Diamond_Jim

Must say I'm quite hoping for lightning and the game is postponed. Very 2020

Interesting diversion. fifty odd years ago the general belief was that it was easier to win a Brownlow at a struggling club because other players in your team did not take votes away from you. Fast forward to the last ten years and the Brownlow has almost always gone to a player in a finals team. Wonder what has changed

Especially when Fox/Kayo is paying almost two thirds of the media rights. It's always been a strange marriage

If the AFL bubble is with us for a while in 2021 it makes it very difficult to have a full second team comp as the top up players will need to live and work outside the bubble

yep you've picked it in one even in 2018 our slow start would see us ignored 2020... maybe one at best... probably bulldogs v us

well you kind of know it wont do us much good yeah I know... winning fixes everything....

Gil doesn't get it "AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has defended free agency and flagged the possibility of fluid fixturing next year so that the most appealing games appear in the prime broadcast slots. With a place in this year's grand final and three first-round picks in the draft to follow, the Cats scarcely fit the profile of a club in need. But the short history of free agency has demonstrated over and over that players on the move prioritise success over money. McLachlan said the Geelong/Cameron nexus was not an accident. "That is free agency. They've got to attract him, they've got to fit him into their cap," he said. "If you create good environments, good footy clubs, players will come to you. It's a credit to Geelong." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/free-to-a-good-home-mclachlan-backs-cameron-move-20201021-p5679s.html

So summing up the posts: injury prone 27 year old on a decent contract who played zero games in 2020 and 8 in 2019

there's also Smith ?

had forgotten the covid breach. Remember his lawyer asking for no conviction to be recorded. The AFL contracts have morality clauses which he could quite well have breached allowing a free kick trade wise for Freo. Interesting

Suspect he's been offered a less than "wow" contract and he's weighing up his options Hannan's likely departure has strengthened his hand a little

Not sure I could take another season of "will he go home" a la Hogan. Sign him until end of 2023 and let's see. Hope we don't waste him in the ruck. It's become a dinosaur position the way most play it not to mention hard on the body

Hogan is reportedly on an amount in excess of $900k per year with a contract going till the end of 2021. He's Freo's T Mac Hard to make those numbers work for any suitor unless Freo stumps up around half. Would Hogan move on a one year deal or would he want 2 or 3?

Problem is that there are probably several clubs that would pay more for Jesse than we would. But perhaps we are hos destination club ?

At his best he would have also taken the pressure of Weid and Fritsch He was a strong mobile forward.... not many of them Mind you he could appear a little lazy at times and I hated the annual "will he go home threads"

Our forward line is systemically a mess. (So much depends upon trading T Mac or his recovery). As an M Brown replacement and at the right price and contract length (2 years) might be worth a go but please not another Tomlinson style deal. If a good deal can't be done I'd roll with M Brown for another year My interest is in someone to challenge Melksham and AVB especially as we are losing Hannan.

I really thought Jesse would deliver us that elusive flag as a goal scoring chf but ..........

sorry... next year maybe.. one decent year doesn't make you top ten in the league He's probably 10-20 though

but if he was at the better team he would be paid less because the "Stars" will be getting more Until recently we have not had a marquee player and we don't yet have a top ten player. Why were we paying the full cap. Players like Jones were quite likely overpaid by market standards

Another ridiculous rule is the requirement to pay 95% of the allowed salary cap. It was bought in to deal with Fitzroy. A club should be able to pay 20% of the salary cap into an AFL trust fund that it can then use to pay players at their discretion. By paying into the trust fund it meets the Fitzroy requirement and it encourages clubs to manage cycles in their performance. Apologies.. I just see Dr Drake and others posted similar PS Leigh Matthews has been pushing this line for years re Brisbane... not sure he wanted to bank the money though

One easy step is to get the recipient club to provide the compensatory pick (no adding points etc) That forces them to trade a player so it comes with some pain

they are under pressure in the current negotiations. The lack of clarity on the new salary cap and list sizes is worrying The AFLPA has three distinct groups that it represents... draftees and under 3 years 3-7 year okay players the stars They are hopelessly conflicted as an organisation (throw in ex players as well)

The only thing stopping this from being a disaster is that there are so few free agents. Statistically the number of players getting to free agency status are less than one in ten and half of those while good players don't attract mega interest (think Nathan Jones). The AFLPA have been arguing that unlimited free agency should be available much earlier in a players career (3-5 years).

The problem with free agency and the bigger clubs was recognised at least two years ago when Lynch went to the Tigers. Lots of talk then about handicapping the bigger clubs.Cannot recall how it was to be done. It might have been loss of draft picks or similar.

combine that with Bruce and BT = hell