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Player Watch #46: Ben Miller - Re-Signed Until 2026
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Sorry i'm passed my bedtime. lol2022 is 2 years ago chief
Matty Clarke recruited him .... West Coast would easily offer him 4 years at $2 million ... salary cap is increasing ... their cupboard is bare ... 25-29 are the years where a big man finally clicks ...
there is no market for how he played in previous years but there is a huge market for what he is producing this year
Crazy to take a 2 year deal. He has made peanuts until now 3 years on draftee money and three years on rookie money.
This is his window to make pay off a house money.
Half this board was saying delist him a few weeks ago. And then also objecting to Koschitzke being given a contract probably less lucrative than the one you are suggesting now for Miller. If Miller plays well and his value rises, great. Offer him a fair deal, if someone offers a much better deal and he goes, we will get very decent compo.
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With our ageing lists and retirements coming up as well as our lack of decent talls he’ll get a decent deal.
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Incredible and they had MRJ crucified as well.
You still get compensation, according to his age and contract offer. Was the same story with Chol and we got an end of 2nd rounder for him.
No you don't... we traded with Suns so they didn't lose their compo for whichever Suns Restricted Free Agent left that year ... was it Rankine?
Edit: I am wrong about unrestricted free agents... that was CCJ trade and Tarrant .... but I am not sure that there is any difference because he was previously delisted.
bottom 30% get no compo ... would need to be above $650K a year now to get end of 2nd round picks like Chol
You clearly don't realize we have struck gold with Miller, he is playing at an elite level for a defender this year looking at the stats ... an end of second round pick got us Fawcett who might reach this standard in 5 years or never
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These are the Free Agency deals from the 2021 draft period. You can see from the top 3 that unrestricted and restricted Free Agents get compensated just the same, it is only terminally delisted players who don't attract compo. And also there was no trade for Chol, we got an end of 2nd round pick under Free Agency compensation.
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Yeah I think so too. Nothing ridiculous though.
Yeah maybe. But gotta be honest, haven't seen to many examples of 3 time premiership players who run their own winery's in Mount Macedon with his beautiful, lovely wife who would rather be away from that to play football in Werribee on a shitty melbourne arvo. I reckon he would probably prefer to get on with the next chapter of his life Vs playing in the VFL. Just my opinion of course.
You are a long time retired
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I spoke to his manager Colin Young while laying by the Crown towers pool when I was in Perth at Xmas
He said Miller is as loyal as they come to Richmond.. he had 3 and 4 year offers from other clubs and rejected them to stay at Richmond
He ain’t going anywhere
He said Miller is as loyal as they come to Richmond.. he had 3 and 4 year offers from other clubs and rejected them to stay at Richmond
He ain’t going anywhere
Well clearly half this board are muppets ... I wasn't saying that ... I said give him a contract before he plays because it has clicked for Ben
and he will tear this thing apart this year. ... he will prove to be such a unicorn that he will make Luke Jackson look like a Shetland pony ... he is taller, stronger, quicker and more agile than Brown with the same slipper...
and your response is to say it is okay if he leaves because we will get an end of second round pick ...
I want to see a video this week on RFC of Funky being presented at training with a giant cheque
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Imagine a fit Gibcus roaming around D50 with Miller and Young holding down the keys. 
From memory, after 6 games, Young was no.2 only behind Weitering. Tired a bit like most first year players, finished 6th I think.
I thought Young was pretty good on King on the weekend. Every mark King took he has young either up his clacker or trying to hit the high ball and not missing by much. King is 202cm with a good spring, so no mean effort. Likewise Miller give Membrey nothing until the last Q when Saints got some easy attacks through the midfield. Both have great kicks, which is a massive bonus for key backs, Miller in particular is looking very comfortable with the ball.
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Probably.
How about Freo for one of their first rounders?
Why would West Coast want another tall defender when they have McGovern and Barass?
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You are 100% correct. A month ago many posters were saying we should be done with him, me included. I’m not convinced yet and want to see more before panicking and paying overs for Miller. Let him show that he is the man for the job and pay him accordingly. If a big offer comes from elsewhere then we take the compo if he wants to leave.
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Some posters are still licking their wounds mate. lol
