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Alvaro is one of the most effective tacklers in our pack. Stefano is an untried rookie. Please get your hand off it.
I’d keep the merkin and leave him in 20s. It’s only costing us $60,000 and we can use him from round 17 if we have to. Why give the tigers a free ride to develop him in 2020.
You’re forgetting that next year he very well may have and that was our advantage. We could have put him on minimum next year as an upgrade, developed him with a taste of first grade and then had him ready for a bench spot in 2021. Paying $200k for your bench middles is excellent value and even at $250-$300k for the following years you’re getting good value. That’s essentially the same as what the Tigers snared him for.
He has definitely returned to preseason in better shape than I have seen him previously. He has definitely turned some of that bulk into muscle and perhaps his lack of game time in 2019 will give him the desire he needs to become the player he can be.
Evans would be on $350+ now and I reckon Alvaro would be on around $300k considering this is the third year of his contract. We’re probably getting value from Niukore now but probably not from his next contract. Don’t forget the cap will increase so $300k in 2023 is worth less than it does now.
We signed Lane after a belter of a season with Manly. He’s on plenty more than Stefano will be in 2021 (averaged out at around $270k)
How do you know he'd be ready for the top 17 in 2021? That's a risk clubs like the Tigers have to take, not us.
Yeah but taking risks is very exciting.
Same. Even if it backfires and they leave, it's still satisfying.
Haas played rep footy FFS!!
