List Mgmt. 2025 List Management discussion - part 2

[TheJackal]

Dunno if I'm in the minority but I'm excited if we sign TDK. His form hasn't been great of late but the media talk around his contact, coupled with playing in a side which was expected to challenge (I never saw it) had probably contributed.

• Salary cap space is bank it and use it or lose it. Considering the past 4 years, it's likely that his contact is going to be massively front ended and drop down to a reasonable amount when everyone else is coming up for renewal around the new CBA at the end of 27. Use it now on TDK and Aleer. It's either on them or others unproven on the list. There is more than enough room for him and NWM, windy etc... in the past we have just overpaid spuds, let's take a risk in the chase for the 2nd flag.

• I love Marshall, but he's the wrong side of 30 and no Gawn where he will improve from here. There is no upside. I see Heath as his replacement and Dodson as the understudy. Maybe as a backup is King falls over?

• Greg Swann had made it no secret that he hates the current centre Ruck wrestles and wants change. He was the same at Brisbane. If changes are made to favour tap ruckman with leap, TDK is perfect and RoMa is dead in the water. The 6-6-6 rule makes centre tap work more important than ever, having a leaper putting it down the throat of Garcia, Boxhall, NWM etc... is worth the punt. At the least, the bounce is gone I reckon which will favour tap ruckman.

• TDK is only 26. Using half a season of middling form to determine he will be a bust is as sensible as using half a season to determine that someone is worth 2m a year....

I think Dougs is near gone and Webster will be another yard slower next year so we need to keep churning and getting people in under a fantastic coach. Putting someone like Dodson up against Gawn, Witts etc.. Weekly at this stage of his career is a recipe for disaster.

Hi Tom, dont worry mate we will love you in time, we've just got some things going on at the moment.

 

[Hayes4PM]

I am even more confused than ever about Nas after today. Nas post game he's "sorting that out with the club and his manager" and "his manager will sort that out"... then Ross in the presser saying they have "a real fight on their hands" to keep him.


So... what's his manager sorting out with the club? What a fair trade would be? What is there to sort out with his contract that they couldn't have already finalised if they didn't really want to? Is it really just squeezing out more money? Does Ross really not know if Nas wants to stay by now?

Cannot wait for this shit to be sorted out and over with

 

[Saints TV]

Stop pulling us in jakey boy. These rumours will be the death of us.

Can assure you the guy wasn’t joking. Sent me pics he took of his kids posing with Nas, just relaying!

 

[gubby88]

What a crock of shit.

“It’s good for him, it’s good for his family… we’ve got a real battle on our hands”

Not about general development bs but about contract.

Then next question on love for Nasiah

“Hopefully he has a heart” meaning hopefully it IS something that helps sway him.

Nas is already gone. Can bitch and moan but it’s actually about what Ross does with the team next year. He’ll find a way I’m sure.

well that's certainly a way of adding 1 + 1 and getting window lol

 

[mighty_sainters]

I’m firmly in the NWM staying camp unless he announces he’s leaving.

Understandable everyone is losing their collective minds over every little grain of evidence, but there is not one thing to suggest he is leaving apart from the fact he hadn’t signed yet.

Ross’ press conferences are just him not giving a toss about the media again after the continuous “cuddly Ross” jibes.

 

[Saints TV]

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A bit f*ckin lippy over there considering they just got done by 88.

Haven’t we played in a grand final more recently than that mob?

 

[Parkysp]

In 12 months time, they’ll be begging for Hinkley to return.

To be fair they won the JJJ premiership with not even INXS best song. They're entitled to feel smug aren't they?

 

[jwikked]

To be fair they won the JJJ premiership with not even INXS best song. They're entitled to feel smug aren't they?

Can’t wait until they have 7,000 fans singing that before the game. Dust off the tarps

 

[Joffaboy]

To be fair they won the JJJ premiership with not even INXS best song. They're entitled to feel smug aren't they?

How was that top 100? What a disappointment. Sounded like Triple M interspersed with triple j bands I had never heard of

 

[topbillings]

When

Footy Furnace, currently on Channel 9.

 

[boony7]

I am even more confused than ever about Nas after today. Nas post game he's "sorting that out with the club and his manager" and "his manager will sort that out"... then Ross in the presser saying they have "a real fight on their hands" to keep him.


So... what's his manager sorting out with the club? What a fair trade would be? What is there to sort out with his contract that they couldn't have already finalised if they didn't really want to? Is it really just squeezing out more money? Does Ross really not know if Nas wants to stay by now?

Cannot wait for this shit to be sorted out and over with

Don't forget Ross is a master in the media. The longer all this goes on for, the longer everyone is talking about the club and giving the fans something to be excited about. We'd be irrelevant otherwise at this time of the year.

Makes you wonder what else could be happening behind the scenes with possible other trades or sponsors etc.

 

[TheJackal]

Tell ya what, when Tex wins a Norm Smith I will officially change my name by deed pole to Wanganeen

 

[littlecreatures]

Windy just liked my recent Insta reel of Nas... it's done

Can you ask him to have you over for dinner tomorrow night and get us some goss’ please?

 

[mighty_sainters]

Alright Ben

 

[jwikked]

Don't forget Ross is a master in the media. The longer all this goes on for, the longer everyone is talking about the club and giving the fans something to be excited about. We'd be irrelevant otherwise at this time of the year.

Makes you wonder what else could be happening behind the scenes with possible other trades or sponsors etc.

I hadn’t considered the sponsorship side. Surely if we lock him in, it makes the club even more attractive to potential sponsors

 

[All Holmes]

well that's certainly a way of adding 1 + 1 and getting window lol

1 + 1 = 2

Nas + Ben Williams = Adelaide

 

[Joffaboy]

So has captain cuck spouted his world scoop.on NAZ yet?

 

[Diehard Saint]

Tom Morris spurting that he has more news on NAS…**** me dead strap yourselves in folks the cuck is about to take the stand.

Wait for it…..his spin on RTB’s body langauage at the presser

 

[jwikked]

So has captain cuck spouted his world scoop.on NAZ yet?

No, for some reason they don’t review each game in a particular order, I expected them to go from the late Sunday game backwards.

Talking about Hawks/Adelaide now.

 

[TheJackal]

Alright Ben

Still makes me laugh that we are the only team to lose to the Eagles this year and we had an Eagle on our jumper for that game

 

[Hayes4PM]

Alright Ben

Ummmm anyone staying at years end...?

 

[BrutThough]

So has captain cuck spouted his world scoop.on NAZ yet?

If it was anything of note, he wouldn't be waiting until 20 minutes into the show to say it.

Probably just that Nas went to Coffee with Ross but was put off that Ross went with almond milk instead of full cream.

 

[gubby88]

1 + 1 = 2

Nas + Ben Williams = Adelaide

ahhh, so you know the difference between factual and make believe? good to know lol

 

[sainter7]

If we do lose windy, there'll be angry fans. He is so damn clean with ball in hand, barely fumbles. I bloody love his game. See him as a B++++ grader mid.

 

[thekizzler]

If it was anything of note, he wouldn't be waiting until 20 minutes into the show to say it.

Probably just that Nas went to Coffee with Ross but was put off that Ross went with almond milk instead of full cream.

Sadly it works the other way with these shows. If they have anything significant of note (in their minds) they will show it later on in the show to get people to watch through, consume ads etc. Otherwise people would turn off after 5 minutes.