Yep, agreed. I've said my piece about Cal Ward, several times in fact, let's get back to the topic.
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Some talk Stringer will have to take a pay cut and Geelong will be offering pick 20 for him.
My final say on this, had we been reasonable with the initial 12 months earlier it would have been done and dusted. We are talking about him being seriously low balled and the two senior people in the footy department not getting together to get it fixed despite assuring they would. We opened the door for GWS to make that huge offer and it was never a money thing because before that Ward and his manager just didn't think we were that serious about him. We got serious later on but it was late.
I don't think the idea is for Stringer to take a pay cut at all.
If this is indeed their starting point we should very firmly respond in kind and say "No, he's a contracted player, come back when you're serious, and don't offend us again".
Here we have a Club in Geelong, with the least to offer of any other Victorian based Club, trying to pry a top 5 selection from us, with the player, a 22 year old All Australian goal scorer, in most respects having proven his worth at this selection, and now dealing with some growing pains amplified by a break-up with his partner this season.
It is ludicrous to hear, given that we still have a year to turn this situation around with a supposedly great man manager in Bevo at the helm, that we have to put up with time wasting low-ball offers from our most threatening opponents for a contracted player albeit one that we have challenged to make right.