So this apparently is a thorn in the contract negotiations and is leading to some bitterness between the parties.
Begs the question. If his knee is chronic, is us even giving him $650k for one season even worth it. The value we see with Junz is experience. But that experience we want on the field too. We have a lot of good young middles, Junz is valuable to them. But as well when on the field he is.
How many more games does Junz miss with this issue? Added to that is the fact he is already rested and looked after, he will not only come back to pre-season later, but he might not do much pre-season at all due to his knee and managing it.
Also, no club can actually force a player to sit out of rep duties. Can they recommend it or say they don't want them playing? Of course, but the player ultimately decides to play or not. So not much we can really do there other than simply pulling the contract and he is left to either go to SL or Perth.
Should Paulo be picky? I mean that's human nature sometimes, I don't blame him getting beat deal possible. But also at the same time, he his mucking us around as well. Both parties have not done well with this.
PS: no AI needed to write this blog.
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And? He can still
play but Parra obviously want to manage his work load. Playing in a WC might seem not good for Paulo's knee.
LB my point is D Weidler and co talking some drama.
The club would know more than any of us about his injuries etc and workload; personally I don't care if he stays or not as long as we are not paying overs; but like a few here would look at his injuries and factor that in.The fact he wants to play WC is fine with me, as like Moses etc you cannot stop them.
word on AI is that the clubs are not that concerned with the knee, its all about how much we pay him "if he does go down" called "risk management" in my banking days, the knee is what it is, the risk is how much money we spend on that punt!.......3 or 4 games in the WC will probably tell us more than him not playing.......so holding back his signing is subjective! hence out position on the Perth Deal, by all means get the 900 there, but obviously not here, otherwise we would have competed with the 900. Logical if you stop and think, which tells me all the press conjecture of him wanting 900 is bullshit, but happy to leave it on the record.
Looks like AI gets it right again, smart creature that!
Paulo isn't contracted to us next year, why would we care what he does?
We are trying to extend him and offered him a contract? Are you being serious Adam?
Fucking oath I'm serious, I'm more than happy to part ways with any player that isn't satisfied with the terms being offered (which he clearly isn't).
No I mean you asking why we care when we are trying to extend him. Settle down mate.
Of course we should care about a player we are trying to sign trying to look after themselves.
We have to be open to (and entirely comfortable with) the distinct possibility that an agreement is not reached with him and he has already played his last game at the eels. This issue of caring doesn't come into it unless he agrees to the terms being offered. You say we are trying to extend him, we should be going to a lot less effort and move on to other opportunities.
You make a valid point Adam, personally I wouldn't be that ruthless about, there is a relationship of some note with him, but in terms of signing him now, there is no need now......we are in the same situation if he had gone to Perth. Obviously we want to look after him, we have offered a after playing career to my understanding and he has a wonderful understanding with the Samoan's in our club.
I dont think its the knee that the sole issue, Paulo is injury prone. If its not the knee, its his foot. Cant stop him from playing for Samoa but he should be focusing on getting his body right for the start of the year. Ryles is under pressure and he needs the top 17 playing as many games as possible next year.
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