Toast 5 re-signings!

[GingerGreatness]

E-mail from club just received:

Brisbane Lions members have read it here first - the Lions can today proudly announce the re-signing of Matthew Leuenberger, Daniel Rich, Patrick Karnezis, Jared Polec and Ryan Harwood to extended deals. The news comes as a massive vote of confidence by the players in the future direction of the Club.

 

[POBT]

Gee, that is good news. Bloody good news!

 

[doddgey]

It's good to be a Lion, well done boys, onya Vossy.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Best email ever!

Great to see Karny and Polec extend themselves to 2013. Eat it GWS!

Karnezis clearly homesick

 

[Kojihama]

Great to get some good news for once. The Karnezis dead knocks the "home sick" rumors on the head, he'll be a good replacement for Clark when and if he goes. Probably for about 500k cheaper too

 

[youtwo]

The best bl**dy news of 2011!!

Have just read the email from the club and am delighted that our future stars have committed for 2012-13.

One glaring name that was missing from the list though is Mitch Clark and I think that it pretty much confirms that he is headed elsewhere next year.

 

[Cousin Jed]

Good news!

Though vale Mitch Clark

 

[.Shotties.]

Good news on Rich.

 

[Judge]

I must confess that I got a bit of a tear in the eye reading that e-mail, in particular the players' comments.

Following on from the really encouraging game on Sunday, it's fantastic news.

As I said to my young bloke when putting him to bed on Sunday night, I'm proud to be a Lion today!

 

[blynd_freddie]

Yay.... as freddie does a Kermit the frog arms waving in the air lap of his desk.

And no need to read between the lines re Vossy, a most welcome part of our future too!

 

[Ceebee]

Just got mine too , great news.
Can anyone tell me what the contract extension means for the new boys, how many years is their first contract?
Also in light of what has happened to Browny and IF the Doctors do advise him to retire, surely Clark would have some sort of feelings of loyalty to the club wouldnt he?

Honestly, money isnt everything is itfriendships and loyalty still stand for something you would hope.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Excellent news.

So apart from Clark, who else is rumoured to still be out of contract at the end of the year?

 

[LionKing]

Made my morning!

Also very encouraging words from the boys about Vossy and the future direction of the club. Great stuff

 

[Tim the Toolman]

Awesome news. Very confident for the future, great work boys!

Of course, my sponsorship of Polec was the lynch pin there!

 

[dlanod]

Just got mine too , great news.
Can anyone tell me what the contract extension means for the new boys, how many years is their first contract?

Every draftee's default contract is two years, though some clubs try to sign up interstate draftees to three years to mitigate any "go home" factor in their first year. Based off previous announcements I'm pretty sure we're not one of them, so Polec and Karnesis would be an extra year on the end of their current two year contract, i.e. all five will be off contract at the end of 2013.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Great news!

 

[Quigley]

Excellent news.

So apart from Clark, who else is rumoured to still be out of contract at the end of the year?

Great news.

Clark and Hanley are the big two remaining. Clark is gone and I wouldn't mind better Hanley delays signing to go over and play some gaelic football in the offseason. I think he did that last time when he was out of contract. When he is contracted I think he is prevented from doing that but when he isn't he gets over there. Still this time you would think there would be a lot more money on the line than last time.

 

[Monkey Daniel]

Just read the email and the first thing I do is log on here !!!
Awesome News !!
Has just made my day, have a smile and a warm inner glow
Ain't life grand.....

 

[whatboutbob]

Good news!

Though vale Mitch Clark

This.

Great news, but another nail in Mitch's coffin.

As Freddie said, pretty clear that Voss will be staying on too.

Zo: Hanley's out of contract this year apparently. Not overly concerned there. Biggest worry would be a Gaelic footy hiatus.

 

[Dylan12]

Fantastic news and quite surprising to receive such proactive confirmation to club members...I'm impressed. What is more impressive is that all 5 are young guys with long-term future's ahead of them and then there are guys like Hanley who are publically pledging their allegiance to the club...love it.

It is also the first time I recall the club actually disclosing contract length, which IMO isn't a bad thing.

Anyone have any estimations on when guys like Redden and Rockliff are locked into?

Also...re Clark, said it before, but he is gone...the silence on not committing is absolutely deafening.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Brilliant news, just what the club needed

 

[Hollow Knight]

Anyone have any estimations on when guys like Redden and Rockliff are locked into?

Redden, Rockliff and Banfield all signed new deals at the end of last year. I am unsure exactly about contract length but I suspect they were all 2 year deals or 1 year extensions to existing three year deals, which would put them all out of contract at the end of next year.

Not really too concerned about them though, Redden and Rockliff are joined at the hip and all three seem like loyal kids who are grateful to the club for plucking them out of obscurity.

That said, Mitch going to GWS would ease my nerves a little. Would like to have those three immune from ridiculous Callan Ward offers at the end of 2012.

 

[Cousin Jed]

The only slightly dissapointing part is that Rich and Leuenberger only got 2 year deals. Would have thought it would be 3.

Guess 2013 will be another rumour filled year...

[/Debbie Downer post]

 

[Hollow Knight]

Guess 2013 will be another rumour filled year...

Can you think of the last year that wasn't rumour filled for us?

I can't. It happens every year. 2013 is the start of free agency too, so it will only get worse.

 

[whatboutbob]

The only slightly dissapointing part is that Rich and Leuenberger only got 2 year deals. Would have thought it would be 3.

Guess 2013 will be another rumour filled year...

[/Debbie Downer post]

I'm not overly concerned there. With the Aristotelian confluence of events (the club bottoming out, Fev's impact on the salary cap, GWS) this was the year I was worried about.