Not Latus? Must be one of the other skinny young wingers we've used this season...Fox, Colbon or Cockayne then.

No paranoia here mate, just objective opinions based on what I see on the field.

Looks like he's playing clubs against each other and holding out for the best deal, 3yr and £110,000 a year..

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Not worth the hassle, unrest & wages though IMO...

I would pull out now if I was leading the negotiations for Rovers. He's just taking the pi$$. 110K + "extras" - anyone care to speculate what that might mean?

Car, house etc?

Seems like an idiot before he's even arrived over here!

Really hoping we stay clear now, he wouldn't be interesting in coming here if his best days weren't behind him (let's face it - the NRL is years ahead of SL), it's a paid holiday rather then a 'new challenge' IMO.
Keep developing guys like Watts Rovers, the way to go...

Maybe a trophy bonus, reaching a certain amount of apperence? Tbh £110,000 isn't that much.

Realistically though the likes of ourselves & Huddersfield are probably a few years away from a trophy though.

FTR I can see Wigan starting to dominate with those 3 Melbourne players adding to their already great squad.

Not really roofs any side out of the top eight could get to wembley with a good draw then it's 80 mins.

Leeds and saints are in slight transitional periods and wire will be as strong so i can't see a Wigan domination yet.

Not too sure but the last time I enquired on extras it only cost in the region of£40 so this should not cost the club too much more.Btw who is the masseur at rovers?

They've asked me to do weekly sock puppet shows, I'm holding out for £7.53 and a packet of Refreshers per gig as Mason insists on me doing it in an Aussie accent and the elocution lessons are costing me a fortune.

Just shorten every word and make every sentence sound like a question.

I would pull out the deal if he aint careful he could lose interest from all 3 clubs wonder if the other club is now FC to be honest i would rather see Wheeldon staying than Mason, okay he is a good player, not the player he used to be though, all the others we have from Aus are they here with all the extras to, bit of a P!ss take going on..........

We haven't got room ranga.

The extras have got to be pretty significant. Now the cap's gone up in Aus, I struggle to believe that Mason would come here for £110k. Newton, Dobson, Clinton, Webster, (plus Berro, Fitz, O'Meley, Long

), all supposedly on more than that and regardless of Mild Rover's discrediting at The Daily Telegraph as a "source", less than half of what Orford is supposed to be getting.

His agent is still banging on about him not counting as overseas, though.

The article says something about the 3rd club having been up there recently or some such. Most likely the new model bratfut, at a guess, but it could be Hull - you seem to be shedding props at a rate of knots.

Hmmmm

Do you base your extras quote on facts, inside knowledge, alternative media scources or just your usual bull.

Try reading the rest of the post. If you believe Mason would come here for a flat £110k a year, when Orford is reportedly on more than twice as much, then I'm happy for you.

Putting the salary thing to one side, Mason would be an excellent signing for any side in SL imo.

my money's on option 4 bert.

So you think players only receive a flat basic salary?

I very much doubt all the Rovers players you list are on excess of 110K. Take Webster as an example. It was widely reported he signed for 100K p.a in 2007. I doubt, given his stock has gone down since then, that he got a pay rise to re-sign. More likely to have taken a cut.

Mason is on peanuts at the Cowboys (alledgedly!). All this guff is him and his agent trying to get them to up his contract for 2011. I doubt this story has any credence outside the mind of the HDM Rovers correspondent.

Pommy Journo's, you gotta love 'em!

Peanuts in Oz vs Peanuts in UK. Whats the exchange rate?

There's no need for Rovers fans to worry about what Mason would or would not earn if he signs.

We are near the top end of the cap now and we will be again next season, with or without Willie Mason.

Blake Green plus Willie Mason would not cost a great deal more than Paul Cooke plus Chev Walker who will both be absent from next seasons payroll.

Fair enough. The thing is with the HDM is they describe every senior player at both clubs as on a flat £100k, and I doubt somehow that's the case. I still think Mason will come to England and probably to Rovers, and will be a very good signing.