Tiger5150
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massive smother...Welch has had degenerated disks in his back now for more than 2 years. That is the reason he is retiring, not concussions
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massive smother...Welch has had degenerated disks in his back now for more than 2 years. That is the reason he is retiring, not concussions
Backdoor Benny & Bert should do a podcast together.
Ryles and Brown have both said the culture was good and the players are used to pushing themselves at training, which has made their job a lot easier.
In the same way offering to extend Guymer now would ‘remove’ him being off contract and free to negotiate in November. At the moment he has the OPTION to negotiate and upgrade his deal (here or elsewhere) for 2027. We also have the OPTION to refuse to offer an extension. If the player had a formal PO for 2027, he would have exactly the same OPTION to leave or seek an upgrade from us. There would be zero difference. What would be different is that, with a PO, the Eels would no longer have the OPTION of letting Guymer leave after 2027. That’s it. Is that an option we are likely to want to retain? That’s a decision for the club to make during contract negotiations, and informs whether they offer a PO or not. Is it a no brainer that we would want to keep him, and can we anticipate a value that we are likely to be happy with if the PO is activated? If so the risk is minimal, and almost certainly worth the benefit of whatever salary the player is willing to concede in exchange for the PO.
I’m not. I don’t know how I can spell it out any more simply than I have. I suspect merkins are taking the piss when they refuse to see the benefits of a PO, or overstate the risk. They are conflating the PO with being off contract. The risk isn’t that the player might leave, or that the club doesn’t know if the player will stay. These risks exist independent of the PO. The risk is that the player will stay despite the club not wanting him to. We have one example of this with Haze Dunster. A freak occurrence and a realised risk. If this happens to all our players with options it will be terribly unfortunate. If it doesn’t then we’ve taken the benefit of the POs while avoiding the risk. A win for the club.
I believe the retirement means he can activate the option and the Storm don’t have to wear it on the cap. It’s win/win.
Maybe this is why the Storm took the captaincy off Welch? One too many player options proved he was selfish and evil.
Pou, I don’t think that is realistic. The only current player that would be deserving of that would be Nathan Cleary.
Like any signing, it depends on the price.
I never said they didnt train hard.
I think there’s definitely one outside back spot up for grabs. Doesn’t mean we necessarily have mountain of space to sign Suaalii when he’s bored of union, but if someone better than Simonsson/Russell/Dunster/Samrani/Whoever within our price range becomes available then those players will either need to step up or risk losing their spot.
Smartest thing the bloke has ever done
Needs more Blocker.....
WTF are you on about? We could only start planning in November if we didn’t want to keep them. If we did want to keep them we were stuck waiting until they signed (whether with us or a rival).
