Phil Rothfield: Roosters squeeze $8 million worth of talent into $6 million NRL Cap

[ROC181]

Talkin Sport were critical on the border of laughing at him. They were critical of his timing, his inaccurate facts re certain players salaries, and his always talking up Sharks crusade.

[bondi-boy]

Has this guy never heard of third party payments?

Likely not?

And "back-ended" contracts like the one the Dragons got for Gasnier in 2010...$50,000 for the first year 2010, he helped them win the premiership...then larger contracts in the following years.

[Andrew Walker]

Wasn't there a suspicion he was on here...until fairly recently...as TonytheWheel?

That was him I think he has only posted once since our GF win last year stsae missed him so much he even posted a thread in his honour when he spotted him as a lurker here

[bondi-boy]

Mini took two pay cuts to stay with the Roosters and be captain?
...now on about $200,000 contract?

Eels didn't want Maloney badly enough, let him go...then the Storm didn't want Maloney badly enough, let him go...then the Warriors...we signed him, made him a better goal-kicker and a better player.

Wouldn't Panthers be still paying some of Jennings contract?

[davos]

ROOSTERS SALARY ESTIMATES

Anthony Minichiello $400,000

Daniel Tupou $250,000

Michael Jennings $750,000

Shaun Kenny-Dowall $350,000

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck $250,000

James Maloney $600,000

Mitchell Pearce $800,000

Sonny Bill Williams $1,000,000

Boyd Cordner $450,000

Aidan Guerra $400,000

Jared Waerea Hargreaves $450,000

Jake Friend $375,000

Sam Moa $250,000

Bench

Mitch Aubusson $275,000

Dylan Napa $200,000

Jackson Hastings $150,000

Frank Paul Nu’uasala $250,000

The rest: $800,000

Total: $8 million

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1227050745642

If you ever needed any proof that this guy makes it all up as he goes along, then exhibit a is right here.

THIS YEAR, there is no way that the following players are on the amount that has been quoted:

MJ- 750 K. He was on something like 600k when penrith let him go and sent him to us. I doubt we will have paid him more than penrith , especially considering he spent most of his last penrith season in NSW cup before being selected for origin that year.

James Maloney 600k- Didn't he sign a three year deal for 1.2 million dollars????

Mitchell Pearce 800K - this one is waaaaaayyy offf . The merge tried to tempt him by offering him 600k , which at the time we thought was overs???

SBW- could possibly be on 1 mil, but heard that he was signed for 800K

Cordner and Guerra- both players would not be on 450 and 400k this year. Guerra has only had his breakout year this year as has cordner. There is no way we spend that much on rookies.What they will be earning next year though is anyone's guess.

even mini @ 400k seems steep but who knows.

[davos]

The funniest part of the article is where he claims a head coach called him, just so he can pretend he's relevant.

Just ignore the farkwit.

isn't it interesting that he has stooped getting any inside info on us in the last two years???

[rwbfl]

What sort of 'journalist' writes that a coach rang him and asked him to do a story on another team? How can a 'professional' organisation even let this sort of shit be printed? I didn't think estimating what a player earns, without any knowledge of his terms and conditions, can be considered reporting the facts.

Besides, what has market value got to do with their salary cap anyway? So Cordner and Guerra might be worth that much, they certainly weren't when they signed their current deals. It's not like they perform well and the clubs go scribble out their contract value and add another 200k.

'Rothfield' and 'journalist' should never be mentioned in the same breath.

[Guest]

Someone should kidnap the farker, put him on a plane bound for Sierra Leone and let the Ebola virus have its way with him!

I don't know much about Ebola but I reckon it'd start throwing up trying to eat the piece of festering shit that is Rothfield.

Chook.

[Kingbilly]

'Rothfield' and 'journalist' should never be mentioned in the same breath.

I disagree , Rothfield and Journalist go well hand in hand, most are disgracful pieces of work, dealing in innuendo and sensationalism in preference to fact
Apart from our man Labinator of course.

[Vasco]

Who cares what this dick thinks.

I know he objected to something that was going to be published in a local rag last week and it was removed at the last minute.

Easts to win.

[milanja]

Funny thing is, nobody is biting. Even over at LU people from most other teams are calling it BS.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Funny thing is, nobody is biting. Even over at LU people from most other teams are calling it BS.

Yeah....I think his cred is so low no one really takes him seriously anymore.

[Guest]

All you coqs still going

[rwbfl]

ANGRY at ongoing innuendo they are cheats, the Sydney Roosters have come forward to deny any rorting and to sensationally declare they are actually $100,000 under the NRL’s salary cap.

The Daily Telegraph spoke to a high-ranking club official on Monday who detailed how the Roosters’ star-studded line-up remains beneath rugby league’s $6.1 million salary cap.

