Ive heard this every year for the last 5 years. Thats how I know the seasons finished. They probably use the same press release, just change the date.
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Ive heard this every year for the last 5 years. Thats how I know the seasons finished. They probably use the same press release, just change the date.
Samcro24
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If only they applied this to the coach.
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We were going to be aggressive but then realised we were struggling for list spots because smith, berry etc and it was all too hard and we like to be good to our currents
crow2crow
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I still claim we pulled out of that not redman and thank god we did.
CromradeCromulent
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All these melts based on absolutely zero new info just vibes and feels because it's the weekend and stuff has gone quiet.
All available thus far has us far ahead for both of them. Nothing has changed since everybody was excited earlier in the week.
All available thus far has us far ahead for both of them. Nothing has changed since everybody was excited earlier in the week.
From what I can tell, it's more than 'vibes and feelings' re: Cumming
Maybe. I'm still a fan, and he'd still for sure improve our side
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Many believe that this has been a done deal since early in the season
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he is ok but if people are worried about luko at 1M you would be even more worried about redman at 850K
i mean luko has at least ripped 3-4 games open off his own boot - redman has not and will not
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How can Port fit in all those players into their cap?
Simple.
They've only got eight players signed up for the 2027 season and beyond.
If you're offering five or six year deals, that's four full contract years (at the back end) where there's only eight other players that you definitely have to fit into the cap. And in 2027 the salary cap will be $18.4 million.
Run out of cap space in a few years? Just delist or trade a few out of contact players. Job done.
Port's list isn't amazing around the edges, there will be no shortage of players to move on.
Simple.
They've only got eight players signed up for the 2027 season and beyond.
If you're offering five or six year deals, that's four full contract years (at the back end) where there's only eight other players that you definitely have to fit into the cap. And in 2027 the salary cap will be $18.4 million.
Run out of cap space in a few years? Just delist or trade a few out of contact players. Job done.
Port's list isn't amazing around the edges, there will be no shortage of players to move on.
He's an upgrade on Laird, actually provides zone-breaking kicking and run/carry
And given how many targets we're missing on, money shouldn't be a concern. FWIW with Luko, it's not really the salary that concerns me, it's the draft capital cost
We have six players signed up for 2027 and beyond, it shouldn't be an issue for us in theory
It's just that Port probably know how to use this strategy better than us
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Exactly. Both clubs have a very similar salary situation in 2027 and beyond.
We could offer more money prior to 2027, but this could be countered by Port offering a back ended deal. There would be little actual buying power difference between the clubs. Port would be risking more later to seal the deal, whereas we would be overpaying early to seal the deal.
So everything outside of ability to offer money is where the real differences would be. And we have zero going for us.
The only clubs with genuine salary cap issues would either be sides with lots of long term contracts (Melbourne for example have 13 players signed up for 2027), or sides where back ended deals are causing current havoc due to their size. I don't imagine Port are in either category
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Port is in the better spot as they backend the deal then when it gets to that time, they tell the player they won't get many opportunities to play because we have player x and y who we see as the future. They then tell the backended contracted player he is free to explore his options, gets a club to bite and they are free of the obligation to pay
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Because a couple of random people on bigfooty say so?
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ANB met with Nicks about a month ago and that seemed to work out fine
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Did Port want him?
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Jeeeez you blokes... it's Berg who's leaving.
is that a soft G?
As the MIL says for someone who speaks very little English,, no.bread thank you.
The media will do what they do, my post wasn’t really about the media at all, it was about how people react to the media and the odd post and how they subsequently behave and jump at shadows.
He must be on good coin. Flashing his partners engagement ring on Instagram.
More his kind of oval.shape
