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Junior Paulo and the retirement of Watmough.

Posted by Morgs82 on March 27, 2016 at 11:05am

The article about Paulo has me thinking. Clearly we would have liked to keep him, but salary cap constraints have meant we are probably nowhere near the offer made by Stickys Raiders.What I want to know is, does the June 30th rule apply with Paulo's Raider contract? And if so do we we offer say 50K less than the raiders if Watmoughs retirement is insurance approved? I mean surely with the 750k we have more than enough to cover Paulo? I can't imagine the Raider should pay that much. Anyway what are everybody's thoughts, is this a plan behind the scenes or has the club already decided to move on, it could be interesting and I for one would love Paulo to backflip on the raiders like Papalli did to us.

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Morgs82 March 27, 2016 at 11:06am

By the way, it is nearly impossible to write a blog on an iPhone with this site. I know there are some errors, but it is a big pain in the arse to fix them when what you are typing doesn't show on screen....
┌∩┐Parody┌∩┐ March 27, 2016 at 11:13am

Perfect blog, to put in the Paulo article thread. That why members post those articles, to start conversations on the topic not to start new blogs every time some has a opinion on the same topic.
Sorry mate i just hate scrolling through so many blogs each day, hardly your fault. At least you made a decent effort and no the june 30 deadline has been scrapped for a 10 day cooling off period.
- Morgs82 > ┌∩┐Parody┌∩┐ March 27, 2016 at 11:27am
  
  Yeah all good, I considered putting it in the article thread, but thought it was worth a standalone. Now knowing the new cooling off period, not so much...
Morgs82 March 27, 2016 at 11:21am

Well considering you are the third one to say it on this thread......
Morgs82 March 27, 2016 at 11:22am

I didn't even realise, I thought I was pretty knowledgable too. Well you learn something new everyday and the cooling off period is much better for sure. A shame for us in Paulos case though.
Morgs82 March 27, 2016 at 11:47am

I bow down to your superior contract knowledge. I was unaware, simple as that.
adam March 27, 2016 at 11:52am

stuff him dont want playes who dont want to be here

n signing norms is the number one priority
Morgs82 March 27, 2016 at 11:58am

Good point, surely we will be in a great cap position next year even with an upgrade for Norman, assuming the watmough situation plays out in our favour.

I suppose a upgrade for Semi on the cars too.
adam March 27, 2016 at 12:04pm

yea id say so

dnt need to sign anyone new though we have a great team atm

just a solid replacement for paulo
coco March 27, 2016 at 12:17pm

I think we had a limit we were willing to spend on a 40min a game prop.

750000 a year exceeded the limit no matter who it was.

Think that is what it came down to rather then not having the money available

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