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The Zak Butters Thread

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12 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

it all comes down to if butters wants to go where he wants to go

footscray and geelong are the early running favourites cos of their (relative) proximity to bacchus marsh

Would you really want to be that close to Bacchus Marsh?

As lovely a place as it is

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    1 hour ago, Dee Boys said:

    How do people still not understand free agency? Port can and will match any offer for Butters. If you want him you’ll be giving up at least 3 first rounders for him, nobody’s getting him “for free”.

    How do people not read full posts ? Read mine carefully before you go off and claim that i am not aware of the complexity of the situation.

    Port will always say that they will match any offer - why wouldnt they? They dont want to make it easy for any club wanting to pry Butters away from the club. The reality is - as we have witnessed first hand - players usually get the outcome that they want. In this case, the Dees should have enough cap space to put a monster offer forward to Butters to have him around the next decade. Aside from Kozzy, we dont have any other marquee player to keep around, while Port have Rozee, JHF and Georgiadies that they need to have some spare change to keep around or they'll be the ones that leave.

    Im not sure they have sufficient cap space to match any offer either. They may have more than others, but end of the day they may not have enough.

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    1 hour ago, GS_1905 said:

    How do people not read full posts ? Read mine carefully before you go off and claim that i am not aware of the complexity of the situation.

    Port will always say that they will match any offer - why wouldnt they? They dont want to make it easy for any club wanting to pry Butters away from the club. The reality is - as we have witnessed first hand - players usually get the outcome that they want. In this case, the Dees should have enough cap space to put a monster offer forward to Butters to have him around the next decade. Aside from Kozzy, we dont have any other marquee player to keep around, while Port have Rozee, JHF and Georgiadies that they need to have some spare change to keep around or they'll be the ones that leave.

    Im not sure they have sufficient cap space to match any offer either. They may have more than others, but end of the day they may not have enough.

    I did read your whole post.

    I say again: Port will match any offer. Everyone is aware of this. They’ve said it many times publicly. Not in a million years are they going to let their best player go for just a compo pick.

    I completely agree that he’ll get where he wants to go. But it won’t be for free. That club will have to pay up.

    Nobody is getting Butters for free. Not us, not anybody else.

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    Port look terrible and may finish bottom 4. Compo picks might be better than pick 18 + future late first rounders if he's off to Bulldogs.

    Still a lot to play out.

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    If things keep on going the way they are Butters will be at Melbourne next year. Port say they can match it but when it comes to the crunch they won't. They will be will be bottom 4 or 5 anyway so they will get a pick after their first pick.

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    4 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

    I did read your whole post.

    I say again: Port will match any offer. Everyone is aware of this. They’ve said it many times publicly. Not in a million years are they going to let their best player go for just a compo pick.

    I completely agree that he’ll get where he wants to go. But it won’t be for free. That club will have to pay up.

    Nobody is getting Butters for free. Not us, not anybody else.

    Yes, a kind of ambit claim by Port to make sure the deal goes to the trade table

    Who'd be happy with 1 top 6 pick (compo pick) for a player as good as Butters?

    They'll be looking for a swathe of picks like the Petracca deal (3 x 1st round picks) And Petracca is 30, Butters turns 26 in September

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    4 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

    I did read your whole post.

    I say again: Port will match any offer. Everyone is aware of this. They’ve said it many times publicly. Not in a million years are they going to let their best player go for just a compo pick.

    I completely agree that he’ll get where he wants to go. But it won’t be for free. That club will have to pay up.

    Nobody is getting Butters for free. Not us, not anybody else.

    You realize that all these teams have no picks below the compensation pick and there is no way he's going to Richmond he wants a flag

    Richmond are a basket case.

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    3 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Yes, an ambit claim by Port to make sure the deal goes to the trade table

    Who'd be happy with 1 top 6 pick (compo pick) for a player as good as Butters?

    They'll be looking for a swathe of picks like the Petracca deal (3 x 1st round picks)

    Petracca didn't get a top 5 pick. I'd say a top 5 pick would be better than 3 picks in the top 15.

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    21 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    If things keep on going the way they are Butters will be at Melbourne next year. Port say they can match it but when it comes to the crunch they won't. They will be will be bottom 4 or 5 anyway so they will get a pick after their first pick.

    Give it a rest 😂

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