Diamond_Jim
Life Member
-
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by Diamond_Jim
-
-
Bit of a nothing last quarter 6 behinds to nothing
-
Still waiting for the right turn signal?
-
Anzac Eve against Richmond is our big game. QB will be the standard pro-forma loss. The other wins I want are Essendon and North.
-
Definitely players should be tried in different roles and given separate match tasks. The VFL should not just be about imitating the AFL gameplan. Even winning is secondary to development
-
Quietly discuss but Casey is a virtual graveyard for player development. Why.. I have my own theories (four years of imitating Goodwins boundary line defensive model) but is it deeper? Is the VFL itself a graveyard
-
Not available for pre-season training due to cricket usage was one reason. In later years we would have come up against the F1 closures of the surrounding parkland. As I recall we occasionally used Fawkner Park off St Kilda Rd as a training venue.
-
-
Like Petracca, nowhere near enough for Curnow or Merrett if he goes. The willingness to offer middling picks but no players has become the norm. Trades are now one way and lock in contracts useless. I hope we've learnt our lesson and that Pickett is the last player to whom we offer an unconditional contract in excess of four years.
-
No issue putting any clause you want in a contract. Will the player accept it though. Pies and De Goey had a major stand-off over the inclusion of a "morals" clause a few years back. As I recall both parties settled on a watered down version.
-
Not a salary dump at 50% I'm afraid. It's a pure dollar decision and 50% salary for five? years in return for zero is an easy decision.... NO
-
Half his salary must equal no deal. At up to $350k I was happy with zero coming back. Somebody if not everybody in the trading/recruiting/contracting area deserves the sack IMO. I've lost count of the stuff ups.
-
Interesting digression. It has certainly meant that they are more focused on the TV experience and are not as interested in attendance numbers unless it drives more TV dollars. How long will TV watchers put up with noncompetitive clubs though. It has effectively killed the AFLW
-
By comparison young Stretch and JKH were probably better VFL players and we know how they ended up
-
They have to offer something so it can be called "trade". Weird I know and makes you wonder why not a present fourth round?
-
As I recall it involved a fringe player, a solid first round pick and cash. Not sure which way each component went. Anyway just a thought
-
I recall a deal a few years back that involved the sale of a pick or similar. (I think it involved a player as well as a top ten pick and cash) Is it allowed for GCS to sweeten the pot by making a one off payment of say $500k or 2 x $250k for pick 24. Every little bit of cash helps and GCS like Brisbane get a great deal on those academy players so they may have the cash
-
Not sure but if he has only two years on his contract I'd think about it. Recent form has not been outstanding. If he has a "lifetime" contract... no thanks
-
Seems that the Grundy subsidy was circa $250k whereas it was certainly spoken of as $500k at the time. If we can offload Oliver at $325k per year take it and run UNLESS you think he gets 100% better form wise in 2026 (unlikely). The Petracca deal is much harder to do but we know how it's going to end. Mediocre Melbourne is back big time. Boy it was a short ride at the top.
-
Funny you mention Deep Purple... I heard an ad for them playing in Asia while I was there. Got me thinking as to whether there were any original band members left. According to Wikipedia we are now up to version 6 or thereabouts of the band. Got far too complicated for me. Is there anyone left?
-
I don't think we're being offered that good a deal. I'm sensing $500k or thereabouts
-
Not seeing the logic of both paying a significant chunk of his salary and taking a worthless draft pick. Suppose it comes down to dollars but what a haircut
-
When Grundy moved to the Swans the Pies made noises along the lines that the deal to pay part of his salary died if he left the MFC. This suggested that we had signed Grundy for the full amount and separately Collingwood agreed to pay MFC the greed annual supplement. Anyway Collingwood backed down and all was sweet. The "learnings" for the lawyers is that this time the contracts will be tighter. My guess is that the player looks only to one source for payment and that the supplement is an inter club arrangement. To do otherwise would be messy from an income tax/payroll tax/insurance/discipline viewpoint
-
Perhaps they could change the song from the cringeworthy prayer to the star spangled banner. Banshees... ,maybe
-
Just not seeing the value proposition in trading CP for picks unless we want to clear the books and handle the Oliver and Brayshaw shortfalls. The money savings are nice but with Tasmania in 2027 having both draft picks and signing bonus money we will have difficulty attracting a 25 year old star at end of 2026 with the money. No Oliver or CP will also hit the membership/attendance figures. MFCSS is very much alive
