Interesting piece. Glad it worked out for him.

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Brilliant read.

HOP

Meanwhile, Bath you take a boy from an Academy who gives you the best years of his playing career at below the going rate and then effectively tell him to F off.
Wake up you @#$%&.
While this carries on we're building nothing other a venal nasty little pit.

SQUAWK

Really? Do you really see the club as a 'venal nasty little pit'?! Good grief. Bit over the top perhaps...



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Best of luck to Marfo with everything north of the border. Tbf when he got some gametime for us towards the back end of last year I always thought he did not look at all out of place and played well. It is perhaps harder to get involved wholly when you know you are on a part time contract but given Auterac may be off and this guy has just jumped into the test arena it is a shame really that we never got to see more of him!!

Best of luck though Darryl!

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Marfo was always eager and played well in the A-Team games that I saw. But, he went from Welsh straight to us and he clearly didn't have the advantage of top-level conditioning at that point. With a pre-season behind him he always had the potential to do well I thought (as a squad player at least) - I can't say that I ever predicted him putting in a solid shift against the ABs though!

"I've come out after my haircut and I'm feeling pretty fresh. I'm looking good."

That is a good read! Wish we'd hung on to him now. Sounds a good lad.

If Auterac is off, shouldn't we try to bring him back to Bath, as we may well be able to afford a larger salary than Edinburgh? Probably he is not on top money just know and we may be able to top it. Just a thought.

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Really? Do you really see the club as a 'venal nasty little pit'?! Good grief. Bit over the top perhaps...

In fairness, it was timestamped at half past midnight... maybe after indulging a little?

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RAEBURN SHIELD

Yes, bit of an odd word to use, not sure I have seen any evidence of corruption or susceptibility to bribery? I would be surprised if Farleigh was described on the estate agents details as 'a little pit' either...

Sid was out on the tiles

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If Auterac is off, shouldn't we try to bring him back to Bath, as we may well be able to afford a larger salary than Edinburgh? Probably he is not on top money just know and we may be able to top it. Just a thought.

He won't come back now, he's bought a kilt!

Great story, he seemed like a real character in the interviews he did while at Bath.

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If Auterac is off, shouldn't we try to bring him back to Bath, as we may well be able to afford a larger salary than Edinburgh? Probably he is not on top money just know and we may be able to top it. Just a thought.

Why the hell would he come back? We left him in a position where he was just about to give up professional rugby!

Onwards to Bath - and into another dead end.

"I'm not going to lie to you, the past few years have been very difficult. I maintained a belief that if I stuck at it then something good would happen, but there were points last year when it was tough. I'd almost accepted that it wasn't going to happen for me.

"When I left Bath, it was a pretty stressful time. I didn't have a club. I went back home to my mum's to be around my family.

"That was when I really started to get tested. I was thinking of moving down to part-time and just playing for fun."

The he goes to Edinburgh and does amazingly and you thing that he would relish the chance of a return? Or was this a joke?

OK Sid here,
Own up I may possibly have had the odd bottle of Chateau Splodge.
However point of order, not 'on tiles' as generally slate around here (second chimney pot on the left).
Having said that am more and more ANGRY about the Banahan thing and meant to imply mean and money grabbing rather than literally open to bribery.
Their treatment of MB is saying to prospective signees, 'don't bother giving us a long career or a reasonable price because you'd be better off grabbing as much money as possible in as short a period as possible. Also don't think we want you to be loyal cos we're not going to be loyal to you'. Nice.
If MB took a pay cut 5 years ago he is probably now on way below his worth especially as the Cap has gone up by 60% + in the meantime. If I were MB I'd feel well insulted.
Lastly I feel he is still worth well more than 'average' when he's on the pitch, let alone what it says to everyone else (see above).

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OK Sid here,
Own up I may possibly have had the odd bottle of Chateau Splodge.
However point of order, not 'on tiles' as generally slate around here (second chimney pot on the left).
Having said that am more and more ANGRY about the Banahan thing and meant to imply mean and money grabbing rather than literally open to bribery.
Their treatment of MB is saying to prospective signees, 'don't bother giving us a long career or a reasonable price because you'd be better off grabbing as much money as possible in as short a period as possible. Also don't think we want you to be loyal cos we're not going to be loyal to you'. Nice.
If MB took a pay cut 5 years ago he is probably now on way below his worth especially as the Cap has gone up by 60% + in the meantime. If I were MB I'd feel well insulted.
Lastly I feel he is still worth well more than 'average' when he's on the pitch, let alone what it says to everyone else (see above).

SQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWK

That was put much better Sid!

Pass that bottle old thing.

HOP

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sid the seagull
OK Sid here,
Own up I may possibly have had the odd bottle of Chateau Splodge.
However point of order, not 'on tiles' as generally slate around here (second chimney pot on the left).
Having said that am more and more ANGRY about the Banahan thing and meant to imply mean and money grabbing rather than literally open to bribery.
Their treatment of MB is saying to prospective signees, 'don't bother giving us a long career or a reasonable price because you'd be better off grabbing as much money as possible in as short a period as possible. Also don't think we want you to be loyal cos we're not going to be loyal to you'. Nice.
If MB took a pay cut 5 years ago he is probably now on way below his worth especially as the Cap has gone up by 60% + in the meantime. If I were MB I'd feel well insulted.
Lastly I feel he is still worth well more than 'average' when he's on the pitch, let alone what it says to everyone else (see above).

SQUAWKSQUAWKSQUAWK

Unlike any other employee whose pay is likely to steadily rise through his life, a Rugby player’s value/earning potential rises, peaks, plateaus then drops off.

I suspect the club saw Banners on the plateau at his last contract thinks he is slowly dropping off. So he’s not worth a pay rise now, leave alone a commitment for 3 years. His salary should be in keeping with the other non-international players.

Quite how Glos see it so differently, I don’t know.

Yes but in my view he is as valuable to the team as he was 5years ago.
And in 5 years the Cap has gone up (approx 60% ?) by offering him the same now The Club is in effect offering him a massive pay cut!
His abilities have not diminished but they have changed.

FLAP

Maybe same salary but 3 years with the testimonial is the solution?

I think 5 years ago Banners was in a bit of a slump playing wise and seemed to have fallen out of love with the game. A long term contract for security seemed fair. Fortunately 3/4 years ago he found his mojo and was back to his best. No real comment on the current situation as I can see it from both perspectives.

Really glad for Marfo, he did seem off the pace for us to start with but got himself back up to speed quickly. I guess we didn’t have a need at the time and he was only here as cover, so I’m not sure the club owed him anything? Anyway, the drive to get oneself up to international standard in such a short space of time is remarkable really.