Poupou Escobar
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Pou, the one flaw in your reasoning is that SK splashed cash at crap players based on future potential.... he may have done the same with Morgs?
But whatever wrong he did, Ricky re-signed him after the projector thing, so one might expect he is getting less?
I hope he is under 140k now... not worth more than that. There are plenty of average defensive centres who can't pass, but who have 50+ games FG experience available every year.
So what happened to Gutherson ? Is it linked to the Hoppa deal ?
Linked or not the kid is coming that's all that matters
Cooling off period wouldn't be over (IIRC), so I can understand why there's no announcement.
Absosmurfly!
Do you think there's still a chance of signing/re-signing Earl or Robinson?
If we lose Hopoate and Seff
And gain Kleppa, gutho, Cornish and Reece or earl in the process I think we've done quite well out of this...
Unlike Sandow, Hopoate and Lussick, who all showed a lot of potential playing in strong teams, Ryan Morgan wasn't a standout, so there would have been no reason to pay him a lot. Hell even Mortimer was killing it in 2009 when we re-signed him to overs. There needs to be demand for prices to go up.
And to Morgan's credit he has continued to improve.
Like who?
All depends if the NRL want to put his money against the salary cap.
Absosmurfly!
Do you think there's still a chance of signing/re-signing Earl or Robinson?
Plus the "as yet to be named under 20s player"?
If we lose Hopoate and Seff
And gain Kleppa, gutho, Cornish and Reece or earl in the process I think we've done quite well out of this...
I'm having a brain fade....who is Kleppa?
You keep saying this demand thing, but it simply isn't true.
Sure, if you know how to negotiate, and can accurately predict value (by having a good eye for talent), that is fine. But if one struggles in those areas, one may well overpay hacks.
No player agent walks into a coaches office and says 'sorry, nobody else wants my guy, can you spot us 90k?'.
These guys make their living out of this, and they are always looking for easy meat. If I am representing Morgs I would call every club that is yet to express interest and try and drum up a market BEFORE negotiating with the clubs who have. And I would be trying to get whatever I could.... but even if I can't, i tell the club inteested that I have, and start at double what he is worth....
If blokes like Lussick, Harrison, Ryan (etc) were being paid as starters, it indicates fresh meat was gobbled up.
Off the top of my head, Joel Reddy and Brad Tighe are available for next year. There are always centres not good enough for first grade available at seasons end.
Given the hard nosed approach the club has taken to negotiations of late, i would not be shocked to learn Morgan is on a 2nd tier deal. I doubt very much he is earning anything that hurts us cap wise.
I watched plenty of old video. I also played in the early nineties when volunteer coaches were all silly old merkins like yourself who taught us the game how they remembered it when they were kids.
Don't be ignorant mate, lingard already told you that structures have stayed the same. Right after he told you the game is more structured and rigid these days.
So because centres (and halves and second rowers) sometimes found themselves on opposite sides of the ruck it means it was no different to modern structures where players are coached to remain on their respective sides. If you don't know that you're just ignorant.
In other words you know f**k all about it. "Plenty of old video", eh? :lol::lol: