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5 hours ago, Redleg said:

Cats have apparently leap frogged Pies as favourites in the Bailey Smith chase.

He has a contract with Cotton On already, a major Cats supporter.

Likes surfing.

Is probably not adverse to owning property, even farms.

It is very hard to compete with some clubs for players.

👍Cotton On.

👍 Surfing.

👎Farming. Tractor work too risky. Might get his hair caught in the PTO.

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    Hawks have reportedly offered Josh Battle a six year deal 

    We’re still interested but no reported offer from us yet 

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    8 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    wants to be an inside midfielder 

    wouldn't be in the dogs' best 5 starting inside mid types behind bontempelli, liberatore, richards, macrae, and treloar

    Gonna be a Jeremy Howe situation all over again. 

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    If it was an issue of inside midfield minutes, Baz would be playing as an inside mid in 2025 for the Dogs

    Obviously he doesn't like Beveridge and/or his team mates

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    Reid reportedly worth $18M for 10 years.  That’s a nice pay packet. From what I’ve seen of the kid, he’ll be worth every penny. If we are not moving heaven and earth to make cap space we are plain stupid. 

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    4 hours ago, demoncat said:

    Hawks have reportedly offered Josh Battle a six year deal 

    We’re still interested but no reported offer from us yet 

    6 years is a lot for Josh Battle. Good player, but he’s no Weitering/Sam Taylor

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    9 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Cats have apparently leap frogged Pies as favourites in the Bailey Smith chase.

    He has a contract with Cotton On already, a major Cats supporter.

    Likes surfing.

    Is probably not adverse to owning property, even farms.

    It is very hard to compete with some clubs for players.

    He'd look super with his blonde hair and one of those hairbands too. It's like he's almost there already

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    5 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    50m up in the air, 40m downfield

    He'd be good company with Clarry then

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    11 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Reid reportedly worth $18M for 10 years.  That’s a nice pay packet. From what I’ve seen of the kid, he’ll be worth every penny. If we are not moving heaven and earth to make cap space we are plain stupid. 

    And is potentially an acl injury away from ruining a teams cap space if they’re silly enough to offer him that length of contract.

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    40 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    And is potentially an acl injury away from ruining a teams cap space if they’re silly enough to offer him that length of contract.

    We won't have to worry about it.

    He won't be coming to us.

    It will be the Bombers or another big club if he leaves WC.

    We already have a concussed retired player, a severely injured one and another with issues, all on long and large contracts to worry about.

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    1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

    And is potentially an acl injury away from ruining a teams cap space if they’re silly enough to offer him that length of contract.

    concussion would be more of an issue

    acl is, relatively speaking, something than be recovered from with time and training but a 'medical retirement' forced upon a player due to abnormal brainwaves cannot be reversed

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    I hope we are right into Davies-Uniacke even if it's a hail mary and he's unlikely to leave. Exactly what we need

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    2 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

    And is potentially an acl injury away from ruining a teams cap space if they’re silly enough to offer him that length of contract.

    It’s silly until it wins you 1-2 flags. We offered these monster contracts post flag era as we thought we would have 1-2 more. In hindsight maybe not the best move. 

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    17 hours ago, demoncat said:

    Hawks have reportedly offered Josh Battle a six year deal 

    We’re still interested but no reported offer from us yet 

    This is the problem with attracting free agents- you have to pay them more than they are worth both in terms of dollars and length.
    I wonder if what’s happened with Gus and Clarry have us a little gun shy of offering big long term contracts. 

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    25 minutes ago, Colm said:

    This is the problem with attracting free agents- you have to pay them more than they are worth both in terms of dollars and length.
    I wonder if what’s happened with Gus and Clarry have us a little gun shy of offering big long term contracts. 

    We've got plenty of players on absurdly long contracts, I've seen no evidence of us changing tack. 

    You're a plodder in the VFL, Bailey Laurie, here's a contract until 2026. Here are contracts to take you into your mid 30s Steven May and Max Gawn. 

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    would happily give battle a six year deal

    versatile talls who impact in the air and at ground level don't grow on trees

    he's only 25, will only be 31 when he next comes out of contract

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    Just out of curiosity i saw on tv last night that Rowbottom from Swans has purchased a house in Prahran, also that about 6 MFC players have nominated to become members of Huntingdale golf club when it reopens late next year ,those players included Harry Petty.

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    Despite his form issues so far this season, I’d love if Harry signed new contract. Be a nice little pick me up if both him and Langers signed on the dotted line sometime soon. 
    @Dannyz any updates on either of them?

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    Just reading the afl site and mentioned Sam Berry has put off contract talks with Adelaide until the end of the year. While no world beater he's a tough mid that loves to tackle and could be good depth or a handy player to use as a tagger since they're back in vogue. Should come relatively cheap.

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    18 minutes ago, Nascent said:

    Just reading the afl site and mentioned Sam Berry has put off contract talks with Adelaide until the end of the year. While no world beater he's a tough mid that loves to tackles and could be good depth or a handy player to use as a tagger since they're back in vogue. Should come relatively cheap.

    is he rfa? ufa?

    otherwise, crom will want a second rounder for him you'd think

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    24 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    is he rfa? ufa?

    otherwise, crom will want a second rounder for him you'd think

    Just out of contract. Former pick 28, so doubt they will get much more than a 3rd rounder if he wants to leave.

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    8 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

    And is potentially an acl injury away from ruining a teams cap space if they’re silly enough to offer him that length of contract.

    We gave Clarry and Trac 7 years, and Gus 5 and Gus retired not a year into the contract.

    That's the risk you have to take these days to keep or lure the best of the best without being done for salary cap cheating.

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    Can we nominate some likely players 

    Return to Vic ??

    Players squeezed out of their teams best 22?

    Players who might need a fresh start? 

    Players seeking long term contract of 3+ years?

    Free agents? 

    I’d like to nominate Angus Sheldrick. He’s shown high quality ability but had injury concerns.  Still only 21.  Swans have stacked midfield and we could offer a bright future position.  
     

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    20 hours ago, Colm said:

    Despite his form issues so far this season, I’d love if Harry signed new contract. Be a nice little pick me up if both him and Langers signed on the dotted line sometime soon. 
    @Dannyz any updates on either of them?

    I don't get as much intel as I once did but the last thing I heard is that Petty is keen to get back to Adelaide. 

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