Latrell’s new club will be?

[crikey chris]

Toronto Wolfpack.....

Yep, just up the road from Taree...

[BUDDY]

They will only whinge until you remind them that..
if there’s less footy, there’s less money.

How much annual leave do they get.. over 4 weeks?
On average, how many hours do they ‘work’ each week?

I feel they live very entitled lives

That's fine but wasn't my point.
The media have made a big thing today that his fellow players are concerned because he apparently said the season is too long.
As I said, I bet Trell wasn't the only one who said something about it in the discussion and there have been many in the past who have said the same thing. Yet they focus on him saying it and there is now a problem with his mental state. All this to prolong the Trell soapie.
Webster has put sh!t on us all year with a few BS stories and everyone complained that he continues to bag the Roosters. Same goes for Hooper, Crawley, Buzz (more in the past) etc.
Today he writes some BS story that we shopped Trell to Toronto, he then quotes their CEO saying that there were no discussions regarding Trell yet everyone believes the headline. Unfknbelievable.

BTW I totally agree with what you said and any of the players can retire from rep games if they feel the season is too long and forego the $30K that comes with each game. But they won't.

[The Skeez]

Do you think he would have been the only one who said the season was too long in that discussion or does it suit the media agenda finding anything new they can possibly raise about Trell?
FM I have heard some of our biggest names (players, coaches and commentators) complain about the season being too long over the years. The RLPA has had heaps of discussions about it.
Yet Trell happens to talk about it and the piranhas latch onto it. Again not one quote from a player. Just hearsay from the media and let's make it out that it was all him complaining. FFS.

They will only whinge until you remind them that..
if there’s less footy, there’s less money.

How much annual leave do they get.. over 4 weeks?
On average, how many hours do they ‘work’ each week?

I feel they live very entitled lives

[Random Rooster]

And now, in the latest episode of "Where the Hell is Latrell Mitchell playing next season?", it can be revealed the Roosters have shopped the star centre to the Toronto Wolfpack.

The approach was made to Toronto’s head of rugby, former England coach Brian Noble, when he was in Australia last week on the hunt for potential recruits.

Having just signed dual international Sonny Bill Williams on a $10 million two-year deal, Mitchell would’ve been another key signing for the Super League powerhouse.

Toronto doesn't seem like a solution, though. Noble wasn’t available for comment on Monday night but chief executive Bob Hunter said: "I have had several discussions with Brian in the last few days and Latrell’s name hasn’t been raised at all."

It would also solve what is becoming a major headache for the Roosters as Mitchell struggles to find a club he wants to play for.
The Wolfpack development is another plot twist in what is becoming one of the most botched contract negotiations in recent memory — and given rugby league’s history of botched contract negotiations that is saying something.

The well-worn lines about Mitchell being "poorly advised" and "pushed and pulled" in all directions are true.We won’t rehash the madness of the past six weeks, but to understand how crazy it’s become consider this: three different people have recently approached Souths, all claiming to represent Latrell Mitchell.

Three? He has one accredited agent and that is Wayde Rushton.

Souths, meanwhile, are getting sick of insisting they don’t want to sign him: neither now or when they find out the extent of their salary cap relief following the retirement of captain Sam Burgess with a shoulder injury.

Furthermore, this column has been told about one adviser telling a Sydney club he can "deliver Latrell" on one condition: they give him a $50,000 spotter’s fee. The person in question did not return calls.
This is where the NRL needs to start taking a closer look.

It has recently taken control of the Agents Accreditation Scheme, but it is understood head office — particularly with new chairman Peter V’landys officially in the building — will be taking a much closer look at the way player managers do business.

Mitchell’s messy negotiations also highlight how broken the game’s contract system has become.

He was officially allowed to start talking with other clubs on November 1. Having knocked back the Roosters’ offer of $2.4 million over three years, it was then suggested he might be forced to play 2020 in NSW Cup with North Sydney, the Roosters’ feeder team, if he didn't move on immediately.

In the month that has followed, he’s talked to the Wests Tigers (and had the offer pulled); talked to the Bulldogs (and had the offer pulled); talked to the Cowboys (didn’t even get an offer); and is still talking to the Titans.

All this with one season remaining on his current deal. All this before he’s even returned to training in preparation for the 2020 season.

The default line from clubs wanting to move on players before their contract ends — "You’ll be playing reserve grade" — is loaded with dynamite. Look what happened at the Wests Tigers when then coach Jason Taylor pushed out Robbie Farah.

The game must seriously explore the viability of an internal draft or, at the very least, implement transfer windows.

The NRL has a proposal on the table with the RLPA for trade periods before the start of the regular season, during the Origin period and another after the grand final.

The RLPA prefers a "free market" but it needs to realise the damage the current system is doing to the players it represents; to young, poorly advised players like Mitchell in particular.

He’s been painted as greedy by some; a martyr by others. NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg has been quietly checking in on his mental health in recent weeks.

Mitchell has been lashing out via social media at the "haters" and, mostly, the media. He has re-posted claims from his 178,000 Instagram followers that the coverage has been racist, even drawing comparisons to the way Adam Goodes was booed out of the AFL.

