My point, as i said before, is donnington doesn’t give a ■■■■ about salary cap space, hes making emotional posts as we all are.
Also why would depth be on 200k ish? if you’re paying a player that especially when they’ve been delisted and then picked up for depth i question your list manager.
I’d be delisting all the old plodders over the next 2 off seasons as their contracts expire and sacking whichever idiot gave myers 3 years.
I legit don’t think you have a clue mate.
Nah, you genuinely have nfi mate.
Donnington delisted/trade half the list. someone said best check the contract status of most of his players he scratched. i said when you come up with a list like that you don’t care about contract status. not ■■■■■■■ hard to understand.
Blummers32 - nice post, you went to a lot of effort, love the passion. My only comment is Draper needs to be upgraded ASAP he is a keeper. A big mobile ruckman that can actually tap the ball to his own player is gold.
Rookies are essentially senior listed next season, can play him whenever, unless you mean salary cap wise.
That’s what you said.
You said putting a broom through the list wouldn’t be taken into account if a player was contracted or not…after they suggest delisting (not trading) contracted players.
So I know who has nfi.
Keep digging.
mate, you’re digging for me, thats not my list, i didn’t make it, i’m trying to explain to you that someone who decides to delist/trade a third of the list isn’t gonna care about salary cap. keep digging in though.
Re Draper. I mean offer him a 2 year contract so other clubs don’t take him i.e. Jenkins and Adelaide.
You are the one who went into bat for him bro. And said contracts don’t matter.
Well ■■■■, you got me…
For us to be a guenuine contender for the flag next year a lot will need to come from further improvement of our young stars as well as at least four out of Begley, Francis, Laverde, Langford, Mutch and Ridley becoming regular contributors and part of our best 22. Recruitment may well put the icing on the cake, but nothing will improve if the above does not happen first.
We won’t do it but contracts can be paid out.
Collingwood will sack Mayne IMO and he still has 3 years to go at $500k a year
The following is from The Age website tonite. Probably just talk, but really it’s time this approach was put into full practice.
Essendon Bombers to launch ‘aggressive’ assault on trade and free agency, says CEO Xavier Campbell
Anthony Colangelo
Essendon are planning to launch their biggest assault on the trade and free agency period in recent memory as Bombers CEO Xavier Campbell declared the club must find ways to ‘raise the bar’ in 2018.
Speaking after the Bombers 65-point loss to Sydney in Saturday’s elimination final, Campbell told Fairfax Media that Essendon was in the best position they had been in a long time to improve their list via an ‘aggressive’ trade and free agency strategy.
“We have predominantly been a draft and develop team, with the odd exception of getting Brendon Goddard as a free agent,” Campbell said.
"We now have a greater flexibility with the way we have been able to manage our salary cap so that we can be a little more aggressive at the trade and free agency table.
"The process will be led by player availability, but it is something [list manager] Adrian Dodoro and [GM of football] Rob Kerr will drive.
“There will be a lot of discussions happening, because we want to improve our list.”
Fairfax Media understands that Essendon are one of a few clubs who are keen on luring Western Bulldogs forward Jake Stringer away from the Whitten Oval.
Stringer, 23, has been linked with a move away from the Western Bulldogs after struggling for form and consistency in 2017.
Campbell would not comment on particular players, but said any talent the club targeted “had to align with our list strategy”.
"We made finals which is a really significant achievement based on where we came from, but for 2018 the bar lifts again. We have to find improvement for next year.
Big fish: Save for Brendon Goddard, it’s been a long time since Essendon have landed a major signing in a trade or free
“We certainly want to find ways to enhance our list and we will be really aggressive in doing that.”
The Bombers haven’t landed a ‘big fish’ style trade or free agent - save for Brendon Goddard in 2013 - in many years.
New tricks: Essendon are reported to be interested in signing Western Bulldogs forward Jake Stringer.
The Bombers CEO said he sensed there would be a “more active” trade and free agency period across the AFL this year, and “feels more than ever that players who want to move clubs can create opportunities to do so”.
Essendon began the elimination final against Sydney in a positive fashion but were obliterated in the second quarter, scoring only two goals as Sydney racked up 10.
The Bombers’ CEO conceded his side “didn’t play their best” but was full of praise for the Swans, a team he said Essendon could learn from.
“They are an exceptional football side and one of the competition’s benchmarks,” Campbell said. “One of the things we have to take from the loss is the learning about what it takes to be a really great and consistent football team and Sydney have been that for a very long time.”
Meanwhile Essendon remain confident of winning an AFLW licence when the expansion clubs will be announced in Grand Final week.
The Bombers presented their bid to AFL executives in late July, and Campbell encouraged “the commission and the AFL executive to be bold in their ambition for the AFLW”.
“We feel like we have put forward a really compelling bid and application,” he said. "We have tried to create points of difference that leverage the key assets we have through our Next Generation Academy, and also in the north west region of Melbourne.
"That’s a really fast growing space and we feel like we can tap into that to leverage talent from the area as well as a significant link with our remote indigenous communities which we have had for many years. That link is really important to the fabric of the club.
“What we can bring - above and beyond having a really big supporter base who have clearly stated they want an AFLW team sooner rather than later - is an outstanding outcome for the AFLW competition.”
Sign Gleeson up for 4 years now.
Stinger and Gaff?
Would be happy with that
Hilletop summed it up best - Six players in Laverde, Langford, Francis, Mutch, Redman and Ridley - Four of those listed should play round 1 in 2018 if we are fair dinkum.
Yeh I know that.
GWS are doing it with that old Brisbane defender whose name evades me.
Even Goddard joked about it at his presser this week. That regardless if Essendon want him next year they will be paying him.
That Collingwood contract was a debacle. It was funny at the time. Funnier now.
Don’t know any more at this stage but we have spoken to Jackson Trengove’s management a couple of times already and we are one of several clubs in the mix with the Dogs being the favourites currently
Plenty of space for improvement:
FB: Baguley Hurley Ambrose
HB: ? ? McGrath
C: Parish. Heppell. Zaharakis
R: Bellchambers. ? Z Merrett
HF: ? J Daniher. Begley.
F: Stewart. Hooker. Fantasia
I/C: Myers. Tippungwuti. Goddard. ?
So who’s going to step up???