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AFLW 2024 - Round 2 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I’d be happy with just Reid.pick 1 and baker for harley reid and 20
reid is leaving west coast
lol u want to give baker away for freeI’d be happy with just Reid.
Baker hopefully won't be in richmond colours and taranto and hopp's still need plenty of help in the midfield with experiencecampaigners cooked , younger players have Taranto, Hopper and Baker if he stays
He should retire with Grimes
Huge NO NO NO to that idea.. if Jack R is the model.
Jack R was borderline a waste in that last year but had to play cos KPF No1 couldn't get on the park. And because we never draft KPFs.
Prestia might be a good coach. Retire and be a coach. Baker is borderline captain if he doesn't leave. Graham won't leave, nor Pickett. Chuck in Hopper and Tarranto. Ample leadership
Prestia can still play OK footy, too injury prone. Only thing he can show anyone is the way to rehab
If he thinks he's got another year in him. Trade him and good luck.
RFC list demograpics are still too old. 2 years of retirements is required.
Nah, would still want something more than 20 back. Sure Reid is a generational talent but as soon as he gets off the plane Louie in a bear suit would just attack him and snap both his ACLs and give him dodgy shoulders.pick 1 and baker for harley reid and 20
reid is leaving west coast
Yeah probably.Except the fact.and it's a very important fact that Tom doesn't want to leave
100%. Can't remember who copied who said this first but I'll claim bragging rightspick 1 and baker for harley reid and 20
reid is leaving west coast
Answer my questions & allay my COST/BENEFIT fearsYour on ridiculous mission to get rid of Prestia imo.
If Yze needs him and Lynch, then they stay.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm
Pick 1 and Liam baker to WC for Harley Reid??????
Is this something that came out in the media or just BigFooty theorizing?pick 1 and baker for harley reid and 20
reid is leaving west coast
just common senseIs this something that came out in the media or just BigFooty theorizing?
BigFooty BS, got itjust common sense
Fair bit of wishful thinking in that I’m confident we’ve seen the best of lynch and dusty so move on , it’s abundantly clear we need to arm the squad with as much top end talent as we can 4 r1 pics would be a good start this year perhaps some trades in of < 23sWhat's our List management strategy going to be?
look at 18th on the ladder and gut the place.. trade & delist everyone possible this year.
Look at the games we won... how did we achieve that? Good gameplan. Fit team.
One problem we have is length of the injury list. We can't even bank on the ACLs to be available for half of next season
Grey in the club 2 minutes ~Nekminit 8 week hammy.
The time is takes for players to find form after long injury. If at all Like Lynch & Dusty.
Does the club just hope and pray for better injury luck? Its all shifting deckchairs on the Titanic if we can't keep our players on the park for a 3rd year. FMD first change has to be Meehan. Then an Asst coach or 2.
3, 4 retirements. 3, 4 delisted, and RFC always does a trade or 2. For the next 2 seasons is 20 players turned over anyhow.
if horny francis can get traded back to his home state after 1 year, no reason harley reid cantBigFooty BS, got it
Good points.. so no necessity to hasten any senior player's exit from the club.Here is the thing with Prestia (Lynch is still contracted so doesnt really matter yet). If we decide that we are in the rebuilding phase then having coaches like Prestia on the field/list is better for us in the long run. Why? Two major reasons that have one thing in common. Money.
1. Soft Cap restrictions - With the soft cap being so small and the tax so large, keeping a player coach on the list makes financial sense. The thing is that you need to decide if there is a better option for the list spot. If we have accessed the AFL, the second comps and the junior comps and decided that there is no players that are worth more than having Prestia on list as a playing coach then is just makes fiscal sense to keep him there.
2. TPP Minimum Payments - Until there is cap trading, management of the salary cap is important. We have to pay approx 95% of the TPP. If we can do that by keeping older players as coaches on the list it has the benefit of not blowing up the salary cap. How? Well look to St Kilda from 2013 to now. They have had to over pay for spuds they have drafted like Dunstan. Why? Well they have to pay the minimum in TPP and they had no one else that demanded a good salary. This then has the knock on effect of your stars asking for more as they are aware of their value. For example imagine if Bolton was out of contract at the end of 2022 and saw that we were paying Graham, McIntosh, Pickett about $750k a year (because we just have to spend the money). Bolton would be able to see his value and know his talent and say "Well if they are worth 750k I am at least 1.3m based on your valuations".
In conclusion, unless we see that there is a clear option that is currently better than Prestia having 1 more year as a player coach (if we wants that role) then we would be derelict in our duty to not do it.
I don't disagreeif horny francis can get traded back to his home state after 1 year, no reason harley reid cant
That’d have some Vic boys nervous.While West Coast going through a bit, not a fan of us giving away pick #1 but if it's for Reid 100% let's do it & throw in Baker, If Baker is going there ofc.
We could....but there is zero chance WCE would trade him.I would be offering Harley Reid a 10
Year deal on major money. Now.
We would be one of the few clubs who could get the deal done too.
like norf held horny francis ?We could....but there is zero chance WCE would trade him.
They will at a minimum hold him to his current contract.