Happy MEel
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Based on last year, he sure does have a lot to work on. What does that have to do with the amount we signed him for in 2017 when he was with the Roosters?
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Based on last year, he sure does have a lot to work on. What does that have to do with the amount we signed him for in 2017 when he was with the Roosters?
Yep Terepo was the only one. Matagi played the opening two games of the year and was then dropped. Evans lasted a bit longer so I’d argue he was higher in the pecking order at the time.
Do you think he didn’t have things to work on when we signed him? Or we just never saw him play?
Dunno. Not to my recollection.
I think Paulo has things to work on and he’s on a motza. What’s that got to do with anything?
I reckon BA misjudged Evans' ability to go from 25 minutes a game to 40 minutes. Everyone makes mistakes.
If you have a bunch of players (especially middle forwards) who spend time between first grade and reserve grade (Matagi, Vave, Terepo, Evans) then they can’t all be top 17. Most likely is that there isn’t a clear top 17, instead there is something like a top dozen or so, followed by another eight to ten vying for the remaining spots.
It is actually. He wouldn’t have known his character but there is enough video and statistical data available that they know what players can do.
So we lured a regular first grader from one of the big-spending successful clubs, and managed to do that on fringe player money? Doesn't seem likely.
We only had to offer more than the Roosters. If they offered nothing how much would we have needed to offer?
We not only had to offer more than the Roosters, we had to offer more than the 14 other clubs. And maybe ESL too. And a regular first grader at the chooks is bound to be attractive to plenty of teams. And there's no good reason to think a middle forward of his age, playing regular first grade, would not be offered anything by his club. Haven't heard a peep from him or anyone suggesting that.
He spent more of the year in reserve grade than out of it. We had plenty of poor performers last year but most of them were too valuable to play reserve grade. Evans was not one of these.
No, before he got dropped I thought he was one of our better earners. The player has height, speed and power. The fact he spent so long in reserve grade proved the club actually didn't rate him that highly. For a player to spend half the season in reserve grade means it was always a possibility. In that case his price would reflect it.
I'm sure he's on more than he was on at the Roosters but he would've been on f**k all at the Roosters. We joke about their salary cap but I reckon a club like that probably has less than 15 players on more than about $150k. Of course Evans is overpaid while he's playing reserve grade. So are Terepo and Hoffman. But if they're not automatic top 17 selections they would be on less than $300k, probably a lot less. Demand drives their price, not how many games they've played. We heard this from Corey Parker when he was pissing and moaning about the Broncos' offer. He played for Queensland and Australia in his final season and no club was offering much for him to go around in 2017.
But you've previously stated that Evans was brought as top 17. And even that admission came after a number of weeks playing reserve grade.
After enough reserve grade I re-assessed. He was bought to provide depth in the forwards, as stated in the official announcement in 2017:
You already had that information when you stated he was top 17. The only thing that changed when you changed your opinion was that he went to reggies. That's revisionism.