The revelations will attract scepticism from rival clubs and fans, but one senior Roosters official though insisted: “We are under the cap, well and truly. We are way under the cap, significantly.

“Perception is not reality. We have a lot of bottom-ended players who are performing incredibly well around seasoned players.”

The Roosters say the likes of Daniel Tupou and Michael Jennings were bargains.

In some stunning admissions, the Roosters claim:

* They signed Michael Jennings from Penrith at a “discounted rate”;

* Winger Daniel Tupou signed with the Roosters for just $40,000;

* The club will lose star players after a number of contracts expire for 2016;

* Forward Isaac Liu was playing last year for just $15,000;

* They managed to sign Sonny Bill Williams, James Maloney and Michael Jennings last year after being $300,000 under the cap in 2012; and

* Prop Sam Moa signed for “just over the minimum wage”.

The Roosters say they are “annoyed” at the constant speculation regarding their salary cap and claim they drifted $100,000 below the maximum level after centre Tautau Moga joined North Queensland in June.

“We got ‘Jenko’ (Jennings) at a discounted rate because Penrith footed most of his bill in the first year. We got a good deal there,” the Roosters official said on how the club could possibly remain under the cap.

“Isaac Liu was signed from an intra-club trial against Balmain, he played last year on a $15,000 playing fee. This year he is second tier.

“He is better than that. That is our good management and our coaching staff getting him to the position that he is now.

“Next year he won’t be on that sort of dollar. When he goes up, someone will go out. It’s a window that doesn’t last. Sam Moa was a reject. He went to Hull and came back for a little over a minimum wage and now he is one of the best props in the game.

Boyd Cordner is another Rooster whose market value is now more than when he signed.

“We signed Boyd Cordner when he was 16 years of age. We signed him to another long-term contract when he was 19.

“The figures (being discussed publicly) are market values today, not market values when they signed. The players have all improved dramatically and come through as a group and their values increase. Moving forward, when they come off contract, we are going to lose players.

“We signed Daniel Tupou when he was 20-years-old for $40,000. Now he is on the end of a good backline and playing Origin. He isn’t on anywhere near standard Origin money. It’s a matter of when you sign them and how much and you have to back your judgment about where they will be in two or three years. We have done that well.

“Some will stay for under market value because they want be together, some will move on, which is their prerogative.

“Look at Penrith for instance. Right now Matt Moylan is a $500,000 a season player. He would be on a third of that. He would be on $150,00, tops, because Penrith was smart enough to sign him two years ago when he couldn’t make the 20s.”

Questions were raised of the Roosters when they signed Williams, Maloney and Jennings in one off-season before going on to win last year’s premiership.

“The year before we were $300,000 under the cap,” the official said.

“We had money to spend. We left money for Maloney if he could get out of his last year at the Warriors and Penrith played a high percentage of Jenko’s wage.

“We let go of Nate Myles, other Origin players, Braith Anasta moved. In a golf analogy, we changed our swing.”

The Roosters say coach Trent Robinson hasn’t had enough credit for his work.

And their big-name roster — every member of the Roosters starting side has rep experience — will thrive in the crucial end-of-season finals.

“The Test match in the middle of the year, Melbourne had eight representatives in that game. We had six. Look at Penrith’s roster. They have internationals and State of Origin players playing reserve grade,” the official said.

“It’s exactly the same at Manly.”

Asked did the club get angry at the constant speculation, the official said: “It’s annoying but we know where we are and we have explained it over the years. It just takes some of the kudos away from our coaching and high-performance staff.”

[Guest]

Phil continues to embarrass himself as a sports "journalist" with two of the most worn out tricks in the books. First cue Sky Hooks "I'm living the seventies" take yourself back to the mid 70's and start the annual second rate sports writer/hack/gossip columnist ritual of cut and pasting "Easts bought this premiership" story if we are going well.

Combine with the other great sports hack masquerading as journalist's trick "the man in the street" or "unnamed prominent source" in this case an unnamed coach who is having an embittered moment from his own lack of performance in this year's regular season carping on from Coward's Corner to cover the lack of facts.

Another great yawn fest from a has been and never was sports writer/hack. Hope you didn't pick up a pay cheque this week for this piece of regurgitated rubbish.

Don't buy this rubbish paper - it's no wonder paper sales for this mob continue to fall when this is the best they can turn out.

Agree 100%. Don't buy the Murdoch sewer. It's rubbish from one end of the rag to the other.

As former independent federal MP Tony Windsor once said, "we don't buy the Daily Telegraph, we prefer Sorbent in our house".

As for Buzz, well, Rupert should employ someone to fix up his 4-year old child-worthy spelling and grammar before he goes around slagging off the way our organisation is run.