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I don't know it there's any actual difference makers that are available this year.

Depends what you mean by "difference maker". The 3 that Adelaide brought in have made a world of difference, as have the 3 that GWS lost.

Ah Chee, Starcevich (very risky though), McVee are out of contract or FA. I think these guys could really have a positive impact our side.

I don't think we have room for any more stars, considering how much they require in salary now. We've got Young, Brayshaw, Serong, Jackson, Bolton. Plus Darcy, Cox, Ryan in the top 100 paid players. That's about the most you can have at the highly paid end. Especially when we have a good cohort of KPF's who are valuable on the open market. And Pearce and Clark who are in the upper echelon for their positions.
 
Wowee, so Kozzy goes from taking home 600k before tax to roughly 800k after tax, congrats to him, thats generational money for him and his family


A large group of us on here found part of the appeal was he was the cheaper option (obviously thought he was an absolute gun too), absolutely crazy how much he has rocketed up this season, even if we take away 10% media fluff, we are still looking at over 1.2m pre tax a season for a small forward, thats wild.


Does make you wonder if clubs are banking on future salary increases in 8 years time to dig themselves out of holes they may get in, I don't know if I'd be banking on that with the sale to DAZN and the changed media landscape for the next broadcast deal.
In practice he will get most of that money. All he has to do is plough all of it into investment properties.

Let's do an back of an envelope calculation.

Extra 400k from the Dees is enough to borrow 5 million interest only at 6%. Lets say he then holds these properties till 2034 and sells them for 8 million. CG of 3 million, 50% discount means only 1.5 million is taxed at the full marginal rate. So his effective tax rate on the extra 3.6 million he would get over the nine years from the Dees would be like 21/22% All this is without factoring capital depreciation and transaction costs, or a single other tax minimisation dodge. It's definitely worth it.

Shows why the CTG discount mostly a rort, particularly for multiple investment properties.

With apologies to the actual accountants in here Snuffaluphagus
 
That’s true but the main point is that there is clearly something in this.
Jackson must still be telling a lot of Vic based people he want to return there or else it wouldn’t still be a story.
That’s a problem for us whether we like it or not
Nah,
The Geelong bit is made up for clicks. He probably rang them and asked if they would like to get Jackson if he was available and they said yes. They have no picks or leverage.

4.5 years on the contract, it’s only a problem if we make it one.
 

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Given the uncertainty around the futures of Luke Jackson and/or Sean Darcy and the reluctance to play Liam Reidy, Freo should target one of Soldo or Sweet from PA.

Hinkley clearly has Visentini ahead of both of them on his depth chart despite the club promising both Sweet and Soldo primary ruck time when they moved over.

Both could be looking for more opportunity elsewhere and with Reidy out of contract, Freo could find an AFL ready backup for next to nothing.
 
That’s true but the main point is that there is clearly something in this.
Jackson must still be telling a lot of Vic based people he want to return there or else it wouldn’t still be a story.
That’s a problem for us whether we like it or not
No, there actually isn't anything clear in it at all..
It's just clickbait shite.
 
Given the uncertainty around the futures of Luke Jackson and/or Sean Darcy
What uncertainty? They both are under long term contracts.. Just because some media headline grabbers get thrown around they are now uncertain? Stop buying into carp.
 
McLure on tradies said he based this off of Jackson visiting his partners family in Geelong over the bye


He also said Scott would be reluctant to give up a million for a ruckman (which also ignores how the market has changed and anyone poaching would be paying well over a million)
 

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Luke Jackson is the sort of guy who would accidentally and with honest intentions mention during a press conference that Geelong offered him a farm for free as part of the deal and it brings the whole scam down.

Similar to how a Freo player went to Carlton and their under the table payments were exposed.
 
Luke Jackson is the sort of guy who would accidentally and with honest intentions mention during a press conference that Geelong offered him a farm for free as part of the deal and it brings the whole scam down.

Similar to how a Freo player went to Carlton and their under the table payments were exposed.

But here’s me half expecting Sean Darcy to be on next years series of “Farmer wants a Wife “.
 
McLure on tradies said he based this off of Jackson visiting his partners family in Geelong over the bye


He also said Scott would be reluctant to give up a million for a ruckman (which also ignores how the market has changed and anyone poaching would be paying well over a million)

So he has fabricated a clickbait story then.
 
McLure on tradies said he based this off of Jackson visiting his partners family in Geelong over the bye


He also said Scott would be reluctant to give up a million for a ruckman (which also ignores how the market has changed and anyone poaching would be paying well over a million)

I thought it obvious that Sam had been chatting with Mackie, or someone within that Geelong circle. If Sam had done proper due dilligence, then he would know Freo won't trade Jackson.
 

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Riddle and Dudley sign 1 year extensions. I wonder if they are tied to rookie list?
Yes they are, very surprising that they only received one year extensions, think they have shown enough for two years comfortably.
Does only getting one year have something to do with being on the rookie list?
 

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