Roosters give Willie his marching orders

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Roosters give Willie his marching orders

* By Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson
* From: The Sunday Telegraph
* Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009 Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009



WILLIE Mason is less than two weeks away from being sacked by the Sydney Roosters.

Chief executive Steve Noyce and new coach Brian Smith have had approval from the board to negotiate a release from the final year of his contract. Senior players, including skipper Braith Anasta, have been consulted and are supporting management.

The club is now waiting for his agent Greg Keenan to return from England. Keenan has been quietly looking for deals for Mason in Europe for rugby league and union as well as exploring opportunities in Japanese rugby.

Mason is the Roosters' highest paid player, earning about $450,000 a season. It's understood he has already been offered $100,000 to "walk away'', but he wants double that. Opportunities for a player on his salary to stay in the NRL are just about zero.



Mason is now seen by most clubs as damaged goods and a bad influence on younger players. It was Roosters supremo Nick Politis who made the decision to sign Mason from the Bulldogs at a time when Phil Gould was writing him up as a future State of Origin captain.

The former Test forward sustained a serious knee injury in his first season at the club and has never been the same player since.

[Guest]

Not sure if we should read to much in to this considering who wrote the article.

But if it's true and Mason stands his ground, would we have to pay him out full to make him leave?

Would be 450k down the drain and would make us look like a joke.

I wish we never signed him as I knew it was always going to end up bad for the club.

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Roosters give Willie his marching orders

* By Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson
* From: The Sunday Telegraph
* Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009 Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009



WILLIE Mason is less than two weeks away from being sacked by the Sydney Roosters.

Chief executive Steve Noyce and new coach Brian Smith have had approval from the board to negotiate a release from the final year of his contract. Senior players, including skipper Braith Anasta, have been consulted and are supporting management.

The club is now waiting for his agent Greg Keenan to return from England. Keenan has been quietly looking for deals for Mason in Europe for rugby league and union as well as exploring opportunities in Japanese rugby.

Mason is the Roosters' highest paid player, earning about $450,000 a season. It's understood he has already been offered $100,000 to "walk away'', but he wants double that. Opportunities for a player on his salary to stay in the NRL are just about zero.



Mason is now seen by most clubs as damaged goods and a bad influence on younger players. It was Roosters supremo Nick Politis who made the decision to sign Mason from the Bulldogs at a time when Phil Gould was writing him up as a future State of Origin captain.

The former Test forward sustained a serious knee injury in his first season at the club and has never been the same player since.

**** no ..... the 'Dogs are in negotiations with a former player ... **** **** **** and double ****!

[Guest]

Which former player is that?

Lote? Ryles? or someone else?

[Guest]

Which former player is that?

Lote? Ryles? or someone else?

Former Dogs player is supposed to be coming back to the Dogs.

I'm pretty sure it's not Willie M.

Besides, why would a club going around telling anybody, apart from the person concerned, that they were sacking someone.

[Guest]

Information gets leaked all the time.

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dribble dribble dribble spew

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Anasta?????

[elo]

Pay the $200,000 to get Mason to walk away ASAP management, best $200k we'll ever spend.

[Guest]

When this was posted on the Wall last night it was immediatley apprent who wrote the article without even reading the authors.....

I think Willy should take them both behind a shed and give them a big boofing.....only then will they get over their love/hate relationship with him........

Neither are journalists arseholes.....

[supermario]

Lets breakdown this article from the drunk one and her sidekick.

Roosters give Willie his marching orders

* By Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson
* From: The Sunday Telegraph
* Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009 Sat Oct 24 18:38:13 EST 2009



WILLIE Mason is less than two weeks away from being sacked by the Sydney Roosters.

Chief executive Steve Noyce and new coach Brian Smith have had approval from the board to negotiate a release from the final year of his contract. Senior players, including skipper Braith Anasta, have been consulted and are supporting management.

Of course Noyce and smith have approval from the board to negotiate a release, the board have said for the past 6mths that willie will go if he can find another contract. Thanks for the old news Burbon beckky

The club is now waiting for his agent Greg Keenan to return from England. Keenan has been quietly looking for deals for Mason in Europe for rugby league and union as well as exploring opportunities in Japanese rugby.

I am suprised that they have not thrown in that his manager is also talking to AFL, NFL, EPL and Major league baseball

Mason is the Roosters' highest paid player, earning about $450,000 a season. It's understood he has already been offered $100,000 to "walk away'', but he wants double that. Opportunities for a player on his salary to stay in the NRL are just about zero.

it was understood that he had already been offered $100k about 6months ago.......................OLD NEWS

Mason is now seen by most clubs as damaged goods and a bad influence on younger players. It was Roosters supremo Nick Politis who made the decision to sign Mason from the Bulldogs at a time when Phil Gould was writing him up as a future State of Origin captain.

The former Test forward sustained a serious knee injury in his first season at the club and has never been the same player since.

looks as though the troll has been trolling the forums for this last piece of information, typical lazy journalisim !

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In 2 weeks time if this does not come to fruition, I will be emailing buzz and becks asking them what happened?

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And tell hem to stop trawling forums for stories, and go out and seek them like real jornalists......

[supermario]

Well john, pre season training starts on 04/11/09.

2 weeks from today is 08/11/09.

i think it will be safe to say that if he is at pre season training, chances are, he will stay.

Willie is staying, get your email prepared for the buzz, make sure you give them a hiding !

[melon....]

Capt. Mason