Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 7:26 am  

I hope we have a "first dibs" clause included

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 7:57 am  

Zig wrote:

Who agreed to that contract? The lad will become an international.

It was inevitable that he would move to the NRL, but not this early.

Wire will be entitled to a transfer fee though, he won't be leaving on a freebie.

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 8:25 am  

Snaggletooth wrote:

I hope we have a "first dibs" clause included

Me too, but I'm never really sure how those things work, and how effective they are anyway. Usually, the player goes where the player wants to go, regardless of contracts. Not saying that's fair, but it's just the way it seems to be.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 9:15 am  

A few on the thread looking at positives and rightly so on balance given the disparity of both caps, not to mention lifestyle and testing yourself against the best, (not you lot Saddened).

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but the fact that we have looked after Nicholson in his short time with us and we appear to be less of a basket case (yes we can always revert to type), could mean some reciprocal benefit with decent Antipodean players and their Clubs choosing to come here as a proving ground rather than a pension jackpot?

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 9:33 am  

might counteract any bad PR that mcguire has been spreading in the last 12 months

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 9:48 am  

I'd like to think we're already a desirable club for NRL players to come to. Wasn't it Fitzgibbon that recently said he was going to Leeds until one of his old team mates told him Warrington would be better?

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 11:31 am  

Uncle Rico wrote:

A few on the thread looking at positives and rightly so on balance given the disparity of both caps, not to mention lifestyle and testing yourself against the best, (not you lot Saddened).

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but the fact that we have looked after Nicholson in his short time with us and we appear to be less of a basket case (yes we can always revert to type), could mean some reciprocal benefit with decent Antipodean players and their Clubs choosing to come here as a proving ground rather than a pension jackpot?

Yes and hopefully we have first dibs if he wants to come back in a year or two?

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 12:43 pm  

wirecation wrote:

I'd like to think we're already a desirable club for NRL players to come to. Wasn't it Fitzgibbon that recently said he was going to Leeds until one of his old team mates told him Warrington would be better?

Can't remember where but I did read an interview with him saying he'd spoken to Kurt Gidley and Andrew Johns before he made his decision in our favour.

Re: Matty Nicholson : Fri May 24, 2024 2:23 pm  

wirecation wrote:

I'd like to think we're already a desirable club for NRL players to come to. Wasn't it Fitzgibbon that recently said he was going to Leeds until one of his old team mates told him Warrington would be better?

Not hard to come to that conclusion, Stevie Wonder could see Warrington was a better option than Leeds Whinos

Re: Matty Nicholson : Sat May 25, 2024 8:48 pm  

Massive game today, hope the club can persuade him to stay.