Free agents revealed

[hardtack 10,127]

List of players available for free agency:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/130821/default.aspx

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

This is the reason why the MFC cannot afford any more "bad" years...When top sides can lose up to 6-7 players..(not that they probably will) but the possibility is there.

Those same clubs will then turn around and fill up their lists with the cream of the Bottom clubs....

The MFC must strive to be one of those Top Clubs, otherwise all the good work done since 2008 will be lost.

That list has 5 clubs with 6-7 potentials....around 30 players could move...that is a lot of space on lists & salary caps.

The Bottom Clubs will lose....

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Will be very interesting to see how this all plays out.

I have a feeling there will only be a couple of moves each year.

[DemonMuzza 16]

I would like Tuck from Richmond. A weird one maybe to some but I love watching him play. He's a hard see ball get ball player that pumps the ball both out of the D50 and into the F50. Hard bodied midfielder and after all the players we've given the tigers time to get one back!

[Disco Demons 92]

What a joke...1 out of 6 players listed as 'Free agents' is in our leadership group.

I blame dean bailey for this.

[Striker475 696]

Of those I would realistically take Cassisi, Johnson and possibly Josh Hunt.

The reality is unless it's a GWS megabucks bid most of those players at clubs with a lot of players will stay put or are already in line for being delisted.

[McQueen 17,864]

Of those I would realistically take Cassisi, Johnson and possibly Josh Hunt.

The reality is unless it's a GWS megabucks bid most of those players at clubs with a lot of players will stay put or are already in line for being delisted.

Luke Hodge.

Fat chance but, oohhh...

[Striker475 696]

Luke Hodge.

Fat chance but, oohhh...

I wish. Lenny Hayes?

[Bluelegs 36]

What a joke...1 out of 6 players listed as 'Free agents' is in our leadership group.

I blame dean bailey for this.

Jamar has already announced that he want's to re-sign. I don't think it's all that bad, it's just players broadening their horizons rather than claiming they want to leave their clubs.

[Chook 14,572]

This is the reason why the MFC cannot afford any more "bad" years...When top sides can lose up to 6-7 players..(not that they probably will) but the possibility is there.

Those same clubs will then turn around and fill up their lists with the cream of the Bottom clubs....

The MFC must strive to be one of those Top Clubs, otherwise all the good work done since 2008 will be lost.

That list has 5 clubs with 6-7 potentials....around 30 players could move...that is a lot of space on lists & salary caps.

The Bottom Clubs will lose....

Wrong. Bottom clubs will be able to let their underperforming, highly paid players go, thereby freeing up immense space in their salary caps and poach players from other clubs for more money than they would otherwise be making. Lower Clubs usually have more salary cap space than higher clubs, and this new rule will benefit them. We've seen from Tom Scully, Gary Ablett and even Mitch Clark that money talks louder than the promise of success, and wooden spooners tend to have much more to spend than Premiership contenders.

I think the clubs that will really suffer are the middle clubs.

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

Wrong. Bottom clubs will be able to let their underperforming, highly paid players go, thereby freeing up immense space in their salary caps and poach players from other clubs for more money than they would otherwise be making. Lower Clubs usually have more salary cap space than higher clubs, and this new rule will benefit them. We've seen from Tom Scully, Gary Ablett and even Mitch Clark that money talks louder than the promise of success, and wooden spooners tend to have much more to spend than Premiership contenders.

I think the clubs that will really suffer are the middle clubs.

Top Clubs always get what they want....players from the Bottom Clubs after 8-10 years will jump at the chance of a late flag...That has happened for years.

Now it is easier.

I do not think it is a BAD thing at all...But if the MFC is sitting near the TOP of the ladder...Players will be wanting to come...if we are down near the bottom for any length of time....It will be an open door

How many players from TOP sides went to GW$ or GC $un$...Gary Ablett.....The rest from bottom feeder clubs....

It will be no fun finishing last anymore...Maybe it will be the wake up call our club needs....

[Chook 14,572]

Top Clubs always get what they want....players from the Bottom Clubs after 8-10 years will jump at the chance of a late flag...That has happened for years.

Now it is easier.

I do not think it is a BAD thing at all...But if the MFC is sitting near the TOP of the ladder...Players will be wanting to come...if we are down near the bottom for any length of time....It will be an open door

How many players from TOP sides went to GW$ or GC $un$...Gary Ablett.....The rest from bottom feeder clubs....

It will be no fun finishing last anymore...Maybe it will be the wake up call our club needs....

