Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:36 pm  

Was very good before he got injured but very average in the games since. Maybe a new environment might get him back to his best.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:49 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

That's Black and White thinking. Consider ….

1. Roberts had a 3 year contract until Nov 2020.
2. We have 2 wealthy owners who don't need the money.
3. Roberts will be playing for another club in 2019.

Turn the head of the player and the rest will follow.

Have you checked with them that they don't need the money or is that an assumption?

Presumably they would rather splash out on a Wakey player than leave for their kids inheritance.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:38 pm  

It was an assumption of mine that Roberts was not released because our owners wanted to give the savings in his wages to their beneficiaries. (As you well know).

The point was to RB that money is not the only tool in the arsenal of getting what you want (if indeed this is what we want)

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:48 pm  

They have probably give the savings in wages from Roberts' early departure to Blake Austin.

Says a lot for the state of SL though when we are talking about doing mercenary style tap-ups to turn a player's head by throwing the cash around, when the player is Jacob Miller. He's not a bad player but he's not the sort of elite player I'd be throwing money at.

It all feels a bit like the Cullen days, when we were paying over the odds for players.

I'd rather we took more of a moneyball approach and looked for which players were undervalued.

Re: Rumours 2 : Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:55 pm  

Jake mamo seems like a pointless signing if true unless Ratchford is moving in to the halves and Brown is finally getting the boot? He's not really a utility player he's pretty much a dead set fullback.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:50 am  

Or thane wrote:

Jake mamo seems like a pointless signing if true unless Ratchford is moving in to the halves and Brown is finally getting the boot? He's not really a utility player he's pretty much a dead set fullback.

As a starting 17 player I’d agree with you, however with Mitch Brown gone we need to replace the cover he gave for wing and full back. Towards the back end of last season he was playing wing and centre for Huddersfield and he played plenty of wing in Aus.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:10 am  

Or thane wrote:

Jake mamo seems like a pointless signing if true unless Ratchford is moving in to the halves and Brown is finally getting the boot? He's not really a utility player he's pretty much a dead set fullback.

I think you are wrong on this. From what I've seen of him he might just get his chance and then take some shifting. It's always good to have plenty of options. We were pretty lucky with injuries last year so Mitch Brown didn't play that much but you can't rely on it.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:09 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

I'd rather we took more of a moneyball approach and looked for which players were undervalued.

Yes - Price seems to be the man to get consistency out of ‘above-average’ players who don’t necessarily have ‘star’ quality. Although I do feel we need a bit more flair in the halves and hopefully Austin will provide this.

I’m surprised we haven’t made a move for another half by now though...

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:08 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

They have probably give the savings in wages from Roberts' early departure to Blake Austin.

Says a lot for the state of SL though when we are talking about doing mercenary style tap-ups to turn a player's head by throwing the cash around, when the player is Jacob Miller. He's not a bad player but he's not the sort of elite player I'd be throwing money at.

It all feels a bit like the Cullen days, when we were paying over the odds for players.

I'd rather we took more of a moneyball approach and looked for which players were undervalued.

I was making more a general point about how contracts need not be in the way of player acquisition when there is a true will to recruit them - even if the player is currently in a club with wealthy owners.

I'd rather we get the best available talent we can find in the 2 marquee spots.

Re: Rumours 2 : Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:34 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

As a starting 17 player I’d agree with you, however with Mitch Brown gone we need to replace the cover he gave for wing and full back. Towards the back end of last season he was playing wing and centre for Huddersfield and he played plenty of wing in Aus.

Fair point, and Smiffy i never thought of it that way