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Recruitment and Retention for 2027

mr_c said:
so tell me the clubs that can afford them , and what we be using close to 2.5 mil on as dont see them leaving unless we got decent replacements
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Rumour has been going around for months the Roosters can afford him. Don't ask me how. They talk about the Roosters salary sombrero. I think there is your answer.
 
The other thing is Katoa is due at the end of next year too.

If Herbie goes too high, we lose Katoa.

Katoa is the player you build your future around. Not Herbie, Herbie is a luxury piece that I would love to stay, but not at overs.

I think the Rooster are justifying paying him overs by saying its to play fullback. At 1.5mil that's a massive risk. I hope he is a good fullback. Mitchell wasn't.
 
Liverpool FC lost its best player, nearly its best player of all time. Steven Gerrard.

He didnt win the EPL while at Liverpool.

When he left, it was like the whole world was going to implode.

Surprise Surprise, they won the league not long after.

They won the league, with good club management, and a coach/manager that was a great leader.

I'm more concerned about Woolf being Knowles' best mate, rather then losing Herbie. Meteorically.
 
Red said:
Rumour has been going around for months the Roosters can afford him. Don't ask me how. They talk about the Roosters salary sombrero. I think there is your answer.
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end the day rumours from mangers with links to that club i dont see it no way you got teddy on mil herbie on 1.5 walker on 1.5
 
Herbie is for sure worth 1.2m a season, cap is going up, best centre in the game, keeps that deadly left edge combo with Cobbo long term as a serious weapon for Katoa and Williams on one side, then they have the Bostock aerial threat on the other side.

1.5m definitely not though just because at the end of the day he's a centre and it's too much. I do really hope we keep him.

Hammer on the current equivalent of 1m or so is fine (so a bit more under the new cap) but again not really more than that, he's about the 5th or 6th best fullback in the game which is very important, but he has a few defensive/running the ball back issues that keep him out of the absolute top tier. I'm fine with keeping him on an adjusted for cap increase. Bostock it depends what he wants but if it's 750k a season or similar he's worth it, although not 1m etc

We have to remember both the cap is going up and we can shed other players to make the room to pay Katoa, Plath and Donoghoe

Safiti 800k, Flegler 900k and whatever Knowles is on plus Kaufusi 750k or so coming back - yes we'll have to promose a few young forwards that eat 250k of that or whatever as they get their first top 30 deals but that should free up enough space to keep everyone if we're willing to shed Lemuelu too if need be with Pouniu taking over at second row. It would leave us a bit light on forwards but Su'a and some others can hopefully fill that gap

There's a good chance we finish top 4 again next season which should make us an attractive target for promising young forwards if we need to go to market after not renewing Flegler and Kaufusi retiring assuming that's what we do and if Knowles stays surely it's on close to the minimum.

Even if Herbie does leave we have a premiership window in 2027 and then assuming we retain Katoa, Plath and Donoghoe next season it stays wide open long term if we develop juniors well and/or recruit well which will be easier after back to back top four finishes
 
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Red said:
100%. As the best centre in the game, I think he's worth about 1 mil a year. 1.1 max.
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Next round of contracts with the increase in cap i think you'll see the top centres around 1.3. like many things though it remains to be seen. No doubt the NRL will pull some utter bullshit rules like you get a bonus point if you hit 20 offloads a game or some other stupid trial
 
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SwoopAE said:
Herbie is for sure worth 1.2m a season, cap is going up, best centre in the game, keeps that deadly left edge combo with Cobbo long term as a serious weapon for Katoa and Williams on one side, then they have the Bostock aerial threat on the other side.

1.5m definitely not though just because at the end of the day he's a centre and it's too much. I do really hope we keep him.

Hammer on the current equivalent of 1m or so is fine (so a bit more under the new cap) but again not really more than that, he's about the 5th or 6th best fullback in the game which is very important, but he has a few defensive/running the ball back issues that keep him out of the absolute top tier. I'm fine with keeping him on an adjusted for cap increase. Bostock it depends what he wants but if it's 750k a season or similar he's worth it, although not 1m etc

We have to remember both the cap is going up and we can shed other players to make the room to pay Katoa, Plath and Donoghoe

Safiti 800k, Flegler 900k and whatever Knowles is on plus Kaufusi 750k or so coming back - yes we'll have to promose a few young forwards that eat 250k of that or whatever as they get their first top 30 deals but that should free up enough space to keep everyone if we're willing to shed Lemuelu too if need be with Pouniu taking over at second row. It would leave us a bit light on forwards but Su'a and some others can hopefully fill that gap

There's a good chance we finish top 4 again next season which should make us an attractive target for promising young forwards if we need to go to market after not renewing Flegler and Kaufusi retiring assuming that's what we do and if Knowles stays surely it's on close to the minimum.

Even if Herbie does leave we have a premiership window in 2027 and then assuming we retain Katoa, Plath and Donoghoe next season it stays wide open long term if we develop juniors well and/or recruit well which will be easier after back to back top four finishes
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i think forward wise we going have keep a few as bar seb prop wise we aint really got anything coming through that flash thik thats where we need most depth


no use getting rid of props if aint ready
Patrick Kailahi is a year or two or 2 away

Cody Starr looks another season or two away

Elijah Rasmussen i thought we would seen by now so yeah not sure what to make there i say we may see him chopped

so if we were to get rid of few props we may need pick up 1 or two mid range props
 
midlands hobo said:
Next round of contracts with the increase in cap i think you'll see the top centres around 1.3. like many things though it remains to be seen. No doubt the NRL will pull some utter bullshit rules like you get a bonus point if you hit 20 offloads a game or some other stupid trial
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True. It might be a better idea to talk about the % of the cap but good luck with the math of doing that with a whole squad. With the cap as it is now, 1 million or 1.1 max. He's way more involved than other centres and is a menace almost every time he is involved but still, a centre typically doesn't have the same impact on a game as a halfback, hooker or fullback.
 
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