LEICESTER TIGERS 2020/21 SQUAD/TRANSFERS/CONTRACT THREAD Part 2

[sapajo]

Where Harry Potter goes Voldemort follows and I have not seen the latter at Welford Rd for years

[BFG]

It'd be a great shame if Veainu moved on.
He has got Leicester out of a few holes as teams have been kicking and pressing Leicester with superior numbers, I don't know fitter or just simply more mobile or organised all round, but Veainu has taken a lot of cheap shots running it back into those superior numbers.
I was kind of looking forward to seeing big Steward running it back (if the squeeze continued) and Veainu maybe being freed up on one wing.

[RagingBull]

Wonder if Taufua might be another who could be looking at going.

[strawclearer]

Wonder if Taufua might be another who could be looking at going.

One of many, I suspect.

[Scott1]

The cap lowers next year right? That would only include players brought from next season though right,surely you wouldn't be able to lower any players wages already under contract? Help needed please

[ABClub]

The cap lowers next year right? That would only include players brought from next season though right,surely you wouldn't be able to lower any players wages already under contract? Help needed please

The cap comes down to £5m for the 2021/22 season. So the season after next.

Players who are already in contract for that season (and beyond it) will have 75% of their contract count towards the cap.

Most clubs are negotiating longer term wage reductions across the board. The Sale squad have been the first to agree to wage cuts longer term.

[JP14]

Wonder if Taufua might be another who could be looking at going.

Could be Genge, Tuilagi, Ford, or even Johny McPhilips!

The point is that it does no good speculating especially when people like Neil Fissler just copy and paste rumours from message boards such as these to (like Bondi said) to just sell the papers.

[strawclearer]

The cap lowers next year right? That would only include players brought from next season though right,surely you wouldn't be able to lower any players wages already under contract? Help needed please

The cap comes down to £5m for the 2021/22 season. So the season after next.

Players who are already in contract for that season (and beyond it) will have 75% of their contract count towards the cap.

Most clubs are negotiating longer term wage reductions across the board. The Sale squad have been the first to agree to wage cuts longer term.

[My bold}
It's amazing what can be achieved when you act with integrity and treat people as responsible adults. Other clubs would do well to follow Sale's example.

[Scott1]

Thanks ABC!

[Coops]

The cap lowers next year right? That would only include players brought from next season though right,surely you wouldn't be able to lower any players wages already under contract? Help needed please

The cap comes down to £5m for the 2021/22 season. So the season after next.

Players who are already in contract for that season (and beyond it) will have 75% of their contract count towards the cap.

Most clubs are negotiating longer term wage reductions across the board. The Sale squad have been the first to agree to wage cuts longer term.

[My bold}
It's amazing what can be achieved when you act with integrity and treat people as responsible adults. Other clubs would do well to follow Sale's example.

Yes but that means sticking with the current squad for the next three years, something which Tigers and/or Borthwick probably don't want.

[RagingBull]

Wonder if Taufua might be another who could be looking at going.

Could be Genge, Tuilagi, Ford, or even Johny McPhilips!

The point is that it does no good speculating especially when people like Neil Fissler just copy and paste rumours from message boards such as these to (like Bondi said) to just sell the papers.

Doubt that.
Genge, Tuilagi and Ford will have England draw, and no other premiership club will really beat our offer.
Least be logical, they could well leave but it's a lot more unlikely than the other names.

I like Bondi but it's not like the club have done much other than tease incomings for about a month now in that regards.
I have no problem waiting but when no news happens, even copy and paste rumours at least brings some discussions.

[RagingBull]

Tigers physio Dave Orton has announced he is leaving the club after 10 years

[jgriffin]

Tigers physio Dave Orton has announced he is leaving the club after 10 years

Uneasy feelings.......

[ABClub]

The cap lowers next year right? That would only include players brought from next season though right,surely you wouldn't be able to lower any players wages already under contract? Help needed please

The cap comes down to £5m for the 2021/22 season. So the season after next.

Players who are already in contract for that season (and beyond it) will have 75% of their contract count towards the cap.

Most clubs are negotiating longer term wage reductions across the board. The Sale squad have been the first to agree to wage cuts longer term.

[My bold}
It's amazing what can be achieved when you act with integrity and treat people as responsible adults. Other clubs would do well to follow Sale's example.

I'd agree that Sale's man management seems to have been good in the situation. Diamond seems to be very well respected by the Sale squad.

Without wishing to be cynical it may also be Sale reaping the rewards of long term contracts given that 75% of salaries from already signed contracts will count towards the cap when it reduces. Diamond has been signing a lot of their top players to really long contracts so I imagine Sale will have a fair amount the wage bill exempt from the cap.

They also have a very small squad concentrating on quality over quantity as well. That is just excellent recruitment and allows them to pay good salaries across the board, particularly to squad players. I am a fan of the squad Diamond has put together.

[Hot_Charlie]

He (Dave Orton ) has had another line of business for a while though. I wouldn’t be surprised at any planned back room staff moves happening this week anyway, as surely they’d have given notice to leave at the end of the season (June 30th). And if they took a week of leave at the end of the contract (not entirely unreasonable) then that’d be 23rd June...

The Sale situation is discussed interestingly on this week’s Eggchasers’ pod. I also think they’ve been keen to put it out there, but they may have lost quite a bit of flexibility and leeway a season or two down the line.