Terrell May approached to leave

[milanja]

Shouldn't the club come out and put ' clarification ' to the story ?

They probably dont want to say anything because it may make them look incompetent.

Only say something if you come out of it smelling like roses.

[BTRD]

Shouldn't the club come out and put ' clarification ' to the story ?

[On the Nose]

This rubbish needs to stop.
Terrell didn't seek a release and he is devastated that the club doesn't want him.
He was shocked when Robbo rang him. He is allowed to leave, doesn't mean he is going to leave.

It's another dopey decision by the club who again didn't read the room.
First we had the decision to let Angus go and sign Fafita.
Now this, Yes, Terrell is different and I can understand how old people wouldn't like him, but the players love him.

Worth reposting in case anyone missed it.

[The Marshall]

Angus Creighton is our enemy????

I thought it was Ronald McDonald

[roosterproud]

the pressure is on Terrell may to now help his parent but also now his two brothers financially. Is it possible that Terrell has hit the club up for more money next year( like a stepped contract increase) and the club has said "sorry mate moneys tight." So instead of fighting and back and forwarding, they came to an agreement to go chase the big coin by testing the market. As a worst case scenario for Terrell he doesn't get picked up , he stays. Best case is he gets way more from a non grand final bound team. As a club i guess you would look just not at the players attributes and abilities but also family situation. This would include the two brothers law issues and the career start Terrell had. If i remember correctly he didn't peruse league as a career as he didn't have the commitment for the game, kind of like a second option. Personally a big loss but there is a reason. Is it Ben hunt or bigger.

[ism22]

Name one player who isn’t playing for financial benefits? Yes some love the club etc but there is very little club loyalty now as it’s become a business for the player and the agent to get as much $ as they can in a short career
aubo / cords and friend all got paid - they didn’t play for free
people will stay at clubs like the roosters for less money for premierships etc as long as their pay is close to what they could get

IMO it's an important part of his story that he's from a houso and has used this as a rags to riches opportunity.

I'm no professional but I put a comparable amount of training into my marathons (will train every day with 3 runs a week that stretch more than 20km... I dare say there's a heap of NRL players who put less effort into their physical conditioning).

Anyhow my point is that it gets tiring!!! I love my running but when you are training every day and aiming towards goals that stretch well beyond what social athletes will ever achieve, you definitely have days where you wake-up thinking 'I don't wanna do this but I'll force myself because I want the end goal'. You've then gotta dig deep because running 34km at a solid pace when it's all alone (no social aspect), raining, -2'C and you have a busy day ahead is well... sometimes as much of a mental game than it is a physical game.

IMO he's just telling it as it is. Also it's a professional mindset that you'll put your head down and just do it because you value your job. I mean as much as I'm a lawyer because I like the work... who woulda thought that I'm doing it to earn money for my family? Outrageous!!! :P

[Chook2]

He’s admitted publicly that the main reason he plays the game is to assist his family financially so with November coming up I think he’s quite happy if he gets picked up by a club for much more money. So to do that he needed a release. I can’t see how he’ll be devastated if he gets much more at another club.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ter...11-p5k9mg.html

Name one player who isn’t playing for financial benefits? Yes some love the club etc but there is very little club loyalty now as it’s become a business for the player and the agent to get as much $ as they can in a short career
aubo / cords and friend all got paid - they didn’t play for free
people will stay at clubs like the roosters for less money for premierships etc as long as their pay is close to what they could get

[roosterchook]

This rubbish needs to stop.
Terrell didn't seek a release and he is devastated that the club doesn't want him.
He was shocked when Robbo rang him. He is allowed to leave, doesn't mean he is going to leave.

It's another dopey decision by the club who again didn't read the room.
First we had the decision to let Angus go and sign Fafita.
Now this, Yes, Terrell is different and I can understand how old people wouldn't like him, but the players love him.

