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[OnceWeWereKings]

Needs to bring the attitude he had when rucking against his brother earlier this year to every game going forward.
When you’re paid the big bucks you have to be a killer.

 

[GoBlues!]

In the context of having signed Harry on a 7 contract, Weitering 7, and Charlie a 6 yr extension - securing TDK for 7 years would be a great outcome.

He’s not just a ruckman, he averaged 5 clearances a game this year the second highest for the team behind Cripps.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Open market TDK could fetch upwards of 1.5 from some irrelevant clubs.

Just over a million a year is a lot but probably works in our favour knowing what he can produce. Needs to find consistency fast imo and be ruthless. I don’t want him playing nice and he needs to up his aggression.

That being said, I like the kid and he adds so much value and versatility. Definitely a point of difference player

 

[bradfisher14]

That's a lovely Christmas present.

 

[marcmurphy3]

I'm interested to see how we handle the Cerra contract. If he has a good pre-season, do we try lock him in early? We'd get him cheaper. Or do we see how his body goes and take the risk that we may need to pay him substantially more if he gets back to 2023 form? A chance we could be priced out if that happens. Also, comes down to him. Does he want to secure his future early at a discount, knowing that another year ruined by injury could see his value plummet? Or does he back himself to have a big year and get maximum $?

At least if we get TDK signed early, we will know how much we have to play with.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I'm interested to see how we handle the Cerra contract. If he has a good pre-season, do we try lock him in early? We'd get him cheaper. Or do we see how his body goes and take the risk that we may need to pay him substantially more if he gets back to 2023 form? A chance we could be priced out if that happens. Also, comes down to him. Does he want to secure his future early at a discount, knowing that another year ruined by injury could see his value plummet? Or does he back himself to have a big year and get maximum $?

At least if we get TDK signed early, we will know how much we have to play with.

I'd imagine Cerra will want to hold off talks until after the bye. 1 part being he'd want to prove he's still up to being a top line player for the club after a tough 2024 but also because he's a bit of a different operator in terms of how he views footy as a profession rather than a hobby he gets paid for. Seems much more of a logical thinker than an emotional one and objectively holding out is better for him.

With our recent departures in Kennedy and Carroll I think he's our next most important signing behind TDK this year. Walsh and Cerra will be our senior midfielders when Jagga, Cody and the Campo twins start coming into their own.

 

[JustOneTime]

I'm interested to see how we handle the Cerra contract. If he has a good pre-season, do we try lock him in early? We'd get him cheaper. Or do we see how his body goes and take the risk that we may need to pay him substantially more if he gets back to 2023 form? A chance we could be priced out if that happens. Also, comes down to him. Does he want to secure his future early at a discount, knowing that another year ruined by injury could see his value plummet? Or does he back himself to have a big year and get maximum $?

At least if we get TDK signed early, we will know how much we have to play with.

It is a good point. Given the club's recent history and change in mindset (get rid of injury prone players), due diligence says no early contract sign-off from the clubs perspective. I'm not sure of Cerra's personal perspective (Safety vs dollars).

Feel the club has to at least wait until mid season to see more on his soft tissue injuries. If our salary cap total was a bottom four profile it wouldn't matter so much but our cap is a top 4 profile.

 

[Benaly28]

There are certain players in our side which should NOT be referred to by their surname,it bugs me I know it shouldn’t but it does.

There’s the obvious:

Charlie
Harry
Tom
Elijah
Ollie
Jsos

And there’s the newbies:
Ben
Lucas

And Jagga should never be referred to as Smith just sounds wrong.

Feel better now.


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[branedotorg]

Not that we want to retrieve back into the archives a few years back but there was some serious concerns about the amount of people who like Leigh Mathew’s who said he was looking stuffed, many wanted to trade him out for whatever we could get a few seasons ago…

Happy Gilmore “ Harness the good, Block the bad”

perfectly happy to admit i was talking about trades, not because he was crocked but because it took so long for him to sign a new contract i thought he was heading back west.

 

[DangerousD]

Crippa signed a 6 year deal around the same age and I don't reckon a single person is unhappy with it these days.

Of course, because it’s worked out, we signed Williams to a large 6 year deal and I think that has been really detrimental to the club.

You can look to deals across the comp, Shiel, Cognilio signed on to big deals and have spent most of the time injured and never maintained their output.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Of course, because it’s worked out, we signed Williams to a large 6 year deal and I think that has been really detrimental to the club.

You can look to deals across the comp, Shiel, Cognilio signed on to big deals and have spent most of the time injured and never maintained their output.

I've got a lot more faith in TDK than the names you've listed. He could be the best ruck in the game next year and he gives our midfield a POD.

 

[bmaurizio]

We need to get a lot more out our players and coaches in 2025, the past 3/4 years demonstrated our team with some glaring deficiencies, falling away against the elite teams at the pointy end of the seasons.
Hopeful we'll move forward aggressively with a refreshed game plan.

 

[macky99]

I've got a lot more faith in TDK than the names you've listed. He could be the best ruck in the game next year and he gives our midfield a POD.

Absolutely spot on, TDK is ready to go to the next level and is a key piece of us challenging in the next few years, sure he will be offered significantly more at other clubs, but we need to back him in and have a strong offer on the table, losing him would set us back in a major way, our drop off in form last year was also partly related to him missing the last 6 weeks of the season.

 

[GoBlues!]

We need to get a lot more out our players and coaches in 2025, the past 3/4 years demonstrated our team with some glaring deficiencies, falling away against the elite teams at the pointy end of the seasons.
Hopeful we'll move forward aggressively with a refreshed game plan.

Agree, in particular we need to get more out of the forward line with Harry and Charlie as our key forwards.

The supporting forward structure needs to be overhauled in terms of consistency and hitting the scoreboard.

Hoping that Kemp and Moir are part of the changes, building on the introduction of Williams and Elijah this year.

 

[Beyond Blue]

There are certain players in our side which should NOT be referred to by their surname,it bugs me I know it shouldn’t but it does.

There’s the obvious:

Charlie
Harry
Tom
Elijah
Ollie
Jsos

And there’s the newbies:
Ben
Lucas

And Jagga should never be referred to as Smith just sounds wrong.

Feel better now.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Surely it’s TDK not Tom

 

[Fevolution!]

There are certain players in our side which should NOT be referred to by their surname,it bugs me I know it shouldn’t but it does.

There’s the obvious:

Charlie
Harry
Tom
Elijah
Ollie
Jsos

And there’s the newbies:
Ben
Lucas

And Jagga should never be referred to as Smith just sounds wrong.

Feel better now.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Definitely not Tom

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

There are certain players in our side which should NOT be referred to by their surname,it bugs me I know it shouldn’t but it does.

There’s the obvious:

Charlie
Harry
Tom
Elijah
Ollie
Jsos

And there’s the newbies:
Ben
Lucas

And Jagga should never be referred to as Smith just sounds wrong.

Feel better now.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Jagga should drop his surname altogether. Like Prince, Madonna etc. 1 name that’s it.