Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:42 am  

Damaged goods, large contract, late in the off season with most clubs settled with their 2016 squads and Hudds clearly not able to play him leaves Giants in a very weak bargaining position. Whilst they may get a £50k fee up front, I'll be very surprised if Hudds aren't having to bite the bullet and continue to pay a proportion of his salary - I'd presume that would be the angle any club looking to sign him would go down in order to get a good player at a reasonable price on the cap.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:42 am  

Stevosfalseteeth wrote:

I very much doubt he's anywhere near 100k.

And you would be wrong. He is comfortably over it.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:51 am  

As one of only a couple of England Internationals at Hudds he probably is. Looking at their squad from this year I would imagine he along with Brough and Crabtree are the top ones (McGillivary might be if/when he signs a new deal).

He might though be prepared to accept in the circumstances that taking a small pay cut is the wise choice with regards to his career. Out of the 3 clubs mentioned only Leeds offer him a realistic chance of silverware AND keeping his England spot for the 4 Nations and World Cup.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:56 am  

Wherever he ends up (in SL) I, along with many others I suspect, would pay top dollar to see the two (or more) Huddersfield games against his new club!

Huby vs Ferres THE REMATCH

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:03 pm  

son of headingley wrote:

Wherever he ends up (in SL) I, along with many others I suspect, would pay top dollar to see the two (or more) Huddersfield games against his new club!

Huby vs Ferres THE REMATCH

That is the one downside to potentially signing him, it'll do Huddersfield's team talk for them when we meet.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:23 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

That is the one downside to potentially signing him, it'll do Huddersfield's team talk for them when we meet.

Maybe, but they always seem to have enough reasons to raise their game against us anyway. On the flip side of that is Hudds. team as a whole could get way caught up in the emotion and moment and veer away from any game plan they have to go head hunting Ferres so it could work in to the advantage of the team that signs him.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:54 pm  

If Wigan are after Ferres as reported today, I wonder if he'd prefer them to us, viewing us as yesterday's men & Wigan as an upcoming force in Super League?
As usual I expect it will all come down to money.
I don't expect to see him in a Rhinos shirt next season.

PS getting hacked off at how long it takes to enter stuff on here.
What is going on?

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:45 pm  

Old Feller wrote:

If Wigan are after Ferres as reported today, I wonder if he'd prefer them to us, viewing us as yesterday's men & Wigan as an upcoming force in Super League?
As usual I expect it will all come down to money.
I don't expect to see him in a Rhinos shirt next season.

PS getting hacked off at how long it takes to enter stuff on here.
What is going on?

Farrell, Joel Tomkins, Bateman when not used in the centre, not really sure why Wigan would use up a chunk of cap space in that particular position. Better off getting a natural centre or a big metre making prop.

Could just be his agent spreading rumours though in the hope of teams upping their wage offers.

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:16 pm  

I hope we do make a move for him.

Putting the off the field things to one side and assuming it would not unsettle the dressing room then I think he would finish our pack off nicely.

I always feel that we are a little light in the back three (not so much when Cuthbertson is at loose I know), and even though Ward hits above his weight I think a good strong back rower will keep us in the running for silverware.

Hopefully he would be able to help share the workload that seemed to be draining the energy from a few players last year.

Unless Gary wants to keep some salary cap free again for a mid season signing to depending on injuries!

Re: Ferres to Roosters falls through. : Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:56 pm  

[quote="Andy Gilder"]Anywhere with space on their cap will happily pay £50k to get hold of Ferres. He's one of the best second rowers in the competition.

If Leeds aren't prepared to pay it, someone will and he'll go there instead. Ridiculous to miss out for what is such a tiny fee in the grand scheme of things.[/quote

Take the point but most good players move now with no fee. I have no idea of wages etc involved but only recent comparable case is carney. Still on a long contract at cas. They have reduced their liability for 1 year by loaning to Salford. Fee is £50k plus 4 years wages for a guy Hudds can't play. Be surprised if hetherington takes on a £500k plus bill for a guy that Hudds cannot get on pitch that comes with a bad news story, club image impact, leaving aside the whole dressing room possible risk. Any club in for Ferres will be trying to drive Hudds to pay some of wages never mind jumping in with a big 4 year contract plus £50k. it is certainly the position we most need strengthening though.