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Re: Rory Lobb
Lobb will be playing at the Bulldogs next year. I agree the news is suggesting Freo are open to it and are holding out on a 20-25 if they can get that.But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.Comment
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Re: Rory Lobb
Sam Landsberger:
Pick 30 isn’t moving Freo to trade LobbRocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Rory Lobb
Somewhere between their demand (pick 21 somehow off Lions) and our offer of Pick 30.
If for argument sake Lions offer Future First & Player to us. Then a pick/points swap of 21 and later Pick say 55 (assuming 48 is off to the Hawks) for 30 & 39 to secure Lobb with Pick 21, in reality to us is Pick 30 and a 16 pick downgrade (less after Lions exhaust picks, maybe a 12-13 pick downgrade only). That seems about right. Pick 30 and a smidge more. Best case a late future pick back, but it’s not absolutely critical.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Rory Lobb
He’s worth pick 30. That’s a good pick and also happens to be the age Lobb will be next season. I wouldn’t be paying a cent more.- I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -Comment
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Re: Rory Lobb
I've seen a lot of talk about whether we are contending and therefore should top up with mature players, or whether we are way off and need to hit the draft. But I haven't seen the salary cap banking system mentioned. Clubs can use between 95-105% of the salary cap. Being brave and going all in to me would include using 105% of the cap, not just what we do with trades and draftingIf you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
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Re: Rory Lobb
My understanding of cap banking is that clubs at a minimum, must use 95%. If a club uses the bare 95%, they can bank the 5% for the next two seasons for future use. So whilst it’s 105% in a given year, the average cap over the three years never exceeds 100% of the cap. Clubs can continue to essentially keep rolling they bank ahead by paying players early and having the bank materialise in later years.
If we have some cap banked, then you’re dead right, there’s extra cap space to chase players. Assuming Lobb comes and Dunkley goes (maybe if Hunter moves too) then Power has a few options. He can offer the money for a player/s not linked to us publicly yet, he can bank the cap next year which could be a piggy bank for looking at free agents in 2023 (Ben McKay & Himmelberg look the best potentials), or he can restructure some 2023 contracts (players will be happy to get rich sooner) and push the bank down the road.
Not know the exact cap situation, Sam hasn’t emailed me yet, then I think you’re right generally about being brave if we believe our window open makes sense. Clearly bringing in two 30 years olds (Jones & Lobb) we can assume we think our window is right now so using any bank and money Dunkley rejected for a good player makes sense, as you say. I hope we are trying to pry our Rayner or looking to bring in another best 22/23 player for 2023. If not, restructure for next year, and do what The Doctor wants and shower Ben McKay in cash.
Good pick up.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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