Superunknown

Looking forward to 100+ pages of updates Across the trade threads to see me through sitting with the magpie supporting inlaws tomorrow

Haha but it's their spring sale Slung the link to wifey wink wink nudge nudge Xmas and my 40th doth approach

Most of the above excluding the coffee and music scene? Surf warmer in Perth?

Just be thankful his middle initial isn't K

Nay, sayeth I.

All I can hear is gongs and wa-taaaaaa and kung fu sound effects its all very distracting Bruce

Everyone's getting a bit narky eh./ Time for a stiff drink and a lay down. Especially all those public service slackers and Mad Men!

Including those working in public services, of course. My point, not clearly made, was that these factors are essentially fixed costs wheresoever he goes. 800k/year at Melbourne. 1.2M/year (or whatever, hypothetical of coursE) at Freo. Same marginal tax rate as far as I am aware, albeit with a larger absolute tax take on higher lever due to MLS and mo' money. For simplicity it's easier for this battler's brain to consider headline rates so I don't need to have a complex model accounting for a player's current fixed and variable costs current state versus future state. Perhaps it's my fault for not comprehending your reason for including it in the discussion where hitherto it had not been.

Those variables apply, with different values, wherever he is. Unless he lives with mum and pays board. Same for everyone eh. Wish I had a 1M a year issue to deal with tho.

Or 7. 6 x 1.2 or 7 x 1. (Less 49% tax and management fees of course and relocation expenses)

First time I've ever seen mgt fees and marginal tax rates come into it. For those amongst us interested in comparing for-like and not at all interested in delving into management fees and whether a player has structured their tax affairs so as to minimise their tax burder (e.g. JH Management Pty Ltd HQd Singapore providing marketing services to JH Nominees Trust HQd in Grand Caymans and so on), can we stick to headline rates please? On your last point, I think it would be more about locking him in long term AND getting close to any other offer rather than just minimising the difference (which I reckon was probably implied in your answer anyway).

I'm glad they're not head in sand like some

Editor: "Denham! Where's your next story!?" Denham: "Cr#p cr#p cr#p! Hmm let me check my snip file! Well well! Ah yes! My annual 'Hogan to Freo' rumour mill! Let's see if this broken clock can finally be right! I'll just check Demonland to see if they have some intel! Well well! A "Hogan to Freo" thread. Capital work, my dear fellows and fellowettes! You have verily written my article for me!" Hits the keyboard Editor: "What what what? What fresh hell is this? No way Hogan is off to Freo!" Denham: "Ah -ha! We can go Ryan Holliday on this story! Post this article, reference well - placed sources (cough: Demonland rumourtrage), others will pick it up and off we go!" Editor: "This had better end in new subscribers for Rupert!" Denham: "What could go wrong! It's a non story" Article files. Demonland explodes. Article picked up by HS, PerthNow, SEN. Rumour goes Ryan Holliday. Demonland goes nuclear. Jesse's management: "Yo homeboy! Seems Freo is into you. Let me have a chat with them?" JH: "Sure, I do love the Dees and want to stay but can't hurt to ask" Mgr to Freo FD: "Yo, wassup with Hoges. Throw some numbers at me" Freo: "We'll get back to you" Rumours continue swirling. Demonland is in the final stages of Red Giant phase. People's heads are literally exploding. Freo puts offer on table. Freo is half surprised by all this. Hogan convenes meeting with Dees. Deal done. Hogan to Freo. Denham to Editor: "Well that escalated quickly, what?" Editor: "Well it is how Sky News brought down Turnbull. Now pass me that Balvennie would you? This is cause for celebration!" And that my friends is how you engineer a player move. (For those fans of Milligan's " "Rommel?" "Gunner Who?" " I feel it would make things even more ludicrous to read in a clipped German-English accent in the vein of that book.)

Have you ever had a $5M cheque put in front of you?

jungle drums are starting he needs to be put on a warning. perform or casey. wonder what his kpis will be

Whomever we get can we get Yze-esque durability please? 400 games with no injury kthx

Lots of golf and punters to buy shirts. Nice house at Noosa . Bonza! for sure if he goes he'll be imperious against us kicking 15 (against May) and that'll keep us out of the 8 on percentage. Probably 0.01% #fml #mfcss

Seems like some humble pie will be coming out of the oven soon

Sounds like Preuss will be done regardless. Or as some like to say, irregardless.

Did Cerra not just re-sign for a couple of years.

How was Gaff's (wry? Happy) smile at the Eagles/Dees game. Hard to know what is going on. Was he at their Brownlow do? Starting to think he'll stay

+1.

For forward/defensive pressure, better team balance, yes. Minus Hogan (and some others) + outside/mid/speed (whatever it is people say we need and whatever level they want to attribute) KPD (i.e. May or May-like) Preuss + Lever back I think with Weed, Tmac et al up fwd we are set there. Unless they want to try Hogan at CHB or back (which some here poo-pooh rightly or wrongly)

Why are people saying ditch Weed? No thanks. He'ssshh a keeper.

I managed to get the article and kill the paywall but killed my browser tab and can't recover it. Otherwise I'd post. Sounds like more than the usual speculation to me.