Player Watch Josh Worrell

[jbanger]

Awesome news, Woz is a warrior.

 

[Betts are off]

Josh is one player that I could see VIC clubs coming hard at in 2 years time. He's the prototype defender in modern AFL, and one that would be first picked in all 18 teams.

This is brilliant! Congrats Woz

 

[FR0GGY]

Josh is one player that I could see VIC clubs coming hard at in 2 years time. He's the prototype defender in modern AFL, and one that would be first picked in all 18 teams.

This is brilliant! Congrats Woz

Yep all Vic teams have just punched the wall in frustration.

 

[Cranky Bear]

Gee you blokes are quick. just read this a minute ago. Massive news and great way to start the week. All these young guns are really buying into our future and it's a testament to the people skills Nicks has. Looking good for AFC for years to come

 

[CromradeCromulent]

An Englishman and an Irishman walk into a backline

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Massive!

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Thank you for your service Fishymack

 

[ams4crows]

Amazing bloody news!!! Worrell, just love him, great defender

 

[Cromulant]

And who was worried about him...... thats huge.

 

[jo172]

This whole contracted until yet to be conceived children are writing, reading and adding up peturbs me somewhat.

 

[hippyhippy]

After years of signing players for 2 or 3 years... we can't stop signing players for 6+ years

 

[Betts are off]

Man we've had some cracking young interceptors. Lever into Doedee was a great transition.

But I genuinely think the season of Woz's has trumped any season either of Jake and Tom had in the tri-stripe. Which is a very high bar!

 

[Betts are off]

After years of signing players for 2 or 3 years... we can't stop signing players for 6+ years

In 3 years time all these guys will probably be worth $1.5M/season if they reach the open market.

This strategy is probably our only shot at keeping all of them 6+ years.

 

[Geoffa32]

Nice.

Good on him.

 

[cmndstab]

That's a huge contract! I wonder what kind of money he is on? Just on the verge of a potential AA berth.

That will take him through until the age of 32. Fingers crossed he stays mostly injury free for the next eight seasons.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Stoked he’s re-signed. I’m not sure about 8 years, but long-term contracts for guys they want see as being 200+ gamers seems to be the list management strategy the Crows have adopted now.

It will be interesting to see how it pans out. It could result in us having a stupidly strong team, or we could end up looking like Melbourne, with Oliver and Petracca on stupidly big contracts, but unable to be traded.

 

[ams4crows]

If it's under 1 mill a season we have massively won here, the big VIC clubs would have come calling with 1.2 mill easily

 

[Betts are off]

If it's under 1 mill a season we have massively won here, the big VIC clubs would have come calling with 1.2 mill easily

All 17 clubs would give him $1.2M IMO.

I would be totally fine if hes a Million a season for us until 2033. Thats a steal

 

[FR0GGY]

Stoked he’s re-signed. I’m not sure about 8 years, but long-term contracts for guys they want see as being 200+ gamers seems to be the list management strategy the Crows have adopted now.

It will be interesting to see how it pans out. It could result in us having a stupidly strong team, or we could end up looking like Melbourne, with Oliver and Petracca on stupidly big contracts, but unable to be traded.

It doesn’t really matter but he was contracted to 2027 so it’s a 6 year extension

 

[LiquidCrow]

You love to see it!

Woz would have been targeted by lots of Victorian clubs, so it's a great vote of confidence in the club.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

It doesn’t really matter but he was contracted to 2027 so it’s a 6 year extension

Either way, a contract out to 2033 is a long one. These are the contracted player we have for 4+ seasons.

Contracted until end of 2033
Josh Worrell

Contracted until end of 2031
Darcy Fogarty

Contracted until end of 2030
Isaac Cumming

Contracted until end of 2029
Jake Soligo
Josh Rachele
Daniel Curtin
Jordan Dawson

Now clearly that looks ok now (a bit unsure about signing Cumming on a 6 year deal), but hopefully those first 3 still look fine 3-4 years from now. I guess the key part we're not seeing is just how much money these deals are and how they are structured.

 

[MRB37]

Fantastic to get him locked down that long. I thought at most he'd be another 3 year deal or however much it took to get him to FA on his next deal.

 

[SugarShane]

Sewing him up long term before he has an AA blazer, clever!

But seriously, huge get. He's the kind of bloke you'd love to walk out next to, knowing he's never going to take a backwards step.

 

[WetCrow1991]

I'm gonna Crom

 

[Crow till I die]

A Key Pillar in our defensive structures and a markologist. We are looking the most settled I can ever remember in terms of players signing on, best players not leaving etc. Worrell should be a lock for AA this year he has been that good