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Ja nadat swys vir hom nee gese het, ek sien die leeus onderhandel met Warrick Galant hulle en wp onderhandel met hom en dan is die sharks en wp agter Simelane aan en soos ek die sharks ken sal hy sekerlik soontoe skuif 

Ek stem Niela ek hoopmaar ons kanhom hou ek dink nie galant sal seker n bad koop wees nie coetseehet nie juis baie goed gespeel die laaste tyd nie en galant het x faktor en as die regte coach met hom werk kan hy baie goed raak wat dink julle manne?

Ja jammer daai Dweba het oorsee geteken hy kom 'n goeie aanwins gewees het moet ons nie maar gaan kyk na daai ek dink dit was Samuels wat wp toe is ook mos 'n hakker hy was self nie te bad gewees nie

Blykbaar gaan Pieter-Stef nie oorsee nie maar soek 'n beter kontrak met WP

valie wrote: https://m.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/gelant-turned-down-lucrative-lions-offer-before-joining-stormers-report-20200530

Hierdie berug is maar net weer n bewys dat geld nie noodwendig die grootste rol speel wanneer n speler n besluit oor sy loopbaan maak nie.

Red_Machine wrote: valie wrote: https://m.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/gelant-turned-down-lucrative-lions-offer-before-joining-stormers-report-20200530 this says tons about the state of our union, when players won't come to us for more money there is something rotten

This has nothing to do with the state of our union. This is not a new thing, and as I have explained to Leeubok, Players tend to go where their support structure is. Gelant is a wp boy. His whole family and most of his friends are from there. He probably wanted to go back, come hell or high water.

Ek stem Valie dis die probleem vir die leeus en die bulle om by die see te bly is 'n groot aantrekking hoor maar hoe baie mense as jy hulle vra as hulle enige plek in sa kon bly waar dit sal wees en meeste gaan se die Kaap.

En Divan Rossouw is 'n baie beter koop as Galant hy het my nog glad nie oortuig nie hy is darem 'n snaakse ou op die veld hy entertain darem die mense elke keer as hy een van sy spelers raak skop sal nooit die ene op Serfontein vergeet nie  

valie wrote: Red_Machine wrote: valie wrote: https://m.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/gelant-turned-down-lucrative-lions-offer-before-joining-stormers-report-20200530 this says tons about the state of our union, when players won't come to us for more money there is something rotten  This has nothing to do with the state of our union. This is not a new thing, and as I have explained to Leeubok, Players tend to go where their support structure is. Gelant is a wp boy. His whole family and most of his friends are from there. He probably wanted to go back, come hell or high water. Before Akker van der Merwe left for the Sharks, he had an interview with a newspaper, where he told the journalist that he grew up in the Southern Cape, and would love to live close to the sea. I then knew that we were going to lose him. The Sharks offered him a starting spot, and the coastal lifestyle that he desired. I don't think that they offered him more money. This is a thing that has been going on for decades. Way back in the 90's AJ Venter went to the Sharks for the same reason (to live by the sea), and there are loads of players that has done the same. Schalk Brits is another example, so too Joe van Niekerk.  A former CEO of the Lions used to be a frequent visitor on this site about a decade ago, and he cornfirmed just that: The Lions and the Bulls needed to cough up a lot more money to attract and retain players.

Leeubok wrote: valie wrote: Red_Machine wrote: valie wrote: https://m.sport24.co.za/Rugby/SuperRugby/gelant-turned-down-lucrative-lions-offer-before-joining-stormers-report-20200530 this says tons about the state of our union, when players won't come to us for more money there is something rotten  This has nothing to do with the state of our union. This is not a new thing, and as I have explained to Leeubok, Players tend to go where their support structure is. Gelant is a wp boy. His whole family and most of his friends are from there. He probably wanted to go back, come hell or high water. Before Akker van der Merwe left for the Sharks, he had an interview with a newspaper, where he told the journalist that he grew up in the Southern Cape, and would love to live close to the sea. I then knew that we were going to lose him. The Sharks offered him a starting spot, and the coastal lifestyle that he desired. I don't think that they offered him more money. This is a thing that has been going on for decades. Way back in the 90's AJ Venter went to the Sharks for the same reason (to live by the sea), and there are loads of players that has done the same. Schalk Brits is another example, so too Joe van Niekerk.  A former CEO of the Lions used to be a frequent visitor on this site about a decade ago, and he cornfirmed just that: The Lions and the Bulls needed to cough up a lot more money to attract and retain players. Valie, wat jy se is gladnie verkeerd nie. Natuurlik is dit lekkerder om langs die see te bly. Maar dit is nie die enigste rede waarom spelers nie by die leeus wil teken of bly nie. Ons word netnie gesien as 'n rugby "powerhouse" nie. Waarom kan die Bulls dan ster spelers en coaches teken, en ons nie? Spelers wil deel van 'n wenspan wees, wat hul kanse om 'n bok te word gaan verbeter.

Dis defnitief makliker om ster spelers te trek en te hou as die span wen momentum het. Almal wil deel wees van n wenkultuur. Wat n groot deel van ons sukses was, is die feit dat ons vanaf 2014 tot 2018 met dieselfde kern groep spelers gespeel het. Ons het spelers, wat meestal nie by ander unies geleenthede gekry het nie, gevat en hulle in n span omskep. Dit se vir my dat om ster spelers te lok, nie noodwendig die enigste roete na sukses is nie. Die trick is om spelers te identifiseer wat goed genoeg is, met die regte temperament, om dit te maak, wat nie geleenthede kry by ander unies nie, en 3 of 4 van hulle te kry, vir dieselfde geld wat 1 ster speler kos, en hulle te ontwikkel in ster spelers.

Ek verstaan nie wat jy probeer se nie Rooihart. Ja die Bulls het 'n klomp ster spelers verloor, maar is hard aan die werk om daarvoor te kompenseer met 'n world cup winning coach en 'n klomp signings. Elkeen van daai spelers wat weg is maak klomp geld vir nuwe speler salarisse vry, so dieselfde geld seker vir die spelers wat ons verloor het.