Striker475

The second half against Hawthorn

....that you're not a Richmond supporter. Goddamn.

Umpires are different. Look at the problems soccer have had in Europe with umpires and you understand why the AFL has to be so, so, so forceful with any sort of umpire gambling. That said, betting on a match you are involved in should mean the end of your season in its entirety and a massive fine. That's the only way players are going to learn. Corruption breeds corruption.

Assuming he's in Adelaide, they were saying he's going to hold of until the very last minute flying up (so he will probably fly up in the morning if no movement on the baby front) and will be on the first plane he can get on back to Adelaide.

cheers

I did ask in the other thread but noone responded, so I'd like to ask again: can someone say what Barrett said on TFS last night? Missed it cos of Le Tour.

For mine: - Tappy - such a unit. Going to head to the club shop to get me a 35 - Nicho - how this guy got through two rookie trials and was passed up is beyond me. Nicho is going to be a JET. - Howe - cannot wait til he takes a proper hanger - Trengove - in and among all the furore over TS Trenners has quickly become a rock in our midfield. We really missed him when he was suspended. Sensational.

Can someone fill me in with what was actually said by Barrett? Was too busy watching the Pyrenees...

Agreed. If he stays, I can't wait for the collective raised finger to the AFL.

Swapped Cyril for big Col Sylvia and Dawes for Prestia as a semi-downgrade. Only got 4 trades left so gotta be careful.

What is the craziest thing of all of this is that this thread has hit nearly 2000 replies in a month - and has gone 20 pages IN FOUR DAYS.

See that's where I think Harrington has done really, really well. We've frontloaded a lot of contracts over the past couple of years for exactly that eventuality. In addition, we've got room to maneuver over the next couple of years with a couple of other contracts. What the list management team can do is front-load the Scully contract as much as they can for next year - pay him $1.2, $1.3million - thus reducing the rest of it over the remaining 4 years. That, coupled with Aaron Davey becoming a veteran as of 2013 (only half his salary counting towards the cap) means that for the 2012 renegotiations we will still have plenty to move with. Not as much as we could have due to the Scully contract, no, but quite a bit nevertheless.

I'd say so.

Did you look at the photo of them on the plane to the Katherine? Max is veery cramped in there! Link for interested: http://lockerz.com/s/119907100 Anyway, Bate could be an emergency and they could have taken 2 travelling emergencies this time due to the different conditions in Darwin...

Think it'd be different though. Scully would be showing massive faith in the other players at MFC if so. Plus, they could always take Cale Morton this year. (Please oh please)

Oh god don't talk about summer, don't even want to think about it yet. (I work retail.)

We'll have to discuss....FOOTBALL. My god!

I'm of the 'give him one more year' camp now. I reckon we're on track for that. Give him a year, tell him 'finals or bust', and let him rip. If he makes finals end of 2012, 2 or 3 year extension depending on how we go there.

Matthews Blight Pagan I'd take Sanderson/Matthews any day of the week.

That's the thing though - MFC aren't losing the AFL money anymore. Not with a $1.25bn TV rights deal. Divide that by 18 and you get over $60mil a club, all 18 of which are required for the massive deal. The AFL has to pump $5mil of that back into the MFC as operating costs - so what? They still have $50mil sitting there.

I'm not saying that - I was under the impression from various posting on here that Max had signed a 2year extension, but according to the interview they were chatting as if he hasn't.

Okay. Player is then offered a deal which is contingent on them living in Melbourne. Don't mention playing for the MFC at all.

That's what I would think - restrictions on employment, would come under employment law surely.

Can I just ask - on SEN they were talking about Max having not yet signed a contract when DB was on last night. Confirm that he in fact has signed til 2013?

Wrong. Third-party deals cannot be included to some extent. For example. Player signs a media deal with a club. Is that included as a part of salary cap? No. Why would it be? It's an agreement purely between player and media company - the club has nothing to do with it. Any third-party arrangement specifically arranged by the club is of course included under the salary cap, but any third-party deal with no club input - from another company with no ties between the adminstration of the company and the club - surely cannot be counted towards the salary cap. If it is, that's a gross violation of the rules by the AFL - and possibly (lawyer types help me here) something that could be used in court?