Rumours and Stuff

[parra pete]

Gutho - IN MY OPINION - one of the best signings in the Club's history.
Gives 120% every game. Not only a good player, but an inspiration to his team mates. I wouldn't swap him for any other fullback...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Apparent Gutho deal:

The Daily Telegraph reports Gutherson agreed to a $2.3 million extension, equating to around $770,000 a season.

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gee that’s hardly an unreasonable contract for our captain and a pretty bloody good player!!

Pretty fair deal I reckon for eels!!

We don’t know how accurate that figure Is, but the top players would all be on well over a million. How much is Gutherson worth? I think $800k is the upper limit, but that’s just as a player. His leadership is an intangible but the team has won plenty with him as captain.

 

[hineyrulz]

It’s more than the Tigers have won, and they signed premiership winner Maguire plus supercoach Cleary. Maybe they had the wrong idea about how to be successful, and coaching isn’t the answer?

Who gives a f**k about the Tigers, keep deflecting merkin.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And the point being? So we shouldn’t chase players if no one else is chasing them?

Far out no one wanted to sign Papa either that’s why we got him for $175k or so, but applying your logical we shouldn’t have signed him !!

These merkins we’re all filthy when we signed him. “wE oNlY sIgN rEjEcTS fFs!!1”

 

[Gronk]

Gutho - IN MY OPINION - one of the best signings in the Club's history.
Gives 120% every game. Not only a good player, but an inspiration to his team mates. I wouldn't swap him for any other fullback...

He's like Hindmarsh was back in the day. He's always there and giving his best and leads by example. Strange that both of them cop it on here.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Who gives a f**k about the Tigers, keep deflecting merkin.

Well they’ve done what you wanted us to do, signing proven winners. How’s that worked out for them?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I know that his manager plays it out in the media, but you're guessing that we met his high price rather than Gutho met our reasonable price.

We only ever lowball players except when we pay them overs ffs!!!

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

My arse is where it came from, this is the same club that re-signed their spoon winning coach a few days after getting 60 points put on them.

This is the same club that on the record has said they are unwilling to have anything to do with TPA’s. Which is ridiculous and makes it hard to keep your squad together.


This is the same club that had a review which wasn’t made public that kept the same entire spoon winning coaching staff together. What was the point of a review if nothing changed??? Oh that’s right we are now a development club, we are developing very well for the other teams around the league. And yes we finally got a HOF, wow amazing. We’ve had the same attack coach for nine years who has won two spoons at two different clubs and David Kidwell who has had to go to Yawnion to get another gig. I’d argue we’d have the cheapest and most bog average support staff in the entire league. does this sound like a club that is doing all it can to win a GF??? We have a CEO who got the job through the back door and has done or shown nothing to prove he deserves a gig. He goes missing when things aren’t going well but his stupid face is everywhere when things are going well. But yeah sounds like they really really really care!!!

Yeh, this is the club is so badly run that it lost out narrowly to the eventual premiers in 2021. The wooden spoon winning coach and his team have made the semis every year since. Since that season we've won 52 games and lost 28. The worst attacking coach in the comp is the attacking coach of the 3rd ranked attacking team in the 2022 season. Does that suit the narrative? I'd honestly be more concerned wtih our defense at the moment. Our recruitment over the last couple of years has been as good as any club's. In what sense was the CEO appointed through the 'back door'? Do you mean that he was simply an internal candidate? Who the f**k cares whether the CEO is in your face? What is it exactly that you want the CEO to do to demonstrate that he deserves a gig?

But answer me this....it is clearly in the self-interest of management to be associated with a premiership winning team. Why then do you think that they don't care if they win a premiership? Are they stupid?

How do you think our last attempt to get directly involved in TPAs played out? Since then the total value of registered TPAs across all clubs has halved, and the private sector proportion of that is fallen by two-thirds. (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/te...es-concerning-revelation-20220305-p5a228.html). But last time I saw actual data available....we still had some (admittedly worth less than 100k). So, if the management are saying 'we don't want to breach the NRL rules by organising TPAs'....well what else would they say?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sorry mate, you’re the one that brought up other teams chasing hopgood.

So we should chase players because other teams are chasing them?

