Marcus Bontempelli

[Happy Days]

They had this in the can before the Saints game.

[Grantysghost]

Could you imagine the lambasting we'd get if we prioritised Bont's signature right now instead of the three key out of contract players?

Id be fine with it.

[jazzadogs]

He'll be 30 when this contract ends. I hope we're not offering him an eight or nine year deal!

[bulldogtragic]

He'll be 30 when this contract ends. I hope we're not offering him an eight or nine year deal!

12 year deal? Magic Johnson 25 year deal?

[azabob]

He'll be 30 when this contract ends. I hope we're not offering him an eight or nine year deal!

From what I understand Bontempelli likes the shorter contracts to keep himself on edge.

From memory the biggest contract was a four year deal.

[angelopetraglia]

I would be happy with a 10 year deal. Even 20 would be OK.

[MrMahatma]

I would be happy with a 10 year deal. Even 20 would be OK.

50 year deal at $100k per year.

[GVGjr]

50 year deal at $100k per year.

One day a club will structure a long term deal like this that goes 5 years or more past the players actual career and the AFL will shut that option down quick smart.

[Happy Days]

Didn’t work out when Vince McMahon tried it with Bret Hart.

[ledge]

One day a club will structure a long term deal like this that goes 5 years or more past the players actual career and the AFL will shut that option down quick smart.

Franklin was always the plan , if he retired early they just had him as a coach of some sort was my thought.

[bornadog]

What a game

[EasternWest]

What a game

It's easy to forget just how good Bont is because he does the top level stuff without you even really noticing.

Then he busts out a quarter like the last one to remind you he's actually one of the greats.

[The bulldog tragician]

It's easy to forget just how good Bont is because he does the top level stuff without you even really noticing.

Then he busts out a quarter like the last one to remind you he's actually one of the greats.

I don’t ever forget!!

He does something freakish and amazing every single week in even his “poorer” games. That pirouette through the middle on Friday night was sublime.

He played all the last quarter. We ask a lot of our superstar but in a couple of our close losses he somehow ended up marooned on the bench for too long and given who He is, might well have meant we won the game.

Craig McRae’s joke that he would look good in a Collingwood jumper was not funny. Not funny at all.

[jazzadogs]

Was it the best individual game across the comp all season?

38 disposals (16 contested)
2 goals
9 tackles
10 clearances
8 score involvements
31 pressure acts

Not to mention the specifics of his last quarter where he did not come off the ground, nullifying Naicos influence, and putting the team on his back in a super important game with no Ed or Libba to help in the middle.

He is an outrageous player. Long may he reign.