Too expensive anyway and also a half back flanker.Housten staying at port
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Too expensive anyway and also a half back flanker.Housten staying at port
Great post.Thank you Sir. Well said.
Battle was a paid professional plying his trade. He did what he was paid to do. His decision to leave is him simply looking after himself. That’s fair enough.
But he doesn’t give two hoots about the club like we do. His vacuous statement about going to a club that suits his family is proof of that. In fact as a supporter that loves my club I really didn’t like reading that.
The reality is before Lyon became coach Battle was a very ordinary footballer. Not elite at anything and slow over the ground. Clumsy below his knees and something of a liability in general play. Very much a fringe player.
Lyon found a role that suited him. Exploited his strengths and surrounded him with players who covered his weaknesses. Good luck to him. He has carved a niche for himself that he is very good at. But Battle owes much of his new found success to Ross Lyon.
Battle will be replaced because Lyon and Enright are great at developing defensive talent. It won’t be Schoenmaker who I see as an attacking flanker/winger, but someone else will be quickly found.
We will be fine. But let’s call a spade a spade. Josh Battle leaves no legacy at St Kilda other than as a player who made a great contribution for a short period and left us at his prime.
cost vs age, just doesn't align with where our list is heading
The only thing i have any hope about is that our defensive unit and system is pretty solid.Battle has elite endurance and elite disposal (along with other attributes) and is 25.
Ross (and enright) will be crying into their cornflakes over losing a guy like that- no question.
Our entire gameplan depends on elite endurance and disposal from the backline.
He's not irreplaceable- but he is exactly the kind of guy we want/need in order to execute our game plan.
Him leaving is a big hit to our backline- we need to hope that a guy like tomlinson or whoever can duplicate battle (in terms of disposal, endurance and accountability 1v1).
If his replacement doesn't do that- our whole team performance will suffer far more than losing say a wing or fwd
But the age and contract length would have been captured anyway (at least under the new rules).Nah I hope I'm right.
Battle will be rated as 10 extra points based on his age and the maximum extra points based on length of contract. (Lets say one point for 3 years, 3 points for 4 and 5 points for 5 years)
So gives him 15 extra points. Thats a much better outcome for us than a slightly front ended contract.
This is the article that explains the compo rules the best and it says then even 2 extra points could move a player 10 spots up the ranking ladder.
Also the change to how the length of contract affects compo has been
The AFL's secret formula for free agency compensation
Length of contract is largely irrelevant, but a one-year age gap can make a big difference.www.theage.com.au
And remember that since this article how the length of contract affects compo has been changed in our favour.
Cornes said that Hawthorn should now be premiership favourites for 2025 because they have Battle and Barrass. But then next sentence that Battle is a significantly lesser player than Houston. Baffles the mindThe funny thing is he said we don't deserve a first round compo then proceeds to say on Hawthorn's sliding door that the hawks have picked up a gun defender in Battle.
Good. Hopefully we were just chatting or being pests to pump up interest.Houston staying at Port Adelaide from what he said on 5AA radio
Barrett really is a piece of work.
We don’t deserve first round compensation for losing a 25 year old intercepting defender, who we developed, at the peak of his powers, to a club challenging in finals?
Despite the fact we don’t get the benefits of the Northern Academies, don’t ever benefit from Father and Sons, had a terrible fixture this year, and have not received any charity that a club like North has received, despite having a 60 year Premiership drought.
The AFL spin machine is just putrid. Representative of the rancid integrity of that organisation.
How ignorant is that guy, what a bitter and twisted tool. Something has happened between him and the club over time and he carries a grudge like not other, absolutely poisonous.
just because we've been linked
All Australian Houston to stay at Port Adelaide
Star defender Dan Houston says he's rejecting offers from rival clubs and is staying at Port Adelaide.www.canberratimes.com.au
Is that based off any inside knowledge or just supposition?What most of the ITKs tend to do.
Self-inflicted by destroying their own list!This guy!!
North Melbourne have been given handouts over the years…Christ almighty
He is actually cooked in the head.
Canberra clear stand out though. AKA, Gods Country
I've been there..........
We must have different Gods......
EFAThe correct answer is Byron Bay thirty years ago.
We don't really need another small defender do we ?I like we're asking about Bowey. The other two not so much.
There is also a loop hole that is known in the industry.Nah I hope I'm right.
Battle will be rated as 10 extra points based on his age and the maximum extra points based on length of contract. (Lets say one point for 3 years, 3 points for 4 and 5 points for 5 years)
So gives him 15 extra points. Thats a much better outcome for us than a slightly front ended contract.
This is the article that explains the compo rules the best and it says then even 2 extra points could move a player 10 spots up the ranking ladder.
The AFL's secret formula for free agency compensation
Length of contract is largely irrelevant, but a one-year age gap can make a big difference.www.theage.com.au
And remember that since this article how the length of contract affects compo has been changed in our favour.
Nah I hope I'm right.
Battle will be rated as 10 extra points based on his age and the maximum extra points based on length of contract. (Lets say one point for 3 years, 3 points for 4 and 5 points for 5 years)
So gives him 15 extra points. Thats a much better outcome for us than a slightly front ended contract.
This is the article that explains the compo rules the best and it says then even 2 extra points could move a player 10 spots up the ranking ladder.
The AFL's secret formula for free agency compensation
Length of contract is largely irrelevant, but a one-year age gap can make a big difference.www.theage.com.au
And remember that since this article how the length of contract affects compo has been changed in our favour.
This guy!!
North Melbourne have been given handouts over the years…Christ almighty
He is actually cooked in the head.