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I love this from every supporter always playing the $$$ down
Rankine is not leaving for $700k and the reports are all in the $850k range
Rankine officially lodged a trade request this week as he looks to return home to South Australia and play for the Adelaide Crows on a deal worth roughly $850,000 per season for five years.
Unless you have something thats closer to the truth
Oh come on, you don't think the $$'s have been over-reported so as to put perceived pressure on Rankine and the trade to Crows?
Adelaide media and an ITK on our board are saying it's closer to $700K (that's both Crows/Port affiliated journos, by the way)
The level of hysteria around this trade is laughable. Bored Vic pundits are being fed absolute garbage from Vic Media, all to drum up a few clicks and create some sort of fake outrage at 'JuSt HoW tErRiBLe ThIs WiLL bE fOr RaNkInE'
These are all the same mob who said Dawson was '100% off to Port Adelaide' last year. They wouldn't have a clue.
2099 - 729 = 1370 points. This is closest to pick 10 which is worth 1395 points.
As we know these days to transact the value of pick 10 you probably have to give up pick 8 or 9 with the expectation the picks will slide.
Adelaide will not be getting off lightly for Rankine. If reports are correct and Suns offered him $650k and Crows have offered $850k then he will command a draft pick according to those offers and taking into account he is 22yo. I would expect as a bare minimum you will be giving up your 2022 first round pick, but I suspect you will need to add to that. Getting a pick 3 after 4 years of development is the absolute prime moment to recruit a high calibre player. Prepare to get bent over.
Yeah sure, Pick 10, great. Our Pick is Pick 5, which should turn into Pick 6 on draft night after Ashcroft bid.
Prestia was a relative known quantity when he left for Richmond, arriving with all the accolades i mentioned in my summary, for Pick 10.
I don't doubt that our Pick 6 will be involved (with something coming back), but to insinuate that Rankine is worth more than that, when he is still a relative unknown quantity, is laughable.