

If we got RCG/David Fifira, and Matt Prior, I'd say we recruited fairly well up front.

Yeah but I wasn’t going to repost my same response.
There is sense in signing him, but signing him ahead of better players risks missing out on those better players

 

[Eelementary]

Yeah but I wasn’t going to repost my same response.
There is sense in signing him, but signing him ahead of better players risks missing out on those better players

I'm not sure where the implication that we would be signing him ahead of other players arose from, though...

 

[Happy MEel]

I'm not sure where the implication that we would be signing him ahead of other players arose from, though...

I think the implication is that there’s opportunity cost for every signing. However, there are far more average nrl middles than there are $600+ middles.

For every dollar we allocate to a player like Prior, that’s a dollar less in the kitty to offer an RCG or Fifita for example. Ideally we’d prefer to lock in in our quality roster spots and then use whatever is left to fill the other spots.

 

[84 Baby]

I'm not sure where the implication that we would be signing him ahead of other players arose from, though...

We have 10 spots available and we’re reportedly chasing higher profile targets. There’s obviously lots of moving parts but I’d prefer to have the top parts of the squad set before the lower parts

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We might have so much free cap space we're desperate to use that it doesn't really matter at this stage. Including Alvaro we only have 18 merkins with NRL experience contracted for next year. There's surely enough wiggle room that signing one player won't impact us signing another, unless those players are Tedesco and Taumalolo.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Yes it's starting to look like two years in a row we've failed to spend our cap properly. Just teething problems hopefully.

 

[strider]

We might have so much free cap space we're desperate to use that it doesn't really matter at this stage. Including Alvaro we only have 18 merkins with NRL experience contracted for next year. There's surely enough wiggle room that signing one player won't impact us signing another, unless those players are Tedesco and Taumalolo.

OMG, we're signing Tedesco and Taumalolo .... what amazing news

 

[emjaycee]

OMG, we're signing Tedesco and Taumalolo .... what amazing news

It's very exciting.

 

[84 Baby]

We might have so much free cap space we're desperate to use that it doesn't really matter at this stage. Including Alvaro we only have 18 merkins with NRL experience contracted for next year. There's surely enough wiggle room that signing one player won't impact us signing another, unless those players are Tedesco and Taumalolo.

In that case I hope they are only 1 year deals

 

[Poupou Escobar]

For a player that age a one year deal is a big risk because it might be the last money he ever makes from footy. Spreading the contract over two years is no different to back-ending. Having a $200k reserve grader (at worst case) in that second year is very low impact.

 

[84 Baby]

For a player that age a one year deal is a big risk because it might be the last money he ever makes from footy. Spreading the contract over two years is no different to back-ending. Having a $200k reserve grader (at worst case) in that second year is very low impact.

It’d have more impact if it reduced your chances of signing a $700k genuine first grade starter

 

[Joshuatheeel]

For a player that age a one year deal is a big risk because it might be the last money he ever makes from footy. Spreading the contract over two years is no different to back-ending. Having a $200k reserve grader (at worst case) in that second year is very low impact.

Obviously you don’t want expensive players playing NSW cup, but in my opinion, especially with being a development club, having a couple of quality players on more then the minimum in NSW cup isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

It gives some experience/guidance to the younger players. Additionally you should be able to off set these players by having a bunch of junior players on unders in your squad.

Obviously it’s a fine balancing act and the cap needs to be managed so it doesn’t cause you to lose someone you want to keep.

Adding to that Will be interesting to see what the rules are for contracts in having our NSW cup side next year. If the minimum NRL contract is $110k or so, is there a limit on how many players we can have on $100k in our NSW cup squad (obviously they be restricted in play NRL).

 

[Soren Lorenson]

So on Prior, if he is just a straight swap with Mannah, surely we are winning. Mannah is probably on say 500 under the cap (overs maybe, but that's not my point). Mannah is now useless to our 1st grade team, for reasons best known to those involved. Prior comes for 300-350 and is easily within our top 6 middles. What's the problem?
At worst, he contributes to the development of Stef, Oregan and the other 2 massive units in Flegg.