We should chase players who will add something. If they choose us over other clubs that’s good because we’ve proven we won’t pay overs.

 

[hineyrulz]

Well they’ve done what you wanted us to do, signing proven winners. How’s that worked out for them?

I’ll say it again who gives a f**k about the Tigers!! Deflect away Poups!!

 

[hineyrulz]

He's like Hindmarsh was back in the day. He's always there and giving his best and leads by example. Strange that both of them cop it on here.

I don’t remember Hindmarsh ever holding the club to ransom at contract time, he was on unders most of his career until his last contract. Unlike Guth.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeh, this is the club is so badly run that it lost out narrowly to the eventual premiers in 2021. The wooden spoon winning coach and his team have made the semis every year since. Since that season we've won 52 games and lost 28. The worst attacking coach in the comp is the attacking coach of the 3rd ranked attacking team in the 2022 season. Does that suit the narrative? I'd honestly be more concerned wtih our defense at the moment. Our recruitment over the last couple of years has been as good as any club's. In what sense was the CEO appointed through the 'back door'? Do you mean that he was simply an internal candidate? Who the f**k cares whether the CEO is in your face? What is it exactly that you want the CEO to do to demonstrate that he deserves a gig?

But answer me this....it is clearly in the self-interest of management to be associated with a premiership winning team. Why then do you think that they don't care if they win a premiership? Are they stupid?

How do you think our last attempt to get directly involved in TPAs played out? Since then the total value of registered TPAs across all clubs has halved, and the private sector proportion of that is fallen by two-thirds. (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/te...es-concerning-revelation-20220305-p5a228.html). But last time I saw actual data available....we still had some (admittedly worth less than 100k). So, if the management are saying 'we don't want to breach the NRL rules by organising TPAs'....well what else would they say?

It was still another week 2 exit for a coach who has proven nothing when it matters. He was told pre season he had to improve on 2020 instead we went out week 2 again after finishing just 6th. It was hardly an improvement and Instead he was rewarded a 2 year extension.

You’d hope the goal from management is to win a premiership, who knows it looks like this season is our last shot for a while. I just hope the coach, the team and his staff are up to it. Finger crossed we all live in hope.

 

[hineyrulz]

how many teams were chasing Hodgson?

Park Meadows retirement village.

 

[IFR33K]

I don’t remember Hindmarsh ever holding the club to ransom at contract time, he was on unders most of his career until his last contract. Unlike Guth.

yep. I don’t recall anyone questioning gutho’s work ethic.

I also don’t recall anyone defending Gutho when he was holding the club to ransom not long ago.

each and every poster was of the opinion he could get f*^ked. All of a sudden he’s become our greatest signing.

If I recall correctly 600-650k was what most posters were saying what his worth would be. Especially since there seemed to be little noise from rival clubs chasing him.


imagine signing guth for 100k less and having that to throw at ice, rheed or matto. Yet we choose to low ball em and ended up looking like fools.

 

[Rocket man]

Gutho’s management absolutely raped us. Not sure one eels fan won’t admit that.

imagine had we signed him for a little less? Don’t think there was much interest in him tbh. Had we signed him for less, we wouldn’t be in this predicament. We may of had enough to sign one of the players that are leaving.

But keep defending.

Does anyone know the actual figure/wage any of our players are on now or in the future?

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Does anyone know the actual figure/wage any of our players are on now or in the future?

No.

 

[Cloeel]

He’s 34 next year so you’d hope he’s grown up. It’s a bit too old for a bloke who is neither a leader nor a decision maker in the spine.

200k for one season until we have some youngsters develop or buy someone externally. I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Obviously if we have better edge options there is no point in bring him back. But it is a capable option if required.

 

[JokerEel]

So JA hasn't played first grade.
Cartwright is playing bigger minutes in Cup.

So I guess it's complain about Gutho week..

 

[hineyrulz]

Does anyone know the actual figure/wage any of our players are on now or in the future?

Unders, just ask Pou and Gronk.

 

[hindy111]

There would only be a handful of people who would not want Gutho in their spine over rheed, ice or matto.

So I reckon your on the fringe here.

I'd prefer Ice,Matto or Rheed. So that another