Salem still unsigned 

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Salem still unsigned 

Good point but out of this years list he is probably the only one (Jake Spencer aside) that would interest other clubs from a bidding viewpoint.

Perhaps they are waiting for the new salary cap info as 2018 is a major year for re-signings.

Salem is a key player going forward if for no other reason than his comparative kicking skills.

7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Salem still unsigned 

Not too worried about him to be honest.  I think he'll sign in the next month or so - that's just my opinion though, not based on anything.

Frost, Stretch and Pedersen are the other ones who you would think are in line for extensions.  Guys like ANB and Kennedy are around the mark, but someone like VandenBerg might be in trouble with his recent injury history, although he will probably get another year.

Salem won't be going anywhere.

Theres about half a dozen others who may or may not be at the MFC in 18. Christian will

I'd like to see anb given another year 

5 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

but someone like VandenBerg might be in trouble with his recent injury history, although he will probably get another year.

Well looks like he won't be playing this year as he has suffered a setback.

On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 5:03 PM, red and blue forever said:

I have this one if it helps

unsure of contracts for M.White and J.Smith.

 

2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Rookie.	S.Frost (24) (40)	A.Brayshaw (22) (31)	J.Garlett (30) (146)	J.Viney (26) (70)
M.White (20) (0)	B.Vince (31) (193)	T.Bugg (25) (83)	N.Jones (31) (223)	M.Hibberd (30) (84)
	L.Hulett (20) (0)	C.Garland (30) (141)	J.Melksham (28) (114)	J.Hunt (25) (19)
. Rookie.	B.Kennedy (25) (40)	M.Gawn (27) (61)	C.Oliver (22) (13)
J.Smith (20) (0)	J.Kennedy-Harris (22) (22)	J.Harmes (23) (27)	J.Watts (28) (137)
	Mitch King (20) (0)		D.Tyson (26) (71)
		N.Jetta (28) (94)	J.Hogan (24) (41)
		D.Kent (24) (52)	J.Lewis (33) (267)
	B.Stretch (21) (27)	O.Macdonald (22) (17)	S.Weiderman (22) (3)
	J.Trengove (26) (24)	T.Macdonald (26) (104)	C.Salem (24) (30)
		C.Petrecca (22) (17)
	A.Vandenberg (25) (28)	J.Wagner (24) (14)
	C.Pedersen (31) (61)	P.McKenna (22) (0)
		M.Hannan (24) (0)
	Rookie	D.Johnstone (20) (0)
	L.Filipovic (19) (0)	A.Neal-Bullen (22) (15)
	T.Smith (26) (0)
	D.Kelity (21) (0)
	B Rookie
	C.Maynard (25) (0)
	UFA
	J.Spencer (28) (36)
First Number is players	age @ end of final contracted year
Second Number is games	played EOS 2016

Updated contracts...

This might be a bit easier to follow.

Frost has put off negotiations.  Would expect ANB to be next of the 2017 OOC.  Then early extensions on a batch of the 2018 OOC players as the club spends its $2m CBA bounty and spreads it around a bit.  Will help keep poachers at bay.

Being realistic the 2017 OOC players most at risk are Trengove, Spencer and despite his good work it may be Pedo as Weideman becomes more developed.

Edited July 16, 20178 yr by Lucifer's Hero

5 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

This might be a bit easier to follow.

Frost has put off negotiations.  Would expect ANB to be next of the 2017 OOC.  Then early extensions on a batch of the 2018 OOC players as the club spends its $2m CBA bounty and spreads it around a bit.  Will help keep poachers at bay.

Being realistic the 2017 OOC players most at risk are Trengove, Spencer and despite his good work it may be Pedo as Weideman becomes more developed.

We are going to need some serious cash available to keep the key parts of the 2018 expiring list. Gawn, Trac, Jet and the Macca bros won't come cheap! I'm already losing sleep over it....

On 24 May 2017 at 6:42 PM, Abe said:

I'd like to see anb given another year 

Or more based on his last 5 games.

On 7/16/2017 at 4:05 PM, Lucifer's Hero said:

This might be a bit easier to follow.

Frost has put off negotiations.  Would expect ANB to be next of the 2017 OOC.  Then early extensions on a batch of the 2018 OOC players as the club spends its $2m CBA bounty and spreads it around a bit.  Will help keep poachers at bay.

