Kimmorley & Patten would be on not much more than Pritchard, Eastwood, Ennis, Morris, Stagg, Tolman, Roberts or Hodgkinson individually - add your bobcat Ryan & even backups Payne, Halatau, Paea & Millington on more than the average reserve. Then Idris -who they still lay claim too & start talking to the most costly pom in England. Back end contracts & Hannants still dont add up for me.....bob dylan link said:[quote author=Matt K link=topic=187338.msg331018#msg331018 date=1302051746]
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Recent years have seen Kimmorley, Patten and Hannant go.
They have non of the games top money earners.
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Thats fair enough logic in some ways, but you must concede that many fans from other teams go on about Manly having the best accountants in the NRL.
Wehave two top liners in Watmough and Lyon. Then Kite, Stewart x2, Matai, King, Foran, Wolfman and Ballin all commanding the price of current origin and tests players.
Then throw in the likes of Tony Williams, Robbo, Rodney, Gulavao, Hopoate, Rose etc etc.
Let be fair and reasonable.
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Some good points Bob though the big dif is our off season buys are reserves from other clubs or players not rated - apart from star class purchases, the Bullpups backup players purchased are actually 1st graders from other clubs & we certainly dont seem to be negotiating with pommy internationals.....yes our top 4-5 players would be on similar money but the rest of their squad looks very sus.