Maybe it’s my MFCSS, but the long term contract feels like the new Norm Smith curse.

The curse says it's ok.

9 minutes ago, poita said:

Given how the Brayshaw, Viney and Oliver deals have panned out, I find it unbelievable that the club would go down that path again so soon.

I love Pickett and would love for him to play his entire career at the club, but locking him up for 9 years (irrespective of the money) is just ridiculous.

There is really no downside for Pickett, as he gets paid whatever happens. And, if the west is calling out to him in a couple of years, does he put out his hand for another pay rise?

All the risk is with the club who is stuck with a contract for a player who could lose form or interest in the game, or get seriously injured at any time. And let's be honest, in 9 years time he may well reach the 16 week suspension threshold for automatic deregistration from the league.

If we can find some middle ground and give him 5-6 years, that would be perfect.

Daicos will probably get a similar deal from Collingwood. Would they be criticised for that?

42 minutes ago, kallangurdemon said:

i love Kos and I accept that I'm an outlier in this discussion but I see this potential deal as a lose/lose . If he gets seriously injured gets too comfortable or has a form drop off we are stuck with a huge contract for who knows how long .If he continues to star but gets homesick we then are in exactly the same position we are in now save that we cannot extend further.He will ask to leave for family reasons and that will be that .

As an outlier, does the team you barrack for have any stars on big coin?

On 21/04/2025 at 23:36, LePig said:

I still think even if a it’s a swap deal with dogga we’re still getting a 1st rounder back, absolutely no ifs or buts about it.

If JVR continues his current form then it is vital to get a very good 2nd ruck / KPF. i have always thought that Jackson returning was a pipe dream but who knows.

There has to be a $/Length to get the deal done, if this is it so be it.
He makes things happens
Curious where the load will be spread on the contract, hopefully heaviest when his legs are at his quickest.

If we lose Kossie then I'm not sure we'll be able to convince our players of being a realistic premiership chance in the next few years. This makes players young and old want more money to stay at the club, and I think it also hurts the general motivation and development of the group. We struggled so hard to get off the bottom of the ladder, and it's easy to see how smaller vic clubs like North and the Saints have got themselves stuck in a cycle of overpaying players on potential, and not being able to attract players who can make a meaningful difference. Is $1.4 per year for 9 years too much for what Kossie has achieved, I'd say definitely yes, but for the club I think it's the move we have to make. As a side note Freo can get stuffed and I hope Luke Jackson either blows up their wage bill or goes to another club for a big sack of cash.

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

This is a very important point to harp on about.

The money Kosi makes the club by getting people to watch games, and his marketing value, is totally underrated.

He is a guy your kids want to watch play, and keeps them connected and invested in the club as they grow up.

There is more to this than just keeping a bloody good player in the team.

If this contract gets signed, we should all be extremely happy! It would be sensational news for our club.

I've got my son to love Max. I'm trying to get him to love another, so when Max retires he's got someone to love. Kozzy has been the obvious one. So if this deal goes through, I'll have a successor to Max.

Has he signed yet?

1 hour ago, kallangurdemon said:

but gets homesick we then are in exactly the same position we are in now save that we cannot extend further.He will ask to leave for family reasons and that will be that .

He already is experiencing homesickness at times and has been for a while. Bouts of homesickness are something many people live with. The Club has been successful in accommodating Kozzie’s need to regularly visit family (shoutout to Matty Whelan working quietly in the background).

Edited Wednesday at 03:265 days by Ghostwriter

I totally understand the concerns about the long term nature of the contract but I think that’s just the nature of being a smaller club that struggles to bring in star recruits.

When you manage to draft a Kozzy, you do everything you possibly can to keep a Kozzy because it’ll extremely tough to get someone like him into our club in a trade or as a free agent unless we are premiership favourites.

The lack of true permanent HQ, the smaller crowd sizes, the years of media drama all hurt our ability to recruit. Plus, we don’t have the same pull in bringing players home. If someone is from WA or SA and wants to go home, the clubs each have a 50/50 chance. If a player like Harley Reid wants to come back to Vic, we have a base level 10% chance before all our other recruitment challenges even come into play.

People are acting like a 32 year old Kosi will have white hair and be walking out in a wheeled frame in 2034. My guess is he will still be an awesome player at 32. Given he was liking Fremantle's posts and texting Fremantle players a matter of a few months ago locking him away for 9 years is GREAT NEWS!

Has he signed yet?

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

Has he signed yet?

thats doesn't happen til after page 100 of this thread.

No doubt the majority of his contract will be paid in Freo tears 😭

I am not a fan of the long Contract. But sometimes they have to be done

This is that time

Let’s hope KoZz stays hungry and healthy for long term success

Now let’s get Dogga….

3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Your little boy will be fine, as will the many, many little kids with #36 on their jumpers ♥️💙

Hopefully i'll be fine too - koz is an exception to my rule of not getting too upset about a gun dees player leaving.

I don't' have a number on my jumper (was going to get 10, but didn't get around to it - where do you get a number added these days?) but if Koz resigns i'm gonna but the Indigenous jumper his dad designed (which is my second fav) and proudly put 36 on it.

I have no issue with the club offering him the world, he's our one superstar in his absolute prime you just can't afford to lose a player like Koz. We aren't really a destination club for free agents so if we don't keep our home grown talent we will very quickly end up like North...

On 08/06/2025 at 17:22, whatwhat say what said:

whenever i see the byline as being from the pen of jon ralph i think of the simpsons character ralph wiggum, who makes words better together fun!

There are learndings Who would thunk that !

17 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Has he signed yet?

Steve said it would be announced this morning. What do you reckon of that @dazzledavey36 ?

Imagine if he doesn’t sign. Honestly I don’t care what we pay him. I’m stoked we got him, I’ll be stoked we’re keeping him. Other less useful humans can worry about the money.

To put it into perspective, Max King who’s been injured on and off and shown very little, is signed until 2032 on close to a $1mil a year.

Someone argue with me that Kosi is not a much better player than Max King, who is likely to have more longevity in the game.

Edited Wednesday at 04:155 days by Jaded No More

18 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Steve said it would be announced this morning. What do you reckon of that @dazzledavey36 ?

31 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Steve said it would be announced this morning. What do you reckon of that @dazzledavey36 ?

Did I?

If the club didn’t do everything it could to keep kossie and he switched to freo, lit it up for them we would burn the joint down

I’d rather not hand out long contracts either but the market dictates these things. You cannot let a generational talent like kossie walk out the door because you couldn’t agree terms. That would genuinely be small club mentality.