Weid was OK up until dreamtime but was deplorable after that.
He kicked 2 goals on ANZAC Day
Part of a trade for pick 1 is what I just made up heard 
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Hmm, he kick 4 or 5 against someone. Oh well, Iām not trying to stick up for him, I would rather he didnāt play anyway.
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Kicked 5 against Geelong if Iām not mistaken.
Yep on Ratagolea. when cats key backs were out.
Well yeah the profits have reduced a fair bit since W was introduced, they still havenāt recovered the losses from covid which were up to 80 million.
Whatās the news on this bloke?
Signed, or being signed up?
He is a real talent. Iād like to keep him at Bomberland
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Probably keeping his options open.
Itās not assured he gets a list spot.
Probably a foot in leaving and a foot in staying.
Iām not sure if other teams are chasing him that heavily.
Ditto with Voss.
Iād prefer him over Voss on the limited info Iāve seen. Voss is pretty good but has a few flaws i like his effort.
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They could both be gone.
Itās only fair to allow them an opportunity to seek for a list spot elsewhere given where weāre at with list spots ourselves.
Thatās AFL life. Thatās AFL business.
He (or Voss) wonāt be the first talented players that donāt get an opportunity at senior level before being delisted. And they certainly wonāt be the last.
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I really hope he gets another shot tho.
His upside is good, and he could even pinch hit in the ruck, leaving 2 metre forward, if we ever play again with a single ruckman (Iām praying for drapers groins, heal man, heal!)
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You can increase list sizes without increasing the cap, we are in a position to pay another 8 players the average AFL wage. Clubās should be able to field up to 50 players if they can fit it in the cap. It would help developing clubs bring in more mature bodies and senior heads to assist the development and lower league results.
It also helps clubs not overpay for players because they have to send it somewhere.
It also allows clubs to take more risks and cycle through more potential players that they might get lucky with.
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I reckon his survival is based on what happens with DāAmbrosio. We need min 4 rookies. Baldwin has to be upgraded, leaving Mass, Menzie, Wanganeen & Voss. IF we trade Mass then we have to add a rookie (either via draft or SSP)
Maybe the fourth rookie spot is for Menegola :-/
Hundred percent agree with this, clubs shouldnāt have to pay a minimum on the cap as that just equates to paying players that donāt deserve it and there should no cap on list sizes meaning scrap the rookie list or leave the rookie list as purely for indigenous or nga outside of the cap
As long as there is a draft there will need to be a minimum spend on the cap.
Whyās that?
Well the draft forces a player to end up at a club that is not of their choosing. A player who ends up at a financially āpoorā or āstingyā club is may end up at a disadvantage to a similar player who lands at a richer or more generous club.
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Which is why thereās a standard contract for draftees and the clubs have no discretion about what they pay their draftees in their first contract (SSP etc shenanigans aside)
I think the minimum spend is to ensure that poorer clubs donāt just keep cutting player payments and cutting player payments until all their good players leave and they enter a doom spiral of crapness where they suck on field, so they got no memberships or gate receipts, so they have no money and cut player payments, so they suck on field, etc. Plus, as a bonus for the AFL, it ensures that weaker clubs MUST spend amount X on player payments, which makes it more likely those clubs will come cap in hand to the AFL for assistance, which gives the AFL the opportunity to functionally take them over.
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