So free agent compo will be worse generally for clubs?
I all for welcoming new Blitzers, but I smell a troll (or pig for that matter).
If he wants a great example of taking money over success all he has to do is look at Gary Ablettā¦As you are now witnessing he is desperate to get back to the cats and I bet he regrets missing out on a Premiership. He would be foolish to go to Gold Coast especially that we are now starting to look half decent.
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was the best player in the game for 3 years on $200k a year.
Not sure itās really fair to use him purely as an example of chasing bucks. He wouldāve knocked back offers from every club that wouldāve quadrupled his Geelong deal.
Players should be chasing success not moneyā¦thats my pointā¦as if 200 grand isnāt enough to get by unless your greedy.
Players donāt play for the same reason you follow a club.
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He already had success. He could set himself and his family up for life, have a new challenge, and that is bad, how?
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Are you telling me you and your family cant survive on 200 grand a yearā¦are you kidding meā¦what planet are you fromā¦new challenge my buttā¦it was all about the money!!!
Zaka wonāt be leaving.iāll be shocked if he does.
Safe as housesā¦ barracked for us as a kid and now is playing for his childhood teamā¦
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Heād won 2 flags, a brownlow by that stage ?? ( if memory serves me correctly).
He went to GC to set himself up well beyond his footy career and supposedly GC was going to be premiership equal favs for a decade with GWS, so success was supposedly a factor also.
He was greedy, but also smart. when he doesnāt have to work prolly another day in his life post footy, while his 3 time premiership team mates are on some worksite, Iām sure heāll be happy with his greedy decision.
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and look how happy he is at the gold coastā¦money aint everything.
Heās not happy now cos they are going shithouse with no end in sight.
If anything it shows his lack of character that he just ship when he thinks the club isnāt going to be a legit finals contender.
but again iām sure heāll console himself with not being happy rolling around in all that money he has.
lol to those people who think you couldnāt set yourself up for life earning 200k per year for a sustained period
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money is not a signifier for successā¦unless your arrogant
Hopefully he stays, but itās hardly a crisis if he leaves.
I donāt think weād notice he was missing, if he does.
Yes with all of our quick, classy, outside players to chose from. Not sure how he gets a game.
No but it gives you a better quality of life. Players donāt know how long their careers will last so canāt blame them for making hay whilst the sun shines so to speak.
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I didnāt say he wouldnāt get a game, I said heād hardly be missed.
You know who your best players are when they arenāt playing, and your desperate to get them back in.
You canāt tell me that when Zaharakis isnāt playing, that we lose our structure and our performance drops. We donāt rush him back in because heās the difference between winning and losing.
If he walks out, someone will take his spot in the team and we wonāt look back.
Saying that, he still offers something to the team and is a solid player for us.
Gotta act like your leaving for another club so they up the offer. textbook stuff.
Disco - āYeah sure David, sorry to hear that youāre heading off to the Suns. Well add your cap space to the Josh Kelly fund. shame to see you goā
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