Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:44 pm  

We should definitely be open to taking him back if he's good enough. Imagine if we went on to have ten years starring for Saints, Leeds or Wire?

I genuinely wish the lad well, big risk to back himself as much as he is. I can see this being a Mark Flanagan situation though, coming back a decent player in his early 20s, but having not played enough rugby to have really developed.

I know Flanagan has actually gone on to have a perfectly decent career and is going well at Salford, but I still think that decision stopped him from becoming a really top player.

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:04 pm  

Cherry_&_White wrote:

We should definitely be open to taking him back if he's good enough. Imagine if we went on to have ten years starring for Saints, Leeds or Wire?

I genuinely wish the lad well, big risk to back himself as much as he is. I can see this being a Mark Flanagan situation though, coming back a decent player in his early 20s, but having not played enough rugby to have really developed.

I know Flanagan has actually gone on to have a perfectly decent career and is going well at Salford, but I still think that decision stopped him from becoming a really top player.

I agree we should always look at taking a player back if they are good enough.But when they leave the club they should be made aware that the door they are going through isn’t a cat flap.

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:51 pm  

hatty wrote:

I agree we should always look at taking a player back if they are good enough.But when they leave the club they should be made aware that the door they are going through isn’t a cat flap.

So if a player goes to test themselves in the NRL gor whatever reason it may be, you wouldn't allow them back?

So if Bateman decides he misses his daughter too much we can't have him back?

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:56 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

So if a player goes to test themselves in the NRL gor whatever reason it may be, you wouldn't allow them back?

So if Bateman decides he misses his daughter too much we can't have him back?

I think my first sentence answers your question

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:34 pm  

I've often thought that some kind of dual registration would be a good idea

We want to send players over to improve develop Eric but would like them to return to us at a decent age. Nrl sides often seem to be letting players go for cap space reasons then surely there is something to be worked out their.

At the moment it's a one way street getting one of their big earners for a season or a young promising player coming the other way would not be a bad thing would it ?

It's a way of countering the resourse drain to the nrl but gets more of our players over there to experience it and learn from it too. Clubs could work together better we could undoubtedly have a lot to learn but nrl clubs would probably identify a few things we may do that they had not thought about.

You cannot knock a player wanting to go test themselves at the highest level and to earn more money in a warmer climate. We should want our players to go over there and succeed and bring that into the international set up. I would though make a stipulation same as ru that to be selected for England or GB you must be playing in super league.

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:51 pm  

hatty wrote:

I think my first sentence answers your question

But you then say they need to know it's not a cat flap so which is it? Let them back or not?

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:00 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

But you then say they need to know it's not a cat flap so which is it? Let them back or not?

Like I said I answered your question in the first sentence. By all means look at signing them again but don’t let them go thinking that it’s an easy option to comeback if it doesn’t work out.

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:09 pm  

So the simple answer is to let a player go (assuming he is not out of contract so Wigan have some kind of bargaining position) with the club's blessing but with first refusal to re-sign if the player decides to come back, especially early but with no guarantee that Wigan would sign the player, depending on performances etc. which is what I understand the club have previously done.

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:34 pm  

exiled Warrior wrote:

So the simple answer is to let a player go (assuming he is not out of contract so Wigan have some kind of bargaining position) with the club's blessing but with first refusal to re-sign if the player decides to come back, especially early but with no guarantee that Wigan would sign the player, depending on performances etc. which is what I understand the club have previously done.

Yip
And 2 more benefits
1/ Transfer Fee

2/ he may not have signed the contract that hes leaving part way through in the first place if we dont put a clause in, so we may get 2 more years say put of a Bateman, Williams, Gildart etc that we wouldn't have got as if there was no get out they may have just moved on.

Sits back and prepares for the expected

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:27 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

Yip
And 2 more benefits
1/ Transfer Fee

2/ he may not have signed the contract that hes leaving part way through in the first place if we dont put a clause in, so we may get 2 more years say put of a Bateman, Williams, Gildart etc that we wouldn't have got as if there was no get out they may have just moved on.

Sits back and prepares for the expected

I’ve got no problems with lads going to the NRL with a few seasons experience in SL but young lads with no first team experience is the thin end of the wedge

Effectively we should be a part time professional sport with our current slim pool of players. Take away the buds of youth and if it expands then very quickly you don’t have a supportable professional product

I don’t know the answer but a previous post on dual registration may be part of the solution

If Rushton succeeds (which I hope he does) this could encourage even more young guys to take a similar route.

Not a great situation