Terrell May approached to leave

[Bates]

The one thing that I think is odd about the Terrell May departure, is that we just did it and got nothing in return.

Terrell is at a ripe age to hit his prime, has enough FG games now that its obvious he would have clubs chasing him, so why not negotiate a deal with another club upon his release for a player in return. He went to the Tigers, ok slim pickings there and realistically, they wouldn't part with Api or Galvin - but surely there is a young player or First grader about to come off contract that could have moved the other way.

Just seems odd - we could have had some leverage there to get something in return

What are your thoughts on a transfer fee system just like the EPL?

I'm surprised V'landys isn't all over it as he could tax it and punters could also bet on it.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

The one thing that I think is odd about the Terrell May departure, is that we just did it and got nothing in return.

Terrell is at a ripe age to hit his prime, has enough FG games now that its obvious he would have clubs chasing him, so why not negotiate a deal with another club upon his release for a player in return. He went to the Tigers, ok slim pickings there and realistically, they wouldn't part with Api or Galvin - but surely there is a young player or First grader about to come off contract that could have moved the other way.

Just seems odd - we could have had some leverage there to get something in return

Fair point

[Fishwa]

The one thing that I think is odd about the Terrell May departure, is that we just did it and got nothing in return.

Terrell is at a ripe age to hit his prime, has enough FG games now that its obvious he would have clubs chasing him, so why not negotiate a deal with another club upon his release for a player in return. He went to the Tigers, ok slim pickings there and realistically, they wouldn't part with Api or Galvin - but surely there is a young player or First grader about to come off contract that could have moved the other way.

Just seems odd - we could have had some leverage there to get something in return

[roosterchook]

Didn’t he also say he wanted play closer to home. He got extra $ and plays for the Tigers. And his timing to talk publicly that he had lost interest in the game often did make our club think twice about keeping him.

[Chook2]

Most if not all of Terrell May's best performances for us came when he played lock and we are stacked with players who can play that position I'd bet that's another reason why he was moved on: age, he might be 25 but he's not a 25 year old who has years of experience and is building in to his prime, position where other younger players with seemingly more upside can cover 13 and other positions well, and future where he's able to negotiate with rival teams in 12 months time and is it worth putting time in to developing him over youngsters if they're not sure of his long term commitment?

Not quite the point though
if we let every mid 20s old particularly anyone with a couple of years to go on their contract do we let Marky N, dom young, Billy smith, rads, Angus, Lindsay, Leniu, all go as well as they are all off contract in the next few years?
and allow the next potential 20 year old kid to take their spot on potential?

[Chook2]

IMO it's going to be particularly challenging with Cheese and Walker out. There's not a lot of quality players on the market and I almost wonder whether Robbo's 'give us all 100% or nothing' attitude is leading to burnout.

My problem with this situation is that May's been honest about footy not being the most part of his life. Is there actually a problem with this?

I can relate as 'being a lawyer' is not the most important thing in my life (as much as my employer wishes it was). I have no experience with our culture but would flag it as being a burnout risk if people are being criticised for switching off when they're not in the 'office'. Attitude / disciplinary issues... fine, sack 'em. This May style 'not 100% committed' stuff doesn't sit easy with me when the squad's low on manpower and there's few viable alternatives.

Exactly you need commitment but you also need talent
no one is on 24/7
Send a gun front rower packing and replace him with no one
while we have allready lost 5 key players
and staring the year with another 2 on the sidelines making it 8 from the 17 not available from 2024 and no one to sign

[ChookMaster]

You've foiled our plans for the Podcast called ChookMasterBates. Maybe just a speed hump that we could potentially work through together.

I don’t mind you Batesy normally you’re on the mark however there’s a lot of BS cast out there on the social media and I didn’t think you’d actually believe that shite.

Anywho the name needs work for the poddy ol mate. Careful you don’t have a stroke thinking of one.

[Bates]

Why are you singling out Terrell in this case anyway? There were 3-4 players in that room and like I’ve said both club captain and higher ups came out and put it to bed.

Was it a breaking news story? Faaaaark no, it was blown out of proportion by idiots like you on social media…

Come on mate.

You've foiled our plans for the Podcast called ChookMasterBates. Maybe just a speed hump that we could potentially work through together.

[Bates]

Why are you singling out Terrell in this case anyway? There were 3-4 players in that room and like I’ve said both club captain and higher ups came out and put it to bed.

