Jarryd Hayne - Make him an Eel for Life

[Joshuatheeel]

Looks like Hayne was on a media tour today

 

[Joshuatheeel]

 

[Gronk]

Dodged a bullet @Bevan French. Most merkins don't get so many chances.

 

[Delboy]

the most relevant question remains, how can Saints pay JH when we have issues, just looking at the 2 rosters , our club has a lot of explaining to do.

 

[emjaycee]

the most relevant question remains, how can Saints pay JH when we have issues, just looking at the 2 rosters , our club has a lot of explaining to do.

Who to?
The Hayne issue is simple.
He wanted a 1 year contract at $750k and the club wanted 2 years at $500k.
If the club decided that is his worth to us, end of story and good on them for sticking to their guns despite fan petitions.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

the most relevant question remains, how can Saints pay JH when we have issues, just looking at the 2 rosters , our club has a lot of explaining to do.

Maybe Saints haven't got a bloke like Jennings in the final year of a back-ended deal that was signed before we got caught cheating our arses off? That alone would explain the difference in cap space. Saints aren't exactly stacked with internationals....and McDonald has left, Dugan left (2 years ago ) They'd be paying their halves maybe a touch more than we pay ours.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Who to?
The Hayne issue is simple.
He wanted a 1 year contract at $750k and the club wanted 2 years at $500k.
If the club decided that is his worth to us, end of story and good on them for sticking to their guns despite fan petitions.

I think that's a crappy offer for a player of his quality. And now I'm sad.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

He'll probably sign on for the Dragons for one season then chase big dollars overseas.

 

[emjaycee]

I think that's a crappy offer for a player of his quality. And now I'm sad.

Its not a bad offer for a bloke earmarked as a non-spine player.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Its not a bad offer for a bloke earmarked as a non-spine player.

True, but he seemed to be the preferred fullback this year, and started the last game there. And it's not like we've signed a better one since then. At the very least he's fringe spine, very versatile, and capable of a lot more.

 

[Chipmunk]

Its not a bad offer for a bloke earmarked as a non-spine player.

Considerably less than what they're going to be playing Jennings though, who's never even heard of the spine.

 

[Eelogical]

Its not a bad offer for a bloke earmarked as a non-spine player.

If he plays 15 games like he did this season that's 33K a game based on 500K a season.

 

[Chipmunk]

Its not a bad offer for a bloke earmarked as a non-spine player.

It's also less money than he was paid last season (reportedly) as he would've also earnt at least $100k from the Gold Coast.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Considerably less than what they're going to be playing Jennings though, who's never even heard of the spine.

Yeh, but Jennings salary is not a variable in this process. That was agreed more than 3 years ago. Nobody is going to pay full freight (or anything like it) to take over his contract. Just b/c we signed was had turned out to be a dumb contract with MJ doesn't affect what Wonderboy is worth.

 

[emjaycee]

It's also less money than he was paid last season (reportedly) as he would've also earnt at least $100k from the Gold Coast.

My mail is that we paid him $500k in 2018 and were not prepared to pay him more for 2019.
Might not be true, but it is what I heard a while ago now.

 

[Chipmunk]

My mail is that we paid him $500k in 2018 and were not prepared to pay him more for 2019.
Might not be true, but it is what I heard a while ago now.

But, if we're only planning to pay him the same amount in 2019 for 12 months, as what we paid him for 11 months in 2018, then we're essentially asking him to take a pay cut.

Given he was probably our best player, he's worth more than $500k.

 

[emjaycee]

I hate guessing at player salaries, but I reckon we have 5 "tiers" in our squad.
1. Paulo, Moses, Norman and Jennings - totalling probably $2.6 - $2.8m (avg. $700k each)
2. Mannah, Taka, Gutho, Fergo and Ma'u - totalling somewhere around $2.2m (avg. $450k each)
3. French, Alvaro, Moeroa, Brown, Evans, Lane, Terepo - totalling around $2.1m (avg. $300k each)
4. Pritchard, Hoffman, Smith, Gower - maybe around $800k (avg. $200k each)
5. Salmon, Siva, Stone, GL, Kaufusi, Gennings, Niukore, Davey - about $1m (avg. $125k each)

Add that all up and we are paying $8.9m out of a $9.6m salary cap for 28 players.
Leaves $700k for the last 2 spots.
Hard to give all that to JH if no one leaves.

 

[hineyrulz]

Good on the club for showing some spine, it’s a shame he won’t be here next year but If that’s what the club thinks he is worth to us then fair enough.

 

[Eelogical]

But, if we're only planning to pay him the same amount in 2019 for 12 months, as what we paid him for 11 months in 2018, then we're essentially asking him to take a pay cut.

Given he was probably our best player, he's worth more than $500k.

I'm happy either way if he goes or stays. I'd like to see him at the Eels but at the end of the day he's over 30 and injury prone. If he was arguably our best player in 2018 then that says a lot about the rest of the team. 500K sounds more than fair. Besides, where do we play him if he stays? Shore up the fullback position or keep him on the wing? There are options if he goes elsewhere, the world will still turn. Glad to see the club is not visiting the past when it comes to players demands.

 

[hindy111]

Is Mick really good at farting?

Yes. He has a big fat hairy arse