Haven’t read past this point so not sure if anyone said anything…he kicked 41 goals 26 behinds this year. If he had been a little straighter on some very gettable kicks he would have easily been 50+ goals this year.
You could argue the point that they maybe left cos they knew their current clubs weren’t any real possibility of winning a flag also. Granted hanley didn’t go to any better club and it may just have been money.
I can’t imagine touhey got better money at geelong than he could be getting elsewhere surely with the names they brought in.
Kennelly never left when surely he’d have had money thrown at him also.
Who knows though. Some of the responses in this thread on both sides are shocking.
We kinda need him going forward, but ■■■■ he’s not a gun like some people claim, he’s still good for 2-3 turnover goals a game. plently of up side still and definitely want to keep, but he’s not worth 500 grand. 300-400 max. anything over that is just not taking things seriously.
Weren’t St Kilda reuted to be offering Lav about $500k, and he signed for probably (just guessing) $250k.
We shouldn’t match the offer but we should certainly consider upping our own.
Wonder how the Aints sell all of this to their young players.
Yeah…this guy has played 25 games…can’t understand a word he says, but we’re throwing huge dollars at him. Fairly self-destructive way to build a list.
Conor, I’m pretty certain, was taken in the the same draft year of Langford & Laverde.
He is way ahead of both and his contract should be way better than what both are currently getting e.g. if they are are $280K-$300K/year (my guesstimate) then he should be on 350K+/year.
Your on. Not for one minute do I not rate Conor, I do, but I’m not sure how much of the saints you’ve watched, but Ross is a gun, in my opinion anyway. he’s probably their best midfielder and quite easily.
I am worried. As SMJ said, despite what we’d like to think, he doesn’t have an affinity or love for footy in general, much less EFC. He’s also hinted that it’s his life goal/dream to return to Tyrone and play in a flag back home.
Combined with his age/position/unique athletic profile I can see a club like Brisbane/St Kilda/whoever offering 50-100% more than us because it’s a fkn important position he plays, and there’ll be clubs with plenty of cap space to spare. Again, given the above, I can see him simply wanting to maximise his bank for his brief time in Australia.
I have NFI if he’s going or staying but I can absolutely see it happening far more than just about anyone else on our list.