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I just caught up with the match and that finish was bizarre! Heart-in-mouth stuff! The other weird moment was when 4 players attempted to catch an interception! Crazy stuff!

Clint will be a happy chappy! Puts the Jags right in amongst it

Were these years 'predicted' or the results from evaluation, years later?

Depth players, rookies and draftees don't take up a lot of a club's salary cap And a club might have up to 15-18 of those types of players Salary cap above $18Million means there's plenty of cash for the long term players

Just keeping it real, old boy 😁 Isn't the median salary at least $550k these days So $2Miilion over 3 years would be close to the mark And to prise a player from another club often requires extra dosh

By the way, I reckon McVee will be getting about $2Million for 3 years at Freo What were we going to pay him?

That's right, all the signs were there despite the heresay that went on A good example is Scully. Didn't re-sign for reasons we found out later on Gets a $2Million signing on fee plus another $4Million in a 6 year deal The people who gave him the money would have told him to STFU and don't say a word to anyone ... otherwise, the deal is off! That's how it works I know what I'd be doing!

I call BS It's rare for a decent player to not re-sign all the way through to being out-of-contract I reckon Lamb is just posturing (again) Either that, or he's clueless and can't read the (obvious) signs And I see that May can't find a new club There were a few here thinking he could get a 2 year deal elsewhere? 😁😁🙄 Welcome back Steven?

Freo could find a pick in the 20's to satisfy us

I highly doubt that pick 12 will come into the equation. Happy to be wrong

So McVee doesn't sign the contract and then ends up out of contract and wants a move Yet Lamb is surprised and blindsided? Wtf did he expect? And if Lamb caves in and we accept unders for Petracca & Oliver are we going to call Lamb a liar? Will he also accept unders for McVee?

Do people here honestly think that McVee is going to tell the truth to a member of the public? And the club would have had a fair inkling that he might have been on the move

They all lie .... footy is full of lies More like tell them what they want to hear

Loyalty is a 2-way street and sometimes looking after no.1 comes to the fore I don't feel that McVee owes us anything especially with all the goings-on happening at the club The club is trying to turf out Oliver & May whilst Petracca and Spargo want out Others are tied to decent contracts on very good money so it's stay and take the cash in those scenarios

You're right so it's the sum of all the parts? In such an environment, you'll lose people

More like truth-telling How can anyone be happy about a 16 loss season with hardly any injuries? Were you not disappointed and if so, who do you hold to account? Is it all McVee's fault because on reading this thread, one might jump to that conclusion? As previously stated, he's just a consequence, not the root cause

So the players rule the roost and who is the captain? And what did he do about it?

Ok then, the club is perfectly run

It's no good scapegoating McVee He's the least of our issues but a good example of consequences

The Club only has itself to blame .. poorly run which led to a toxic environment A lot like 2011 - 2013

With a Match Committee which has allowed the players to rule the roost Also, not getting the best out of the 'said' players Management was the issue, right across the board Pres sacked, CEO sacked, Coach sacked, FD dismantled, a clueless MC and all sorts of issues at Board level etc etc Who would want to play in that environment?

I agree with what you're saying but did he actually demand such a thing? I read it as another club recognises where he is best suited and that appeals to Judd So he's off

Haven't they also said (or intimated) that they see him as a dashing half back I wouldn't be believing anything that the clubs are saying right now. Ducks and drakes and posturing mostly

Well if he's unhappy about how he is being used, he could easily string things along By the way, he copped it sweet all season and played where he was picked .... and has now made a decision to move on I don't have a problem with that as you only get one career. Let's face it, the club had/has any number of issues so why wouldn't a player (or players) want out?

It wasn't all about Goodwin, it's about the whole club. The Board, CEO, Fellow players, President, Football Dept & the Match Committee Earlier in April (on the Goodwin thread) I went to town about the players being allowed to rule the Roost A law unto themselves That type of behaviour can have an effect on those players who want to do the right thing. One answer is don't waste your time and get out To my way of thinking, the club only has itself to blame, if players want out