Re: Widdop in bidding war : Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:53 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

You are wrong. He would earn more money by staying in sunny Australia.

Yeah right, you really are a fantasist.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:54 pm  

Cokey wrote:

Just you i'm afraid.

No it isn't, he's nothing special IMO either.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:21 am  

vastman wrote:

Yeah right, you really are a fantasist.

What a stupid thing to say. What is the salary cap in Australia.
How much richer are the australian clubs

The highest paid players in the SL are nowhere near the highest paid in Australia.

Even if Moran or Davy splash the cash the chances of him getting more than he would in Australia are minuscule

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:21 am  

vastman wrote:

No it isn't, he's nothing special IMO either.

Then Wakey sign him and you change your mind.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:46 am  

Cokey wrote:

Then Wakey sign him and you change your mind.

We couldn't afford to sign him.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:42 am  

little wayne69 wrote:

We couldn't afford to sign him.

I think you know what i mean wayne.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:43 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

This is old news about the bidding war.

However given the credibility of the Courier Mail, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Sky, it does sound as though Gareth Widdop wants to come to Super League.

Rupert Murdoch hasn't owned sky for god knows how long. Before the Comcast takeover news corporation owned 39% share of sky. The remaining 61% was owned by private investors.

Even before comcast bid to take over sky, Murdoch agreed to sell his 39% stake to Disney.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:13 pm  

kobashi wrote:

Rupert Murdoch hasn't owned sky for god knows how long. Before the Comcast takeover news corporation owned 39% share of sky. The remaining 61% was owned by private investors.

Even before comcast bid to take over sky, Murdoch agreed to sell his 39% stake to Disney.

So who now owns Sky, Comcast or Disney?

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:41 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

So who now owns Sky, Comcast or Disney?

Comcast now owns sky.

Re: Widdop in bidding war : Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:42 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

What a stupid thing to say. What is the salary cap in Australia.
How much richer are the australian clubs

The highest paid players in the SL are nowhere near the highest paid in Australia.

Even if Moran or Davy splash the cash the chances of him getting more than he would in Australia are minuscule

Why would the difference in salary cap have anything to do with it with the marque player rule? Unless you are suggesting he would not be a marque player?

The NRL is blessed with an abundance of talent throughout Aus, more extremely talented players than spaces in first team squads, players playing in the NSW cup would not struggle in SL, we have seen that from experience - If there was a chance a player like Widdop wants to come over, Moran would move heaven and earth to get it over here in terms of the money they would offer him and he has it to offer, are you seriously suggesting NRL clubs would beat him in a bidding war? It`s not really a money issue, they would not pay over the odds like a few SL clubs would for him and why would they when they can get someone of equal quality, or very near quality for a lot less money?