Krakoueraddict
Team Captain
- May 8, 2018
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- North Melbourne
If we start having success in 2023/24 (Finals/top 4) I think it'll be much easier to keep this group together. Players are generally much more willing to take a pay cut on successful teams. If we're floundering mid table come 2024 the vultures will come from all corners for our elite players. Player retention has not been an issue for us for a long time but has it been because of who we were retaining or the culture of the club or a combo of the two? There is already some fellas deserving of a significant payrise in the next couple of years Thomas, Zurhaar, LDU. Then by that time we'd be hoping for significant contributions from Powell, Phillips, Horne and they'll be due for a payrise. It's going to be very interesting as to how we make it work, but if we've just played off in a prelim or granny then it'll be a much more attractive place to stick around.