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11 minutes ago, johndemons said:

I think that trade cost us Varcoe, and we should have done a direct swap. Collingwood clearly came out on top.

I rarely have inside info on anything, but one thing I do know is that we never spoke to Varcoe at any stage.  The moment the ball started rolling with Clark we were always focused on making Lumumba part of that deal.

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17 minutes ago, johndemons said:

I think that trade cost us Varcoe, and we should have done a direct swap. Collingwood clearly came out on top.

Varcoe wasn't what we were looking for .....

We needed a running half back flanker........

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I thought we only signed H for 3 and next year was his last?

"Lumumba is contracted for another two years after signing a four year deal when crossing over to the Demons from Collingwood for the 2015 season."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/melbourne-defender-heritier-lumumba-continues-to-struggle-with-serious-concussion-issues/news-story/7d542119d79f5e533dd8cc57a6bd9a8b

 

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11 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Varcoe wasn't what we were looking for .....

We needed a running half back flanker........

We had that in Salem though? Lamumba if i'm not mistaken, played CHB depending on the need. I do agree that he filled a role we needed for the one season and we could have never foreseen what has happened. But all the same, Collingwood came out on top if Varcoe is going to play another 2 or 3 seasons. If Hunt or Salem are injured next year then Varcoe would be the depth we could have used as a running defender and a player to keep Harmes and Bugg on their toes about selection.

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6 minutes ago, johndemons said:

We had that in Salem though? Lamumba if i'm not mistaken, played CHB depending on the need. I do agree that he filled a role we needed for the one season and we could have never foreseen what has happened. But all the same, Collingwood came out on top if Varcoe is going to play another 2 or 3 seasons. If Hunt or Salem are injured next year then Varcoe would be the depth we could have used as a running defender and a player to keep Harmes and Bugg on their toes about selection.

Collingwood always come out on top. They would be a worry if they didn't have Maguire and Buckley leading them.

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23 minutes ago, CBDees said:

Collingwood always come out on top. They would be a worry if they didn't have Maguire and Buckley leading them.

I want Ben Kennedy to pop up and kick 5 electric goals in round 23 to even up the score. I hope he's pumping himself up.

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3 hours ago, stuie said:

Anyone have any idea on what the point is of putting him on the LTI list at this stage of the season? Haven't we already upgraded Michie, Wagner and White? Wouldn't have thought either of Smith or King are anywhere near getting a game.

 

Agree... sounds strange.

Just looked at the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

After Round 18 you need the approval of the AFL General Counsel to put a player on the LTI list. The pre-condition is that it is reasonably believed that the player is incapable of playing for the next 8 weeks.

Could someone please explain the various salary cap permutations of early retirement with a payout. Thanks

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Tired to google the answer to my own question but no luck.

Interestingly I did discover that in the last year or so the NRL changed its rules so that payments to a player for early retirement due to an injury would not be inlcuded in the salary cap.

Could the new Collective Bargaining Agreement be relevant to this equation ?

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3 hours ago, Nasher said:

I assume it's pay related. Either to make him eligible for something (ie a player welfare decision) or to jump through some loophole in the salary cap.

I don't think it has any practical implication for the team.

I am entirely speculating through. 

I think if a player retires because of an injury then the club is required to pay him the next year's salary as compensation.  The step of formally putting HL on the LTI now may be to establish that the injury occurred this year and the payout would be in 2017 - if next year is his last contract year then he's entitled to that anyway.  If the injury related retirement was to come in the last year of his contract, i.e. next year, then I believe he's entitled to an extra year's pay in 2018.

Some posters here know more about this than me.

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3 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

I'm totally confused because:

Item 14 of the 2015-6 Players CBA

An AFL Club is unable to transfer an injured Player to its Long Term Injury List after 2.00pm on Thursday following round 18 of the AFL Premiership Season (or any such later round as determined by the General Counsel) of the AFL Premiership Season in each year.
 

it's the words in the brackets (it can be done in any later round if approved by the AFL General Counsel)

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Didn't rate him in his golden years at Collingwood, and rate him less in the red and blue.At the best he has been servicable, but mostly he is a laibility. Run, run, run, run into trouble and boot it to no one. If he never plays another game I won't even notice. Just another NQR from Colling@#$% we won't miss or even remember ten years fom now

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Whatever your opinion on him or the trade his health is the biggest issue here. Concussion injuries are a big problem in professional contact sport and the industry is still only scratching the surface of what we know for sure. 

All the best H, whether you don the Red and Blue again or not. 

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5 hours ago, stuie said:

I thought we only signed H for 3 and next year was his last?

"Lumumba is contracted for another two years after signing a four year deal when crossing over to the Demons from Collingwood for the 2015 season."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/melbourne-defender-heritier-lumumba-continues-to-struggle-with-serious-concussion-issues/news-story/7d542119d79f5e533dd8cc57a6bd9a8b

 

We need to do a termination deal quickly.

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There was bloke in the off season who moved to Richmond and rumours were going around that he wouldn't play a game for them. That he would strike trouble of various kinds ... such as mysterious illnesses.

Sure enough he got a foot injury preseason and was out for weeks.

Then he unfortunately got "family issues" and they put him out to pasture for the season. To make sure he got himself totally right.

Wonder if our Harry might have struck a similar spot of bother.

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6 hours ago, CBDees said:

Collingwood always come out on top. They would be a worry if they didn't have Maguire and Buckley leading them.

Leading them from a flag to oblivion .

They should both be sacked.

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Perhaps H might play better football with us, now we are playing better football.

I hope he comes back for both himself and the club, we've had a few long term concussions and let's hope he gets over his and soon.

 

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Am disappointed. Rated Harry but we're being lent out here surely :(

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