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    Default Saints v Wakey

    Scullys testimonial game.
    A 2pm k.o on Sat 2nd of Feb.

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    Will he be fit for it?

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    It's been displayed as next match, on the RedVee homepage, for the last two weeks. I did wonder if anyone had noticed...

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    Testimonial Game?

    No Ta!
    The George for match day drinks and away coaches.

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    Sorry but am i right in saying he has only played 7 and a bit seasons?
    I'm not writing anything in here because its just a load of b*****ks

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    Maybe so but he signed for Saints on the 1st of January 1998.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SaintsDavid
    Sorry but am i right in saying he has only played 7 and a bit seasons?

    no, 10 years.
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    think scully deserves a big crowd last few years have been injury plagued but there's been many a match he got us through on his own

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    Quote Originally Posted by pricey73
    think scully deserves a big crowd last few years have been injury plagued but there's been many a match he got us through on his own
    Apologies for assuming he has been paid a fortune for those matches.

    At a time when people are talking about increasing revenue and sqeezing the very last available £ to keep the club alive, a player who has been paid well over £1 Million in wages and sponsorship through Saints in his career having a testimonial is an even bigger joke than in previous years.

    BTW this has nothing to do with the blokes achievements or injuries.
    The George for match day drinks and away coaches.

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    I'm tempted to book it off work as Ricky Bibey will be playing. Mouth watering stuff! lol
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    A totally outdated concept. The game is bankrupt because the players have totally milked it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Div
    The game is bankrupt because the players have totally milked it.
    Blinkin eck. I was looking forward to next season as well. Oh well, think I'll take up fishing

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    Dont agree with testimonials on principle, but if we were playing Wigan for example I'd probably go for the occasion. Wakefield doesnt sell it for me in the slightest, and the fact that the season starts the weekend after means my impatience at watching a Saints game will wait another week by then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Bert
    Testimonial Game?

    No Ta!
    i'd rather go to the saints game and let scully have my admission money than go and watch a bunch of overpaid footballers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ploughman
    i'd rather go to the saints game and let scully have my admission money than go and watch a bunch of overpaid footballers.
    I won't be doing that either, I'll be sat in in my front room watching it on TV lol
    The George for match day drinks and away coaches.

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    I'd go if he said he was giving the cash to a Handicapped Childrens home:saint:

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    Quote Originally Posted by amywinehouse
    I'd go if he said he was giving the cash to a Handicapped Childrens home:saint:

    see you there then


    Proceeds will also be donated to Paul's adopted charity, Tommy's - The Baby Charity. from http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19352570928
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie Hemmings' Wig
    see you there then


    Proceeds will also be donated to Paul's adopted charity, Tommy's - The Baby Charity. from http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19352570928
    apologies please from all those who said testimonials were outdated and the modern player took too much out of the game

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    He has been earning good wages for a while now and with endorsements in addition to this, he is obviously not short of money. He does seem like a family man and has kids himself, so it makes sense to give some proceeds to charity.

    May also make for a bigger crowd with fans knowing that money is going to a worthwile cause. Be nice to know exactly how much money will be going to charity. Would have my total respect if it was all the proceeds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ploughman
    apologies please from all those who said testimonials were outdated and the modern player took too much out of the game

    No because

    a) They are and
    b) They do.

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    well done scully, i think we have to remember rugby is a short career and he has only ever shown rl in a good light

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    div,
    players recieving testimonial cheques could just be the incentive they need not to sign a union contract towords the end of their careers.
    dare i say it but scully could have taken a drop in contract money on the promise of a testimonial,thus freeing up salary cap for younger players.
    due to the nature of the sport,and the shortness of the career,players deserve all the money they get.its peanuts compared to other sports.if they dont get it in rugby league they will get it in union

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    Quote Originally Posted by ploughman
    div,
    players recieving testimonial cheques could just be the incentive they need not to sign a union contract towords the end of their careers.
    dare i say it but scully could have taken a drop in contract money on the promise of a testimonial,thus freeing up salary cap for younger players.
    due to the nature of the sport,and the shortness of the career,players deserve all the money they get.its peanuts compared to other sports.if they dont get it in rugby league they will get it in union
    agreed mate that's what i was trying to say

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie Hemmings' Wig
    see you there then


    Proceeds will also be donated to Paul's adopted charity, Tommy's - The Baby Charity. from http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=19352570928
    More than likely now, all for it, hold my hands up. :saint: :saint:

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    Quote Originally Posted by ploughman
    div,
    players recieving testimonial cheques could just be the incentive they need not to sign a union contract towords the end of their careers.
    dare i say it but scully could have taken a drop in contract money on the promise of a testimonial,thus freeing up salary cap for younger players.
    due to the nature of the sport,and the shortness of the career,players deserve all the money they get.its peanuts compared to other sports.if they dont get it in rugby league they will get it in union
    The biggest thing stopping players like scully signing a union contract
    are the results of any medical which would show what we all know
    and the number of appearances over the past 2 season have proven.

    Div , Bert and co are right testimonals are a thing of the past. Events for
    Matt King / Preckie are well deserving and more appropriate than Golden Goodbyes for exceptionally well paid players who have talked up their last two years in the press rather than on the pitch.

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