Can Manly support the 2 highest paid NRL players?

[XV-1]

if you look what players are paid for their total salary vs the number of games star players play, Manly have the 2 highest paid players in the NRL.

DCE was recently seen as the highest paid player in the NRL. DCE is hardly ever injured and plays most matches.

Turbo if you divide the number of games he has played in the last 2 seasons, he is definitely the highest paid player in the NRL. $1+ mill for a half a season is crazy.
Does Turbo have clauses in his contract that specifies a certain number of games? He is signed for the next 5 years.

I really hope Turbo gets over his injury issues, but at the moment he is providing poor value for money.

It is clearly affecting our ability to buy backline players other than bargain basement types.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Of course not.

 

[CRPSI eagle]

Turbo is Gonski, if he does plays again he wont be the same player and doubt he'll play again this year!

 

[Cliffymagic]

Definitely paid too much. Maybe a few injury free years and top performance he deserves a mill like tedesco.too much too soon. But current prices for top liners is ridiculous ATM.

 

[susan]

Turbo is Gonski, if he does plays again he wont be the same player and doubt he'll play again this year!

Two or three weeks away.

 

[JackDaytona]

how much are they paying afb surely clubs gonna start offering him big dollars to leave us i cant see how we keep him with dce and the trobie brothers eating all the cap im worried very worried love afb

 

[40 years an eagle]

how much are they paying afb surely clubs gonna start offering him big dollars to leave us i cant see how we keep him with dce and the trobie brothers eating all the cap im worried very worried love afb

We'll probably have 12 or so minimum-wage players in our 30 next year just so we can keep all our overpaid stars. Sound about right?

 

[JackDaytona]

We'll probably have 12 or so minimum-wage players in our 30 next year just so we can keep all our overpaid stars. Sound about right?

man how did we puk up so bad another year of croker and im gonna need a new liver pukking useless waste of space drives me to drink

 

[40 years an eagle]

man how did we puk up so bad another year of croker and im gonna need a new liver pukking useless waste of space drives me to drink

And he's on a lot more than minimum wage...hope that makes you feel better.

 

[JackDaytona]

And he's on a lot more than minimum wage...hope that makes you feel better.

no no pukking way thats not possible really really no really is that serious what the puk

 

[ManlyArmy]

I believe Tom's new contract hasn't started yet, and is still being paid his current deal for this season. Not 100% sure on that but I'm sure I read something along those lines when they re-signed last year. Six year deal starts 2021.

 

[40 years an eagle]

no no pukking way thats not possible really really no really is that serious what the puk

Dead serious.

 

[JackDaytona]

Dead serious.

how much

 

[40 years an eagle]

He was on 350K at one stage so i'm guessing still on at least 200K..very possibly 250K. Minimum wage is 105 or 110K, can't access it from my brain right now.

 

[frank stokes]

Turbo is still bargain basement compared to Snakes last year... or Watmough for that matter... we sure know how to pay a guy to sit on the sidelines at Brookie...

 

[XV-1]

Are the Turbo brothers actually signed at a lower than market rate like they said they would.
Or are we paying overs?

 

[40 years an eagle]

Are the Turbo brothers actually signed at a lower than market rate like they said they would.
Or are we paying overs?

Apparently on 1.1M and 900K. What do you think?

 

[Damien2812]

Turbo is worth $1.1 million if he played majority of the season but the way things are going the money is way too much for the amount of games he plays.

 

[Disco]

Jake and Tom stayed for less then they could get elsewhere.

Let them go and it will cost more to replace them with equivalent players

 

[40 years an eagle]

Let them go and it will cost more to replace them with equivalent players

That's impossible as both are the games highest-paid in their positions.