List Mgmt. Blicavs extends contract for five years (2023)

[sauron256]

Addy is reporting that one of BigFooty's most divisive players is preparing to sign a new long-term deal with the Cats


Mods feel free to merge with another thread if more appropriate.

 

[catempire]

Confirmed:

 

[catempire]

RUOK Partridge and Seeds?

 

[Boxhead_31]

This should make a few people happy

 

[MoggsCreek]

Will easily get him to the 200 game mark, potentially pushing 250 (sitting on 117 currently). Huge when you think of where he came from, and debuting at age 22. Congrats Blitz!

 

[BIGANT]

Sucked in too all the haters! Wd blits

 

[cats_09]

Maybe they like what they've seen of him in Taylor & Henderson's absence and realised that we have a decent tall defender prospect with 100 games under their belt already on our list

Congrats on his contract extension - having already played 117 matches & showing durability, he will become a 200 game player for the club

 

[frggr]

http://m.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-05-11/blicavs-a-cat-until-2023

 

[Down at K Park]

Hmm why do i feel like we are overpaying him? Anyone have a guess at what we are paying vs what he should be worth?

And why 5 yrs? A lot can happen in that time.

In saying that though i have liked him down back and much prefer him there than in the midfield. Lets hope we keep him there and give up on the idea of him being an effective mid.

 

[catempire]

Hmm why do i feel like we are overpaying him? Anyone have a guess at what we are paying vs what he should be worth?

And why 5 yrs? A lot can happen in that time.

In saying that though i have liked him down back and much prefer him there than in the midfield. Lets hope we keep him there and give up on the idea of him being an effective mid.

What are we paying him? Could be $100k p.a. or could be $500k. Unless we know it’s impossible to judge.

 

[Scorpio]

I don't like 5 year contracts for any player, let alone Blicavs.

But this is what Free Agency has led to. Players at this point in their careers can put clubs over a barrel if they want to.

 

[cynical]

lol what he is 27 and is just starting as a KPD

3 years sure but 5 is crazy

 

[frggr]

5 years is about right. There are 17 clubs who wouldn't mind paying for a versatile, durable bloke that can run all day.

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

I'm sure this won't come back to bite us.

 

[Mningasimisonda]

I'm okay with it. He keeps improving and has reinvented himself so many times that we'll always find a spot for him.

I think the club knows what he's really worth, which is a lot more than some people on here think.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Well deserved. Unfairly maligned on here, very underrated

 

[Landgraft]

Hmm why do i feel like we are overpaying him? Anyone have a guess at what we are paying vs what he should be worth?

And why 5 yrs? A lot can happen in that time.

In saying that though i have liked him down back and much prefer him there than in the midfield. Lets hope we keep him there and give up on the idea of him being an effective mid.

To me the length suggests that it's probably not as big in $/yrs as he could have gotten.

Either way I'm pretty happy with securing Blicz. Play him down back for the next five years and even most on here will be too

 

[Strange Cat]

Fantastic news and yes he’s very underrated on here

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Brilliant news and likely good business by the Cats, if his form down back continues he could have been up for a larger pay raise in a year or 2. Snapping him up long term now on a lower rate is smart.

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

Goes missing in finals like a lot of our players - other than that on his day he is very useful. Prefer him floating down back as third man up - needs a bit more experience before he starts taking dangerous forwards.

 

[Strange Cat]

Goes missing in finals like a lot of our players - other than that on his day he is very useful. Prefer him floating down back as third man up - needs a bit more experience before he starts taking dangerous forwards.

Annnnnnnd away with the negativity

Never change Emu

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

Annnnnnnd away with the negativity

Never change Emu

You ignored the part where I said he can be very good on his day. Be positive dude.

 

[Strange Cat]

You ignored the part where I said he can be very good on his day. Be positive dude.

Yeah surround by all the back handed negative comments

You are not fooling anyone

 

[PhatBoy]

Goes missing in finals like a lot of our players - other than that on his day he is very useful. Prefer him floating down back as third man up - needs a bit more experience before he starts taking dangerous forwards.

Like last year where he shut down and completely flogged Sydney’s best player and we flogged them in the finals.

That was a clear example of him going missing in finals. Two finals ago. When he smashed Kennedy in a final.

 

[PhatBoy]

Or when he had 20 touches against Hawthorn in a final in 2016, a goal, 6 tackles and a dozen hit out. He battled that night.

Or in his second season where his top game for disposals came in a final. Half of them contested.

Hopefully he doesn’t make another 14 tackles in a final again.