Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

My oath it is funny. I imagine it in the voice of HG Nelson, the great man. That's why it has an exclamation mark as well.

Come more mate it’s boring, grow up!!

Do you really want to be that guy???

 

[hindy111]

Is SBW even good anymore ? It’s all hype and he is way past his best. f**k him, let him rejoin the Roosters.

I didn't realise it was so long ago he played. The NRL is far tougher the UK.I am unsure how he is even going there. And the game itself has changed plenty. Most 2nd rowers these days play 80mins. They'd be taking Crodner or Crighton off

 

[Noise]

Can we bring back semi for the finals?

If he wanted to come back, we had a spot for him (which centre or winger are you going to drop?) and we had room In the cap then of course we could.

 

[Glenneel]

Milford, Croft and Boyd (signed as a fullback) have all played in grand finals.

Milford and Boyd are well past their use by date. Milford has done nothing since the first half of their gf and Boyd should have gone at least 2 years ago. Croft is a work in progress but with Siebold at helm I doubt he'll improve any time soon. They need at least 1 but probably 2 experienced spine players.

 

[Noise]

I didn't realise it was so long ago he played. The NRL is far tougher the UK.I am unsure how he is even going there. And the game itself has changed plenty. Most 2nd rowers these days play 80mins. They'd be taking Crodner or Crighton off

I reckon he might spend time in the middle as well as giving Crichton a rest, but he’s past it.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Gronk]

Well I call bullshit.

Of course if Moses, Brown, Gutho etc all re-sign for unders then that would be totally legit.

 

[T.S Quint]

Keary would be a legit million dollar player. Bulldogs would love to throw that sort of money at him to get him to their club, as would a few other teams as well.

I’d imagine the Roosters’ offer would still be quite high so it wouldn’t be like he will be crying poor, but it will be interesting to see how much he is going to sign for.

 

[T.S Quint]

Well I call bullshit.

Of course if Moses, Brown, Gutho etc all re-sign for unders then that would be totally legit.

Apparently Gutho already signed for unders...according to him anyway.
I think we have Moses for unders at the moment. He signed his contract after a season in which he was terrible and his team got the spoon. He’s been great ever since.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I didn't realise it was so long ago he played. The NRL is far tougher the UK.I am unsure how he is even going there. And the game itself has changed plenty. Most 2nd rowers these days play 80mins. They'd be taking Crodner or Crighton off

He can play in the middle, as can Crichton.

 

[TheRam]

Apparently D Fifita going to Tits. Their pack should be competitive next year with him and Tino wheelbarrow from Storm going there.

Well it's a good start.

 

[yy_cheng]

If he wanted to come back, we had a spot for him (which centre or winger are you going to drop?) and we had room In the cap then of course we could.

Off the bench and let him rove. He could take takas or stones position

 

[Eelementary]

I think that's allowed.

What's not allowed is players who have already signed contracts, renegotiating their contracts to take pay cuts, so that they can stay (or they can facilitate a team mate of theirs to stay).

Still - I think the way the NRL handles contracts is farcical.

 

[gaffer]

when kevin kingston wanted to take less to stay with the eels he couldn't

 

[Eelementary]

when kevin kingston wanted to take less to stay with the eels he couldn't

Different circumstances - Kevin Kingston, at the Eels, was on match payments, or something like that; his next contract would have to equal what he earned through match payments the previous year.

Or something like that. I find it confusing.

But yes - NRL contracts are ridiculous.

 

[Oscarman]

The Kevin Kingston thing was bullshit. He was going to be on minimum wage but the NRL said that was not enough. Pricks.

Reading the 100 highest paid players, I would have to say we are on of the best run clubs player contract wise.

 

[Gronk]

The Kevin Kingston thing was bullshit. He was going to be on minimum wage but the NRL said that was not enough. Pricks.

Reading the 100 highest paid players, I would have to say we are on of the best run clubs player contract wise.

Can you post the Top 100 ? I tried to see it but it was paywalled for me.

 

[Incorrect]

The Kevin Kingston thing was bullshit. He was going to be on minimum wage but the NRL said that was not enough. Pricks.

Reading the 100 highest paid players, I would have to say we are on of the best run clubs player contract wise.

I thought the issue wasn't so much that Kingston agreed to be on minimum wage, which was all we had left in the cap at the time, but more to do with the proposal that was put forward that the likes of Guru Jnr had offered to vary his contract to take less and use that money to top up Kingston... Guessing in hindsight Guru is probably happy the NRL vetoed that idea!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yes, when he finally finished pissing it up against a wall he would've been grateful it hadn't run out a year ago.

 

[IFR33K]

when kevin kingston wanted to take less to stay with the eels he couldn't

The players (EGJ) wanted to take a cut to fit him in. And they were already signed. So they wouldn’t allow any signed players to renegotiate a lower amount