Poupou Escobar
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Imagine how much he would've wanted without the PO.
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Imagine how much he would've wanted without the PO.
It’s a get out clause because the Tigers wouldn’t want to give him the power to choose whether he stays or not.
Our recruitment has been gash since 2021. We generally had the same squad in 22 as we did in 21 except Simmonson was added.
I am with you it sounds made up
So you think the PO is worthless or comes without any cost? If so why doesn't every player have one?
Well @emjaycee has some idea and it appears there was no bargain price for Dylbro. Similar to Munster, 50% more than Ezra Mam, slightly more than Dearden , more than Burton , appears obviously signed on potential at pretty big dollars and defence. That is on our negotiating skills and how the player manager expressed interest in the player and interest. Not sure we did that well at the time.
Current Aus rep and 2024 most improved player Zac Lomax?
Mate, my previously quoted numbers were all made up, to show an example of how/why we are seeing his manager put an asking price into the market.
It's the only reason clubs would agree to them. Unless you think there is zero risk to the club. They're not going to take on extra risk for zero benefit.
Because all the players that were on unders from 2019 to 2022 (when we made the finals four straight years, for the first time since 2002) wanted upgrades after 2022. That's why we signed nobody of note. Because we didn't have the cap space for more good players. We actually struggled to keep the ones we had, who were previously on unders.
Gee, can’t even trust respected posters like yourself, that’s sad. At least we know Pou makes everything up.
The Panthers also recruited poorly while their team was at its peak. They bolstered their losses (due to the salary cap) with internal promotions. We didn't have the same quality of youngsters coming through until this year, as @hindy111 told us a couple of years ago. 2025 is when they would be ready for first grade. Obviously three of the little merkins f**ked off to chase the money, because our best players were blocking two of them, and one was pissed because his dad got the arse.
There is no way to know how much cap space was saved by offering player options instead of more money. But the fact is POs have value to players (or no players would have them) and add risk to clubs (or every player would have them). Therefore they are exchanged for something else. That something else could only be salary that is counted under the cap. Clubs that don't need to offer POs either have some other way of compensating players outside the cap, or they are already in a strong position relative to the rest of the market and don't gain the same net benefit from increasing risk.
If he doesn't think he's on unders, why is he demanding a massive pay raise?
Nobody here knows how much these merkins are on, and the people who might know either have no reason to tell us (e.g. club officials) or have no reason to be honest (e.g. journalists).Gee, can’t even trust respected posters like yourself, that’s sad. At least we know Pou makes everything up.
Having said that, somehow it was reported across numerous media that Dylbro wasn’t being paid cheaply, some journos could apparently have contacts
