Don't get to hung up on the length of the contract, the way trading is these days a contract doesn't mean much.  If a club or a players wants out and another club wants him the trade gets done. 

Glad to see him stay.

It will make for an interesting trade week, I reckon if a club came knocking with the right deal for Brayshaw the club would entertain it.  Would need to be a top 5 pick at least with something else kicked in like future second or third round.

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by drdrake

22 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Ok over to you, can you give me 5 Compelling reasons for a 5 year deal???

1. loyalty from club
2. loyalty from player
3. reward for effort
4. amortising cost of contract over a longer time period
5. matching length of term offered by a rival

46 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Unless the vote givers have blinkers on! As I put up his stats for the year previously compared to Oliver in fact I would say his year was  nowhere near a 3 rd in B&F ! Go on check his stats for yourself. I and other rated Oliver as easily 3rd in B & F.  2 years would have been enough with clear trigger for a third. 5 years for Viney? Unbelievable!

Totally agree with Oliver, don’t blame him for being [censored] off with 5th, he was top 3 every day of the week

Viney has the runs on the board for a 3 year contract & had a better 2020 than you give him credit for

Stats aren’t the be all & end all of a players performance, you know better than that Pickett

Has anyone seen a statement from Viney following his resigning?

if not is it strange that he hasn’t said anything publicly yet?

11 minutes ago, Nicko said:

Has anyone seen a statement from Viney following his resigning?

if not is it strange that he hasn’t said anything publicly yet?

Posted on his Insta. So did his wife. 

That is about as much as you'll get from 26 year olds these days. 

 

22 hours ago, old dee said:

This is one player that had to stay at the club, for Viney to leave It would have just been a bridge too far. Is he worth a five contract probably not.

But and it is a  big but he is a Viney, previous captain and a current vice captain. Who played his heart when we could not beat time with a stick. 
If he had walked I suggest a large number of members would have walked as well. There is IMO more to his signature than just his playing ability. 

I'm generally not a fan of five year contracts. However, in this instance I could see that the longer contract term is compensation for losing the captaincy. It would have been ego-deflating for someone so (relatively) young to have the captaincy taken away. Many players in his situation may have considered leaving to go somewhere where they felt more wanted. The five year offer might have been offered as a sweetener way back when the removal of the captaincy was "negotiated".  

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm generally not a fan of five year contracts. However, in this instance I could see that the longer contract term is compensation for losing the captaincy. It would have been ego-deflating for someone so (relatively) young to have the captaincy taken away. Many players in his situation may have considered leaving to go somewhere where they felt more wanted. The five year offer might have been offered as a sweetener way back when the removal of the captaincy was "negotiated".  

Well if you are correct and this is compensation for losing Captaincy, then.... We are worse of than I first thought!

Onya Jack glad to have ya just handball when you get the first option and don't pretend your playing rugby league. 

7 hours ago, Jaded said:

Posted on his Insta. So did his wife. 

That is about as much as you'll get from 26 year olds these days. 

Interesting no love whatsoever from his teammates on insta? When all the other guys re-signed last week, a fair few players shared insta stories and were celebrating. Yet nothing on Jack from the players......

I don't think some people would realise the optics of Jack leaving the club and how much of a negative impact it would have on the playing group. I'm not saying that that put him in a position of "pay me everything" but look at how bad it looks for Essendon that Daniher is leaving them, it just looks ugly.

I'm really happy that we have Jack long term, his best can be absolutely brilliant but there are lots of things he needs to work on and I'm sure he knows that better than us. Looking forward to watching him out on the G again, crashing in with no regard for himself and always doing the team thing.

15 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm generally not a fan of five year contracts. However, in this instance I could see that the longer contract term is compensation for losing the captaincy. It would have been ego-deflating for someone so (relatively) young to have the captaincy taken away. Many players in his situation may have considered leaving to go somewhere where they felt more wanted. The five year offer might have been offered as a sweetener way back when the removal of the captaincy was "negotiated".  

Interesting to compare my view (above) with suggestions elsewhere (see Bombers Implode thread) that Zac Merrett wants out of Essendon because he lost the vice-captaincy.