At least they were spared the post match speech
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The new ruck and interchange rules coming in next year makes Draper a more valuable prospect. Hopefully thatās enough to attract a contract that warrants band one compo.
I wonder whether his reasoning for leaving is similar to Saadās?
Saad felt disrespected by the clubs initial offer and only bumped it up to 4 years after they felt Saad was out the door.
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Someone posted that they had heard it was mostly from an injury mgmt / rehab situation similar to a number of others going to or gone to Brissy
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Not to mention the profile. Draperās a money machine. Look at Voss, thereās a whole merch industry been born out of his last few weeks of bustling forward work.
Draper did do his Achilles a few minutes after discussing it with the coaches / docs during 3 quarter time from memory
Might have something to do with him wanting to leave.
Donāt radelaide just extend that Gumbyās contract for three years??
Why do we want to make the minor premiers better at the expense of ourselves?
We are wooden spooners without Zac and there is no one already on the list to replace him.
No quality player would want to come to Essendon because we are such a basket case and our coach is hopeless.
So we need to hope that Barham means what he says and Zac stays.
I think it turned out that was the opposite leg? (might be wrong though)
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Iām hoping that all this talk about the big gap between the successful clubs and the cellar dwellers has some influence on their decision.
It was his calf on the opposite leg. Which apparently was fine.
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Yeah wasnāt sure. Thanks!
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I kinda just feel like he was clearly torn on his decision. Can the love of the club and the boys particularly in this time of need sway him to stay?
Heād be huge in terms of rebuilding the culture of the club post Zach - I feel the club almost NEED him to stay now more than ever.
Iād be legit happy to pay him well overs for the next 3 years (give him some Zach money) and say to him, this is your club to build now.
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What time of need?
Potentially our best ever draft haul that hopefully sets us up for the next 10 years
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Draper is not a culture builder - he hardly gets on the park, doesnāt have elite training standards, never played in a successful side etc. Heās good entertainment though.
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Maybe, if heās retained his leap after the Achilles injury. More jumping may also impact his durability.
Hilarious take.
Our best ruck is Bryan.
Our best tall back isā¦
Our best Tall forward isā¦still Wright?
Our best mid isā¦
Yeah-nah. I envy us.
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Kudos to the AFLās bidding/points system for making evergreen Bigfooty idiocy like ācan we trade 7x third rounders for pick 1?ā a reality.
They know their target market.
Hutchy suggested Bris could be prepared to pay Draper more (which would get us band one compo) if we trade them Ridley.
He had us getting their pick 17 for Rids but Lions would need that for Annable points.
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And we give them Ridley and pay a component of his salary
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