I wonder what a state of origin team will look like in a couple of years time, I suspect it will be a lot stronger than it has been for 20 years.
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Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
What apprehension? We haven't been gun shy with drafting Victorian players.
We probably should have been over the past 15 years.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
And we probably have an even more miserable last 15 years. SA has kind of sucked when it's come to kids. Until pretty recently.
Really it's up to the club to generate buy-in and to keep them here.
My 2025 SOO. Much stronger than 10 years ago.
Day ~ Petty ~ Ballard
Redman ~ Cox ~ Burton
Dawson ~ Laird ~ Rozee
Draper ~ Neale ~ Horne-Francis
Rankine ~ Thilthorpe ~ Bailey
Pickett ~ Fogarty ~ Stengle
Daniel ~ Hewett ~ Phillipou
Wanganeen-Milera
Pedlar, Wingard, Stephens, Grundy, Hayward, Aish, Schoenberg, Lukosius
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They are not far off losing some more experienced players too in Dixon, Jonas and Boak. I think they have missed their best opportunity for a flag now over the last 2 years while they had a good mix of experience and youth. Now these older guys are past their prime and on their last legs before they retire. Lycett wouldn't be that far off either. Once these guys are all gone they will have to go through another mini rebuild.
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Speaking of McAsey… seeing as he is still on the payroll, do the Crows have him doing something useful in Victoria? Any suggestions?
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Getting himself better?
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We were all hoping for that…
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They do to the Mafia, they take them very effin' seriously
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A few supporter tours?
could take them through the Victoria Markets show them where to get the best bargains "Mcaseys markdowns"
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jackster83
The Ratpack!
Could at least get him to don the Claude the Crow suit when we play over there.
We already have Lachie Murphy employed with us
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He’s already done his bit working in the merch shop..(and with an Irish sounding surname, we need him to make Keane feel at home)
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
Yup, but honestly, it's harder to be worse than SA 2015 SOO team.
That was a miserable period.
I imagine we've paid him out and moved on. Maybe offering some extra support to make the transition as smooth as possible.
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Not sure why he’d be paid out..
He chose to leave his job.. for whatever reason..
How does that equate to.. you’ve gotta pay me out.
Its not the club/AFL that broke contract.
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I get what you mean but it is a case of he can hang around and get his pay or we can just pay him and move on. There may have been a negotiated settlement/may not have but we would never know. I can think of a few businesses that a person has gotten a payout for mentioning stress and wanting to leave, so it does happen. Anyways, it is all over now and we can revisit it every year when we discuss the Crows team and how we didn't win a flag in a certain era because of this or that drafting mistake.
If you really pay attention in these threads you may see the name "Pavlich" come up every 6-8 months.
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Sure.. but I reacon he wouldve walked away with very little..
The Contracts would have pretty solid clauses in them to ensure the AFL doesnt get screwed..
Or a player could recieve and sign on to a 3 year multi-million dollar contract and a few days later say “my minds no longer in it so I’m walking away from footy” and demand they get paid out in full..
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I'm only guessing here but the time away could have been a time away to think about it, both playing and a payout offer.
Though after Dayne Beams effort, staying away from the club and not training but picking up his full salary (which I am frankly jealous of, I'd be stoked if work said to me " we don't want you at work but we will still pay you" I'd be high fiving strangers in the street) I am not sure that we wouldn't have paid close to full totes.
dogs105
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What if they get injured? The answer's obvious.
What if they get sick? Physically or mentally.
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They stay at the club, continue with their contract and get the rehabilitation and help they need..
Hes walked away from his club, job and moved to a whole different state..
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
We got him off the list earlier then what would have otherwise, and Fish isn't likely to be in a position to leave that money on the table.
Odds are we paid him out so he'd go now, instead of Fish waiting out his contract.
Will Day has reportedly bought Property in Adelaide
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He then posted later that all good, only an investment and Day going nowhere. Which really unless you’re Day, his partner or manager, you’re unlikely to know any different.
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