Recommitted Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera - two year extension

[Crow till I die]

That's crazy money.

Especially to retain one of your own players.

It was a line in the sand moment for them though. If they lost him it would have been bleak so they came up with a package and he is staying and with that, others might now follow suit and sign on longer term etc. Its club defining for them right now.

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Well done Sainters! This is the best outcome for footy!

 

[Chewy316]

Getting paid close to 2.5M per year over the life of this next deal - good on him for cashing in.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Great news. Nothing worse than a disloyal mercenary. Finally some good news for the Saints.

Now Nas, can you speak with a little more enthusiasm next time? You were sending terrible vibes in that post match.

I'd argue he's played St.Kilda wonderfully. He knows he is worth some coin, he ain't worth $2m but show a little willingness to leave and suddenly you go from a 1.2m paycheck to 2m.

St.Kilda aren't giving him $2m if he signed at the start of the year and had showed desire to stay.

 

[bomberclifford]

Best result really.
Nice work Saints.

 

[jackag24]

Huge coup for St Kilda to retain him, looked for certain he was out the door.

It is unfortunate he inflicted so much mental torment on all the poor Saints fans though

 

[Bostonian]

It was a line in the sand moment for them though. If they lost him it would have been bleak so they came up with a package and he is staying and with that, others might now follow suit and sign on longer term etc. Its club defining for them right now.

It's good he stayed.

More that it took such a huge amount of money for him to do so seems crazy.

 

[aussierulesrules]

 

[Anythings_sipposible]

Literally all the haters and the doubters can take a spoon and eat my butt hole. All of you. You know who you are. Take a spoon. Eat my butt. Saints for life. NWM is him. Let's ****ing gooooooooooooo

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Good on Nas.

Played this situation well.

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

And Will Faulkner’s “exclusive” reporting is totally accurate.

 

[Elixuh]

Bad day to be a Crom fan. Keeps going from bad to worse.

 

[Atomboy]

Is this where we all say he is shit and not worth the money?

Well it was the very next post after yours so I’d say absolutely.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Happy for Saints fans. Also happy because as much as I love him as a player, I'm sick of hearing about him.

 

[aussierulesrules]

It's good he stayed.

More that it took such a huge amount of money for him to do so seems crazy.

I think he really really really would ideally like to be living in Adelaide (is a quiet/shy guy, no gf, possibly no friends or family outside the club over here), but he probably knew it would be super-hard to get a trade done, and he probably also didn’t want to leave us in the lurch and also set our rebuild back, so he’s been willing to compromise for a big payday.

Maybe he’ll now move his family over here!

 

[kickazz]

Good result for footy. Happy for the Saints. Would have been pretty rough if they lost him, but by the same token if he got some ridiculously high payed 7 year deal or similar I think that would have been bad for the game too.

Getting some serious coin, as deserved. If he wants a longer better deal then keep the performances up for two years.

 

[WillHayward]

Still think the logical outcome is he signs for two years at Saints.

This gives Port two years to get their ducks in a row and accommodate a reasonable trade.

Otherwise hard to see how Port scramble a deal together that is feasible?

There you go...

 

[projectv]

See you flogs in two years for the next installment.

 

[stallon]

I think the fact that any sort of even remotely reasonable trade couldnt be done had some effect on the decision.

Crows could give all their pick for the next 3 years and it still wouldnt even be 20% of the way there

 

[Philhawk]

Further thoughts and prayers with Port 2 1st rounders guy.

 

[Saints43]

I'd argue he's played St.Kilda wonderfully. He knows he is worth some coin, he ain't worth $2m but show a little willingness to leave and suddenly you go from a 1.2m paycheck to 2m.

St.Kilda aren't giving him $2m if he signed at the start of the year and had showed desire to stay.

At the start of the year Nas was a gun back flanker, now he's a gun midfielder.
They're different payscales.
He's played St Kilda beautifully by becoming a more valuable player.

 

[Bostonian]

I think he really really really would ideally like to be living in Adelaide (is a quiet/shy guy, no gf, possibly no friends or family outside the club over here), but he probably knew it would be super-hard to get a trade done, and he probably also didn’t want to leave us in the lurch and also set our rebuild back, so he’s been willing to compromise for a big payday.

Maybe he’ll now move his family over here!

I would have thought that 1.8 a year even, so that he's the highest player on your roster would be enough.

Any savings with huge contracts like that can be beneficial moving forward.

 

[Toffee Lion]

Well it was the very next post after yours so I’d say absolutely.

He isn't shit, no one is going to say that. He also isn't worth $2m.

This reminds me a lot of recent NBA contracts. Sometimes it's just about timing/fit/market. Saints knew they couldn't afford to lose him but he had genuine interest elsewhere. NWM has used that interest to increase his paycheck massively, kudos to him.

NWM & TDK will be eating up 3.8m of the salary cap for 2 players, how do you build a list good enough to win a flag around these guys?

 

[Toffee Lion]

At the start of the year Nas was a gun back flanker, now he's a gun midfielder.
They're different payscales.
He's played St Kilda beautifully by becoming a more valuable player.

Absolutely a key factor, his own performances has warranted a pay jump. Big reason why players don't always sign on straight away. Nas played this whole situation perfectly.

If he signed an extension at the beginning of the year, it's easily under a million. Play some great football, now you're around that $1m mark. Feign interest in a return home, play even BETTER football? Hello $2m payday.

Superb work from him, now up to the Saints to figure out how to build out their list around him ASAP.

 

[Atomboy]

He isn't shit, no one is going to say that. He also isn't worth $2m.

This reminds me a lot of recent NBA contracts. Sometimes it's just about timing/fit/market. Saints knew they couldn't afford to lose him but he had genuine interest elsewhere. NWM has used that interest to increase his paycheck massively, kudos to him.

NWM & TDK will be eating up 3.8m of the salary cap for 2 players, how do you build a list good enough to win a flag around these guys?

NWM will be gone in 2 years, I reckon we’ve just got to enjoy him while we can.