demoniac

Made the Interchange in the All Star AFL team of players with a Greek background.

Car'n Trenners!

Then why was improving the contracts of rookie listed players one of the key planks of the last EBA?

Any training reports yet!

Brock McLean should be persona non grata at the Melbourne Football Club. End of story.

The rookie base was upped in current CBA so comparison for 2015 is as per below. Reasonable base given most rookies are under 21. 1 + 1 + 1 has to be more secure than a 10 day NBA contract. 2015 Salary Base/Game Base (for additional bells and whistles google the CBA!) Non 1st/2nd Yr/Rookie - $80,815/$3,500 1st Year/1st Round - $71,515/$3,500 1st Year/2nd Round - $65,000/$3,500 1st year/3rd Round + - $61,600/$3,500 Rookie - $55,440/$3,500

Hawks kept Max Bailey on their list through 3 knee reconstructions. To me thats why they have not won a flag since.

Methinks you are locking the stable doors before a few more horses have bolted. More list lodgements to go.

Do interstate rookies get a guaranteed 2 years ie Georgiou and King? I think they do but can find no evidence to support!

He has done a huge amount for the Saints. Their list management and trading has been excellent during his tenure.

Pelchen does seem to wear out his welcome at clubs but he does leave their playing list far better off when he departs. Hawks. Port. Hawks again. Saints.

Are you saying it is ludicrous in terms of average weekly wages or in terms of AFL player wages?

The offset may be an equalisation measure in terms of free agency. It will be harder for a top team to pay under 100% of the cap and thus access the overcap payment. Rebuilding teams are more likely to be paying 95% which in 2015 equates to being able to spend approximately $500,000 above the cap in 2016. As a result top clubs may be limited to offering a top free agent a la Dangerfield $750K + a high chance of finals footy/premierships. A bottom club coming off 2 years of paying 95% of the cap could be able to offer $1,25mil a year in the first 2 years or $1 million more than the top club. That is enough to make a Dangerfield think about knocking back the Hawks to play for the Dees. Obviously a Hawthorn would then have to think about trading out good players who they would have kept before this change to allow them to access the overcap payments. Come to think of it Geelong may be doing the same by letting Varcoe go and the unplanned exit of Christensen may be an attempt at salary cap dumping to allow then to access the overcap in 2016 to help lure Dangerfield. Either way the effect should be to see more player movement from stronger clubs to weaker clubs unless players at strong clubs take even great market discounts to give their clubs access to overcap payments. This aligns with the thinking in the NBA that if each team had one player outside the cap the best talent would be more evenly spread among the teams beause instead of sacrificing $5 million to play with other stars in a title contender they'd have to sacrifice far more to do so ie $10 million or $20 million a season.

The offset may be an equalisation measure. It will be harder for a top team to pay under 100% of the cap and thus access the overcap payment. Rebuilding teams are more likely to be paying 95% which in 2015 equates to being able to spend approximately $500,000 above the cap in 2016. As a result top clubs may be limited to offering a top free agent a la Dangerfield $750K + a high chance of finals footy/premierships. A bottom club coming off 2 years of paying 95% of the cap could be able to offer $1,25mil a year in the first 2 years or $1 million more than the top club. That is enough to make a Dangerfield think about knocking back the Hawks to play for the Dees. Obviously a Hawthorn would then have to think about trading out good players who they would have kept before this change to allow them to access the overcap payments. Come to think of it Geelong may be doing the same by letting Varcoe go and the unplanned exit of Christensen may be an attempt at salary cap dumping to allow then to access the overcap in 2016 to help lure Dangerfield. Either way the effect should be to see more player movement from stronger clubs to weaker clubs unless players at strong clubs take even great market discounts to give their clubs access to overcap payments. This aligns with the thinking in the NBA that if each team had one player outside the cap the best talent would be more evenly spread among the teams beause instead of sacrificing $5 million to play with other stars in a title contender they'd have to sacrifice far more to do so ie $10 million or $20 million a season.

Surely any deal will have to include matches. The comparison to those exposed to asbestos is ridiculous. The players are presumably well educated about their responsibilities under the WADA code. The supplements regime introduced caused the player enough to concern to cause them to ask the club to sign a waiver for each player stating that the regime was WADA compliant. At this point none of the players appeared to have raised their concerns with their player managers or their well resourced union the AFLPA. That failure is likely to see them miss games.

Will some clubs have used all their picks by 40 ie could it actually be say Pick 35?

Trade Week and Bit would be boring without rumours and riddles. There are many things to get angry about in 2014. This ain't one of em.

We don't have to be stupid though. Howe has a unique skilset. Lets develop and utilise that ourselves. Remember the Hawks agreed to trade Sewell to the Dees for Ferguson but Ferguson wanted to say at the Dees.

Howe is one of the most consistent high marks I've ever seen. And they are all contested marks. I look forward to seeing how he performs as a member of a more competitive team not having to play in defence because thats where the ball is. Roos has said Howe will play forward in 2015 after a learning year in defence. I'd like to see him play as a half forward/wing ahead of a midfield providing a competitive numbers of Inside Forward 50s. We should have a greater spread of tall and medium and small forward targets next year to capitalise on the greater number of opportunities. Hogan and Dawes should tie up the 2 key defenders Our other medium forwards like Kent and Salem are strong in the air as are small forwards Garlett and Kennedy - Harris. I'd back Howe to kick 40 goals in 2015 if he is played in that position.

Trengove had stopped running 2 weeks before the Richmond medical after soreness resulted in an MRI scan. The Richmond medical included a CT scan which more explicitly showed the damage to the navicular.

B Frost Dunn Jetta HB Garland McDonald Lumumba C Vince Jones Howe HF Kent Dawes Watts F Garlett Hogan Salem Fol Gawn Tyson Viney I/C Fitzpatrick Michie Riley Cross Em Kennedy-Harris, Toumpas, Grimes In the mix: Pedersen, Bail, Terlich, Jamar, Spencer Developing: Barry, Hunt, King, Stretch, Harmes?, ND2, ND3, ND40... Senior Fringe Depth: M Jones, McKenzie, Evans, Georgiou? LTI: Trengove Good depth of ball winning mids. Good spread of goalkickers. Grimes is the big out. Really needs to improve his kicking. Suspect he will be in Roosy's best 22.

Sylvia signed a 3 year contract so Freo are stuck with him for another 2 seasons.

All businesses are just groups of people coming together with a common purpose. Trenners deserves a chance to try and get back to footy if that is what he wants and if medical opinion is that is a viable option. He has shown outstanding character for his age through turbulent times a our club on and off the field. He is contracted for next year and I would accept the club extending his contract to 2016. If he is on $500,000 (The Ox's guesstimate on SEN this arvo) in 2015 the 2016 extension would obviously have to be significantly less. For those who think that we need to move Trengove to the rookie list and then delist at the end of 2015 to show we have the culture required to win a flag how did the Hawks go back to back when they kept Max Bailey on the list as he played a total of 6 games in his first 5 seasons because he did his knee 3 times?

The problem for Fetta is that he is not big enough to play on key forwards and not athletic enough to play as a third tall or flanker. He is a good mark for his size but his disposal is more average than good. Taken at Pick 53 in 2007 Draft. Traded for Pick 53 in 2010 Draft used by Dees on Tom McDonald. Good luck to Fetta at the Crows.

I concur. His tweet did raise an eyebrow. His marking should be a great attacking weapon half forward in a much improved Dees outfit.