I agree. Players only have a short window of opportunity to make money out of the game so it is important to take the best opportunities. However do not sit at the presser and say the Eels did not make an offer, admit that the offer from the Titans was far superior. Be honest, people will think more of you and be accepting.
Blame the club ? Phuleeese . All the club did was make a reasonable offer for a bloke who's been out of the game for a while . It was up to Hayne to accept it . If he could not find it within himself to show some loyalty then it's not the bloody clubs fault .
Now that the dust has settled, I feel very much at ease that we didn't give the prick an extra mill... As the saying goes the club is bigger than any ego.
"We'll just been watching Matty John's Late, Hindy n Fletch interviewing Dragons - Lawrie, Lomax n Coach son, gotta say Lawrie n Lomax complete fuckwits. Coach son was pretty cool but other two prime nobs
Dragons can keep Lomax cause we have a No…"
"Which is why I asked what you consider expensive? Would you say 500k? 600k?
If these players at up to 600k are classy & not expensive, it's a pretty small window reliant on what's available?
Which brings us back to the development angle, and that…"
"For sure, as mentioned, 800k & there's no way the Eels will look at him. 600-650k, is possibly a different story. As you mentioned with salary cap, those centres might've been 600k but that was decent coin also.
100% agree though that it all depends…"
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I agree. Players only have a short window of opportunity to make money out of the game so it is important to take the best opportunities. However do not sit at the presser and say the Eels did not make an offer, admit that the offer from the Titans was far superior. Be honest, people will think more of you and be accepting.