Being realistic the 2017 OOC players most at risk are Trengove, Spencer and despite his good work it may be Pedo as Weideman becomes more developed.

Thanks Lucifer for the updates.

Frost a huge priority. ANB next and Vanders and Stretch after that IMO and after the latest CBA, we should be able to up all of their salaries to retain them.

The rest can wait until end of season, although club's decision on Vince (either way) is pretty major. We are finally in the window, so I'd be disappointed if we did not re-contract him for another year.

Tricky decisions on all the rookies - with Maynard the only one who seems to have progressed majorly during year so far - although Tim Smith has been unlucky.

But a lot can happen in the final few weeks, especially when careers are on the line.

The list manager decision on how many bigs it wants to carry is also pretty pivotal, especially with the trend away from dinosaurs.

On 16/07/2017 at 4:05 PM, Lucifer's Hero said:

This might be a bit easier to follow.

Frost has put off negotiations.  Would expect ANB to be next of the 2017 OOC.  Then early extensions on a batch of the 2018 OOC players as the club spends its $2m CBA bounty and spreads it around a bit.  Will help keep poachers at bay.

Being realistic the 2017 OOC players most at risk are Trengove, Spencer and despite his good work it may be Pedo as Weideman becomes more developed.

Interesting that the SA boys haven't been re signed yet....maybe we are looking at someone from SA....

Would it make sense to rookie Spencer next year as back up.

The big call will be on Pederson. If we don't trade for an older KPF/ruck I see him getting one more year. He has been great for the club and deserves to be treated with dignity.

On 7/16/2017 at 9:56 PM, Adzman said:

We are going to need some serious cash available to keep the key parts of the 2018 expiring list. Gawn, Trac, Jet and the Macca bros won't come cheap! I'm already losing sleep over it....

I'd hope that there'll be some more announcements in line with Hunt singing on for an additional 2 last week. They've spoken about making sure there's enough to pay all the guys who are maturing into really good players, so hopefully they get the one's you've mentioned done early cause they'll create the most headlines. 

 

Next year may be a Pedo/ Weed transition year. I'd certainly want Pedo around for 2018.

We've seen how easily and quickly a few injuries can change dynamics.

Frost i'd want signed asap.  Others....dunno... I know some here would want some expeditory with respect to a lot of players but I think the FD might have this in hand. They unlike myself are privy to who might well be coming onboard.

The latest:

This weeks changes: Stretch signed up for 2 more years. T Smith signed up for 1 more year.  Note:  Smith's contract extension is as a Rookie.

Of the 2017 OOC I would expect Vince, King, Van d, Frost (if he wants it) and ANB to be signed up before too long.  Just leaves Kennedy, Trengove, Pedersen, Spencer and Hulett as unsigned.  Then some decisions on the rookies who may all be kept for another year. 

Interesting trade period coming up.  If my predictions are right, we won't have OOC players with 'trade currency'.  So, unless we trade out recently signed players (which I doubt) we will be trading picks to get the players we have been linked with.

Edited July 21, 20178 yr by Lucifer's Hero

I'd give pedo and spencer another year 

Having never seen Hulett play, I would be interested in what others think of his prospects.  Only 20, but doesn't sound like he's been close to selection this year. He was all the rage early last year but receives little to no coverage nowadays.

 

Has he shown any signs that he could develop into a player?  Even a rookie lost spot?

2 hours ago, Abe said:

I'd give pedo and spencer another year 

Why do we have the 2 other young rucks on our list? Is this normal?

I wonder how Garland will go next year. Is he in our best team? I'm not sure he is. CAn he play forward?

15 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Why do we have the 2 other young rucks on our list? Is this normal?

Spencer is ready to go at afl level if gawn goes down and pederson is a very handy depth player who will strongly compete for a spot 

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I wonder how Garland will go next year. Is he in our best team? I'm not sure he is. CAn he play forward?

(In my best Channel Seven commentator's voice)
Did you know he was actually drafted as a forward, Bruce?

I thought BenKen was signed up til end of 2018?

15 hours ago, Abe said:

Spencer is ready to go at afl level if gawn goes down and pederson is a very handy depth player who will strongly compete for a spot 

What about King and Fil.... whatever his name is. Are these on our list as ruckman and if so is that normal?

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

What about King and Fil.... whatever his name is. Are these on our list as ruckman and if so is that normal?

It's normal to have that many ruckman, yeah, the other two are very much developing. If Gawn goes down spencer is the back up