OFFICIAL Xavier Coates Leaves Broncos

[Scorchie]

How do these offers leak before signing anyway? Surely that stuff is private and confidential

 

[Bakamary]

It's easy to see how teams like Newcastle, Wests, Canterbury.. simply can't get out of it because of the way the salary cap is and the teams at the top know how to manipulate it the best. Look at Wests, they had Moses and Tedesco picked out of their team, they're still down there scratching and clawing while the teams that recruited these players are genuine contenders. Why even develop your own talent?

There are obvious advantages to developing talent if the club is a desirable place to play. We (and the clubs you mentioned) are basket cases undone by years of gross mismanagement.

But fortunes can be turned around. Take Parramatta, the most recent example I can think of. Not long ago, they were wooden spooners from Western Sydney (who nobody wanted to play for), plagued by salary cap scandals and the media’s favourite punching bag. A clean out from the top down starting with the board ensued and crucially, their replacements appear to be smart operators that know how to manage club affairs, the cap and playing roster.

Donaghy claims to be competent in these areas but it remains to be seen whether he’ll be handed the keys to the club. My concern is that the rotten influence from the top continues to fester.

 

[Nashy]

Old mate Badel saying 850k per season for two seasons offered by Storm

will decide Monday morning

Monday is probably when the 10 days expires.

 

[theshed]

Please let this be the last one. Please let this be rock bottom...nowhere but up from here...please

There’s no one left. Turpin?

 

[ZTop]

Lodge accepts he could be Brisbane’s fall guy in roster cleanout

Matt Lodge wants to stay at Brisbane but knows he may need to leave so coach Kevin Walters can rebuild the Broncos and buy an experienced halfback

www.nrl.com

2.10 onwards, piss funny..Copley is a cool cat

 

[winslow_wong]

Let’s map this timeline..
-Coates says he wants to be a bronco for life and tells fans to hang in there
- broncos get a historic come from behind win and Coates tours storm HQ the morning after
- every news outlet breaks his leaving of the broncos
- Coates publicly says nothing has been signed yet
If he still leaves anyway after all of this then he is **** of the year

 

[broncsgoat]

Lodge accepts he could be Brisbane’s fall guy in roster cleanout

Matt Lodge wants to stay at Brisbane but knows he may need to leave so coach Kevin Walters can rebuild the Broncos and buy an experienced halfback

www.nrl.com

2.10 onwards, piss funny..Copley is a cool cat

How did he not injure himself is what I want to know

 

[thenry]

The only reason Xavier would have been put up for that media spot was to put some heat on him. They know he's signed, it's a bit of punishment I reckon.

 

[vertigo]

How do these offers leak before signing anyway? Surely that stuff is private and confidential

It's been out there for months.

JAC gone - need a new kid who's already played Origin - I figured they knew we wouldn't blow our cap to keep him.

 

[thenry]

Monday is probably when the 10 days expires.

LOL is that 10 days after he went to Melbourne to sign..

 

[BooKhaki]

Honestly, who cares. He is potentially a gun, but if he wants to make the club go into a bidding war, cya later. He is 3-4 years away from being an elite winger. He is still one of the worst defensive wingers in the comp, as well as being useless coming out of trouble.

 

[Foordy]

Badel did say 850k per year.

if they're not making shit up ... how the **** can they be so far apart

 

[I bleed Maroon]

I wonder if Kev will drop Coates like he did Dearden

 

[Sproj]

I wonder if Kev will drop Coates like he did Dearden

I imagine he will once it is official. There are other wing options at the club, so why not drop him?

 

[Bull Shark]

Interesting that Coates apparently only wants a two year deal with Melbourne.. Heard the Storm had initially offered him three years..

Either he’s confident of being worthy of an upgrade or he isn’t keen to remain in Melbourne long term

 

[theshed]

I imagine he will once it is official. There are other wing options at the club, so why not drop him?

I actually think he should’ve been dropped after the parra game anyway. Mead would do a lot for the defence on that side.

 

[theshed]

Interesting that Coates apparently only wants a two year deal with Melbourne.. Heard the Storm had initially offered him three years..

Either he’s confident of being worthy of an upgrade or he isn’t keen to remain in Melbourne long term

Worried about life at Storm post Bellamy

 

[Kimlo]

Interesting that Coates apparently only wants a two year deal with Melbourne.. Heard the Storm had initially offered him three years..

Either he’s confident of being worthy of an upgrade or he isn’t keen to remain in Melbourne long term

Or he's taking the bet that being there for 2 years will make him his next contract skyrocket if he becomes a star down there.

Basically using them as a platform for a mega deal which I'm sure the Storm are fine with if they get a cheap player for the wing position to replace Carr.