New 4 year deal. Brilliant
New 4 year deal. Brilliant
Happy but confused. Please help.
Humans are more concerned with having than being.
https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2019/01/3...year-contract/
Fantastic effort by the club. I'd pretty much assumed that he'd be off when his contract was up. Luke Thompson next, please!
Why? He stated only last week that he was grateful to Saints for the way they’d looked after him through injury and poor form while also confirming that his recent trip to Aus was merely visiting friends and that the way journalists had hounded him and made up reasons for him to be there had got on his nerves.
All good news stories ahead of tomorrow’s game. Hopefully it can inspire the team to stuff the vermin .
In print he said he would like to try it in the NRL but he had 2 years left on his contract and Saints would not let him go. On 5live he said again he would like to go to the NRL as it’s many players dream. This is not a criticism of him BTW, just a bit confused (shocked really) but pleased he has penned a new long term deal.
Humans are more concerned with having than being.
Perhaps Teresa May should take some negotiating tips from Tommy. He isn't going to say "I cant wait to sign a new long term contract at Saints" because that would weaken his, and strengthen Saints negotiating position. By making out he is considering lots of competing offers he is forcing Saints to offer him the best possible terms.
"If you're going to strive for a change then you have to keep going upwards,"
Keiron Cunningham, 2016
Bloody brilliant news!
Now convince your best mate Thomson to sign on for four too!
Great news and one that’s come completely out of the blue, I’d expected him to leave at the end of 2019. He would have been very hard to replace I think Johnstone is the only realistic signing who would have got anywhere near him but he would have been very expensive.
Great news for the club, fans and for Tommy himself and family.
COYS
Just waiting for Saddened to respond that this deal is utter madness.
Depends how much we're paying him. If he's taken Roby's marquee spot then it's madness.
The cynic in me would also suggest that his new contract is a non issue. He's signed a new contract because either:
1 - He's off to the NRL, the new contract is just to ensure we get a fee that can be put towards his replacement (Unlikely)
2 - He's not actually good enough to get a decent NRL offer, so therefore the threat of him leaving is minimal (More likely)
Note, for the easily offended, I rate Tommy. He's a very good Super League player and I wouldn't be looking to replace him.
I would think this changes little regarding his desire to go to the NRL. It just means we can command a higher transfer fee for him.