None of the guys that signed long term contracts at the time were injury afflicted.
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And yet it didnāt work out long term
You donāt give a guy who is coming over 2 knee recoās in two season a long term deal without first seeing if he can get through a whole season unscathed
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Marto.
i reckon draperās cost him a fair bit of his leap but he didnāt seem shed any pace or lateral movement
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Make him captain.
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Weāre going to have a talented ittle posse of WA lads with Martin, Farrow, Melody & maybe Edwards, Gerryn and Artemis, good times.
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Longmire made me think weāre different, weāve changed, thereās hope.
Needlessly extending a playerās contract by 4 years after 2 x ACLs and no games across the last 2 years is peak Essington.
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He played no games in 2025? Interesting.
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4 years extension is okay for me. He aggravated his ACL after trying to rush back so 2 x ACLs is bit misleading. Plus ACLs are not career ending as they once were.
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Semantics, by time he plays again in March it will be 20-21 months since his last game in July 2025.
Misinformation is semantics? Interesting.
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Thereās plenty of players who make it back, and some donāt, but why extend someone before you have some exposed game form to adjudge it by. If itās because of Tassy then extend by a year, not four.
Iād imagine this decision has been a pretty well informed one, with input from Inness, medical team, surgeon and from how he is going on the track.
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He played 16 games in 2025. So your statement is wrong.
Yep weāve covered this above.
āWeā did, you didnāt.
Thanks for clarifying that one Champion.
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