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How about the Broncos form?

Broncos - “We’ll take Croft, but only if Storm chip in on his salary.”
Storm - “Nah, don’t worry about it”
Broncos - “Ok, we will look elsewhere than.”
Storm - “You do that”
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Broncos - “Ok, we’ll pay”

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Are they paying it all? I'll be annoyed if we're paying him to play for them.
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Mattpoet wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:52 pm Are they paying it all? I'll be annoyed if we're paying him to play for them.
Sure...but if paying $100k means shifting $400K out of our salary cap and we can hopefully retain Curtis Scott...then I'm all for it
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Is there any half back options worth considering at the Tigers or Falcons?
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Storm Spirit wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:04 pm
Mattpoet wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:52 pm Are they paying it all? I'll be annoyed if we're paying him to play for them.
Sure...but if paying $100k means shifting $400K out of our salary cap and we can hopefully retain Curtis Scott...then I'm all for it
Not really...

Brodie is apparently on $400K
If we were to pay $100K on his Broncos salary, it still counts on our Salary Cap.
Plus we have to replace Brodie with at least a minimum wage player ($105K in 2019)
So if we pay $100K to the Broncos, we only save $200K from the cap.
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Itzbek the Purple wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:39 am Is there any half back options worth considering at the Tigers or Falcons?
Perhaps Nicho Hynes could be the go unless Ryley Jacks is brought back?
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Ryley has been seen at storm hq
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Drinkwater might need a new home with valentine going to the Cows.
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I have heard Nico Haynes name as being a possible halfback. Does anybody know if he has played in the position
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TC wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:39 pm Drinkwater might need a new home with valentine going to the Cows.
Would seriously take SD back in heartbeat....I''ll even drive to Townsville to pick him up and bring him back to Melbourne.
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glennb wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:12 pm I have heard Nico Haynes name as being a possible halfback. Does anybody know if he has played in the position
Played a lot there in q cup I believe
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yourhero wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:56 am
Storm Spirit wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:04 pm
Mattpoet wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:52 pm Are they paying it all? I'll be annoyed if we're paying him to play for them.
Sure...but if paying $100k means shifting $400K out of our salary cap and we can hopefully retain Curtis Scott...then I'm all for it
Not really...

Brodie is apparently on $400K
If we were to pay $100K on his Broncos salary, it still counts on our Salary Cap.
Plus we have to replace Brodie with at least a minimum wage player ($105K in 2019)
So if we pay $100K to the Broncos, we only save $200K from the cap.
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Me too Storm Spirit. Let me know if you need someone to help share the drive :)
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Letting Drinkwater leave instead of developing him into a first grade halfback looks so much worse now than it did a few months back and it was bad then. I even wonder if he'd have preferred to stay given where both clubs are at now.

On the halfback for 2020 topic. I wonder if that Smith to halfback story had any legs to it. With Grant re-signing it's hard to imagine him wanting to sit another season with no first grade. Smith moving positions would help there.
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blazza18 wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:58 am Letting Drinkwater leave instead of developing him into a first grade halfback looks so much worse now than it did a few months back and it was bad then. I even wonder if he'd have preferred to stay given where both clubs are at now.

On the halfback for 2020 topic. I wonder if that Smith to halfback story had any legs to it. With Grant re-signing it's hard to imagine him wanting to sit another season with no first grade. Smith moving positions would help there.
100%. Grant being re-signed so early in the year can only mean we've committed to playing him in first grade. Whether it's at 9, off the bench or even turning him into a 7?
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