Honestly, I put it at 0%
Too many people saying it’s already done
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I'm sorry, but that's rubbish. Dude is honestly one of the smartest footballers we have. You're judging him by the odd brain explosion, which is few and far between all the excellent plays he makes on the field.GreenMachine wrote: ↑January 23, 2020, 1:25 pm I think this is a great move by the club and I doubt we see BJ playing anywhere near the level he played at the Raiders again.
Low football IQ and fitness issues means you rely heavily on 'Hail Mary plays' which is where BJ excelled.
The biggest single factor for us this year is whether G.Williams is the real deal or not.
Losing BJ for Scott will turn out to be an upgrade.
Too right. Plenty of breaks have started the play after a quick BJ hit up.
Yeah not sure if the same game but I remember similar responses from Ricky re BJ's discipline through the season. Not exactly throwing him under the bus but a far cry from the "Nothing to see here" he gave for say a Cotric spear tackle or Youngs second eye gouge of the season... It was notable.
With all due respect the Manly game was one of many times where BJ let his frustrations turn into brain explosions.afgtnk wrote: ↑January 23, 2020, 6:10 pmI'm sorry, but that's rubbish. Dude is honestly one of the smartest footballers we have. You're judging him by the odd brain explosion, which is few and far between all the excellent plays he makes on the field.GreenMachine wrote: ↑January 23, 2020, 1:25 pm I think this is a great move by the club and I doubt we see BJ playing anywhere near the level he played at the Raiders again.
Low football IQ and fitness issues means you rely heavily on 'Hail Mary plays' which is where BJ excelled.
The biggest single factor for us this year is whether G.Williams is the real deal or not.
Losing BJ for Scott will turn out to be an upgrade.
It's reasonable when you consider that the BJ will most likely be on our books until 1 March 2020.greeneyed wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 4:02 pm Canberra Raiders reportedly willing to pay only an extra $100,000 in Joey Leilua transfer deal to Wests Tigers
The Canberra Raiders are reportedly prepared to meet $300,000 of Joey Leilua's 2020 contract as part of a transfer deal to the Wests Tigers. The Raiders have already paid around $200,000 of Leilua's $700,000 deal, and are only prepared to throw in an extra $100,000 to seal the Canberra-to-Concord deal.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/doueih ... 53u5m.html
That's still not good... but more reasonable.
I think that’s a pretty fair deal for both partiesgreeneyed wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 4:02 pm Canberra Raiders reportedly willing to pay only an extra $100,000 in Joey Leilua transfer deal to Wests Tigers
The Canberra Raiders are reportedly prepared to meet $300,000 of Joey Leilua's 2020 contract as part of a transfer deal to the Wests Tigers. The Raiders have already paid around $200,000 of Leilua's $700,000 deal, and are only prepared to throw in an extra $100,000 to seal the Canberra-to-Concord deal.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/doueih ... 53u5m.html
That's still not good... but more reasonable.
Yeah and I don't believe either club desperately need the deal to go through so it should be resolved OK for both.Botman wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 5:12 pmI think that’s a pretty fair deal for both partiesgreeneyed wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 4:02 pm Canberra Raiders reportedly willing to pay only an extra $100,000 in Joey Leilua transfer deal to Wests Tigers
The Canberra Raiders are reportedly prepared to meet $300,000 of Joey Leilua's 2020 contract as part of a transfer deal to the Wests Tigers. The Raiders have already paid around $200,000 of Leilua's $700,000 deal, and are only prepared to throw in an extra $100,000 to seal the Canberra-to-Concord deal.
Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/doueih ... 53u5m.html
That's still not good... but more reasonable.
They’ll meet somewhere in the middle at around 150k more
We’ll save 350k for a player the club obviously feels is the right time to move on
I don’t believe this is personal. I continue to think this is business and the club needs to get Scott into the side, and they won’t be keeping Beej beyond this year anyways so best for all to move on now and not allow it fester and turn ugly
The reality here is that Scott is going to the be the centre, and Beej is either playing off the bench or in reserve grade... in a contract year, going in his his last big pay day
I'd think it would be used to upgrade Bateman early to ensure he doesn't go on the open market or try and walk on his current deal.Seiffert82 wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 9:57 pm He was never staying in 2021, so I'm not sure this has any impact on Wighton or Bateman. The club was always willing to wear Leilua's contract. Now it's just about making sure the Tigers pay their fair share, to free up cap space for us to pick up a reasonable deal elsewhere, to supplement our depth. Possibly to re-contract Rapa?
Agreegreeneyed wrote: ↑January 24, 2020, 5:01 pm If he's on the books until 1 March, we'd have paid $233,000 already. They probably don't deserve any more... they would have a player for $450,000 (roughly)... and they're reportedly offering to pay him $500,000, then $600,000 in the following two years. They realistically can't expect the Raiders to pay any more than $300,000.