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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: GP2110
Date: January 9, 2019, 4:03 am
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I agree entirely. If I was in charge, Wallace would have no
chance of a new contract. He's offered nothing when fit and was
injured for a long period.
Walker and Visser are both great players on their day but we
have excellent wingers coming through the academy. Earle is also
a star.
Elia is definitely worth another contract. He will only get
better for me.
I would love nothing more than Clifford to sign a new contract.
I have always thought he is an excellent player.
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Fursty
Date: January 9, 2019, 4:34 am
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Visser signed a new 2 year deal in Jan last year - so would
assume he's not out of contract this summer.
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: never sleep
Date: January 9, 2019, 5:03 am
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Visser is a quality player who scores loads of tries. Last
season (and in the A games) he covers full back. He should be
kept.
Sadly, he is injured this season - but that is not a reason to
let him go. Injuries can happen to any player at any time.
I suspect that Visser is looking at playing out his current
contract and then retiring.
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: January 9, 2019, 5:41 am
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To be fair, I doubt Gussy had a great deal of input into the
decision of Sarries over the clear-out, seeing as he was only an
Assistant Coach at the time. That was more down to Ventner and
the New Owners, I would say...
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: January 9, 2019, 6:18 am
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If the list is:
Alofa
Boyce
Buchanan
Catrakilis
R.Chisholm
Cheeseman
Clifford
Elia Elia
Horwill
Ibuanokpe
Kunatani
Lambert
Lewis
Luamanu
Mcnulty
Merrick
South
Swainston
Visser
Walker
Wallace
Ward
Waters
White
I'd like to keep:
Boyce
Clifford
Visser
Ward
Waters
Undecided on:
Buchanan
R.Chisholm
Elia Elia
Horwill
Ibuanokpe
Kunatani
South
However, Boyce going seems a done deal
#Post#: 14268--------------------------------------------------
Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Quinky
Date: January 9, 2019, 6:27 am
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Another thing to bear in mind is that there are many players
performing well at the moment, who didn't look so good under JK.
Gustard seems to be getting the best out of players and for all
we know, guys like McNulty (as an example) may be doing great
things in training. The fact that we don't see it on the pitch
isn't a reason to dismiss them out of hand.
I'd be sorry to see a few of those players go:
Alofa - always rated him
Boyce - lots of promise and is playing well
Catrakilis - his story so far is a tragedy for him, and us
R.Chisholm - solid squad player
Elia Elia - a quality player with a great future
Ibuanokpe - massive potential
Kunatani - offers something very different
Luamanu - on his day, offers so much
Merrick - beginning to see what he has to offer
Visser - quality, when he's firing on all cylinders
Walker - a joy to watch in attack
Waters - still developing
Some of these are already confirmed as going, and I wish them
well. I just hope we have better replacements lined up.
#Post#: 14291--------------------------------------------------
Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Everyone’s a Quinner
Date: January 9, 2019, 10:20 am
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--- Quote from: Blucherquin link ---
>
> Unless something massively changes there’s no way he’s keeping
Wallace, Walker or Visser - and can’t see why we’d want them
anymore.
>
> I also dont see why people don’t want Elia. He’s 22. Really
promising player.
>
--- End Quote ---
Agreed. For his age and the how good he is at times I think he’s
one to hold onto. With Codling behind him and pushing him in the
right direction he could really be special
#Post#: 14296--------------------------------------------------
Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: January 9, 2019, 12:11 pm
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For all of the talk, AFAIK, the only confirmed transfer so far
is Merrick to Clermont.
Boyce is obviously heavily linked with Bath and Alofa is widely
expected to move to France (I think it was Bayonne?), but
I’m not sure how solid the Clifford and Walker rumours
are?
Maybe Clifford just wants to flop over the line of 5m lineout
for a living?
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: Blucherquin
Date: January 9, 2019, 1:38 pm
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Alofa move announced by him and French media.
Clifford approached but arniepie says he’s staying.
Visser - honestly? JK dropped him and we all said JK had a
problem. I think clearly not. The guy is pretty unique which
probably doesn’t work well in a dressing room like Gustard’s. He
may be injured now but that wasn’t the reason he wasn’t playing
- it’s because Gustard didn’t want him in the side.
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Re: 25 players out of contract at the end of the 2018/19 season
DIR By: RagingBull
Date: January 9, 2019, 2:18 pm
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--- Quote from: arniepie link ---
>
> I think DOK is right in his assessment, gustard is starting to
get a tune out of jk,s fiddle and to release a lot of squad
players is a dangerous game to play. Most clubs have already
done their transfer business so who is available and crucially
better than the players that are leaving??? If he is looking to
replace them with top international players that poses the
question of the lack of back up due to injuries and call ups
during a busy international season,, I think the walker to
Leicester deal is not happening as they have apparently signed
Tom varndell,, a strange choice that as varndell is 33 and maybe
not as quick as Charlie
>
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From what I gather on this end (Tigers) Walker backed out of a
mid season move, so Tigers picked up Varndell till end of
season.
Might still be a chance of Walker to Tigers but would be likely
next season if the case.
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