Rumours and Stuff

[Chipmunk]

Western Sydney for 3-4-500k?
Or the south of France for 700k?

3 hours from your constantly ill father?
Or 30 hours from your constantly ill father?

 

[Chipmunk]

You're kidding. He's on massive unders. This is better than if he had accepted the upgrade.

The key to success isn't having Semi Radradra in your team - plenty of NRL teams have been doing well without him. The key is having a top 25 squad worth more than the salary cap. Without Radradra we'll have that much extra cap space to spend elsewhere in our team.

How much cap space you reckon he is taking up for 2017? Have to be 200k at the very maximum.

 

[Chipmunk]

Im glad Semi has told us now so we have an opportunity to replace him. Unlike Hayne who's late exit completely screwed up the 2015 season.

The courts and NRL will more than likely mean he's probably played his last game for the club though.

 

[Chipmunk]

Toulon is a nice enough place. The view from the hill is especially breathtaking. But they speak French there and expect visitors to make an effort to do the same. It's cold and windy in the winter, and its expensive. The only things cheaper than here are booze and cigs. Four euros for a 6 pack of Leffe 9% when I was last there, a few years back now admittedly.

When you're on $750k a year, very few places in the world are expensive.

 

[eels_fan]

Especially when in Australia you're $500k contract is less than $250k in the hand whereas your $750k salary in France is only taxed at 9%

 

[El Diablo]

Especially when in Australia you're $500k contract is less than $250k in the hand

you need an accountant

 

[Gronk]

Semi is dead to me*.



* well not whilst he's playing for us and after that when he comes back in 2024 as a prop.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

2017 shapes as a big year for the likes of George Jennings and Dane Aukafolau now.

At the moment we're unable to fit premiership winning outside back Auva'a into our team.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

That's unlike you, Pou. I'll assume it was the autocrats.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Don't really care about Semi. Great player but over the drama. Although I don't suppose this ends it.

 

[strider]

He has given us a season to prepare and replace.
But pou couldnt we promote a younger guy a d upgrade and extend tepai and gives us more money to spend for 2018 ?

Im glad Semi has told us now so we have an opportunity to replace him. Unlike Hayne who's late exit completely screwed up the 2015 season.

The only reason he's not pissing off tomorrow is cos Bernster wont let him

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

The only reason he's not pissing off tomorrow is cos Bernster wont let him

f**ken Bernie!!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I mean... FFS Bernie!!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Toulon offer of 750k a season was substantially higher. I would of thought we would offer around 500k and maybe a TPA

If we had access to legitimate TPAs we wouldn't have had to cheat the cap. They are not sponsorship from businesses supporting the club, or even independent businesses - these companies need the club logo and colours to get their advertising money's worth. A genuine TPA can't use the link to the club in its marketing of the player. It is just free money from wealthy fans who happen to own a business and are happy to support the club this way. They don't get much for their money - players don't want a second job hanging out with the TPA provider and his mates at the golf. The tax deduction just means it's cheaper in real terms. But it's still money lost. Only the squeaky clean superstars (e.g. Slater) provide any value as a marketing face, without the club association coming with it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe. But maybe Semi is also quite happy to be manipulated if it means a big fat paycheque. He just might not feel any great loyalty to our club.

Yep. Weak as piss to blame the manager. Radradra employs this guy, not the other way around.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Western Sydney for 3-4-500k?
Or the south of France for 700k?

Only one of those places has a refugee crisis and it's not Villawood.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How much cap space you reckon he is taking up for 2017? Have to be 200k at the very maximum.

I would have thought we re-signed him for about $250k in early 2014, but there was talk we'd upgraded since then. Or maybe we just made the offer (plus extension) and he decided to stay on his 'pittance' and chase the huge bucks when his contract ran out, like he has done.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That's unlike you, Pou. I'll assume it was the autocrats.

Yeah mate, fixed. Thanks. I'm actually pretty lazy thanks to autocrat. I even expect it to guess passwords these days. "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT MERKIN!"

 

[Avenger]

Semi is the best winger I have seen since Eric Grothe Sr and the best we have had since Eric Grothe Jr.

However I have heard from many people in league circles that he is the most money hungry and unethical player that they have seen in recent memory and for that reason I couldn't give a f**k that he is going. If we coped with Hayne leaving we can cope with anything.

 

[bartman]

How exactly did you cope with Hayne leaving Av, and never coming back? All smooth sailing if I recall...