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29-10-2020, 09:55 PM
#991
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I actually think of all people his team mates are most likely to be fine with it, you know, because if gifted such a massive jump in pay they'd probably do the same.
Players have moved on from the more traditional values around loyalty to the jumper etc. etc. much quicker than supporters have. As long as people aren't dicks on the way out I'm not sure much seems to bother them.
Spot on Jeemak.
Majority of players these days also seem to know each other in some form or another. Leaving one club to go to another isn't such a big deal anymore.
More of an In Bruges guy?
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29-10-2020, 11:48 PM
#992
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
DOG GOD
I agree somewhat, but Hawkins and Brereton did it too. Not for the same reasons as Gazza, but more so to extend their career that was pretty much over. Does this put a stain on them as club champions? Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis to name recent ones, once again not for money like Ablett.
I think what I’m saying, is that it seems to me that money/opportunity is an important factor. Remember, every player is only one injury away from no career. You will get the “Chris grants” still in the game, but this is a completely new generation, a new mindset for players of today.
Ablett played most of his prime years at GC though - the others you mentioned all effectively earned a pension.
He will still be a Cats legend because of his surname, but it would have been a much bigger imprint if he had played all 300+ games there.
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30-10-2020, 12:24 AM
#993
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
azabob
Spot on as always Jeemak.
Majority of players these days also seem to know each other in some form or another. Leaving one club to go to another isn't such a big deal anymore.
Fixed.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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30-10-2020, 09:18 AM
#994
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
jeemak
Fixed.
Is this the type of behaviour that gets you into trouble? Either way mate, I've got your back.
More of an In Bruges guy?
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30-10-2020, 09:51 AM
#995
Re: 2020 Player movement
Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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30-10-2020, 10:29 AM
#996
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list
Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.
Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.
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30-10-2020, 10:33 AM
#997
Re: 2020 Player movement
GWS player Zac Langdon exploring his Options.
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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30-10-2020, 10:36 AM
#998
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.
Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.
Like all the big teams, there’s obviously other “ways” payments are accepted...legally.
I will never see #16 the same!!
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30-10-2020, 10:55 AM
#999
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
bornadog
GWS player Zac Langdon exploring his Options.
Thought he was virtually a done deal to West Coast?
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30-10-2020, 11:04 AM
#1000
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
Thought he was virtually a done deal to West Coast?
GWS only just announced it, and yes most likely WC
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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30-10-2020, 11:04 AM
#1001
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
DOG GOD
Like all the big teams, there’s obviously other “ways” payments are accepted...legally.
If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
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30-10-2020, 11:16 AM
#1002
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
Ghost Dog
If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.
That is how Nathan Brown was enticed to Richmond. Property deals, pub ownership etc.
FFC: Established 1883
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30-10-2020, 11:51 AM
#1003
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
Ghost Dog
If you've ever lived in Geelong and I have, the stories you hear about property deals etc abound.
Yep, there’s always ways around it. Dusty earns around 1 million in endorsements.
I will never see #16 the same!!
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30-10-2020, 12:27 PM
#1004
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Isaac Smith to Cats. May as well add more 30 plus year olds to the list
Smith, 32 in December, had also been offered a three-year deal by Melbourne but chose the Cats' two-year offer in part for lifestyle reasons and an interest in living in the Geelong area.
Lifestyle reasons = Free "Cabbage" for life via Frank Costa.
Cabbage = Surf coast property.
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30-10-2020, 01:12 PM
#1005
Re: 2020 Player movement
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
Scientists in Geelong are busy reanimating the corpse of Tom Wills as we speak.
Seriously though, surely Smith and Higgins aren't going to play for chump change? Their salary cap baffles me.
I've not long finished reading a book about Tom Wills subtitled "The first Wildman of Australian sport. Very interesting guy. I wonder if we would have had the fascination for sport in Victoria if it were not for him?
Originally Posted by
bornadog
That is how Nathan Brown was enticed to Richmond. Property deals, pub ownership etc.
I coped with Browny leaving. We were well compensated for his departure. That we chose to piss that compensation against the wall is down to us not him.
However I will never forgive him for renovating the Richmond Club Hotel and making the carpets non sticky.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.