The Cowboys are set to offer Johnathan Thurston $700,000 a year over 3 years to try and keep him at the Cowboys. Japanese Rugby has apparently offered him $1.1 mil per season.
I really don't see the point in the Cowboys trying to keep him. Granted, he is the current Australian half back, but for that kind of money they could buy 2-3 good players. Since arriving at the Cowboys he has taken them to a Grand Final and won a stack of individual awards, but what have they really achieved with him there? In 2009 the Cowboys were woeful and I'm not sure this year will be a whole lot better for them.
We showed last year that a 'budget' halves combination can be just as good, if not better than an all star combination if your team is playing well.
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Plus would our budget halves have been that good without our superstar hayne. every team needs a star we have hayne, mateo, storm has slater, inglis, broncos lockyer, the cowboys other than thurston and bowen when uninjured have no one. When thurston is playing for queensland, australia the cowboys have a very ordinary team where as for us when hayne is out we still have hindy,inu,mateo and now tahu.
I think the question should be what would they have achieved without him there? With Thurston playing, they are always a chance.
As long as you have the right players around him, Yes, i believe he is worth $700K.
There's a difference between building a team around a star, and just having a star and a bunch of crap players around him.
he has a 15 minute man at the bulldogs when they won the title in 04!
if thats his nrl highlight, hes not that good!