It’s literally pointless contracted players nominating to leave publicly unless they know it’s going to get done IMO. Just creates embarrassment for themselves / club trying to get to etc it falls over.
At this stage Ess does still hold the leverage as he is contracted and only IF can get satisfactory offer from either club would send him home.
I still think it happens this year though, Adelaide seems more likely if we trying to trade up to 2
They really are a scum footy club screwed us with the Ryder deal and are trying to do the same with Fantasia
Do Port not realise that Raz is still contracted? they want him give us pick 26 or next years 2nd
that’s the only reason he stayed this year and its backfired on him. port offered him a 4 year deal last year on decent money, he thought he could get more if he went around again with us and got back to 2017 form but we’ll yeah…it’s backfired
Probably finding it hard to leave the money he is getting at Essendon.
I dont understand this. why would 1 - he get independent medicals for the SA clubs off his own back and 2 - brasher tell us he wants out and 3 - the crows publicly say he wants to come home if he hasn’t made up his mind about returning to SA? just on face value, its very clear he’s made up his mind
Wouldn’t you want to keep your options open if you had tendons of twine? I prefer Raz’s respectful approach over the “please sir can I leave the club now” which others favour.
tbh I’ll be happy if Raz decides to stay again get him self fit and play some good footy and see what happens next year
Bl00dy hell. Our culture is so bad our players are even bad at leaving the club
In other words they want a contracted player but don’t want to pay for one. Tell them to get stuffed.
Haha I seriously think our culture is not as bad as the media and fans make it out to be,be thankful we are not North
Lets hope his medicals came up top notch.
A late first/early second rounder is what we require to prize someone like Caldwell out.
Fingers crossed.
we’re no chance of getting that regardless of how good his medical is
But do you go home for a $100k less a year…that is the question
29 from Adelaide perhaps if he went there.
Before we had Joe and Saad announce they wanted out, I was pretty sure we would let Raz go for a packet of chips, ie pick 50.
But with salary cap looking fine I’d imagine we wouldn’t let him go as easily.
We can still trade him next year (or is he FA?)
I can’t see Adelaide or Port parting with a late second for him, so my money is on him staying. Hence why he hasn’t publicly requested anything.
Raz and pick 6 for pick 2?
I like.
Officially?
My understanding is that Fantasia and the club had both agreed to seek options in SA but he still hasn’t formerly requested a move.
Port GM said on the news just before that Orazio needs to inform Essendon that he wants out before they can progress further.
It does seem like a foregone conclusion that he will though but he really should be knuckling down for a year with us and trying to get a decent contract.
Do we want that though? Good for the player… terrible for the club.
If he has a good year on field a) it helps us play better b) it could drive his trade value up.
Of course if he doesn’t get on the park next year we will lose him for bugger all which we look like doing this year anyhow.
I just have a horrible feeling we are going to get next to nothing for him
We will get nothing for him because he is worth nothing!