It wouldn't have been said as a threat. He would have been told that if he wasn't in the longterm plans, they would have to give the firstgrade experience to Fitzgibbon or Jacob Saifiti, who are in the longterm plans.I'm not quite sure I agree with this. Threatening a bloke is just going to make him leave. If I were given that ultimatum, I'd tell him to shove it up his arse and sign with the Raiders. Threatening players is not the way to go, especially when we need him.
Brown is awesome. And to think 9 months ago we had a coach who was telling people he couldn't drop players because they were earning too much money.
Big decision for Tapine, we will see his true character. Knights stood by him and he said that he wanted to repay them for showing faith in him.
Let's see if he jumps ship, if he does drop him and promote others ahead of him that want to play for the club and not just chasing money.
Yeah being on over a hundred grand at least doesn't put food on the table. Sure. (Insert sarcasm if it was missed).I don't think it's repaying the faith Knights showed him, it's doing what's best for himself. Repaying the faith doesn't put food on the table for himself and his family. People take players signing somewhere else waaaay too seriously and act as if the player was trying to get back at the club and fans. At the end of the day, staying loyal and repaying faith doesn't always pay the bills.
Yeah being on over a hundred grand at least doesn't put food on the table. Sure. (Insert sarcasm if it was missed).
I'm on one hundred grand and I can pay my bills, eat three square meals and live quite a good life.
I get try to get the most you can but not every player does that. Many play for unders to stay with a club/playing group.
You make it sound like we offered minimum wage.
If he wants to go, let him. But if he is trying to haggle a bigger offer outta us, same answer: let him go. If he wants to stay he will
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Come on you make it sound like he would be playing for us for nothing when infact he will be getting a good upgrade and be playing for a team that did stand by him.I don't think it's repaying the faith Knights showed him, it's doing what's best for himself. Repaying the faith doesn't put food on the table for himself and his family. People take players signing somewhere else waaaay too seriously and act as if the player was trying to get back at the club and fans. At the end of the day, staying loyal and repaying faith doesn't always pay the bills.
You would have to pay me a hell of a lot money to move to Canberra. Nothing appealing about that place.
I bet his next contract with us (if it happens ) will be 3 times that and did he really come from a place where his family has almost nothing I haven't read that a well I guess I can understand if he is the bread winner for his extended family.Can you support your mum and dad with that? Perhaps all the brother and sisters you have as well? What about family you may have overseas that have close to nothing? I couldn't live off $100k a year knowing all my family wasn't better off because of it.