If I was Rayner, I'd be looking to jump ship too; it still may be a possibility too with how this club operates, but I've no doubt Rayner will leave in the next few years once the bottom falls out the club and we aren't in the premiership window. Ditto, McCluggage, Starcevich, Bailey, Hipwood, Andrews, Cameron etc.
He would have known about Witho’s impending exit well before we did and he only signed on after all of that had been made public.
Yep, players and people in everyday life move on from locations, jobs and friends all the time and get on with their lives.
Wow. Ok. I wasn't going that far.
Im not too sure he would have known. Maybe he did. Its more likely then not he will be ok with all this. My question is what kind of impact bringing in a daniher type on big money will have on these young kids.
There is always a wait and see aspect to almost every trade, in or out, at every club in the AFL.
Surely, it was instigated by the club. If we wanted to keep him, then we wouldn't be giving him away for not much and paying a portion/significant portion of his salary despite having 2 years on his contract.
You could change that narrative in any way you wwanted that tho: A great ruckman who has been with us for ages and will proved good backup considering we have no real ruck depth and a 22 year old half back who will probably get a gig next year when he overtakes Birchall for injury plagued key forward who is on a lot of money and injury plagued Geelong player. In saying that, I would still take Danniher and Cocky over Martin and Witherden. Just would have been good to get more of a return for Witherden
Witherden lacks pace. Pretty much why he got cut.
