Worth a try to help CG get back into form.

Yes it would be better, but the cry baby isn't the type to sacrifice individual ego for the team.

His ideal spot and minutes was when he was at the Wildcats...

His ideal spot and minutes was when he was at the Wildcats...


I wish there was an emoji button....

I tend to agree that he might be better off the bench (ego is not a dirty word) to give United the punch when required.

Chris Goukding is joining the Wildcats next season.

Trev

He has come off the bench for 5 games this season with seemingly no problem. Granted, a couple of those were due to nagging injuries.

How do you think he would respond if he was told he's coming off the bench as a permanent move?

Obviously I'm not in the locker room with them but I think his diva-ness is a little overrated by most fans. Maybe he would throw a mini fit in the regular season but I think he would suck it up for the team in the finals. Seems to really care about winning

Found it amusing that Goulding was starting over Prather last year for some games! If I was Prather I would've left the NBL and never looked back too.

Yeah who is knocking Prather? I'd take Prather over Terrico 100%. If you were talking Goulding I'd take him over maybe Steindl...

Probably a good move to have Goulding play more minutes with the bench unit because he's more of a scorer than McCarron. McCarron can defend opposition wings better. Seems pretty simple not factoring in egos

If Perth had Goulding instead of Steindl, the Wildcats would be head and shoulders above every other team, and head office would be making enquiries about summer sale prices for the engravers of the trophy.

Lol, you mean why United are exempt from the salary cap, LMAO.

Cg43 coming off bench for this game.......spooky

Anon - you do know there's no salary cap on spending, right? Only a cap for luxury tax calculation. And a maximum spend for the lowest paid 5 players.

I suppose its better than coming On the bench

Anon - you do know there's no salary cap on spending, right? Only a cap for luxury tax calculation. And a maximum spend for the lowest paid 5 players.

Remove a lowest 5 guy (Steindl) and add a high paid guy (Goulding) and the maximum spend (which is a cap) is exceeded.

OK.... apart from a player payment comparison. CG cant currently get into the game in the starting 5 or off the bench. Seems very frustrated... Poor form or injury either way he is not offering much to the team.

Does that depend on :
a) How much space is left on the bottom 5 cap. And...
b) How much the next lowest paid player (presumably not Goulding) is being paid?

Dammit, just got off the phone with Clint and forgot to ask what his salary is.

Goulding goes through really hot streaks followed by extremely cold ones. Can't remember another player being so hot and cold.

Is Vickerman reading this? hahaha

The new starting lineup seemed to really help D.J. get into a rhythm early.

Ware - McCarron - Kennedy - Barlow - Boone

went +10 on a 104.4 O Rating, 102.7 D rating, 1.7 net rating in 18 minutes. Not bad

What were those ratings when Goulding was on the court?

They were actually very impressive with Goulding on the court despite his struggles. I think having him as a shooting threat helps gives the backups more room to operate.

went +11 on a 127.7 O Rating, 98.0 D rating, 29.7 net rating in 19 minutes

There's been at least 2 threads here with discussions of fundamental roster/ player use issues (discussing the merits of Goulding to bench role, and keeping aware/ dropping Boone).

Yet a lot of folks rate MU as favourites now.

Interesting dichotomy.

FWIW, I think this means that the competition is still so open even the top team has vulnerabilities, so there’s no way we can predict "who wins it all."

NBL and LK will be very happy with this state of affairs, still plenty of interest as we head to finals.