He’s admitted publicly that the main reason he plays the game is to assist his family financially so with November coming up I think he’s quite happy if he gets picked up by a club for much more money. So to do that he needed a release. I can’t see how he’ll be devastated if he gets much more at another club.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ter...11-p5k9mg.html

[King Salvo]

I don’t know anyone who could possibly have heard any of Mays interviews and not understand the connection between the reasoning supposedly given for his off loading.
Makes sense to me.
He has natural ability and a work ethic driven by money not the desire to win at all costs.. which is ok, but obviously not enough for what the management wants.
We don’t know the little things that go on behind closed doors.
They may be subtle, but enough for the staff to note that this is not the type of player they need in the front row.
When I heard his interviews, I wasn’t impressed, he isn’t someone I’d want to go into battle with.
Unless you are there day in and out, then it’s hard to know really.
The only real question is whether this was known before he re-signed.
But I might be way off.

Not sure I have ever heard a player say they would play for nothing—usually the old need to look after their futures like they are not long off reaching 60 and retirement. - Still have a long work career in front of them—maybe they need a transition to retirement scheme for Footy players so they can ready themselves for a working life after Footy—clubs have plenty of contacts as far as work options go—players should also undertake studies and whatnot to obtain the relevant qualifications required including some work experience.

Not privy to it all, but interesting that Mitch Aubusson, Boyd Cordner, and Jake Friend saw an issue that they felt needed to be addressed one way or another.

Obviously a change of direction is required, and you need the players to buy into this and/or elevate or sign players that will and cut those that won't or are considered not capable of doing so.

[Nicola Tesla]

I don’t know anyone who could possibly have heard any of Mays interviews and not understand the connection between the reasoning supposedly given for his off loading.
Makes sense to me.
He has natural ability and a work ethic driven by money not the desire to win at all costs.. which is ok, but obviously not enough for what the management wants.
We don’t know the little things that go on behind closed doors.
They may be subtle, but enough for the staff to note that this is not the type of player they need in the front row.
When I heard his interviews, I wasn’t impressed, he isn’t someone I’d want to go into battle with.
Unless you are there day in and out, then it’s hard to know really.
The only real question is whether this was known before he re-signed.
But I might be way off.

[Steggles]

It would have to be pretty serious to let a player like May walk.

I find it hard to believe that it was just an "attitude" problem. FFS

I would have thought that a man manager like Robbo would be able to fix an attitude problem that’s clearly only emerged since May was resigned. We may never find out the real reason, but I reckon it has a fair stench to it and it must be more than just a poor attitude.

[Bates]

It would have to be pretty serious to let a player like May walk.

I find it hard to believe that it was just an "attitude" problem. FFS

[ChookMaster]

No not everyone is the same player
Brendon smith is supposed to be a marque player on $850k who gives his all but is gassed after 20 min and can’t get his passes right! Spencer runs hard but has 2 x 20 min stints
that’s the beauty of May and Leniu - may plays big minutes and is a smarter prop with footwork and ball playing skills unlike Leniu so he and Leniu work well together
if we had 17 off the back fence and mongrel type players we would get no where as players would be off their head getting binned and penalised
you also need footy smarts and at times play smarter not harder

You’re on the ball here.

So what if May doesn’t run as hard as Spencer or tackle as hard as smith. Can Leniu handle the workload that Terrell normally finds himself doing once he’s out there? No.

Did Leniu play every game for us this season? No. Did Smith? No.

They worked well together. It’s a strange decision anyway you want to to look at it - dogs will love him.

[Bates]

They did basically fully flip their squad
a couple of years ago they had a nsw cup squad running around in the nrl
they have basically started again and getting good players
they are still short a 7 and two good props before being considered a real contender

May will be a huge signing for them if they can lure him across.

[Chook2]

Gus Gould is slowly building a premiership winning team. I'm not sure how they're managing to fit them all in!

They did basically fully flip their squad
a couple of years ago they had a nsw cup squad running around in the nrl
they have basically started again and getting good players
they are still short a 7 and two good props before being considered a real contender