News Izak Rankine, Gold coast holding Rankine to Ransom- #FreeIzak

[Scorpus]

Mod note:

Opposition posters making outlandish trade suggestions to bait the Crows board will be considered trolls and dealt with in the usual manner

No one wants a repeat of the Gibbs thread

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Ignore both of them and go for Dunkley

 

[FAITH]

Ignore both of them and go for Dunkley

Very astute.

 

[rabidcrow]

True if it was the end of the year, but it’s completely up to him to pull his finger out this year.

And maybe BOG today. Will be interesting to see if he can back it up


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[CrowBox89]

As much as i would love both,
watching Rachele in the midfield in the last quarter against Collingwood show some
Class, having Rankine would allow one or the other to go on ball while the other stays as a forward threat giving our midfield that class we currently don’t have in there.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Like Rankine, Lukosius hails from Adelaide, but is said to not have the pull from home like many of his contemporaries.

The Suns’ list management team are currently in negotiations with the management of both players.

Barring a sudden change in direction, it is expected both players will re-sign around the same time.

Gold Coast chief executive Mark Evans last month told SEN that the Suns’ emerging stars were seeing the bigger picture.

“From the things that they’ve said, both privately and publicly, it says to me that they enjoy being here, they like the teammates, they love the club, their families understand the opportunity that they’ve got here if they remain together and the success that they can have. So far we’ve seen a pretty strong level of commitment towards that,” Evans said.

Suns closing in on new deals for out-of-contract pair

Sam Edmund has the story.

www.sen.com.au

 

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[GROTTO]

Like Rankine, Lukosius hails from Adelaide, but is said to not have the pull from home like many of his contemporaries.

The Suns’ list management team are currently in negotiations with the management of both players.

Barring a sudden change in direction, it is expected both players will re-sign around the same time.

Gold Coast chief executive Mark Evans last month told SEN that the Suns’ emerging stars were seeing the bigger picture.

“From the things that they’ve said, both privately and publicly, it says to me that they enjoy being here, they like the teammates, they love the club, their families understand the opportunity that they’ve got here if they remain together and the success that they can have. So far we’ve seen a pretty strong level of commitment towards that,” Evans said.

Suns closing in on new deals for out-of-contract pair

Sam Edmund has the story.

www.sen.com.au

They definitely should stay at the Suns if money is their priority.

They can milk the Suns for years and earn the dollars without the scrutiny of performing in Queensland.

Luko could easily command $700k, Rankine $600k for multi year contracts at Gold Coast.

I dont think the Crows or Power would pay overs for them.

 

[FAITH]

They definitely should stay at the Suns if money is their priority.

They can milk the Suns for years and earn the dollars without the scrutiny of performing in Queensland.

Luko could easily command $700k, Rankine $600k for multi year contracts at Gold Coast.

I dont think the Crows or Power would pay overs for them.

There's no way we would offer that type of money, so you're right they'll end up staying.

 

[GROTTO]

There's no way we would offer that type of money, so you're right they'll end up staying.

Dont get me wrong I would be happy to have them here at the AFC as they would help to feel a need, but not on those dollars.

Now if the Suns offer them only unders for their contract, it would make sense then for them to seek a return home at a similar or lower contract..

 

[FAITH]

Dont get me wrong I would be happy to have them here at the AFC as they would help to feel a need, but not on those dollars.

Now if the Suns offer them only unders for their contract, it would make sense then for them to seek a return home at a similar or lower contract..

Port are into Luko more than we are.
Wouldn't mind Rankine but I reckon he would prefer to stay at GC.

 

[GROTTO]

Port are into Luko more than we are.
Wouldn't mind Rankine but I reckon he would prefer to stay at GC.

Rankine would be IMO an improvement on Rowe, McHenry and Murphy.

 

[FAITH]

Rankine would be IMO an improvement on Rowe, McHenry and Murphy.

For sure.

He needed a tough luv kinda club to get him out of cruise control. It's unfortunate GC picked him up. If a Sydney drafted him he would be one of the best small forwards in the AFL right now.

 

[FR0GGY]

Port are into Luko more than we are.
Wouldn't mind Rankine but I reckon he would prefer to stay at GC.

Wouldn’t that be funny, moves from Gold Coast to a rebuilding port.

 

[FAITH]

Wouldn’t that be funny, moves from Gold Coast to a rebuilding port.

But we are rebuilding too?

 

[skam85]

Rankine would be IMO an improvement on Rowe, McHenry and Murphy.

And cost what the three of them would combined

 

[FR0GGY]

But we are rebuilding too?

Yeah but we have started well before they will.

 

[hippyhippy]

At this stage .. we got the small fwd position covered... and I don't think we'll ever see ranking reach even half his expectations at gc ... he's getting wasted there.... his career won't last much longer... and it would be a mistake by gc to not trade him for anything decent cause his value is nowhere near his draft position now.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Yeah but we have started well before they will.

Port have a strong 2018 AFC vibe about them.

It all started with denial...

 

[FAITH]

Yeah but we have started well before they will.

Doesn't mean anything.
The quality of the 2 teams in terms of younger players is pretty even

 

[FR0GGY]

Doesn't mean anything.
The quality of the 2 teams in terms of younger players is pretty even

It’s not guaranteed but it’s a start any way my original point had nothing to do with Adelaide.
I wasn’t suggesting he’d be better of coming to us.

 

[Mutineer]

And cost what the three of them would combined

On potential certainly not on performance thus far.

Potential not performance after 4 years in the system starts to run thin value wise.

 

[skam85]

On potential certainly not on performance thus far.

Potential not performance after 4 years in the system starts to run thin value wise.

Agreed. Personally can do without Rankine

 

[Slippery Pete]

Genuine question. Because all I hear is these two names.

Are either of these blokes genuinely any good?

 

[FAITH]

Genuine question. Because all I hear is these two names.

Are either of these blokes genuinely any good?

Not worth the effort in my opinion.

 

[1990crow]

I'd have Rankine back in a heartbeat on his round 1 form.
Lukosius doesn't really fit a need for us anymore. He'd be nice to have on a moderate contract without having to give up to much, but he would.

Harry Lemmey seems like a better basket to put the eggs into if we think we still need another key forward to partner Thilthorpe.
How Fogarty and Himmelburg development over the season might determine that.