Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:43 pm  

I don't rate Shenton.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:48 pm  

Chief Scout wrote:

If people honestly believe Saints will give him 130k p/a then you're seriously deluded. We're not Wigan Warriors.

in terms of salary cap space, £130k isnt that much for a first choice international centre.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:06 pm  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

in terms of salary cap space, £130k isnt that much for a first choice international centre.

He's not quite a Marquee player though, and if the alleged "average wage" for a SL player is £60, it sounds a lot to pay him over double that.

Wage rate do have a slight exponential tend as they go up though, I suppose.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:16 pm  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

in terms of salary cap space, £130k isnt that much for a first choice international centre.

When you are talking 8% of a budget for 25 players its a significant amount, maybe its not for an Inglis, Lyon or Matai reputation but for a move that is based more on potential over proven outstanding talent it would represent a bit of a gamble.

I am for Shenton but at a decent price not held to ransom, can we not get Michael Jennings instead?

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:17 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

He's not quite a Marquee player though, and if the alleged "average wage" for a SL player is £60, it sounds a lot to pay him over double that.

Wage rate do have a slight exponential tend as they go up though, I suppose.

I know RL players are notoriously underpaid compared to football but that is very low

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:26 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

I know RL players are notoriously underpaid compared to football but that is very low

Its not bad, not for playing rugby, going to training etc.
If you finish at 30 you've still got time to start a new career, especially if you've invested the time to train while you're still playing.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:30 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Its not bad, not for playing rugby, going to training etc.
If you finish at 30 you've still got time to start a new career, especially if you've invested the time to train while you're still playing.

Have I missed your sarcasm or have you missed your own typo? £60 is less than a week of Jobseekers!

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:33 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

Have I missed your sarcasm or have you missed your own typo? £60 is less than a week of Jobseekers!

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:00 pm  

if the average is around £60k, then once you take into account the likes of Foster, Emmitt, Lomax, Wheeler, Armstrong, Dean, Ashurst, Dixon, Hargreaves, Fozzard you have 10 players who (in theory) will be earning probably half that amount each at most.

That would leave the average for the rest of squad at around £90k.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:09 pm  

Wire_74 wrote:

I don't rate Shenton.

but you would if there was talk of him going to wire i suppose...