2021 Player Movement

[soupman]

Tarryn Thomas is the one I’d grab.

So smooth.

North have a pretty solid young group. Larkey is as good a key forward as you can find outside of the top ten draft picks. Thomas will be a star. Simpkin is a good not elite mid. LDU is a good powerful mid. Powell looks good. JHF obviously has huge wraps. Curtis Taylor has shown good signs as well.

They definitely got into an awkward position with their topping up strategy but I don't think the clean out has been that bad and my impression is that they are more focused on trying to make progress with this group and win games than the Melbourne approach of just languishing at the bottom for ages and collecting top picks.

[Mofra]

So smooth.

North have a pretty solid young group. Larkey is as good a key forward as you can find outside of the top ten draft picks. Thomas will be a star. Simpkin is a good not elite mid. LDU is a good powerful mid. Powell looks good. JHF obviously has huge wraps. Curtis Taylor has shown good signs as well.

They definitely got into an awkward position with their topping up strategy but I don't think the clean out has been that bad and my impression is that they are more focused on trying to make progress with this group and win games than the Melbourne approach of just languishing at the bottom for ages and collecting top picks.

McKay at CHB is one we've asked about a few times.
Xerri seems to have come on well and CCJ looks a handy 2nd ruck type. Comben has shown signs as well.

[Axe Man]

With the top up rules isn't that redundant?

I don't follow. What have the new Covid rules got to do with Lynch's salary and the soft cap?

[Grantysghost]

I don't follow. What have the new Covid rules got to do with Lynch's salary and the soft cap?

It was a question from me I don't understand all the ramifications.

[Grantysghost]

King has extended with the Suns until the end of 2024.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/717125/s...old-coast-deal

[Axe Man]

It was a question from me I don't understand all the ramifications.

Port did the same previously with Goldsack. Lynch is a coach, but they have rookie listed him so that his salary (or at least part of it) is not included in the clubs football department soft cap. Added bonus is he can play in the VFL (and AFL if desperate) to help their kids on the field. Nothing to to with the new covid player replacement rules.

[Mofra]

Port did the same previously with Goldsack. Lynch is a coach, but they have rookie listed him so that his salary (or at least part of it) is not included in the clubs football department soft cap. Added bonus is he can play in the VFL (and AFL if desperate) to help their kids on the field. Nothing to to with the new covid player replacement rules.

Harbrow last year at the Suns wasn't dissimilar. He was very good for them over their journey.

[Grantysghost]

Port did the same previously with Goldsack. Lynch is a coach, but they have rookie listed him so that his salary (or at least part of it) is not included in the clubs football department soft cap. Added bonus is he can play in the VFL (and AFL if desperate) to help their kids on the field. Nothing to to with the new covid player replacement rules.

Is it not a loophole the AFL would want to close? If we did it I’d suspect it would be the first item on the agenda at the next AFL execs meeting.

[boydogs]

Is it not a loophole the AFL would want to close? If we did it I’d suspect it would be the first item on the agenda at the next AFL execs meeting.

If there was a $10m player salary cap and $5m coach salary cap and they were suddenly combined, how much you reckon clubs would spend on coaches?