Molo jnr, Gosiewski, Hunt, Max Feagai, Sloan have been in NSW Cup almost the entire season. No way if they were chosen for a few games of NRL in the remaining weeks they'd be unavailable for NSW Cup finals.
I've known both all my life and have no reason to doubt what he told me. I can put my hand on my heart and tell you that his son is an employee or contracted by the St George RLC. So in the DT was it reported that the Dragons had salary cap issues or has had a freeze put on signing any new players?
Ok I know that there are restrictions possibly you may have to play a certain number of NSW Cup games to be eligible. If I was wrong I apologise.
I see. Well the DT article (apparently) said (I didn't read it. Only heard them talking about it on NRL 360) the club was in salary cap trouble because of Lomax (on less than 800k a year) and JDB (on less than 700k a year). That is a good deal for JDB. Not for Lomax the way he has played this year but not close to as bad as other clubs have it for their big money players. If any players other than Hunt were on huge money, the media would be all over it.
Ditto
700k is a steal for de Belin.
So is it plausible that if there is a salary cap freeze that would mean that if a player is entitled to be paid a bonus payment under his current contract for being selected for 1st this therefore means the coach then cannot select that player hence the apparently ludicrous team selections?
Considering that because of COVID-19 this year's salary cap was reduced to 9.4m per club. If we have Hunt on 1.2m, JDB on 700k, Lomax 800k that's 2.7m gone on 3 players. No wonder we are in trouble.
It's absolutely plausible as far as I know. It's just something I don't buy. I just think it's News LTD making excuses for their man Griffin. As for what your friend told you, I believe you 100%. I'm just questioning who gave him or her the info and who game him or her the info.
All players had their salaries reduced by the proportion the cap was reduced.
Well that's your prerogative if I believed everything I was told in my life I'd be looking a bit silly by now. If we are to accept that there is a freeze and the club cannot pay bonuses as per contracts then the coach would have an excuse for these selections. I think there has to be a reason why we are seeing the same team running around even after copping 3 floggings in the last month with no changes.
Ok but if it's in the contract that in year 3 you get 800k then that's not the case in this instance because of covid?
What your friend told you or what his relative told him or what his or her co-worker told him or her and so-on may be right. I just don't think it is. I don't have any other explanation other than the coach really believes this is the best team he can pick. He wants big, slow guys slogging it up and suffocating the Shonkies attack for 80min while grounding out a win. They did it for 60min against NQ. It stands to reason they can do it for 80min against the Shonkies.
Talking about contracts, I really don't know. I'm merely looking at the money our players are reported as being on compared to several other clubs. Looking at it that way, no way are the Dragons in salary cap trouble.
I think this is the best team available to him. Why would he pick Bird at centre otherwise with Feagai capable of playing that position. We are no chance of beating the Sharks with this team. In fact if the players are unavailable because bonuses cannot be paid I would suggest we won't win again until round 23 against the Titans and we will just cling to 11th at the end of the season. Hurts to say this.
I agree with this. Titans game might be tough with this team but at least Ramsey will be back, maybe pushing Mbye to centre and Bird to the forwards.
I have previously broken down the payments required to the top 30 contracted players. So players 18 -30 minimum base salary $52.5k so 13 x = $682.5k but 18 - 25 would be on better than that plus bonus payments. We already established 3 players of the remaining 17 are on 2.7m, so we have spent minimum 3.4m of the allocated 9.4m. So if we say the remaining 14 are left to divy up the remaining salary cap of 6m evenly that equates to 428k each and that is just not the case. So you can see why we are in salary cap trouble. I think that gives credibility to what I have been told.
Most probably I would have made a change at the very least moving Mbye to centre, Bird back where he belongs in the forwards with a looser fitting jersey and Sloan at fullback just to try something different.
This is very important for Bird at present. He looks ridiculous. Like he should be a fast food oook rather than a first grade NRL player.
Just to reinterate it is my friends son.