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I couldn't believe it when I heard how much he was on, and yet he has struggled to get games over guys like Jake Lloyd this year. How is he not getting a game?

The explanation I heard from a Swans supporter is that he was very close to getting a game, then got injured. By the time he came back, Sydney were embarking on their record-breaking winning streak and Longmire doesn't want to change the team while they're on a good thing.

Seems like an excuse to me - you can always find a place for a midfielder if they're good enough. It's not a first ruck or a KPF, it's generally easy to shuffle the decks, squeeze a midfielder in and pop your least performing small out the team.
 

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Carlton into Tom Mitchell who the Swans are supposedly paying $400k per year. WTF.
That figure is what was first bandied about but Robbo said on AFL 360 last night that figure was absolutely wrong, it is $500k......must be a lot of players on the Sydney list getting big UNDERS!!!

BTW mentioned on radio over here that Nick Malceski has put contract talks on hold and may be very gettable for the "right" money???
 

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That figure is what was first bandied about but Robbo said on AFL 360 last night that figure was absolutely wrong, it is $500k......must be a lot of players on the Sydney list getting big UNDERS!!!

BTW mentioned on radio over here that Nick Malceski has put contract talks on hold and may be very gettable for the "right" money???
That is obscene, I demand a Royal Commission
 

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That is obscene, I demand a Royal Commission
Apparently he got this obscene amount of money from Sydney 2 years ago as a F/S recruit to circumvent GWS drafting him according to Robbo, the "expansion" teams scenario certainly over inflated the market massively as we also found out at the AFC.
 

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Tom Mitchell is a stud. But his disposal is poor, and he doesn't work hard enough going 2 ways.

He's been dropped to send the message that he has things to work on & horse expects him to do just that

Doesn't work hard enough two ways..... He will fit right in at Carlton
 
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Buddy has dumped Pickering as his manager... moving on to his girlfriends manager (Jesinta Campbell in case people have been living under a rock). This new manager of his isn't AFL accredited though according to Damo, and all commissions based on his contract will still go to Pickering. Looks like he's trying to build his profile outside of footy circles.
 

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Buddy has dumped Pickering as his manager... moving on to his girlfriends manager (Jesinta Campbell in case people have been living under a rock). This new manager of his isn't AFL accredited though according to Damo, and all commissions based on his contract will still go to Pickering. Looks like he's trying to build his profile outside of footy circles.

Without knowing how good the new manager is its pretty smart really, he won't need to do a football contract deal again, without the need for those football related negotiations he might as well get the best manager he can for the other stuff.
 
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Without knowing how good the new manager is its pretty smart really, he won't need to do a football contract deal again, without the need for those football related negotiations he might as well get the best manager he can for the other stuff.
That pretty much nails it. This woman has managed guys like Karl Stefanovic and Shane Watson, so I guess she must be pretty decent.
 
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