Roosters give Willie Mason two more weeks leave to find a new club

[Guest]

Its all about Wayne, and not the Bruce type

Dragons Bound?

[Guest]

Whatever peoples views on Mason, if her can't get a gig elsewhere, they have to get him motivated and get him playing in 2010. Surely he'll get a deal in Japan, but if not, how can we possibly have him sit out the season, and still pay him $400K? That's ridiculous.

This isn't a defnce of him in any way, but they say knee injuries like his take 12 months to get over, and then the player needs to get his confidence back. Towards the end of last season, I reckon there were a couple of very faint glimmers of hope that maybe he was improving.

That said, I'd prefer him gone too. But if he doesn't go, we simply don't have the roster to have a $400K player sitting on the sidelines.

It is extremely unlikely he'll go to japan. they only take cleanskins. Mason's agent's been at this since April - 8 months with no result should tell you something of Mason's perception in the market place.

If there are no bigger fools than us to take him, then I'd prefer him on the sidelines.

we need to move on.

[Guest]

It is extremely unlikely he'll go to japan. they only take cleanskins. Mason's agent's been at this since April - 8 months with no result should tell you something of Mason's perception in the market place.

If there are no bigger fools than us to take him, then I'd prefer him on the sidelines.

we need to move on.

Mason will not be in japan this season because the comp is half way over, if anything it will be from next season, which means we should utilise Willie to our own benefit, its no good having 450+ of our cap sitting our or playing for newtown, the guy will be playing for his future and too shut a few people up, Smith needs to use that to our advantage.

[melon....]

Mason will not be in japan this season because the comp is half way over, if anything it will be from next season, which means we should utilise Willie to our own benefit, its no good having 450+ of our cap sitting our or playing for newtown, the guy will be playing for his future and too shut a few people up, Smith needs to use that to our advantage.

One thing i want to see in 2010 is a rampaging Willie Mason busting them out wide and passing onto a steaming Carney, Pez or Mini. If Smith plays Willie properly, this may be a weekly occurence. Willie will keep his end up...can the coach direct this movie?

[Guest]

One thing i want to see in 2010 is a rampaging Willie Mason busting them out wide and passing onto a steaming Carney, Pez or Mini. If Smith plays Willie properly, this may be a weekly occurence. Willie will keep his end up...can the coach direct this movie?

dont get your hopes up.

[Guest]

dont get your hopes up.

Your 100% spot on, Pearce would get the ball and turn it back inside to Fitzy, oops! he isnt there any more, ball to ground.

the more things change the more things stay the same

[Geohood]

Your 100% spot on, Pearce would get the ball and turn it back inside to Fitzy, oops! he isnt there any more, ball to ground.

the more things change the more things stay the same

The inside ball is quite a revolutionary tactic don't underestimate it

[Guest]

fairdinkum.

[Guest]

You obviously don't quite get it..

It is not the player, Willie Mason, that is not wanted at Easts..

It is the person, Willie Mason, that is not wanted at Easts..

but if the person gets over himself he may become the player.

[novice chook]

but if the person gets over himself he may become the player.

He is what he is Shadow, there is no changing that. Especially not at close to 30 years of age.

Fact is the Roosters bought him knowing what they were getting and taking a risk on him. The fact that it's backfired is their own fault.


NC

[Guest]

I really don't know what the big fuss is about. Mason hasn't had anything to do with our club going backwards. In his first season he was ok. Was one of our better players in a side being coached poorly yet through divine intervention made the top 4. He has barely done anything wrong. He had a few beers when he shouldn't have and he pissed on the street. Who cares. This year he was recovering from a knee recronstruction and again was by far not our worst player.

As for him and his big mouth so be it. There is one or two in every team. The Roosters needed to put in place an environment to manage him. Not control him. The Saints had similar issues when they had a young coach and so too Souths this year.

If Mason was playing under Smith he would excel. I really hoped he would be playing this year as I am certain used in the right way he will be a very dominating player.

Fittler as much as I admire the bloke for his playing days was not the coach we needed.

[Roosterfarian]

Anyone read the snippet from Buderus's book in the telegraph a few sunday's ago?

He makes it quite clear that Smith hates players with big personalities. That's why he let Newton loose. Apparently he didnt like him hyping up the players in a certain way..Smith preferred him to lead through his on-field action.

Fitzy-esque not Mason-esque.

Also prefers a more horizontal player salary structure with very few players on big bucks. New England PAtriots model he has read so much about. Why do you think Parra and Newcastle never recruited big name players. It's not like Parra didnt have the cash. Looks at their spend now under Anderson.

I'll doubt we'll see us recruiting the likes of Tuquiri, Jennings, Haynes etc in future years. There will be more of a focus on juniors or buying players on average salaries and building them up. Having more faith in players and giving them time to flourish.

[melon....]

dont get your hopes up.

Dont worry about that, personally I dont give a shit either way, but it would be good to see that for teh sake of Mason shoving it up the knockers' arses. Mason didnt destroy Easts. Easts rotted from the core out.

[Guest]

Also prefers a more horizontal player salary structure with very few players on big bucks. New England PAtriots model he has read so much about. Why do you think Parra and Newcastle never recruited big name players. It's not like Parra didnt have the cash. Looks at their spend now under Anderson.

I'll doubt we'll see us recruiting the likes of Tuquiri, Jennings, Haynes etc in future years. There will be more of a focus on juniors or buying players on average salaries and building them up. Having more faith in players and giving them time to flourish.

I think that will be the case across most clubs from here on. They have worked out that forking out a large percentage of your cap on a small number of players just doesn't work. Neither does the back ending of contracts, which a certain club north of the harbour are discovering right this very minute.

Unless the player is exceptional, like an Inglis or a Hayne, then the days of the $350K+ salary will become obsolete.

Souths don't get it, they have a disproportionate amount of the cap in big lumbering forwards. I know Lang likes big forwards, but I don't know whether they will cope in the modern game and the second phase play.

[trewhella]

Dont worry about that, personally I dont give a shit either way, but it would be good to see that for teh sake of Mason shoving it up the knockers' arses. Mason didnt destroy Easts. Easts rotted from the core out.

**** me melon


you have turned into the smartest c in here


bravo