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1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

That link up through the corridor and off half back. 🤩 Exciting. Ceiling could be anything. 

What's Riak's decision making like as a rule mate?

He's still fairly raw mate. He's missed significant amount of footy over the last couple of years due to injury and he's finally had a good run over the past few months.

His footy IQ and decision making is sound and will need some work but it's his athletic profile and raw potential is what would excite Jason Taylor.

If I had a choice between Andrew or Noah Yze I'm picking Andrew every day of the week and by a fair length. His upside is pretty high just because he's missed a fair bit of footy.

He's got some similar traits to CJ from Hawthorn who was a category B rookie listed player by the Hawks mind you.

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    14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    He's still fairly raw mate. He's missed significant amount of footy over the last couple of years due to injury and he's finally had a good run over the past few months.

    His footy IQ and decision making is sound and will need some work but it's his athletic profile and raw potential is what would excite Jason Taylor.

    If I had a choice between Andrew or Noah Yze I'm picking Andrew every day of the week and by a fair length. His upside is pretty high just because he's missed a fair bit of footy.

    He's got some similar traits to CJ from Hawthorn who was a category B rookie listed player by the Hawks mind you.

    Yeah, in those clips @ChaserJ provided above, he's way more involved in the play than I expected, in a very CJ way. Run and carry. 

    I'm salivating at the prospect of a backline in 3-4 years time with Riak, Petty and Lever, and a JVR, Turner, White and Mac down the other end.

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    36 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

    Yeah, in those clips @ChaserJ provided above, he's way more involved in the play than I expected, in a very CJ way. Run and carry. 

    I'm salivating at the prospect of a backline in 3-4 years time with Riak, Petty and Lever, and a JVR, Turner, White and Mac down the other end.

    You're forgetting Tarion Ah-Mu who's shown a lot more as a key forward then White has.

    198cm key forward/ruckman who's built like a powerhouse already for such a young kid.

    His school footy performance and Coates League level form is setting him up well going into next year.

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    Mac Andrew commits future to Gold Coast Suns, inks AFL’s richest deal ever

    It is understood Andrew’s new deal is for six years with a games trigger for a further four years, netting him between $12-$14m based on various clauses.

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    Big salary dump on the cards in 3 years if it all goes Pete Tong. 

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    7 minutes ago, Wilson7 said:

    Mac Andrew commits future to Gold Coast Suns, inks AFL’s richest deal ever

    It is understood Andrew’s new deal is for six years with a games trigger for a further four years, netting him between $12-$14m based on various clauses.

    Would have loved to see him in red and blue but not to be. 1mil+ per year is a significant investment. I can foresee the Suns continuing to have a tight cap and shed quality players over the coming years to pay for the likes of King, Andrew, Rowell, Anderson and soon Walter amongst others. 

    Time to plant seeds to recruit the likes of Bailey Humphrey in the coming years.

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    14 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Big salary dump on the cards in 3 years if it all goes Pete Tong. 

    6+4 is an outrageous deal, especially at a minnow/expansion club. 

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    This one stings.

    The trade/draft period where the AFL decided to change the rules. Andrew should have been ours under the NGA academy. Taylor and the team had put in a tremendous amount of work. The worst part was that it wasn't the first time they changed the rules on the eve of the draft. They did the same the year Jack Viney was due to be drafted forcing our hand to select him in the Top 10 while prior years the like of Gary Ablett Jr was selected at pick 40.

    If we didn't win the premiership that year (and I'm glad we did) would the AFL had changed that rule to prevent us from getting him and seeing him go at Pick 5? The AFL have become a manipulated socialist system as the push for 'equal outcome' instead of 'equal opportunity'.

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    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    Glad the MFC is not doing that deal - way overs imo 

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    On 06/09/2024 at 11:14, Heart Beats True said:

    My understanding is that he has signed a deal for $12 million over 8 years at lunch last Wednesday. It is yet to be announced. My source said he will be staying with the Suns. Don’t shoot the messenger.

    I hereby decree that Heart Beats True henceforth be known as ‘Scooperman’!

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    1 hour ago, ignition. said:

    The worst part was that it wasn't the first time they changed the rules on the eve of the draft. They did the same the year Jack Viney was due to be drafted forcing our hand to select him in the Top 10 while prior years the like of Gary Ablett Jr was selected at pick 40.

    Just completely incorrect.

    The father-son rule changed to the bidding system in 2007, and Jack was drafted in 2012 with pick 26. Granted, there was some talk at the time about a gentlemens' agreement between us and GWS with regards to the mini-draft trade, but pick 3 for Jesse Hogan was a no-brainer.
    While I agree that the NGA rules can be improved, this change was known for years before Jack was drafted. It's definitely fairer in my view than the old 3rd round selection - can you imagine Brisbane getting Ashcroft for pick 45+?

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    Despite growing up in Melbourne and with the bulk of his family still in Victoria, Andrew said he never truly considered returning home.

    “Even when I got drafted I was pretty open with Gold Coast about wanting to get out of Melbourne."

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    On 06/09/2024 at 21:01, Adam The God said:

    Yeah, in those clips @ChaserJ provided above, he's way more involved in the play than I expected, in a very CJ way. Run and carry. 

    I'm salivating at the prospect of a backline in 3-4 years time with Riak, Petty and Lever, and a JVR, Turner, White and Mac down the other end.

    Lovely thought but glad we didn’t get him on that kind of crazy offer — wreaks of issues and if it was MFC it’d be widely muted as irresponsible— but we were likely the club that made GC put that offer to him already by sounds of it.. still really angry at this whole academy balls-up by AFL and can’t blv we haven’t sought compensation!!!

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    This deal has more chance of failing than succeeding. Hasn't even played 50 games yet.

    Could be anything but they have paid for potential only.

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    17 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

    Looks the goods. So much athleticism and looks coordinated.

    The future of AFL is African.

    I've played Ultimate with Kenyans Ugandans and Sudanese here in East Africa, and some of them are elite in terms of speed, strength, and reaction time, and competitive as all hell. Really thought they could play if there was a pathway. Used to love getting the Sherrin out after matches. It was the marking ability that really impressed amd the willingness to launch regardless of consequences.

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