HaroldBishop
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Don't know mate. I get the feeling he's going to head home but hopefully that's just due to my negative nature.
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Don't know mate. I get the feeling he's going to head home but hopefully that's just due to my negative nature.
Don't think he's even meant to have spoken to them yet so really cant announce any move until into last year of deal
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A few reasons I can think of
Sharks have put all contract negotiations on hold till end of season. He's not off contract until November 2020 and as Tank said that means no formal offer can be made by any other club until November so he has nothing to announce yet be it a Cowboys deal or Sharks extension.
HaroldBishop
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2020 is an option in his favor though. Really he's contracted until end of next year.
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Fair enough. Still nothing formal with other clubs (or us given the hold on negotiations) till end of 2018 campaign, yeah?
HaroldBishop
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Yeah supposedly mate. Who knows what managers get up to though.
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Oh of course but regardless how deep in negotiations the Cows might be with Val they can't give him a formal offer till November so Val has no deal he can formally accept and announce yet.
HaroldBishop
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Yep true.
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Why?
- doesn't want negativity from the supporters until after his last game
- doesn't want to affect his team mates in the finals
But he may stay, then we have to ask ourselves why hasn't he accepted our deal?
- wants a bidding war between both clubs
- he is leaving and doesn't want to upset the team / supporters
If he was happy at the club and the deal he would have signed already. I'd say he is gone.
So will likely miss out on Barba also, Capewell will be out fullback haha
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I really don't know what's so hard to understand about the fact that the Cowboys can't actually offer him anything yet.
Gards
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yep, how is the bloke able to make a decision without knowing what the competing offer is yet
but perhaps the managers are talking in code to avoid breaking the rules
"I hear that Feb 14 Real Estate prices in Townsville will be sky hi and a better investment than those in Cronulla..."
HaroldBishop
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It's probably a but naive to think ballpark figures haven't been discussed with the Cows.
Mark^Bastard
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His manager has probably just told him he is ib the driver's seat. And he definitely is. Waiting until November will only help him.
The open market will drive up his price and then he chooses the overall best offer. It is smart.
The open market will drive up his price and then he chooses the overall best offer. It is smart.
HaroldBishop
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Will either us or the Cows imo, regardless of other offers.
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I'm not suggesting they haven't spoken at all. Just point out the idiocy of "why does he have to wait until the end of the season to make a decision?"
For the record I personally think we've lost him but regardless unless he was 100% certain he wanted to stay in Cronulla (which he clearly isn't) signing before other clubs are allowed to put in an offer would be moronic.
stormshark
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I don't think the club should be mentioning Barba, till this salary cap thing is cleared up.
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Why we are under the cap this year by 500k it's not like we are currently cheating the cap. We'd be crazy not to pursue the players we are interested in because of us stuffing up in the past.
snowman
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You should be over the moon if he leaves, you didnt want him at Fullback
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When he was playing like a dud? You bet I didn't
You know who else did't? The damn coach you twat
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