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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Muscles on June 30, 2009, 04:24:35 PM

Title: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Muscles on June 30, 2009, 04:24:35 PM

I was checking through the players who are up for contract negotiations this year (leaving out the over-30's for the time being)

Seems to me that there are two performance groups at present amongst the ones who are due for deals

Trying Pretty Hard to Impress Group:
Jackson
Morton
Rance (Just back from a serious injury)

Not Being So Successful at Impressing Group
Cotchin (No pre-season)
Deledio (Carrying a hand injury?)
Pattison (Not much of a pre-season)
Raines (Injury after injury)

I'm wondering if contract negotiations might be weighing on a few minds?  On top of the coaching saga and adverse publicity, could it have a performance impact?

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: mightytiges on June 30, 2009, 10:53:13 PM

Quote from: Muscles on June 30, 2009, 04:24:35 PM

I'm wondering if contract negotiations might be weighing on a few minds?  On top of the coaching saga and adverse publicity, could it have a performance impact?

Some players have good years when they are out of contract as they know they might not get another. We've just had so many who haven't produced anywhere near what they did in the second of the half of 2008. Jacko, Blingers, Polo and Collo have improved significantly but that's about it.

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Beren on July 01, 2009, 04:14:49 PM

I know of 2 players whose contracts are under negotiation ATM.

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Muscles on July 01, 2009, 06:11:22 PM

I was thinking that maybe the club mightn't value their contributions quite as highly as some players/managers might and that might have an impact on a young guy's performances.

I know in business that it sometimes works that way at salary review time

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: torch on July 01, 2009, 06:38:32 PM

Quote from: Beren on July 01, 2009, 04:14:49 PM

I know of 2 players whose contracts are under negotiation ATM.

who are they?

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Go Richo 12 on July 01, 2009, 06:48:13 PM

Lids is one

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Beren on July 02, 2009, 03:47:42 PM

Correct.

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: mightytiges on July 02, 2009, 11:25:30 PM

This is our out of contract list: Bowden, Brown, Cotchin, Coughlan, Cousins, Deledio, Hughes, Jackson, McGuane, Morton, Oakley-Nicholls, Pattison, Pettifer, Polak, Putt, Raines, Rance, Richardson, Simmonds.

So is the other one Cotch or Jacko?

Title: Re: Contract Negotiation Time & Fallout?
Post by: Beren on July 03, 2009, 12:15:00 PM

Jacko.
Sign him up quick!!!