YesI'm happy we made a stand something we should've done with O'Meara back in the day and if Martin came back and played i'd be fine with that but i think we made salary cap decisions with the idea Martin wouldn't be with us. Carlton already have the room for him so if he has a price on his head as those have said then he'll get there.
I didn't realise that players could set their contract before the PSD as a form of pre-nup- just confirms how little power we have as Clubs
But if Carlton offers him what we can't then that's how it will play out I guess
The stand is well worth it for Carlton's future 2nd and 3rd
In retrospect though if we'd knocked back 15 I might be less sanguine!
The Club would be wary of future picks based on our experience with Brisbane this year too
Carlton makes the 8 we would have been looking at 29-30 and 46-50 -useless
I guess Jack becomes another bedwetter but we've drawn a line in the sand