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Yep - as I said above once we hit around that 100% SC in a few years time we may then have trouble retaining some players on lower wages - all clubs face this issue at some stage - unless of course they are somehow paying players outside of the cap Hopefully though we can structure our player...

It might be case where you do not want to take up 100% of your SC and sit low around 95% which we have done the past few years Obviously we see Laverde as having the skill set that could improve our squad and boost our chances to win a Premiership - so we have targeted him much like we have...

Doubt that - due to an increase in the SC I would think all clubs are looking at renegotiating contracts for existing players It not like that these guys are in our top 30% paid players - probably more in the middle somewhere - the word is that Laverde is probably getting around 350 Hopefully...

Wrong poster bud - my good mate the Steadier said that - and based on potential he is probably right

Isn't the Salary Cap for teams about to increase by about 10% next year and then another 3% to 5% in the following years? 350 to 400 will be average wage soon enough Saints also have a lot and I mean a lot of Salary Cap space

Yes we have likely offered him a contract based on potential - its called risk management - it might come off - it might not - but we are not going to lay around wondering what might have been - its a high risk aggressive strategy that comes with loads of pay off if it works out ....... and in...

Well its seems Jade Gresham was possible as well :thumbsu:

Yep Pick 5 alone - which we didn't as we got pick 14 in return which we used on Gresham If there is an outright winner in this deal then it wont be known for a while down the line Currently Saints are doing well out of it and Essendon could do so in the future - the deal also helped the Swans...

In Reality Essendon - Francis, Morgan, Bird St Kilda - Carlisle, Gresham Sydney - Mills (part thereof), Leonardis