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Free Agency Jarrad Waite signs with North Melbourne
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Higgins and Waite are two pretty handy inclusions. Well done North.
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Higgins and Waite are two pretty handy inclusions. Well done North.
So much potential in this signing....
gotta say, i have seen Waite dominate more games than Tippet...could be a god pickup for the Roos, who obviouosly are thinking that 2015 could be a real premiership opportunity.....well played
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This is it.
These two signings could equal top 4 and premiership chance for NM.
or...
It could turn out horrible and Brisbane like.
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Fev didn't go up there as a FA though.
2 year deal is fair to both sides, Daw is still a fair way off being a consistent forward/ruck player, so he's only really putting pressure on Black or himself to perform.
Low risk/high gain IMO. Glad to have him.
But unlike Brisbane, we haven't given up anything.
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Best scenario is if North pick up 2 players who can't get games at bottom 6 clubs for their "premiership window".
Hale was well behind Goldstein/McIntosh in a bottom eight side, Gibson was playing midfield because he couldn't dislodge Grima and Thompson in a bottom eight side and Dew had been out of footy for 12 months.
Bet Hawthorn regret those acquisitions.
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I reckon we would. We could use Gibson back 
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North are going all out.
Got to respect it.
Got to respect it.
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Is that how you see the Mitch Clark situation? Geelong going all out?
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Calling it now, North are falling into the trap of overrating their list thinking they are premiership contenders next season. Their prelim showed they are a mile off the best, they are overrating their chances based on beating an average Essendon team and catching Geelong on the decline.
North will miss the flag window in the next 2 years and the Waite and Higgins signings will just be expensive wastes.
North will miss the flag window in the next 2 years and the Waite and Higgins signings will just be expensive wastes.
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It's 2015 or never for the Roos. Well done, but I just get the feeling they have overrated their list.
In the space of a year or so, they will lose:
- Harvey
- Petrie
- Wells
- Dal Santo
- Waite
- Firrito
- Grima
Thompson, Gibson and McMahon all turn 29 early in 2015.
It could be a big fall.
Best of luck Waite in 2015!
In the space of a year or so, they will lose:
- Harvey
- Petrie
- Wells
- Dal Santo
- Waite
- Firrito
- Grima
Thompson, Gibson and McMahon all turn 29 early in 2015.
It could be a big fall.
Best of luck Waite in 2015!
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The beauty of free agency is you can do this without compromising picks or development. We have plenty of young talent on our list and will add another first rounder this year.
Hawthorn have shown that developing your own and filling holes with experience aren't mutually exclusive. We are well placed short and long term.
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<Bitter comment about Waite & backhanded compliment to North>
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But will all of your "older" higher paying players signed on for next year, there maybe a bit of a squeeze from somewhere.
North did just commit close to $800k to 2 new players for next year.
I get that you didn't have to give up draft picks, but with FA, you pay more.
No way Waite would have been offered more than $300k by Carlton for next year and there is no chance the Dogs would even contemplate giving Higgins $400k next year.
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Do you not think list management staff do the sums years in advance?
I am also surprised that people readily dismiss the media, but as soon as they report contract figures everyone jumps on like it's gospel.
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Pretty sure we had to pump some funds into contracts just to make minimum cap payments for this year, and that was with front loading contracts. We should be alright.
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Everyone knows Daisy is on $750k a year right? lol
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