Poupou Escobar
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He did earn a couple of extensions and good on him.We were patient after 2018 Brad got another 6 years.
He did earn a couple of extensions and good on him.We were patient after 2018 Brad got another 6 years.
I don't respect rank, I respect expertise.It’s good to see you admire people that respect rank.
Nobody even gets emotionally abused any more. It is the government after all. It's just the APS in green pyjamas these days.Emotionally I assume. Nobody gets physically bashed these days.
#dunsteredYeah but I left the army because I got sick of getting bashed.
We structured contracts with the right players at the right time to have a decent crack 2020-2022, now we have to pay for that “success”. It’s the old “salary cap biting the successful teams”, except we weren’t as successful as we hoped.How are we paying for it exactly ?
What incentive do they have to make it well clear their intentions? You say there are no secrets but there is plenty of misinformation, particularly from player agents. Even if their intention the whole time is to stay, it’s in their interest to play it out to the last day to try to scare an upgraded contract out.We have POs to Blaize (expired), Brown, Moses, Matto* and Penisni.
I hope they all want to stay. If they don't then they will make it clear well prior to November the year before their exercise window opens/closes the year after, as their manager will be out there looking for deals. There are no secrets in the NRL.
That’s not the only risk. In fact really the only win scenario is if the player plays exactly as warranted by the option value, or if the player exceeds the value, you’ve built in the likelihood of an upgraded contract into your overall salary cap.If these players did not have options, then we would still be making offers trying to keep them before November.
The only risk that a club runs is that a player turns to shit and you don't want him. That's why you don't offer a PO to Lumelume and do offer an option to Blaize.
* Sorry haters. He played well on Saturday.
Yes gone off RL big time with Parra performing so badly and news that Dyl wants to leave, if true, doesn't even worry me.You'd think it would 1 April. Because the club is a joke.
Waiting until things get better isn’t a contingency plan that should be accepted.I think the plan B is doing like any team and waiting out your low points. There isn't a quick solution to any problem.
I think the plan B is doing like any team and waiting out your low points. There isn't a quick solution to any problem.
Where can I get one of those? It's very calming.
That’s an opinion, which is fine.We structured contracts with the right players at the right time to have a decent crack 2020-2022, now we have to pay for that “success”. It’s the old “salary cap biting the successful teams”, except we weren’t as successful as we hoped.
Ok so the scenario you are painting is the possibility that we are left in the dark for X months between November and the (unknown) option exercise window. That is assuming, that the option exercise window is after November in the year prior to the final contract year. Sure.What incentive do they have to make it well clear their intentions? You say there are no secrets but there is plenty of misinformation, particularly from player agents. Even if their intention the whole time is to stay, it’s in their interest to play it out to the last day to try to scare an upgraded contract out.
If the player has no PO and his value exceeds his last contract, then to compete with the market you might have to pay more. With PO, if the player exceeds his value (as noted in the option for the next tranche) and he opts not to exercise his option, then you may have to pay more anyway (Blaize).That’s not the only risk. In fact really the only win scenario is if the player plays exactly as warranted by the option value, or if the player exceeds the value, you’ve built in the likelihood of an upgraded contract into your overall salary cap.
My opinion is fine. ThanksThat’s an opinion, which is fine.
The scenario I’m painting is the reality where currently the benefit is with those with options. We’ve used up our side of the benefit.Ok so the scenario you are painting is the possibility that we are left in the dark for X months between November and the (unknown) option exercise window. That is assuming, that the option exercise window is after November in the year prior to the final contract year. Sure.
True so where in lies the advantage other than in the 2 scenarios I stated?If the player has no PO and his value exceeds his last contract, then to compete with the market you might have to pay more. With PO, if the player exceeds his value (as noted in the option for the next tranche) and he opts not to exercise his option, then you may have to pay more anyway (Blaize).
You were putting across your opinion as fact again. So it was open to question, and was questioned by other posters.Be careful demanding sources for every opinion mate. That river of shit flows both ways. Ball's in your court, smartarse.
This is rubbish, by the way. The Roosters were dogshit for plenty of years - they had a near 30 year premiership drought between the mid-70s to the early-2000s. What changed? Good administrators, good operators, and heavier spending.We will never be the Roosters so don't even compare. They are the second biggest club in the game after Melbourne.
I think the focus now should be on the roster. Non-playing staff have proven their ability to build a good roster in the past, and they have bought themselves time with the axing of the scapegoat.Waiting until things get better isn’t a contingency plan that should be accepted.
Well from now on, so are you.You were putting across your opinion as fact again.
Number one fan Politis went from sponsor to generalissimo. That's what changed.This is rubbish, by the way. The Roosters were dogshit for plenty of years - they had a near 30 year premiership drought between the mid-70s to the early-2000s. What changed?
All relied on extra resourcing. Social, financial, geographical.Good administrators, good operators, and heavier spending.
No, it describes the predicament of the club. Until our highly influential non-employee decision makers emerge from the populace, we will remain who we are.Parramatta could be a powerhouse with the right people in the right positions. Throwing our hands up and saying “this is as good as it gets” is bullshit, but explains the predicament of the club for the better part of 40 years.
Except when I use words like "I think" and "Perhaps" - because only someone with adequacy issues would accuse someone using those words in their opinion of "stating a fact".Well from now on, so are you.
See, you can do it!I think the focus now should be on the roster.
Oh, and then you forgot how to again...Non-playing staff have proven their ability to build a good roster in the past, and they have bought themselves time with the axing of the scapegoat.
I'm interested to hear your source for this. Or as usual do you not have one?Keeping the player by meeting their/their manager's demands?
Source?!?!?Option clauses are basically an "escape clause" for a player for any reason they might fancy at those point(s) in the future (e.g. change of coach, desire to move to a different city), while guaranteeing them some sense of longer term income security if the option(s) aren't taken up.
Smart negotiating on the player's side, for sure.