Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:03 pm  

christopher wrote:

Crosby is signed already for next year his deal runs out in 2021 I believe.

For those who want the club to get rid - how? You can’t just ditch a player because he‘s injured

In any other employment they could terminate his employment through frustration of contract. If not just retire him through injury surely insurance would cover this as in football? It's a long long time since he played last and still no mention of when he could be back

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:25 pm  

Pill rhino wrote:

In any other employment they could terminate his employment through frustration of contract. If not just retire him through injury surely insurance would cover this as in football? It's a long long time since he played last and still no mention of when he could be back

He may not be ready to retire?

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:04 am  

Ward is out of contract this year so it is down to the club if they keep him on, Stevie's body doesn't look like it can cope at all for his own health he surely must be thinking of early retirement which is a real shame as he can be class when fit.

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:45 am  

Even with all his injuries, id be reluctant to get rid of Ward, brilliant player when fit and its sods law he'd be always fit the second we released him. Should we renew though, id hope there would be an acceptance on his part that his injury record would be reflected to some extent in his salary.

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:28 am  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Even with all his injuries, id be reluctant to get rid of Ward, brilliant player when fit and its sods law he'd be always fit the second we released him. Should we renew though, id hope there would be an acceptance on his part that his injury record would be reflected to some extent in his salary.

Agreed.

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:28 am  

If Ward is to retire I'm confident he would become a very good coach, he's very intelligent.

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:09 pm  

tomlufc wrote:

If Ward is to retire I'm confident he would become a very good coach, he's very intelligent.

His hamstrings would go putting the cones out tho!

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:25 pm  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Even with all his injuries, id be reluctant to get rid of Ward, brilliant player when fit and its sods law he'd be always fit the second we released him. Should we renew though, id hope there would be an acceptance on his part that his injury record would be reflected to some extent in his salary.

Id go for Ward on a 1 year deal

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:18 pm  

fanstanningley wrote:

He may not be ready to retire?

His injury record would tell you different

Re: Merrin Ward Crosby salary cap : Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:34 pm  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Even with all his injuries, id be reluctant to get rid of Ward, brilliant player when fit and its sods law he'd be always fit the second we released him. Should we renew though, id hope there would be an acceptance on his part that his injury record would be reflected to some extent in his salary.

it would have to be reflected in his salary. a fit Stevie Ward is worth marquee money no doubt but we can't carry him on big money on a long term deal again that would be crazy.

something like a one year deal on less money with a view to renegotiate at the end of the season if he hits a target of say 20 games. something like that could work. if he is looking for a long term big money deal i'm not sure we should be retaining him.