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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Just don't sign Paulo until world cup is over. If he gets injured again then his career at parra is over.
no issue at all, just pull the offer and up grade another junior or a junior from another club or offer it to Frizell as he offers more than Paulo gives his all and more experienced.
I really wanted Junior to stay, mainly because he's been a great servant to the club. He's a parra person, and he deserves to play his 300th in the Blue and Gold.
However, with that being said - there needs to be compromise from Junior if he wants this too. He's not even worth $650k, so the fact that offer has been rejected is very concerning. If he's going to be difficult, I'd back the club if they say this is our final offer take it or leave it.
Let's be honest, no other club is offering him more than that and I don't think he'd be interested in playing overseas either.
Surprised we'd arc up over this.
when did we ever ever stop Mitch playing tho?? Plenty of times he had issues before soo??
Let him damage the knee more for Samoa and remove the offer. If he seriously wants to play next year it aint that hard to accept terms. Why is the club grovelling to keep a player that is only playing for money and his last year. He should be sacrificing to stay like Gallen did with the Sharks
Simple stuff.....let him play for Samoa and once he's finished and comes back from his 6wks annual leave, conduct a medical and then offer the prick $300k
Parra can't go into another season with a player who doesn't play aka Matterson we can't afford to.
The risk of not signing junz is that he is well respected by the young islanders at the club. If you lose junior you potentially lose others too.
It's a small price to pay, $650 keeps tuivati, brown , ryda and Lorenzo potentially
We all know once he gets that contact he all be a lazy plodder again
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