How many players from bottom clubs went to top clubs? Not many that I can think of. David Hale, maybe, and that's about it. Footy's becoming more and more professional (in the truest sense of the word) and consequently, money is soon going to be the major factor in determining where a player ends up. Bottom clubs can pay more than top clubs, and unless a premiership contender has been able to manage its salary cap extraordinarily well, they simply won't be able to match the offers of lower placed clubs.

[Guest Dr Who]

The big thing I like to see is - a ladder regarding who has the most salary cap space to actually get these players.

Its fine for a player to be available but if you have no cap space its useless.

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

How many players from bottom clubs went to top clubs? Not many that I can think of. David Hale, maybe, and that's about it. Footy's becoming more and more professional (in the truest sense of the word) and consequently, money is soon going to be the major factor in determining where a player ends up. Bottom clubs can pay more than top clubs, and unless a premiership contender has been able to manage its salary cap extraordinarily well, they simply won't be able to match the offers of lower placed clubs.

ok I have to disagree...Let's see how this pans out.

Will players leave Carlton to go to Footscray....by choice?

[daisycutter 28,596]

ok I have to disagree...Let's see how this pans out.

Will players leave Carlton to go to Footscray....by choice?

well let me think.......do the initials TS mean anything to you?

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

well let me think.......do the initials TS mean anything to you?

What?? When has Footscray had $6 Mill..

GW$ and the GC $un$ are the richest clubs in the league right now...AFL Bank rolled.

[daisycutter 28,596]

What?? When has Footscray had $6 Mill..

GW$ and the GC $un$ are the richest clubs in the league right now...AFL Bank rolled.

point was - everyone has a price.......it doesn't have to be $6M and it also depends on what they currently get

T$ went to the biggest shytehole in the country purely for the money.

Likewise others who opt for the money (super) won't care what club it is

[Gouga 508]

The Saints are the biggest target based on that list and we already know they have salary cap issues.

I hope we go after Goddard.

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

point was - everyone has a price.......it doesn't have to be $6M and it also depends on what they currently get

T$ went to the biggest shytehole in the country purely for the money.

Likewise others who opt for the money (super) won't care what club it is

Let's see how it pans out....I don't think Players who are on good coin will go to a bottom team.

In 5 years we should get enough of a trend.

[Pennant St Dee 11,324]

Top Clubs always get what they want....players from the Bottom Clubs after 8-10 years will jump at the chance of a late flag...That has happened for years.

Now it is easier.

I do not think it is a BAD thing at all...But if the MFC is sitting near the TOP of the ladder...Players will be wanting to come...if we are down near the bottom for any length of time....It will be an open door

How many players from TOP sides went to GW$ or GC $un$...Gary Ablett.....The rest from bottom feeder clubs....

It will be no fun finishing last anymore...Maybe it will be the wake up call our club needs....

If you were drafted to a club as a top pick and they were near the bottom after 8 years service they showed no improvement and weren't in finals contention then you would be forgiven for leaving. If I were a player who played 8 seasons and progressed through with a number of young players/mates in that time and saw us come from being a bottom eight side to a regular finals contender with Top 4 potential, i'd want to stay to see through what we had started.

So IMO it's up to the clubs to hold players, I don't see the big deals Ablett and Our Former #1 pick were offered being a regular occurence.

[Guest Jackie]

I think there wi

Let's see how it pans out....I don't think Players who are on good coin will go to a bottom team.

In 5 years we should get enough of a trend.

I think a lot will depend on whether a club is on the way down or up. From my POV it may suit us as there is quite a few FA's we could afford to lose and some potential gains out there. Players with strong leadership skills would be handy. The AFL should make sure the under the table jiggery pokey is fully tightened up or the system may become a mockery.

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

I think there wi

I think a lot will depend on whether a club is on the way down or up. From my POV it may suit us as there is quite a few FA's we could afford to lose and some potential gains out there. Players with strong leadership skills would be handy. The AFL should make sure the under the table jiggery pokey is fully tightened up or the system may become a mockery.

Absolutely....i am always referring to perennial losers when i mean an open door...(us at the mo)

A team like the Tiogs would stick together...But Free Agency will force teams to be better. That is a good thing.

[Sir Why You Little 34,595]

If you were drafted to a club as a top pick and they were near the bottom after 8 years service they showed no improvement and weren't in finals contention then you would be forgiven for leaving. If I were a player who played 8 seasons and progressed through with a number of young players/mates in that time and saw us come from being a bottom eight side to a regular finals contender with Top 4 potential, i'd want to stay to see through what we had started.

So IMO it's up to the clubs to hold players, I don't see the big deals Ablett and Our Former #1 pick were offered being a regular occurence.

Yes...to hold players we must become a good tough club...not a bad thing i reckon.