Was it a breaking news story? Faaaaark no, it was blown out of proportion by idiots like you on social media…

Come on mate.

The thread is about Terrell May.

Name calling? lol. Careful you don't have a heart attack ol mate.

[ChookMaster]

Was that hotel room incident a bad look for the club?

Why are you singling out Terrell in this case anyway? There were 3-4 players in that room and like I’ve said both club captain and higher ups came out and put it to bed.

Was it a breaking news story? Faaaaark no, it was blown out of proportion by idiots like you on social media…

Come on mate.

[SamKerrSimp]

Yes hard to fathom at 25 starting to hit his career peak and only played 2 nrl seasons on a great buy by us
issues here is Spencer is not a great starter, and that leaves no full time front rower on the bench with Whyte who can play lock or edge and Wong who would be better playing in the backrow then edge
loosing $4m of the cap - not sure how we will fill it atm

Most if not all of Terrell May's best performances for us came when he played lock and we are stacked with players who can play that position I'd bet that's another reason why he was moved on: age, he might be 25 but he's not a 25 year old who has years of experience and is building in to his prime, position where other younger players with seemingly more upside can cover 13 and other positions well, and future where he's able to negotiate with rival teams in 12 months time and is it worth putting time in to developing him over youngsters if they're not sure of his long term commitment?

[ism22]

loosing $4m of the cap - not sure how we will fill it atm

IMO it's going to be particularly challenging with Cheese and Walker out. There's not a lot of quality players on the market and I almost wonder whether Robbo's 'give us all 100% or nothing' attitude is leading to burnout.

My problem with this situation is that May's been honest about footy not being the most part of his life. Is there actually a problem with this?

I can relate as 'being a lawyer' is not the most important thing in my life (as much as my employer wishes it was). I have no experience with our culture but would flag it as being a burnout risk if people are being criticised for switching off when they're not in the 'office'. Attitude / disciplinary issues... fine, sack 'em. This May style 'not 100% committed' stuff doesn't sit easy with me when the squad's low on manpower and there's few viable alternatives.

[Chook2]

Fair points.

If I were to try and guess what Robbo is going with here it would be that we have Lindsay and Spencer starting with a rotation of Whyte, Wong and Nat Butcher covering up front and the 13 with Egan Butcher rotating up front or in the back row with DLS Va'a next off the rank in that extended bench spot with Xavier Va'a possibly also in the extended bench and those guys likely filling in during the origin period, that's a total of 8 players that can/will rotate between about 5 spots and then eventually we will get Watson back in the 13 which also limits the rotation.

Robbo loves the Butchers and they aren't going anywhere, they are both all effort and we know that Robbo loves these type of guys they'll be a mainstay throughout 2025. I just think they've decided on Wong, Whyte and Va'a x 2 as the long term future and they want to give those more playing time especially Wong and Whyte and even though May is good they're probably factoring in age and contract length in to the decision.

Yes hard to fathom at 25 starting to hit his career peak and only played 2 nrl seasons on a great buy by us
issues here is Spencer is not a great starter, and that leaves no full time front rower on the bench with Whyte who can play lock or edge and Wong who would be better playing in the backrow then edge
loosing $4m of the cap - not sure how we will fill it atm

[Mr Whippet]

Fair points.

If I were to try and guess what Robbo is going with here it would be that we have Lindsay and Spencer starting with a rotation of Whyte, Wong and Nat Butcher covering up front and the 13 with Egan Butcher rotating up front or in the back row with DLS Va'a next off the rank in that extended bench spot with Xavier Va'a possibly also in the extended bench and those guys likely filling in during the origin period, that's a total of 8 players that can/will rotate between about 5 spots and then eventually we will get Watson back in the 13 which also limits the rotation.

Robbo loves the Butchers and they aren't going anywhere, they are both all effort and we know that Robbo loves these type of guys they'll be a mainstay throughout 2025. I just think they've decided on Wong, Whyte and Va'a x 2 as the long term future and they want to give those more playing time especially Wong and Whyte and even though May is good they're probably factoring in age and contract length in to the decision.

Yes clearly most likely, throw Steep into the engine room, and we aren't looking too bad.

[JAF]

Was that hotel room incident a bad look for the club?

I would say “yes” because it was just another distraction that we didn’t need