lovefooty I am going to say enough not to get people in trouble here, but enough to put this discussion to an end.
Whoever is telling you that Watmoughs contract is worth what you think it is worth is not providing you with accurate details. I can tell you there are only a handful of people who know what the contract is worth, those include, his manager, Watmough, the NRL (shubert mainly) and very few others.
The monetary value that the club itself is liable for is much lower that the numbers quoted here, the actual number is less than half, there is no backending nothing else with his contract the information in the papers is pure speculation and rubbish.
There are additional aspects to Watmoughs contract that have nothing to do with the club, namely third party agreements which are not part of the salary cap or the clubs responsibility, those contracts may end up boosting his salary for next year upwards, but I can't see it being anywhere near 1.2m based on what the club owes.
I can tell you that in this matter Ryan is 100% correct, and I wouldn't be surprised if his information comes directly from either the people paying the contract, or someone within Watmoughs management.
I know that you possibly have some friends within the club especially through your sponsorship, and your sponsorship is appreciated by all of us, it helps this mighty club stay afloat.
However none of that means that gloating about inside knowledge is ok.
Many many many things pass over my email and through direct conversations with various people either at the club, former players, players or people directly around them, the reason I get a lot of this information is that I always treat it with complete and utter confidentiality and in many cases I actually ask not to talk about certain things, simply because as I have said time and time again, I just enjoy the footy and I enjoy watching the footy, I save soap operas for my wife to watch.
Now in this case I can assure you that you have been incorrectly informed, you can argue that point all you want, Ryan's source is probably very close to or if not the same as mine, because his version of events and figures match exactly.
However whichever way you slice it, what does it really matter?
I am looking forward to a great game tomorrow and after the last few weeks of great footy and us having the chance to stretch our lead coming into the toughest stretch of the season, I would rather be discussing how good this team is going, and how well the young blokes have been doing filling in. The supposed lack of depth has been a misnomer we have talent accross the park and for years to come. I have faith in our recruitment policy and our ability to spot amazing talent at a young age, just look at the players not only in our side but others who have come through our system. Hodko and JWH to name two.
So lets put the rulers away, stop the measurements and just get on with the game