Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3
The club may be in a slightly different position to some of our competitors in that we're a more commercially run enterprise, and with a huge load of debt owing from the new stadium development. We need to be realistic - we might be able to spend up to the cap, but we may well not be able to match some others when it comes to the marquee extras etc. I don't know for sure but it's not been a wonderful year financially has it?
The other thing is that whereas I'd like Tetevano here (although his past isn't great), you've got to look at this from a professional sportsman's outlook. We all know Leeds is a great club and all that, but a large part of your decision to come halfway across the world will frankly be money. And in that context we're either in the ball park with whatever someone else is willing to pay, or we're toast.
Even Leeds is small fry compared to any NRL club, that's just the reality. The cash, resources, player pools they have at their disposal are another level. A player moving from first grade NRL to SL is not going to feel particularly impressed by the clubs or the media attention etc.
Also, has buying success worked for Warrington? Absolutely not. We need that magic combination of quality players and Leeds culture - let's just see what happens in the coming weeks. All players have agents these days and their job is to get the highest price too.
The other thing is that whereas I'd like Tetevano here (although his past isn't great), you've got to look at this from a professional sportsman's outlook. We all know Leeds is a great club and all that, but a large part of your decision to come halfway across the world will frankly be money. And in that context we're either in the ball park with whatever someone else is willing to pay, or we're toast.
Even Leeds is small fry compared to any NRL club, that's just the reality. The cash, resources, player pools they have at their disposal are another level. A player moving from first grade NRL to SL is not going to feel particularly impressed by the clubs or the media attention etc.
Also, has buying success worked for Warrington? Absolutely not. We need that magic combination of quality players and Leeds culture - let's just see what happens in the coming weeks. All players have agents these days and their job is to get the highest price too.
Statistics: Posted by KaeruJim — Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:34 pm