Pretty obvious lattrel going

[JAF]

Bye bye Latrell - no player is bigger than this great Club!
But thanks for the memories ...

[Headless Chook]

Its not that he's leaving ,its the way he went about it , Roosters have shown such loyalty and support and in return he was apparently shopping himself.
around the week of the gf.
Also we pay his wages to play in a team sport , missed the WCC , didn't go on end of season trip last year , does that indicate he is a team player.
He is young and will hopefully learn but if not career is over because if he does this at the next team no one will want him .

I don't see how that plays any part in whether he's a team player or not. What he does on the field has more to do with being a team player then going on holidays with your team mates

[Rooster1908]

I don't see how that plays any part in whether he's a team player or not. What he does on the field has more to do with being a team player then going on holidays with your team mates

Then I would wonder and its a question not an attack have or did you ever play in a team sport , because in all the teams I did , those that did not participate in the off field action with there team mates , and parteners did not form the bond needed to be a integral part of a team , mateship is what binds a team , makes you want to give all for them , something Latrell , as much talent as he has , is yet to learn.IN my opinion anyway.

[crikey chris]

If that is the end for Latrel, so be it. Thanks for the memories. We move on. We have been around since 1908. We will continue to evolve with a new centre and half back. Hopefully the whole Latrel circus is finalised and over sooner rather than later. Best for all involved.

[Maxy Walker]

It was pretty obvious he was leaving when the club announced that he was leaving.

[Dummy half]

Saw somewhere his advisers are asking 50k for a finders fee, very sad if true

[Random Rooster]

Its not that he's leaving ,its the way he went about it , Roosters have shown such loyalty and support and in return he was apparently shopping himself.
around the week of the gf.

So if he has decided to leave what way should he have gone about it? There was no talk of his management shopping him around in September or GF week

[Rooster1908]

So if he has decided to leave what way should he have gone about it? There was no talk of his management shopping him around in September or GF week

From my understanding there is plenty of talk , I'm not saying its fact that he did or his managers did have a meeting at a home of an opposition team in GF week .

[chopstiks]

I don’t think he actually wants to play fullback. He is clearly too lazy for this position. He just knows he has to play FB to demand a million odd dollar contract cause centers don’t get this much.

I'm going a step further and questioning for a while now if he actually really even wants to play footy..... is it just through obligation. I dunno. All I do know is he looks very content in amongst nature, the bush, on the water, milking cows.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I'm going a step further and questioning for a while now if he actually really even wants to play footy..... is it just through obligation. I dunno. All I do know is he looks very content in amongst nature, the bush, on the water, milking cows.

There is likely some truth in what you say. I am pretty sure he doesn't see anymore challenge or excitement with us having climbed the mountain twice.

It feels like a young buck searching for something else, but he's not quite sure what that is.

[Bruce 38-0]

Can someone post the article from the Telucrap about Latts not going to Vegas. Thanks.

[mattyh]

also another point on latrell , the pressure is really intense at the roosters re finals , premierships etc the pressure and expectations whilst still big at the tigers and much , much less , you are not expected to make finals and win premierships year in, year out , more money on offer as well. maybe that suits latrell better then the intense pressure at our club.

[Tommy Smith]

How the Tigers hope to woo Roosters star Latrell Mitchell
By Adrian Proszenko
November 16, 2019 — 7.29pm


To fully understand the key connections that will likely lure Latrell Mitchell to the Wests Tigers, you’ve got to go back about five years.

It’s the SG Ball grand final and a fresh-faced Latrell Mitchell is wearing the Roosters No.1 jersey. Things don’t start off well for the young Roosters side, which quickly found itself down by 20 points to Penrith.

Yet this was the moment that stamped Mitchell as a future star. In one of the most unlikely comeback victories, Mitchell scored the decisive golden-point try in a man-of-the-match performance.

In the team photo taken moments afterwards, Latrell can be seen holding the premiership trophy, while Adam Hartigan is also in the frame as part of the Roosters' junior coaching setup.

The bond Hartigan and Mitchell forged on Leichhardt Oval in those moments endures to this day. Hartigan is no longer at the Roosters after taking up the role of head of football at the Tigers in July. Mitchell is also likely to be departing Bondi Junction after the club pulled its offer of a contract extension, worth $1.6 million over two years, from the table earlier this month.

The Tigers have $1.7 million to spend on talent in 2020 alone and have a shortlist of targets that include Dragons pair Luciano Leilua and Zac Lomax. But at the very top of the list is Mitchell.

So when Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe and coach Michael Maguire made the 310km journey from Concord Oval to Taree during the week, Hartigan travelled up with them as the trump card.

The trip would have been made a few days earlier but for the fact that Hartigan and Pascoe had only just returned from a US study tour and the bushfires decimating the mid-north coast of NSW made Taree almost inaccessible at the start of the week. The Tigers contingent wanted to personally pitch their vision for the club to Mitchell and his manager in a bid to secure the biggest scalp in the joint-venture outfit’s history.

Mitchell would become the long-term fullback replacement they have been looking for since the departure of James Tedesco, the man blocking 22-year-old’s path to the No.1 jersey at the Roosters.

If Mitchell makes the switch, Hartigan won’t be the only familiar face at the Tigers. While representing the Blues at under-20s level in 2015, he played alongside current Tigers Robert Jennings, Alex Twal, Jacob Liddle and Oliver Clarke. That side gelled well, belting the Maroons 32-4.

Mitchell is also mates with potential Tigers teammates Luke Garner and Paul Momirovski from their days at the Roosters and Wyong. Then there’s the new Tigers chairman, Lee Hagipantelis, who has a relationship with Mitchell through his law firm’s sponsorship of the Blues.

“He is the sort of player who could make a mark at Wests Tigers and create a legacy,” Hagipantelis told the Herald during the week.

“If he put on a black, white and gold jersey, I would be standing on the sideline cheering him on when he crosses the white line for the first time.”

Mitchell, however, is closest to Hartigan. Significantly, Hartigan maintains a good relationship with Roosters supremo Nick Politis, who will have a significant say on if and where Mitchell goes if released from the final year of his contract.

The Tigers and team Mitchell are crunching the numbers in a bid to finalise a deal. Given the club needs a star signing and Mitchell needs a new home, these things often have a way of working themselves out. Mitchell could expect a pay rise if he switches sides. Perhaps the biggest challenge is for Hartigan to convince Mitchell that they can again achieve premiership success together.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/how...16-p53b85.html

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

Thank you Latrell for the memories and what you have done for the Roosters. It is unfortunate that it got to this. I hope that you eventually sort yourself out and find whatever it is you are looking for. I do believe that you have made a mistake, and you may live to regret it. It is unfortunate that you have been poorly advised, but hopefully there is still plenty of time for you to learn from this. Anyway, it is best that it is a clean break for all concerned, so we can now just move on.

[Kelvin Johnson]

The Roosters have bent over backwards to keep him happy. He wants to play fullback and good luck with that and good luck with the training you will have to do with Madge.

It's one thing leaving the Tigers and going to the Roosters everyone should be able to comprehend that.
But, leaving the Roosters and expecting things to be anywhere near the same at the Tigers is just stupid.

It's a really bad career move that can only end in tears.
And, don't think the Roosters don't have something up their sleeve with his money when he goes...good luck Latrell you will need it.