I can only imagine that this is part of gareths money ball strategy. Take the example of Rojas. Not the best example I know as he was also handed a two year contract but the first year he was injured so lets for the purposes of this theory call it one. In that one year he tore it up and most could see that potentially here was a star (Ching Ching would think Gareth). He therefore left as his contract ran down and slipped through our fingers. Now I know he went to Melbourne in the first instance so once again it isn't the best example as no transfer fee exists between a league clubs. Let's however pretend that he did get on the radar of a top side in Europe in that first year, they liked what they saw and hey presto, Gareth is in the money. Apart from the transfer of Mckain i don't think we have ever got a transfer fee for anyone and for many professional clubs this actually is a vital source of income. I don't know the stats but Central Coast would have raked in some decent coin in the last couple of years and without that they would be dead ducks. So I think Ernie has been given a brief in this regard. Let's offer these guys two, hope to god they tear it up in season one and off load them.
I can only imagine that this is part of gareths money ball strategy. Take the example of Rojas. Not the best example I know as he was also handed a two year contract but the first year he was injured so lets for the purposes of this theory call it one. In that one year he tore it up and most could see that potentially here was a star (Ching Ching would think Gareth). He therefore left as his contract ran down and slipped through our fingers. Now I know he went to Melbourne in the first instance so once again it isn't the best example as no transfer fee exists between a league clubs. Let's however pretend that he did get on the radar of a top side in Europe in that first year, they liked what they saw and hey presto, Gareth is in the money. Apart from the transfer of Mckain i don't think we have ever got a transfer fee for anyone and for many professional clubs this actually is a vital source of income. I don't know the stats but Central Coast would have raked in some decent coin in the last couple of years and without that they would be dead ducks. So I think Ernie has been given a brief in this regard.