That’s a stretch. Speculation about player negotiations have been filling newspaper column inches for decades with managers and clubs using select reporters to inflate their player's market value.

But there’s no doubt Mitchell feels cornered. The way he took on racist online trolling earlier this year was brave and commendable. So, too, was the way Roosters coach Trent Robinson backed him.

That's why it will be a great shame if Mitchell leaves. The Roosters have helped Mitchell behind closed doors at Moore Park more than any other player.

With every new club Mitchell has been linked to, it becomes clearer the best place for him is the Roosters. Sure, he could squeeze extra dollars out of other clubs. He could get the "fullback money" he wants.

But becoming a "Rooster for life" brings wealth that can't be quantified.

He wouldn't be getting just $800,000 a season. He'd have the guidance, care and football intelligence of Robinson, the power and influence of Nick Politis, and he'd be playing on a left-edge outside of Luke Keary and Boyd Cordner that will surely get him back into the NSW side sooner than later.

The Roosters, though, aren't budging. When Mitchell secretly met with the Bulldogs during the finals series, it did irreparable damage to his reputation at the club.There are also concerns that Mitchell will struggle for motivation. He's won two premierships, an Origin series win for NSW and Australian jumpers — at the age of 22.

When he met with the Cowboys, club officials asked what appealed most about playing in Townsville.

He didn’t talk about winning premierships, about playing at the club’s new stadium, about taking the field alongside Jason Taumalolo or Michael Morgan.

"Fishing and shooting," he said.

[BUDDY]

Do you think he would have been the only one who said the season was too long in that discussion or does it suit the media agenda finding anything new they can possibly raise about Trell?
FM I have heard some of our biggest names (players, coaches and commentators) complain about the season being too long over the years. The RLPA has had heaps of discussions about it.
Yet Trell happens to talk about it and the piranhas latch onto it. Again not one quote from a player. Just hearsay from the media and let's make it out that it was all him complaining. FFS.

[The Skeez]

But if you don’t have a family,
how else would get out of your contract.. or ask for a payrise?

[Thirteen]

I never understood why so many get married and have kids so early.
Theya re in greta shape and earning good coin, I'd be an eternal bachelor.
I reckon the girl who latch on tot hem can see their future will be financially secure so have babies earlier to lock them in.

If I was a footballer I'd have a new 'girlfriend' at least once a week. Most 22 year olds really doesn't have the life experience or maturity to be a 'family man'. They need to live a bit first. And who the hell wants to be married so young.

According to stats I heard just the other day, only 1% of men in this country get married between the ages of 20 and 24. And only 2% of women. These are the dumb ones (or footy players).

[Nicola Tesla]

No cause he couldn't possible bring up his kids on less than $1m a year.

And why the hell do some footballers have kids so early. It's like kids bringing up kids.

I never understood why so many get married and have kids so early.
Theya re in greta shape and earning good coin, I'd be an eternal bachelor.
I reckon the girl who latch on tot hem can see their future will be financially secure so have babies earlier to lock them in.

[Thirteen]

Could he quit the game altogether?
Just hang out with the boys, going fishing and hunting?

That might be all he wants to do.. Jamie Lyon anyone?

No cause he couldn't possible bring up his kids on less than $1m a year.

And why the hell do some footballers have kids so early. It's like kids bringing up kids.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Could he quit the game altogether?
Just hang out with the boys, going fishing and hunting?

That might be all he wants to do.. Jamie Lyon anyone?

Nah...too old.

[The Skeez]

Could he quit the game altogether?
Just hang out with the boys, going fishing and hunting?

That might be all he wants to do.. Jamie Lyon anyone?

[fletch]

Now reading he had a big whinge to his Kangaroo teammates about the season being too long and how it was hard to deal with the pressure.
If this is actually true than I would love to see the guy working a real job for average wage like most of us do.

The pressure won't relent any when he signs a big money deal at a struggling club whose fans expect him to be the teams saviour.

If he is worried about the season being too long he should sign with the Titans, he wouldn't have to worry about playing in September then.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Now reading he had a big whinge to his Kangaroo teammates about the season being too long and how it was hard to deal with the pressure.
If this is actually true than I would love to see the guy working a real job for average wage like most of us do.

Pressure? Pressure is a Messerschmitt up yer arse.

Keith Miller.

[Thirteen]

Now reading he had a big whinge to his Kangaroo teammates about the season being too long and how it was hard to deal with the pressure.
If this is actually true than I would love to see the guy working a real job for average wage like most of us do.

[Rooster1908]

What about Brown, Arrow, Wighton? All want to test the market yet each of their clubs want to try to keep them.

So if Trell comes back and says he has tested the market and his best option is to extend with us? I bet that is what the Eels, Titans and Raiders supporters are hoping for. Nothing from the media about them.

It is better than him coming to us at the end of the year and saying I have signed with the Warriors for $800K without us knowing about it and without us being able to give a counter offer.

Don't really care what Eels Titans Raider fans would hope for , My opinion stands , he and his management have not shown our club loyalty and respect in the way this has happened , which is way different to the others , if your opinion is different then good luck to you . My hope is that he stays and shows that he can be loyal and a long term Rooster , but he has to earn that , not given.
Personally I would not resign him , I just cant see it working.