should the roosters sign matt scott next year?

[The Axe]

Trying to work this one out.
I agree with a fellow poster that the risk is he is shopping around to maximise his next Cowboys deal. He's won NRL premiership, mutliple SOO and test jerseys. The question is WHY would he consider actually leaving?
Perhaps he is looking out for life post footy...by why would he head to Sydney?
Perhaps he has had a falling out with his coach? Does anyone know if this has substance?

[Rooster_Mark]

I would sign him, he could do for us what Luke O'Donnell did back in '13.

[Insider]

Trying to work this one out.
I agree with a fellow poster that the risk is he is shopping around to maximise his next Cowboys deal. He's won NRL premiership, mutliple SOO and test jerseys. The question is WHY would he consider actually leaving?
Perhaps he is looking out for life post footy...by why would he head to Sydney?
Perhaps he has had a falling out with his coach? Does anyone know if this has substance?

Yeah it seems strange, the cows front row stocks look thin this year as it is with him let alone without him next year. They have already lost Tamou and Hannant from last year. They basically let Ponga go without much of a fight and now they want to offer Scott a reduced deal to what is he is currently on when the cap is going up 40%. Might be an ongoing injury issue they think he will struggle with.

[Insider]

I would sign him, he could do for us what Luke O'Donnell did back in '13.

Absolutely, but at 4-5 times the cap space.

[Guest]

I would sign him, he could do for us what Luke O'Donnell did back in '13.

Scott ain't got anything that O'Donnell had. Carter on the other hand!

[Ray Stehr]

Definitely, if we want to win premierships then these are the sort of players we need. Get him Easts.

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[Moose]

If he'll come for fairly cheap (+maybe a post-footy job) I say sign him, maybe trade him for Evans. If he wants big money it's a no from me.

[The Brain]

I would sign him, he could do for us what Luke O'Donnell did back in '13.

I agree but Luke was signed for a good price as no one wanted him where as Scott is looking for a long term retirement package .Depends on his price

[milanja]

Instead of just looking at his price, I would look at who we would be prepared to give up to sign him.

Let's say we get rid of Guerra,Copley,Gordon,toops and maybe Evans who all look like we have capable replacements for, then paying more for Scott sounds ok.

[Headless Chook]

Makes absolutely no sense to me when we already have two marquee front rowers in Napa and JWH. It would mean we would be paying big $$$ for a player to play 30-40 mins a game. It looks to me to be a classic case of a player manager dropping the Roosters name as a way to boost his clients contract

[Arties Pie]

As it's been previously stated this likely nothing more than the players manager trying to up the ante from the Cowboys,We have Jared, Napalm starting with Carter and Liu as well as a few others who can come off the bench. Don't get me wrong Scott's a fine player but he no bench player and it would be a terrible waste of cap space to play him there.

[Thirteen]

No thanks. I don't want us paying his retirement funds. He will command too much and I think we have enough money invested in props.

[The Brain]

Makes absolutely no sense to me when we already have two marquee front rowers in Napa and JWH. It would mean we would be paying big $$$ for a player to play 30-40 mins a game. It looks to me to be a classic case of a player manager dropping the Roosters name as a way to boost his clients contract

Makes sense to me...if you have 4 very good props your well on your way to winning a comp and Scott is a great big game player

[Headless Chook]

Makes sense to me...if you have 4 very good props your well on your way to winning a comp and Scott is a great big game player

Yeah and it would be great to have Milford, Taumololo, RTS, Shaun Johnson and every other star player but we have this thing called a salary cap. From a 'fantasy' footy point of view it would be great to have Scott but it makes no sense when we already have Napa and JWH on big money. Paying big money for Scott would mean one of those three will only play 30 maybe 40 mins a game. Are you happy to spend $700k on a 30 minute player?