Just get the deal done. I love that for once, we're getting aggressive.
Ultimate Glory 2023 Trade speculation and Shinbeggars discussion
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CaptainWorpedo
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Hale & Gibbo was average at the Roo’s and lifted at the Hawks.
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6 years- no issues.
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Haha, old mate has resurfaced!!!
I agree. I'm sick of missing out because we are a year short or 50k per year off everyone else. The times have changed and this is the new afl . Who knows what his contract will actually be , there are so many triggers and performance based incentives these days. It looks like we have our big key back sorted for the next 7 years without losing any draft capital , the $$ amount will barely be felt for future targets or resignings with how much we currently have available. It's potentially a massive win for the club especially one that finished 16th to convince this years premier free agent to come across.
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I for one feel sick thinking of what we are giving up to get an average footballer. Come on Dodo, you can do it
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At least he used the correct vernacular for essendon.I'm not getting excited just because McKay's manager has come out and said
"It's down to two - Ben's deciding between the Hawks and the Scum" (verbatim)
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Forget about the 6 six years. Our backline structure sorted, we will go into fy24 with a good midfield and backline, strongly competitive.
Remember those runs of 10 goals against, those days will be gone.
Remember those runs of 10 goals against, those days will be gone.
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We are giving up cash. We are not giving up picks that will set us back . We are giving up cash which we have bucket loads.
We shelled out 750k this season for two players to play at other clubs. Think about that one!!!
Where was this quoted from his manager?I'm not getting excited just because McKay's manager has come out and said
"It's down to two - Ben's deciding between the Hawks and the Scum" (verbatim)
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I'm not getting excited just because McKay's manager has come out and said
"It's down to two - Ben's deciding between the Hawks and the Scum" (verbatim)
If he called them the scum then it sounds good for us.
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Front loaded deal with 1m each of the first two years the remaining 5 years at less than 600k per year when we need to resign our young guns.
It won't have any impact on our ability to keep anyone.
May have used a bit of 'poetic licence'....but you get the drift
Also Dodoro pissed off McKay & his manager when he was bad mouthing the Hawks & Mitchell
To which the manager allegedly said "Stop being a dill, Do"
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Hypothetically let's say it's $750k x 6 years. A total of $4.5M
"But that's a lot of money for an average player!"
Consider it this way... We're paying $1.5M of cap space (of which we have HEAPS free) to create a compensation pick out of thin air to trade for a player who will be on $500k x 6 years.
Shift the numbers around however you like, we're effectively swapping a resource we have lots of for something we need. It makes sense in that context.
"But that's a lot of money for an average player!"
Consider it this way... We're paying $1.5M of cap space (of which we have HEAPS free) to create a compensation pick out of thin air to trade for a player who will be on $500k x 6 years.
Shift the numbers around however you like, we're effectively swapping a resource we have lots of for something we need. It makes sense in that context.
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I'm not the biggest fan of McKay but our recruits from North usually work out really well
This is huge - one big piece of the KPD puzzle added at no cost of any picks. Just need to add one more big forward and a small forward ( Wiz or Duursma)to play alongside Lewis and we are well on our way
This deal has Mitchell’s fingerprints all over if a la moving on TOM and JON. As ruthless as a coach as he was a player - love it!
This deal has Mitchell’s fingerprints all over if a la moving on TOM and JON. As ruthless as a coach as he was a player - love it!
I think part of it is that we got stung with some good players like Brad Hill leaving and getting virtually nix back and then overpaying for JOM and Chad. We lost Ryan Burton and the draft pick that was used for Xavier Duursma in that trade. I suspect that it's the loss in some big trades that got people roiled. Even the Weddle deal where we lost OUR 2nd and 3rd rounders was costly. He's looking good but those picks would have been very handy this year.
NO! We must build more trains!!
(Said every government, corporate and stupid person ever)
And with a capital 'S', making it a proper noun.
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Really!??! Sam wanted Weddle and MM made it happen.
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Coming around to it even though i am still not convinced by it.
It would be nice to have a big bodied defender and i am excited by just how good Sicily would be now with him being able to settle in to the role he does better than anyone else in the AFL.
It would be nice to have a big bodied defender and i am excited by just how good Sicily would be now with him being able to settle in to the role he does better than anyone else in the AFL.
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