If we have to unload Hayne or any of our stars then so be it. That's just how the cap works. You can't keep them all.
If SBW decided to leave the Roosters they will have a spare 3/4 of a million to pick him up.
It's sad but the talent must be shared around. That's the salary cap at work.
Would you guys rather keep all our players and play for zero competition points or lose a few and play for about eight?
Can I just say that MMM are becoming the Danny Weedlers of the radio world. Joining the dots to make up a story and then using the word "might" or "could" for the sake of ratings is really lower than a snakes belly.
Case in point is that the are running with Mole's rumour that we are over the cap because we can't unload nuffies. They extrapolate that into we'll need to let Hayne go to avoid a breach. Hence the headline ...
They really should f**k right off.
"You couldn't let (Hayne) go, the Parramatta fans would go absolutely berserk and rightly so," Grill Team co-host Gus Worland added.
Would you guys rather keep all our players and play for zero competition points or lose a few and play for about eight?
Such bullshit talk after a bullshit rumour that just won't go away. Does Hayne have to sign in blood t convince people? The problem with our cap this year is that Sandow is on $750k for both 2014 and 2015. Great move by Osborne and Kearney in desperate backloading. Combined with the over inflated contracts of Smith, Harrison and Ryan a problem may well exist.
All the talk of "an NRL quality centre" cracks me up - especially when it then comes to "sign Inu". If ever there was a rocks & diamonds player - its Inu. On a good day, when he decides to turn up, he's a great player. But f*** me - he can also be one of the laziest pricks in the game - i'd suggest it was a major part of the reason we let him go in the first place.
Tonga - Prior to a horror run of injuries - was an origin & Australian Player - Doesn't get more NRL Quality than that does it?
Morgan - Has proven to be more than capable in a terrible side as a Centre.
Loko - Another who has had a horrid run of injuries - but is capable - almost a full year in grade will do him better for next season.
Hopoate - Wouldn't be signed to such big coin to play Wing - surely.
Im sure there are other, young players who have had a run this season - who will be better for it next season.
I thought Sandow was on about $1.7M over 4 years.
WAYNE Bennett has emerged as a surprise driver behind Parramatta's strong bid to poach Chris Sandow, with the supercoach encouraging Eels management to chase the fiesty Rabbitohs half. The Daily Telegraph can reveal Bennett heartily endorsed Sandow to Parramatta Eels coach Stephen Kearney and recruitment boss Peter Nolan, prompting Parramatta to offer the 22-year-old a rich three-year contract worth $800,000.
Obviously you are addressing this me. I want hoppa to stay but if we are over the cap then we some how need to get back under, so I would release hoppa. As you mentioned hoppa is on a lot of money for winger. But I can see him playing anywhere but winger/centre next year. So if the eels did have a serious cap issue releasing hoppa and getting Inu would be a good option. Our squad depth isn't affected and we getting someone with some experience. Yeah Inu does have issues but is good option if we had release hoppa.
If we do have cap issues , what other options would we have ? No one is going to pick up Harrison/smith / Ryan and do we really want to get rid of sandow and leave the squad without a halfback option ?
Who knows what he's on really. The only thing we know is that Kearney signed a dud.
Who knows what he's on really. The only thing we know is that Kearney signed a dud.
Who knows what he's on really. The only thing we know is that Kearney signed a dud.
sorry - Wasnt directed solely at you as plenty of others have said we must get Inu to improve our centres - and you raise a valid point if we had to let hoppa go.. But i personally wouldn't - purely because for the last 2 years while he has been on his biking expedition - we've been paying him - and need to get value for the money we have pumped into him, rather than spending on potentially developing others.
as for the cap answer - I don't know what it is. I do know that Inu is one of the laziest players going around - and he displayed that this season too - and while I would like to see him "come home" Im certain we have some good younger options who could be developed.
But but but, that's what a halfback is worth.
Let's judge him at the end of his contract, not halfway through. Just like Tony Williams at Manly and now Canterbury.