By the way, no idea what Dish is on but we have no "can we afford Waite" angst. We are only talking about Levi and Higgins because Levi and Pickering have held out this long. Now they have a top 3 B&F finish and other suitors, they are in the strong bargaining position they would have hoped for. But in the end a) choosing North will be choosing success and solidarity over more money and/or contract length, as it always would and b) North still holds good cards as HE IS NOT A FREE AGENT.
Correct, not sure why people think the sky is falling.
Also, Levi leaving would be because
1. Club has lowballed him (not taking stock in 270k reports) - Highly unlikely given comments from the club
Or
2. Levi has a strong desire to leave on the basis of a much larger contract elsewhere - Even more unlikely
I find it very unlikely that the club would be responsible for pushing out a well liked and established player for two FA on the back of his best season to date.
Added to the fact we got Waite on coin that didn't see Carlton receive compensation and Higgins contract appears to be not 4 but 3 with option for 4th, don't think cap space at the moment is an issue.
I think Levi with Pickering are letting the dust settle before getting the best possible deal. Which I have no issue with and Levi is fully entitled to do.
Call me overly optimistic, pretty confident he is staying.