News Media Thread, 2023: Insightful, Inciteful and Incomptent

[Chris_6678]

The 10 biggest contract and trade stories to watch in 2024

Gettable's Cal Twomey and Riley Beveridge take a look at the contract and trade stories that will dominate 2024

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Couple of mentions of West Coast in article, but main comment below for those uninterested in the full article

West Coast's shake up​

With the Eagles in rebuild mode, it'll be fascinating to see how many - if any - of their established players they'll be happy to part with (for the right price) at the end of 2024. The likes of Liam Ryan, Andrew Gaff, Elliot Yeo, Liam Duggan and Jack Darling would all add value at other clubs, so the Eagles might be willing to trade them if they get some draft capital in return. The Eagles are also expected to chase WA ruckman Tim English, while Richmond's Liam Baker could also be on their radar

Are we going to trade our captain ahah

 

[kane249]

Ryan and Duggan the only ones who have value though. Ryan would be loathe to leave WA due to family reasons and Duggan just got made captain.

Gaff, Yeo and Darling would have next to zero value due to age and injuries

 

[Farang83150]

I've cooled on the hey English thing as well.

 

[Cuzz09]

I'd prefer to keep building through the low draft picks we will probably keep collecting.



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[kane249]

I've cooled on the hey English thing as well.

Unless it's as a free agent we should be passing on English otherwise, not what we need especially with Flynn, Williams and Barnett on the list.

Make him a big offer, if Bulldogs match then walk away and leave them holding the bag of his massive contract. Will means their salary cap gets stretched and we could potentially shake someone like a Busslinger out who much better fits our needs and age profile.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Unless it's as a free agent we should be passing on English otherwise, not what we need especially with Flynn, Williams and Barnett on the list.

Make him a big offer, if Bulldogs match then walk away and leave them holding the bag of his massive contract. Will means their salary cap gets stretched and we could potentially shake someone like a Busslinger out who much better fits our needs and age profile.

Why make him a big offer if he's not what we need though?

Doesn't seem like great cap management.

 

[kane249]

Why make him a big offer if he's not what we need though?

As a short term 'sugar hit' he's still a valuable commodity and better than that rucks we do have.

If all it costs us is salary cap space and not draft capital then it's still worth looking into IMO. Front load the contract while we have a tonne of kids and cap space.
He would provide a senior head around the playing group while the kids develop and would give Barnett a benchmark to model his around the ground game on (just hopefully Naitanui is teaching him the ruck craft though )

 

[Grahame]

Why make him a big offer if he's not what we need though?

Doesn't seem like great cap management.

Dusty will be out of contract the end of the season ... we don't need him either ... but hey let's go after him too

 

[RookiePick]

Why make him a big offer if he's not what we need though?

Doesn't seem like great cap management.

Dusty will be out of contract the end of the season ... we don't need him either ... but hey let's go after him too

Because we'll have a warchest. That's why!

#shinbonerspirit

 

[MrWoollie]

Because we'll have a warchest. That's why!

#shinbonerspirit

So...

we make a big offer for someone we don't need just because we have a war chest.
Which empties the war chest for anyone we might want to chase 12 months down track.

And I suspect the AFL wouldn't sign off on a front loaded contract that paid $2Mill in year 1 and $200K a year for the next 5.

 

[bzparkes]

So...

we make a big offer for someone we don't need just because we have a war chest.
Which empties the war chest for anyone we might want to chase 12 months down track.

And I suspect the AFL wouldn't sign off on a front loaded contract that paid $2Mill in year 1 and $200K a year for the next 5.

 

[KERRPOW]

I really hope we don't chase English.

And we need Gaff's senior presence around the young mids, wouldn't be trading him.

Like the first bit.

Not so much the second

 

[lloydbraun]

Like the first bit.

Not so much the second

Perhaps he meant in the WAFL?

 

[FKASC]

I really hope we don't chase English.

And we need Gaff's senior presence around the young mids, wouldn't be trading him.

English would be a disaster IMO.

In 2027, Harley and Hewett will be 22 and starting to really hit their straps. English will be 30 and starting to decay.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Here's some Woodcock Pay Wall Harley content for ya'll

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[MerryHell]

Here's some Woodcock Pay Wall Harley content for ya'll

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He said "the west" instead of "here"... he wants to go back to Victoria !!!













* joking, he will love it here, drowning in the good life...

 

[amazingjoshy]

He said "the west" instead of "here"... he wants to go back to Victoria !!!













* joking, he will love it here, drowning in the good life...

And also, he was in Melbourne when he did the interview

 

[larrikin]

He said "the west" instead of "here"... he wants to go back to Victoria !!!

Can just see the headline in The West

"Harley Reid signals interest in a shock move to Fremantle"

 

[THE A5]

Kane out with a rare W

 

[Barrybran]

Kane out with a rare W
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Meanwhile, Caleb Daniel continues to be called Happy for another season

 

[Goroyals22]

Kane out with a rare W
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Something about broken clocks being correct occasionally

 

[Keys]

It seems pretty stupid not providing player weights, especially given the reasoning for it, but

a) How reliable is the information anyway and
b) Weight is variable on a week to week basis so a weight given at the start of a season could be 5kg different by the end

If a player loses conditioning and balloons out, nobody is looking at what his weight was. They’ll just say he looks overweight

Not saying it’s the right decision but it isn’t as big a deal as it will get made out to be

 

[DanWCE]

It seems pretty stupid not providing player weights, especially given the reasoning for it, but

a) How reliable is the information anyway and
b) Weight is variable on a week to week basis so a weight given at the start of a season could be 5kg different by the end

If a player loses conditioning and balloons out, nobody is looking at what his weight was. They’ll just say he looks overweight

Not saying it’s the right decision but it isn’t as big a deal as it will get made out to be

Actually hearing this initiative is because we have drafted Ginbey the Specimen and other players have become body conscious so they have sought to avoid metric comparisons.

 

[TheHumanShoe]

Kane's just being mad for the sake of being mad and stirring up "controversy" (I guess that's his job).

Who honestly cares about not knowing a player's weight that will fluctuate throughout the seasons and weeks?

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[Cuzz09]

Height rarely changes
weight changes a lot

in a footy season that is

Silly.

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